Originally Posted by
Calemyr
Irvine already knew about Jowan and Lily. It wasn't until the accusation of blood magic came to light that they took it seriously, and it was Lily's part in Jowan's escape that painted her in Gregor's eyes as more than just another love-struck fool. Humans being what they are, you have to imagine that being cooped up in a place like that 24/7 would lead to a lot of that kind of stuff - especially if Wynne and Anders were being relatively honest in their jokes on the matter. The dalliance was never the problem, it was always the blood magic.