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    Default Re: Did Lord Shojo let Azure City fall?

    Quote Originally Posted by DBJack View Post
    No, it's not his fault for dying. Miko absolutely killed him dead, and while he could have maybe parlayed with Roy with the door closed, we can't blame Shojo for not surviving Miko. But then the clerics were called. Diamonds were produced and the spell was cast. And Lord Shojo was not resurrected. Lord Shojo was close to dying a real death anyways. But dying minutes after hearing that his city was going to be attacked, he had a moral responsibility to return to his city and oversee its preparations for war. And he did not.
    You seem to presume that duty and obligation continue after death. The examples we have of that being the case in OotS's alignment/morality system are very specific, very limited, and driven by magical oaths taken by lawful characters.
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