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<blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 3310015" data-attributes="member: 307"><p>I think what truly caused Mikos fall was her refusal to even attempt to ascertain the truth - no one was going to try to stop her and Hinjo if they decided to take Shojo prisoner and hold him for trial. Shojo appears to have been willing to tell them everything once they had uncovered the deception, and they had a high enough level cleric coming by to be able to cast, say <em>zone of truth</em> to verify that he and the OotS was not working with Xykon. But she didn't even try to find out the truth, she explicitly said she didn't care what the truth was, or who detected as evil, or really, what the gods might say on the issue.</p><p></p><p>But Miko did not choose any of these options. She jumped to a conclusion, assumed she was right, and arrogated to herself the power to render immediate judgment. Her sin was pride, and that led to her acting in anger to strike down a defenseless man who posed no real threat, and furthermore was actually innocent of the charges she murdered him for.</p><p></p><p>Finally, I'll note that the maneuvering that Shojo engaged in was to evade an oath constructed by a <em>human</em> agent, not a divine mandate. The paladins of the Sapphire Order took an oath based upon the decision of a <em>human</em> directive, not a <em>divine</em> directive, and Shojo's machinations were to get around this restriction foolishly imposed by a fallbile <em>human</em>. Miko mistakenly conflated the <em>human</em> directives for the Sapphire Order with a <em>divine</em> instruction, and thus, forgot who it is truly important to obey.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Storm Raven, post: 3310015, member: 307"] I think what truly caused Mikos fall was her refusal to even attempt to ascertain the truth - no one was going to try to stop her and Hinjo if they decided to take Shojo prisoner and hold him for trial. Shojo appears to have been willing to tell them everything once they had uncovered the deception, and they had a high enough level cleric coming by to be able to cast, say [i]zone of truth[/i] to verify that he and the OotS was not working with Xykon. But she didn't even try to find out the truth, she explicitly said she didn't care what the truth was, or who detected as evil, or really, what the gods might say on the issue. But Miko did not choose any of these options. She jumped to a conclusion, assumed she was right, and arrogated to herself the power to render immediate judgment. Her sin was pride, and that led to her acting in anger to strike down a defenseless man who posed no real threat, and furthermore was actually innocent of the charges she murdered him for. Finally, I'll note that the maneuvering that Shojo engaged in was to evade an oath constructed by a [i]human[/i] agent, not a divine mandate. The paladins of the Sapphire Order took an oath based upon the decision of a [i]human[/i] directive, not a [i]divine[/i] directive, and Shojo's machinations were to get around this restriction foolishly imposed by a fallbile [i]human[/i]. Miko mistakenly conflated the [i]human[/i] directives for the Sapphire Order with a [i]divine[/i] instruction, and thus, forgot who it is truly important to obey. [/QUOTE]
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