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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KDLadage" data-source="post: 505847" data-attributes="member: 88">Allow me to re-phrase this to make my opinion on this matter a little clearer...The problem with the Paladin is reconciling a clearly LG character (based upon D&D definitions) who happens to love his church and his faith...As many have illustrated in the past, the order of Paladins, as depicted in the game, will murder (even to the point of genocide) any people they feel falls into their definition of evil, all in the name of their Diety -- and thus, within the bounds of an organized, hierarchical, and traditional religious framework.There is a leader (sometimes intagible and distant, other times in the form of a high-ranking Priest), a defined order, and a system of discipline. They will (without pity or remorse) enforce thier system of beliefs at any cost. Local laws can (and will) be ignored if they conflict with the code and beliefs of their command structure. There are clearly expected norms (in the form of the Code of Behavior).As a member of this order, the Paladin not only endorses this behavior, but re-enforces it through recruitment and conversion tactics.The Paladin, despite his code of ethics, is not forbidden to love. But no matter his love, he must always hold his faith as the higher ideal. If the death of his beloved will serve the common good -- he is not always allowed to acquiesce to the demands of his heart. Sure, he may feel the pain, and he may even feel the raw emotions of the loss. But in the end, for his ideal to be maintained, the very things he held dear in his heart, must give way to the desires and demands of the faith itself.With your comments on Michael, I agree. That is one cold-hearted SOB. LE to the core. Vito, on the other hand, is not quite so clear. At least in my mind.</blockquote>

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