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 title: Deity Equivalences
 description: Lists equivalent deities. Not to be read by players
 published: true
-date: 2025-05-15T17:37:09.450Z
+date: 2025-05-15T17:42:40.518Z
 tags: game-master, deity equivalences, deities, pantheons, gods
 editor: ckeditor
 dateCreated: 2023-01-06T16:53:50.445Z
@@ -316,13 +316,25 @@ dateCreated: 2023-01-06T16:53:50.445Z
           <p>Main Portfolio: War, Combat, Strategy, Discipline, Conflict (with purpose)</p>
           <p>Typical Domains: War, Order</p>
           <p>Other Domains: Knowledge, Tempest</p>
-          <p>Battle; Honorable Combat; Discipline; Military Hierarchy; Strategy; Was (defined as structured conflict with clear purpose and objectives)</p>
+          <p>Battle; Honorable Combat; Discipline; Martial Codes (the rules of war); Military Hierarchy; Strategy; Valor; War (defined as structured conflict with clear purpose and objectives)</p>
           <p>&nbsp;</p>
           <p>(<strong>Represents war as structured, goal-driven conflict — a force to be respected and wielded, not unleashed blindly.</strong> War must serve a purpose, whether that be defense, conquest, justice, or survival. A war without purpose is not a war, but merely slaughter and butchery.)</p>
         </td>
         <td>Tempus (Honorable Combat); Red Knight (Strategy)</td>
         <td>&nbsp;</td>
-        <td><strong>Purpose defines war.</strong> Victory, protection, conquest — if there is no intent or objective, the deity withdraws its favor.</td>
+        <td>
+          <p>“Martial Codes” may include:</p>
+          <ul>
+            <li><strong>Codes of conduct for soldiers</strong> (e.g. honor, discipline, duty)</li>
+            <li><strong>Rules of engagement</strong> (when and how it's acceptable to initiate combat)</li>
+            <li><strong>Prohibited actions</strong> (e.g. attacking non-combatants, using certain weapons)</li>
+            <li><strong>Expectations of treatment</strong> (e.g. of prisoners, civilians, fallen enemies)</li>
+            <li><strong>Chivalric ideals</strong> (in some cultures — honor in battle, mercy, dueling)</li>
+          </ul>
+          <p>What these are is not of importance (so long as they don't sway into slaughter, butchery, etc.) - the importance is that the culture has martial codes for conducting war, and that it follows them.</p>
+          <p>&nbsp;</p>
+          <p><strong>Purpose defines war.</strong> Victory, protection, conquest — if there is no intent or objective, the deity withdraws its favor.</p>
+        </td>
         <td>
           <p><strong>The Commander:</strong> “Let me read the battlefield clearly. Let my soldiers trust the plan. Let order be our edge.”</p>
           <p><strong>The Duelist:</strong> “Let my blade speak truth. Let the test be clean. Let me fall with honor, or stand with purpose.”</p>