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<blockquote data-quote="Seonaid" data-source="post: 1460825" data-attributes="member: 11195">Chastity, female human paladinAs the others search the cabin, Chastity ponders the words of Calenthang and Ayden. Mercy is admirable, she repeats to herself. It seems so clear to her. One must seek out and eradicate evil wherever it is found, in whatever form it takes, but one chance at redemption is allowed. Wholesale slaughter is not always the right path. However, one must never consort with evil beings, even to promote a greater good. It is better to be alone, facing impossible odds, than at the side of something that is to be destroyed.In her studies at the church, Chastity had often wrestled with the idea of evil turned good, and once again she turns this puzzle over and over in her mind. How can evil be good? Perhaps this &quot;wight&quot; could not have been saved. But then how can something be redeemed? Does &quot;saving&quot; something require it becoming good? What should be done with an evil creature who repents, and remains evil? She shakes her head slightly and goes over to the others with a faintly troubled expression. She looks as if she might speak, but she does not say anything, and it is obvious that she is not sure herself what she might say.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Seonaid, post: 1460825, member: 11195"] [b]Chastity, female human paladin[/b] As the others search the cabin, Chastity ponders the words of Calenthang and Ayden. [i]Mercy is admirable,[/i] she repeats to herself. It seems so clear to her. One must seek out and eradicate evil wherever it is found, in whatever form it takes, but one chance at redemption is allowed. Wholesale slaughter is not always the right path. However, one must never consort with evil beings, even to promote a greater good. It is better to be alone, facing impossible odds, than at the side of something that is to be destroyed. In her studies at the church, Chastity had often wrestled with the idea of evil turned good, and once again she turns this puzzle over and over in her mind. [i]How can evil be good? Perhaps this "wight" could not have been saved. But then how can something be redeemed? Does "saving" something require it becoming good? What should be done with an evil creature who repents, and remains evil?[/i] She shakes her head slightly and goes over to the others with a faintly troubled expression. She looks as if she might speak, but she does not say anything, and it is obvious that she is not sure herself what she might say. [/QUOTE]

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