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Virtue \V/
The restoration of Blackthorns principles.
Guild gameplay
Virtue is a hybrid guild of both Player vs. Player and Role-play. The combination can be broken down into the following percentages:
- Player vs. Player = 75%
- Role-play = 25%
Virtues will be expected to abide and enforce guild law at all times. Virtues mission statement is to uphold Blackthorn Virtue Law (BVL) by any means necessary, and to punish those who fail to live according to those laws.
Guild lore [History]
Ultima is based on The Three Principles and the Eight Virtues. The Three Principles As told throughout Ultima IV, The Eight Virtues explored in Ultima VI are based on Three Principles:
These Principles are themselves derived from the One True Axiom, the combination of all Truth, all Love, and all Courage, which is Infinity. This is stated in the towne of Cove in Ultima IV. The Principles are combined to form the following Eight Virtues:
- Honesty
- Compassion
- Valor
- Justice
- Sacrifice
- Honor
- Spirituality
- Humility
The relationship between the Principles and Virtues is often explained as follows:
- Honesty is respect for Truth
- Compassion is Love of others
- Valor is Courage to stand up against risks
- Justice is Truth, tempered by Love
- Sacrifice is Courage to give oneself in name of Love
- Honor is Courage to seek and uphold the Truth
- Spirituality is to seek Truth, Love and Courage from one's own self and the world around
- Humility is the opposite of Pride, which is the absence of Truth, Love or Courage
The Codex Symbol
The symbol of the Codex in Ultima IV explains the relationship between Virtues and the Principles. In the middle of the symbol, there are three circles, shown in blue, yellow and red; these symbolize the Principles of Truth, Love and Courage. The tangential lines are colors that are mixed from the colors that they touch, and each line touches the Principle circle the corresponding Virtue is based.
There are three lines that touch the Principle circles singly; these are Honesty (blue, based on Truth), Compassion (yellow, based on Love) and Valor (red, based on Courage).
There are three lines that touch two Principle circles; these are Justice (green = blue + yellow, Truth and Love), Honor (purple = red + blue; Truth and Courage), and Sacrifice (orange = red + yellow; Courage and Love).
In the middle of the symbol is a small white circle, the mix of all colors; this is the virtue of Spirituality, which is based on all three Principles.
Finally, surrounding everything is a black circle, absent of all colors; this is the anti-virtue of Pride that exists in the absence of the three Principles. Thus, the seeker must use its opposite, the Virtue of Humility, which exists in the absence of the three Anti-Principles (Falsehood, Hatred, and Cowardice.)
Note: This section is in need of revisions.
A different look on History
As all ethics, the set of three Principles and Eight Virtues can be twisted or perverted into something it was not intended for or outright its own antithesis. Many say Lord Blackthorn turn the virtue system into a rigid and draconian set of laws; but our beliefs are that Blackthorn was a visionary who saw the Virtues for what they were, and how they should be upheld with an inverted interpretation conter to most Britanian citizens opinion.
Blackthorn's Code is a good illustration of the fact that the Virtues always come from one's own self rather than the norms of society; codifying ethics into law does not automatically make evil people good. Further, unethical lawmakers can take the Virtues and turn them into something that is quite contrary to what Virtues actually stand for.
The Virtues are sworn to abide and uphold the laws of Blackthorn in the manner they were sworn to Oath (as stated above).
Blackthorn Virtue Law
Honesty - Thou shalt not lie, or thou shalt lose thy tongue.
Compassion - Thou shalt help those in need, or thou shalt suffer the same need.
Valor - Thou shalt fight to the death if challenged, or thou shalt be banished as a coward.
Justice - Thou shalt confess to thy crime and suffer its just punishment, or thou shalt be put to death.
Sacrifice - Thou shalt donate half of thy income to charity, or thou shalt have no income.
Honor - If thou dost lose thine own honour, thou shalt take thine own life.
Spirituality - Thou shalt enforce the laws of virtue, or thou shalt die as a heretic.
Humility - Thou shalt humble thyself to thy superiors, or thou shalt suffer their wrath.
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