Discourse on dishonor

[Voltaere]

I can feel my honor and power growing. Each day brings with it new adventure and new challenges. It also brings many new foes. The denizens of Azeroth can be dangerous, but their defeat brings honor. Much more dangerous to the path of honor is the impeding of the Alliance. They are dishonorable at every turn, and their dishonor is contagious. Like a disease you can catch, spreading and malevolent.

All too often, there are Alliance scum lying in wait to pounce when we are most vulnerable. Battling Dragonkin, Ogres, and true horrors in Azeroth means nothing to them. They lie in wait, their intention is cruelty. They would rather see the Horde defeated than the terrors of Azeroth! Their pretense makes it cold blooded murder. And how does one react to murder? The temptation of the old Eye for an Eye comes to mind…

When I hear Crossroads or Tarren Mill are being attacked again, my heart sinks. Many attacks come from our former allies (the humans)! They attack with forces that the towns can not hope to repel. They go on murderous rampages through them. What does this make me want to do? I will admit that I want to take revenge! Not just honorable revenge, but the temptation is strong to take revenge on everyone calling themselves part of the Alliance. Revenge in such a cruel manner as to take out my anger on those not yet even ready to face me! Fortunately, so far, I have behaved with honor and have fought my many duels with integrity. Yet more often than an honorable duel, the Alliance member choose to attack from the dark, or to attack with overwhelming force, or to face the dishonor of killing those not yet even worthy of attack.

I don’t know if I can maintain my honor in the face of such cruelty, but I will try. It is my calling as a Paladin to know the truth of things, and not stoop to my enemies’ cowardice. Thus my honor is the greater, and I shall take solace in this. I shall take my vengeance in the Battlegrounds of Azeroth with enemies worthy of my efforts.

Speaking of which, the alliance really are a bunch of selfish cowards. Their lack of teamwork in the Battlegrounds demonstrates this consistently. I almost feel bad for them, but then I remember the injustice at Tarren Mill and Crossroads. Their cowardice and selfish manner lead them to defeat time and time again, and will continue to do so.

One hope (I would say prayer, but I do not answer to a ‘higher’ power anymore) I struggle with is hoping that the Alliance can find more true honor. Things could be different. I struggle with this hope because if they did, my hate could not be as easily justified…