Book II: Valor

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Title: Book II: Valor

Author: Garlan Trynthlas

Ah, Valor. Truly it is the one virtue practiced in the form closest to its true meaning! Yet sadly it falls short, lacking the definition and conviction needed for one to truly embrace valor.

Valor stems from the principle of courage alone, and it is there that the system falls short, for courage without conviction, without purpose, is fruitless. All throughout the lands there are warriors who fight with great courage, laughing in the face of fear...but still they fall, and ever shall it be so, since they lack the purpose - the truth - needed to instill the true sense and drive of valor into their very being!

Valor, friends, is not simple courage. It is courage without doubt, without question that the cause you fight for is worthy and true. Valor is strength of body and mind that cannot be defeated, even if a battle may seem lost.

I say, then, that only he who knows the truth of the virtues, in our age here and now, can be called valorous. For only he will be able to stand before his enemy without doubt and embrace the glory of battle without fear of being lost.