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<blockquote data-quote="The_Universe" data-source="post: 2135186" data-attributes="member: 8944">there is nothing wrong with choosing to sacrifice oneself for the life of the (or any) child.&nbsp; It's choosing to sacrifice the cause and your allies before sacrificing the child that would break the oath, and was explicitly stated by Archon, which began this mess.&nbsp; If you choose to sacrifice yourself for the baby, OK.&nbsp; But choosing to sacrifice the Circle, or any part of it (other than yourself) is beyond the stricture of the oath, and would end with you as marked as Archon still may be.&nbsp;You fight for the future, of course.&nbsp; But her integral part of the future depends very much on how this war proceeds, and only *really* matters if the Phoenix throne is tainted by the Bluestar, or lost to Tain.&nbsp; You're trying to push a rope uphill, here - the war has to be won before the child's life is paramount.&nbsp; AFTER that point, priorities can and should shift.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="The_Universe, post: 2135186, member: 8944"] there is nothing wrong with choosing to sacrifice oneself for the life of the (or any) child. It's choosing to sacrifice the cause and your allies before sacrificing the child that would break the oath, and was explicitly stated by Archon, which began this mess. If you choose to sacrifice yourself for the baby, OK. But choosing to sacrifice the Circle, or any part of it (other than yourself) is beyond the stricture of the oath, and would end with you as marked as Archon still may be. You fight for the future, of course. But her integral part of the future depends very much on how this war proceeds, and only *really* matters if the Phoenix throne is tainted by the Bluestar, or lost to Tain. You're trying to push a rope uphill, here - the war has to be won before the child's life is paramount. AFTER that point, priorities can and should shift. [/QUOTE]

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