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[The video starts with Gundham just sort of sitting on a bale of hay at the stables. His newfound magical abilities has made upkeep far easier as he no longer really needed to go into town for supplies, and he now had a bit too much time with his own thoughts. After a moment of hesitation, he finally decides to speak.]

I have a hypothetical that I would like opinions on from the rest of you.

In a far off world, there is a war between the forces of light and darkness. Among the forces of darkness there is an order of Death Knights that act as generals for the King of Darkness. Little is known about them or how they operate, mainly because there are no survivors to report on any encounters. The only concrete facts known about them is that wherever they go all that is left in their wake is death and ash. None are spared, warriors, civilians, children, none are spared.

The forces of Light decide that the best way to end the war is to assassinate the king, cutting off the power the knights receive from the king. However, in doing so, it's revealed that the knights were operating under duress, though the specifics are not widely known. The knights had no choice in the matter and the weight of their actions nearly crush them when freed from the king's influence.

My question to you is what would you do with these knights? Do they deserve to be given to the families of those they slew and made an example of? Would you console them? Or simply do nothing and make them figure it out for themselves?

Do they deserve redemption, or are they too far gone?

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Whoa, that is really scary to think about it with the knights being under the King of Darkness’ control.

If I was in this situation, I would give them a chance to atone for what they have and help them to seek out for forgiveness. It won’t be easy for everyone involved, but hopefully there is some reconciliation in the end.

[Gaius takes the question with the seriousness it deserves, pondering it for a good while.]

I think that as difficult as it would be, I would have to talk to each knight individually and make a determination of their fate. For those who wanted redemption, I would have them till the land they helped destroy until it could flower again.

If there is no hope, then I would have to figure out an appropriate punishment.

Edited 2021-03-31 22:58 (UTC)

[This sounds more legitimately hypothetical than the last similar post Kadoc responded to, but it's still suspiciously detailed. Interesting, though. Maybe hits a little close to home on some level . . . so he can't stop himself from responding.]

Does no choice mean no choice? Or is this a Hobson's choice scenario? . . . If these people were used like puppets, there's not really a question there. You can't hold someone responsible for something they were forced to do. But there are plenty of levels of coerced choice under that.

If they didn't have a choice in what they did, I think they'd deserve a chance to redeem themselves. But I'd keep them under watch for a time, both to be sure they're honest about wanting to atone and to shield them against anyone trying to take revenge.

[ ... Yeah. No video for this. Her expression was tight, almost too much so, anyways, and she felt her face strain even as she spoke. That and she'd been in bed for days and hardly looked presentable. ]

If the weight of one's sins will crush you, even if you felt you had no other recourse, then let yourself be crushed. That is your redemption.

[ No... there's no hiding the bitterness in her words. But it doesn't seem cast at Gundham, or even at herself, or, well... anyone specific. It seems more like spite cast at the world itself. ]

If they have regrets, let them live. If they don't, it'll catch up to them.

[His tone is matter-of-fact, if not quite breezy. Anything more than that is window dressing, he thinks.]

How hypothetical is this story, anyway?

Well... what do the knights want? Seems as if everything up to this point they haven't gotten a say in anything.

[This isn't the first time Walter has heard a question along this vein on the network. He remembers the first time. It did not go well, and he'd ended up in conflict with the person making the transmission.

Come to think of it, he hasn't seen or heard anything of that person in months. Not since he'd woken up outside after the night run, out in the storm, and the man had responded to his transmission with actual consideration. He hasn't seen or heard anything of the person he was with out there, either.

It leaves him feeling rather introspective as he responds.]

Which is he question you really want answered?

[ Why does this sound so awfully familiar. ]

If you don't know the knights' side of the conflict, how can you decide if they are deserving of redemption or otherwise?

Edited 2021-04-05 13:20 (UTC)

[Probably the last person he wants a PM from, but... Mukuro'd been thinking about this post for a while. It helped that she knew exactly what the context was he was talking about.]

Did you find the answers you were looking for, in the end?

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In my world, a woman who'd had her heart twisted by the Gods was blamed for the atrocities she committed under that God's influence. When she was finally betrayed and abandoned, she took bloody vengeance and became an entity the world could blame for their evils.

Take from that what you will.

...I suppose my question would be- What did the knights do, once the spell the King held over them had vanished?

[But that wasn't answering the question, was it? What would she do, under those circumstances? She was certain the story had a grain of truth to it. And if it were her...]

In my case, if the knights had wronged me personally, then I would take my revenge, but that is all. I am a selfish woman, after all.

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