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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 3308758" data-attributes="member: 2067">I dunno, Miko hasn't committed genocide or anything....y'know...yet.... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> That really depends on her actions from this point on. Killing a leader doesn't nessecarily disorganize a country: Lincoln was assassinated, but America stood intact and the South hasn't risen again. Disorganization does not nessecarily follow from the execution of an authority. In fact, it could be argued that with the corruption at the heart of the nation gone, the unified front the Paladins will present (without subversion from within by criminal elements) will be stronger and more able to repel invading forces.For instance, think of the recent coup in Thailand, where the government was overthrown by a military force that was more popular than the reigning PM (IIRC...I might not). Order ruled the day, not chaos.It also depends on how authority is handed down in the world of OotS. She sees herself as an element of divine justice restoring a tradition that has been discarded. There's no real reason to believe she's wrong in that belief. If there is a lawful chain of command and authority to follow, she has not plunged her nation into chaos, she has just done her legally appointed duty: to destroy those in the system who corrupt the system for their own ends.Gloom and doom hasn't been shown yet, and is hardly guaranteed.Well, it hasn't been shown she's working against the interests of Azure City. It's entirely possible that she's working for the interests of Azure City. It's possible that they *both* are working for the interests of Azure City, just in fundamentally different ways.That said, I don't think it would be against the code to execute her, either. Paladins can war and both keep their LG standing and code. It's definately possible for LG to fight LG in bloody sacred warfare, debating over the best ways to serve the people, both unable to give an inch to the other side.Is the legitimate authority the Gods or mortals? Is she beholden to Hinjo (some guy) or is she beholden to the Code, to her Alignment, to her Ancestors, to her Nation, and to her Gods (any or all of which could dictate that what she did was just)? Is the nation truly plunged into chaos, or is it made *stronger* by having a united front, rather than a corruption at its core? Cold-blooded? Miko was issuing the punishment mandated, as far as we know, by every authority she respects. Shojo violated every aspect of honor and justice recognized by the nation and by the LG alignment. Brutal? One cut. Seems almost a mercy killing, and the best way to ensure justice is done. Defenseless old man? Shojo had proven himself capable at the very least of surrounding himself in powerful allies more than willing to bend to his beck and call (the OotS), if not a potent warrior in his own right. If executing a traitor to justice and honor isn't part of the Paladin's duty, what is?</blockquote>

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