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As a loyal Andoran I'm appalled at this betrayal. To throw away all the good that can be done by working within the system to to root out the small fraction of bad apples is wrong. I for one will not stand for the Major's perversion.

It is troublesome that the Major thinks that he can separate himself from Andoran politics in order to have his Liberty's Edge group of rebel rousers to strike out against what he feels is corruption. With no governmental oversight, at that.

I worry that the Major will be corrupted by this new level of power that he is granting himself. No one is above the law, and the Major and his Liberty's Edge "freedom fighters" will need to learn this again.

When the laws protect the corrupt, the laws are no longer just. When unjust laws place the chains of bondage on a people so that they become subservient to the government, the people are no longer free. And when those people are no longer free, we have a duty to free them. Working within the very laws that bind them does nothing but perpetuate the very subjugation of the people we have sworn to free.

You may be angry at the major for deciding to work outside the laws, but laws which protect the corrupt and self-interested are not worth defending. If you choose to defend that sort of law, then perhaps you should consider whether or not you truly follow the path of freedom.

It sounds, friends, as if the major has acknowledged that the movement of liberty is greater than any one nation. If that is the case, it would make sense to me that our faction would evolve into a different entity, one less-constrained by the laws and requirements of corrupt individuals and ruling organizations.

I suspect that the long and honorable traditions and history of the Eagle Knights will still have a tremendous role to play in bringing freedom to the peoples of all countries, not just Andoran.

And to that I say, it is well beyond time we have done so.

If you further the cause of freedom and liberty, of the right of free peoples to choose their way, then we are on the same side. And if you bear the title of an Eagle Knight, you are more than welcome to accompany me and our brothers and sisters on this journey!

Should these demonic hordes continue to press the foothold they currently have, there will be no group or person in the whole of Golarion who will be spared.

The Hellknights may, under normal circumstances, sacrifice the weak for their own selfish purposes. These are not normal circumstances, and I am certain that even they would recognize that some things are more important than person goals, control, or power.

Liberty's blessing be upon you.

Astonishingly enough, I agree with Pathfinder Livianna. If we are to fight these scourge of the underworld, we may need to bolster our ranks faster than the recruitment and training of new pathfinders would allow.

Perhaps we should make entreaties to the Hellknights - surely, the scourge that confronts us will confront them, too.

Liberty's blessing be upon you.

Samuel Revell wrote:

Then perhaps you have never accepted who it is you are 'fighting' for Corvus.

Its not supposed to be a WHO at all. Its supposed to be a what.

I agree, in principle, but sometimes the fight for liberty requires us to align with a person, organization, or other entity. While I agree that freedom and liberty are the "what" we are fighting for, doing so is not always mutually exclusive of conducting those fights on behalf of another.

May liberty's blessing be upon you.

I'm still waiting for the Major to explain his actions. How about it, Major? Are you still going to sleep around, put yourself in embarassing situations, and still order us to go out there and cover up your indiscretions? I'm still awaiting an answer.

And, with respect, I am still waiting for you to decide whether or not you will exercise your own judgement as to which of those tasks you will undertake. The major hasn't given you a single order; he has merely presented you with opportunities, ones which you have freely chosen to accept. The burden, therefore, is yours, not the major's.

A wise man once said, "Who is more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?"

In Liberty.

Major Colson Maldris OVERSTEPPED the bounds of his AUTHORITY. The MAJOR decided that someone needed to be KILLED because someone DISCOVERED one of the Major's embarassing indescretions. I was NOT sent to liberate slaves or make the world "safe for democracy." I was sent to cover up an embarassing situation that Major Maldris got himself into. This order did NOT come from our government, but directly from the Major himself.

I would still like to see a public apologly from the Major to we the "Freedom Fighters." If our home government is somehow unaware of just how badly Major Maldris overstepped his authority, the home government should be made aware of the Major's transgressions. Major Colson Maldris should at least receive some type of reprimand from Andoran.

No need to break out the tar and feathers just yet...

Pathfinder, it is not necessary to raise your voice in making your argument. We are all attentive to you, and your elevated tones merely make you harder to hear.

The major offered you the opportunity to serve Andoran. Clearly, as evidenced by your comments, you had some moral or ethical difficulty in the discharge of that mission. I certainly won't criticize you or suggest that, somehow, you are wrong in that view. We all determine for ourselves what our ethical or moral boundaries are. Where I will take issue, however, is your view that because he offered you a mission with which you disagreed, the entire faction should somehow take action, or that the major must somehow face a public rebuke by requiring him to apologize.

Clearly, the better and more appropriate action would have been for you to merely refuse to undertake the mission with which you objected. That is far more appropriate for a member in service to Andoran because it rests upon your individual ability to choose whether or not to accept it, and the terms along with it. Your failure to act in a manner consistent with your moral or ethical principles rests with you, and not Andoran. The whole of Andoran should not be required to save your from your own cognitive dissonance - you were aware of the mission, its terms, and requirements. And, in full knowledge of them, you undertook the mission just the same, correct? The burden then rests with you, not us.

For what must the major apologize? For your inability to refuse? There may be greater reasons as to why that mission was given - certainly, you claim it was because someone discovered one of his "indiscretions." From my own experience, the major has asked me to do nothing of the sort. And, were he to do so, I would most likely refuse. While I am not offended at the major's extracurricular activities (after all, he is free to choose that path if he wishes), I would not kill merely to obfuscate the facts behind them. Perhaps we are different, you and I - if there is a certain moral or ethical precept which I consider to be important to me, I will not violate it, even at the request of the major (or anyone else in a position of authority.)

Peace guide you on Freedom's Journey. The blessings of Arshea be with you.

In Liberty.

Why do we care if the major is married or not? Certainly an adult can determine whether or not he wishes to marry. I thought being a part of this faction demonstrated a commitment to freedom and to liberty, to the free exercise of thought and one's own convictions.

Why must we be concerned with his marital status or his alleged indiscretions? So long as he leads us in a way that promotes liberty and freedom for others, it matters not to me.

Can we not, instead, focus on what really matters and not this distraction?

In Liberty.

Brothers and Sisters in Freedom:

The major offers us numerous opportunities to set free those oppressed by others, and he does so in ways that, perhaps, we may not understand. The greatest offering, however, lies in our freedom to choose to accept his request or not. He does not command us, nor does he dictate acceptance of his request. We are free to choose, and that certainly is worth of this noble faction. If you feel that what he asks is unworthy of, or beneath, a member of this faction, then you simply only must refuse to accept it. To suggest that we change leaders because you may not like the choices he offers is more a reflection of your failure to choose your own path and to blindly accept what is placed before you. Blind servitude is not a characteristic of Andoran, nor should it ever be.

If you desire a change in leadership, that is your prerogative, but it is not one that I will support. You choose the path you walk, and I will do the same.

For me, the major is more than a capable leader, and one worthy of our best efforts.

In Liberty.