Patron deity of metallic dragons and metallic dragonborn
Law as Moral Ideal
-The True represents law not as structure, but as virtue – as moral ideal – the unshakable belief in concepts like duty, justice, righteousness, and moral integrity. It is to be bound not by what is written by law, but by what is felt – and one's inner compass of what is right, even at great personal cost. It is the ideals for the brave, the driven, and the stubbornly principled.
-Yet the True is also a double-edged sword – for the reality of virtue is often not a matter of good, but a matter of conviction – of what one believes to be right. A path that can be both noble and dangerous. Tyrants, inquisitors, and zealots have all drawn on his light in the name of their own distorted truths. So long as a cause is pursued with enough loyalty, courage, and moral clarity, it falls under his gaze — no matter how righteous or ruinous its consequences.
-A world under the True is a world of endless crusades – where every soul acts with absolute moral certainty. Every wrong is met with swift correction. Every impure thought immediately confronted. Every transgressor punished in the name of virtue. An endless cycle of conflict between every interpretation of right.
+The True represents law not as structure, but as virtue — the moral ideal. He is duty, justice, righteousness, and integrity, unshaken by doubt and unmoved by compromise. He does not bind by written law, but by the soul's own compass — the deep, personal sense of what is right, even at great personal cost. These are the ideals of the brave, the driven, and the stubbornly principled.
+Yet the True is a double-edged sword — for virtue is not measured by goodness, but by conviction. It is not what is right, but what one believes to be right. And that belief, held with enough certainty, can justify anything. Tyrants, inquisitors, and zealots have all drawn on his light in the name of their own truths. So long as a cause is pursued with loyalty, courage, and moral clarity, it falls under his gaze — no matter how noble or catastrophic its ends.
+A world under the True is a world of endless crusades. Every wrong is met with swift correction. Every impure thought immediately confronted. Every transgressor punished in the name of virtue. An eternal cycle of conflict between all who claim to be right — and an endless pursuit of unachievable purity.
“To worship the True is to carry a sword of light — and risk burning the world down with it.”
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The True God stands not for the law of kings or courts, but for the law written upon the soul — a moral ideal – the sacred duty to do what is right, even when it is difficult, even when it is lonely, even when no one else will. He is the ideal made manifest: truth without compromise, justice without exception, loyalty without fear. His realm is not what is permitted – but what is right.
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– todo: what is right is not defined. inquisitions and crusaders who wipe out commuityiies (ethnic cleansing) fall underr these tenets just as much as any good interpretation does.
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Embodies personal honor, justice, duty, and righteousness — the spirit of the law rather than its letter. Worshipped by those who strive to do what is right, even when it comes at great personal cost.
-The Errant Knight: “Even if I stand alone, I will not kneel to injustice. The True does not weigh numbers, only hearts.”
+The Moral Justiciar: “It is not the law that makes a man righteous. It is the strength to choose mercy when vengeance is easier.”
+Traveling Priest: “The True walks with all who carry their burdens upright. It matters not where you came from, only where you choose to stand.”
+The Shieldbearer: “I didn’t save her because it was easy. I saved her because I had to. There was no other choice.”
+The Knight-Commander: “We struck down the rebels, buried them with honors, and wept. Justice is not hatred. It is duty.”
+The Mediator: “It is easy to strike. Harder to stay the hand. Hardest to forgive. That is where the True tests us most.”
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Disgraced soldier turned worshipper: “One must act with honor, even when surrounded by cowards. Especially then.”
+Anointed Sister: “Purity is not perfection. It is the refusal to kneel to corruption, even once.”
+Inquisitor (ethnic cleansing): “There is no such thing as an innocent devil-spawn (tieflings). The stain of evil is in their blood.”
+Zealot: “My blade is clean. My soul is clean. When I burn the wicked, I do it for their own chance at redemption.”
+Electioneer: “Compassion is for the innocent. The guilty need only judgment.”
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