Virtue Dilemmas
What is held within sets our eight virtues upon each other. Passing this part of the Triple test allowed entrance to Knighthood based on their capacity of virtue. It made fine consideration for virtue and ethics classes in the war room.
Entrusted to deliver an uncounted purse of gold, you meet a poor beggar.
Do you :
Deliver the gold knowing the Trust in thee was well placed, or
Show Compassion, giving the beggar a coin, knowing it won't be missed?
You has been prohibited by your absent Lord from joining your friends in a
close pitched battle.
Do you :
Refrain, so you may Honesty claim obedience, or
Show Valour, and aid your comrades knowing you may deny it later?
A merchant owes thy friend money, now long past due. You do see the same merchant drop a purse of gold.
Do you :
Honestly return the purse intact, or
Justly give thy friend a portion of the gold first?
You and your friend are valiant but penniless warriors. You both go out to slay a mighty dragon.
Your friend thinks he slew it, you did.
When asked, do you:
Truthfully claim the gold or
Allow your friend the large reward?
You are sworn to protect your lord at any cost, yet you know he has committed a crime. Authorities ask you of the affair.
Do you:
Break thine oath by Honesty speaking, or
Uphold Honour by silently keeping your oath?
Your friend seeks admittance to thy Spiritual order. You are asked to vouch for his purity of spirit of which you are ensure.
Do you:
Honestly express your doubt, or
Vouch for him hoping for his Spiritual improvement?
Your Lord mistakenly believes he slew a dragon. You hast proof that your lance felled the beast.
When asked, do you:
Honestly claim the kill and the prize, or
Humbly permit your Lord his belief?
You do manage to disarm thy mortal enemy in a duel. He is at your mercy.
Do you:
Show Compassion by permitting him to yield, or
Slay him as expected of a Valiant duellist?
After 20 years you has found the slayer of your best friends. The villain proves to be a man who provides the sole support for a young girl.
Do you:
Spare him in Compassion for the girl, or
Slay him in the name of Justice?
You and your friends have been routed and ordered to retreat.
In defiance of thy orders, do you:
Stop in Compassion to aid a wounded companion, or
Sacrifice thyself to slow the pursuing enemy, so others may escape?
You are sworn to uphold a Lord who participates in the forbidden torture of prisoners. Each night their cries of pain reach you.
Do you:
Show Compassion by reporting the deeds, or
Honour thy oath and ignore the deeds?
You has been taught to preserve all life as sacred. A man lies fatally stung by a venomous serpent. He pleads for a merciful death.
Do you:
Show Compassion and end his pain, or
Heed your Spiritual beliefs and refuse?
As one of the King's guard, your Captain has asked that one amongst you visit a hospital to cheer the children with tales of your Valiant deeds.
Do you:
Show thy Compassion and play the braggart, or
Humbly let another go?
You has been sent to secure a needed treaty with a distant Lord. Your host is agreeable to the proposal, but insults thy country at dinner.
Do you:
Valiantly bear the slurs, or
Justly rise and demand an apology?
A mighty knight accosts you and demands thy food.
Do you:
Valiantly refuse and engage the knight, or
Sacrifice thy food unto the hungry knight?
During a battle you are ordered to guard your Commander's empty tent. The battle goes poorly and you do yearn to aid your fellows.
Do you:
Valiantly enter the battle to aid your companions, or
Honour your post as guard?
A local bully pushes for a fight.
Do you:
Valiantly trounce the rogue, or
Decline knowing in thy Spirit that no lasting good will come of it?
Although a teacher of music, you are a skillful wrestler. You has been asked to fight in a local championship.
Do you:
Accept the invitation and Valiantly fight to win, or
Humbly decline knowing you are sure to win?
During a pitched battle, you dost see a fellow desert his post, endangering many. As he flees he is set upon by several enemies.
Do you:
Justly let him fight alone, or
Risk Sacrificing thine own life to aid him?
You has sworn to do thy Lord's bidding in all. He covets a piece of land and orders the owner removed.
Do you:
Serve Justice refusing to act, thus being disgraced, or
Honour thine oath and unfairly evict the landowner?
You do believe that virtue resides in all people. You see a rogue steel from your Lord.
Do you:
Call him to Justice, or
Personally try to sway him back to the Spiritual path of Good?
Unwitnessed, you hast slain a great dragon in self defence. A poor warrior claims the offered reward.
Do you:
Justly step forward to claim the reward, or
Humbly go about life, secure in thyself esteem?
You are a bounty hunter sworn to return an alleged murder. After his capture you believest him to be innocent.
Do you:
Sacrifice thy sizable bounty for thy belief, or
Honour thy oath to return him as you has promised?
You has spent your life in charitable and righteous work. Thine uncle the innkeeper lies ill and asks you to take over his tavern.
Do you:
Sacrifice thy life of purity to aid thy kin, or
Decline and follow thy Spirit's cell?
You are an elderly, wealthy eccentric. Your end is near.
Do you:
Donate all your wealth to feed hundreds of starving children and receive public adulation, or
Humbly live out your life, willing your fortune to your heirs?
In thy youth you pledged to marry your sweetheart. Now you are on a sacred quest in distant lands. Your sweetheart asks you to keep your vow.
Do you:
Honour thy pledge to wed, or
Follow the spiritual crusade?
You are at a crossroad in your life.
Do you:
Choose the Honourable life of a Paladin, striving for truth and courage or
Choose the Humble life of a shepherd and a world of simplicity and peace?
Your parents wish you to become an apprentice. Two positions are available.
Do you:
Become an acolyte in the Spiritual order, or
Become an assistant to a humble village cobbler?