Aphorisms of the Codes of the Caste of Warriors

[Raziel]

-35th Aphorism of the Codes-

The gentlest of streams can halt an army. The tiniest of osts can fell a man. In the humblest of things there is worth, and the simplest of things may conquer.

[Raziel]

-91st Aphorism of the Codes-

Look upon the world as a tarn looks; you will swiftly see that the boundaries of the territories of men are as nothing to one who dares to see beyond them.

[Raziel]

-59th Aphorism of the Codes-

Only a fool seeks fire and looks for it with a lighted torch.

[Raziel]

-46th Aphorism of the Codes-

A Warrior is not a Warrior who does not honor his fellow Warriors. Let all those who are of the scarlet caste do honor to one another. In honoring your fellow, you honor yourself.

[Raziel]

-2nd Aphorism of the Codes-

If a weapon is too large for your use, yet use it you must, it is well to utilize both hands to wield it. So it is with all things.

[Raziel]

-5th Aphorism of the Codes-

When you would hunt, hunt as the sleen hunts. Tenacious, silent, and without mercy.

[Raziel]

-52nd Aphorism of the Codes-

The poisoner sniffs his own cup often. The assassin fears a knife lurking behind every tree. The loudest accuser sleeps in fear lest his own crime be discovered.

[Raziel]

-30th Aphorism of the Codes-

Do not seek to fight with another man's sword.
Do not seek to ride another's tarn.
Do not seek to discuss another's faults.
Do not seek to interfere in another's purpose.

[Raziel]

-51st Aphorism of the Codes-

Let a Warrior cast his spear mightily, that it might fly far from him, and let him witness how far away from him it lands. Mark that distance well...for within it lies all that he may truly control, while beyond it lies the dominion of others.

[Raziel]

-84th Aphorism of the Codes-

A Warrior's word is not to be questioned.

[Raziel]

-38th Aphorism of the Codes-

Who shall cage the larl? Who shall halt the Bosk? Who shall elude the sleen? When you would be caged, be as the larl. When you would be halted, be as the Bosk. When you would be eluded, be as the sleen.

[Raziel]

-4th Aphorism of the Codes-

In matters of stealth, let you be as soft as the wind, as silent as the shadows, and as still as the calm before the storm.

[Raziel]

-36th Aphorism of the Codes-

If a free woman should kneel before you in submission, let you claim her life. This done, let you keep her as slave, or slay her that she not live in shame evermore.

[Raziel]

-63rd Aphorism of the Codes-

It is unwise to argue with another about the codes of his caste.

[Raziel]

-85th Aphorism of the Codes-

Let all who oppose my Home Stone fall to ruin by my hand.