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Message: <blockquote data-quote="The_Universe" data-source="post: 2134962" data-attributes="member: 8944">My reasoning so far I have not forgotten the penalties that accompanied the benefits of breaking the oath - if anyone has, it's Archonus, who seems to take his oath(s) relatively lightly, despite their eternal (and severe) nature. He dedicated himself to a cause, declared it to be his life's purpose, etc. And now that it has become difficult to reconcile his responsibilities and desires, he has chosen the one to which he has no oath, only desire.    He has a significant chance to have broken this oath, and the fact that the penalty is severe should have either deterred you all from taking the oath in the first place, or at least urged caution in treading 'round the things that could break it.     Putting the child above the circle probably does not break his oath to Jaine - she considers the survival of the child (and her line) of paramount interest (which is why he is being told to take care of the daughter), so she'd probably view this as fulfilling her oath in some way. HOWEVER - as long as the child's safety were not severely or obviously compromised by Archonus's actions, she'd probably consider a balance of priorities (or considering the cause of the war paramount) a fulfillment as well. In either case, he's doing something for Jaine.    Once more, the severity of the penalty is meant to be a deterrent to the characters that take these powerful oaths from breaking them, not to the Universe for enforcing them. He may not have joined the enemy, but that's not the only condition through which the oath could be broken - only one of the most severe. Unless I can be convinced that subordinating the cause, the war, and the Circle to the child is actually a fulfillment of the letter and spirit of the Oath of Alliance (or is it Friendship?) that created the Circle, he has violated its terms, and cast aside his sacred honor for the love of an unborn child.  This is not necessarily an EVIL act, but it still breaks the oath (so far, that's my feeling, anyway).</blockquote>

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