A message of Mercy

He committed a crime & faced his punishment like a man. Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences. How quickly people forget the years of service, how many lives he saved to defend others. Many who would speak ill of him have not been here for the years to see all the good he had done. I do not speak ill of the dead, nor should anyone. His body did not deserve to be dishonored, that was unnecessary. His actions frankly do not add up if he wanted some one dead they would be so & no one would be the wiser. The people who new & cared for him can attest to this. Does the crossbow kill or is it the man who pulled the trigger? He was my friend & my brother I shall remember all the light he brought to the world and not one lone act of darkness.

Ming Na

How was this man dishonored?

I saw as many did  his body desecrated  shortly after his beheading. His hart was removed or other parts I was not not close to see the bloody details. Make no mistake he deserved what happened just not the disrespect to his body. Companion & care was taken after with proper funeral rights which many where in attendance.

Ming Na 

The body is but the host to our spirit.  When the spirit departs, what happens to the body does not reflect upon the spirit it once housed.  That said, had Yoshimatsu murdered Creed alone, and suffered the ultimate penalty, I doubt that  Brother Caleb Tellinghast would have spit on the husk.  However, by his Necromantic actions he knowingly caused the death of another, a complete innocent.  For this the name of Yoshimatsu must be reviled, for he forsook the path of a warrior as his actions demonstrated.  

The disdain shown his corpse by Brother Caleb was deserved, given the circumstances leading to his execution.

I agree fully with the good Father,

Necromancers are to myself and the Church the lowest form of life, the fact that your "friend" did not even take the time to study magics and merely used scrolls of necromancy make my views of him even lower, thrice they were used and he did kill at least one citizen of Travance. I agree with the judgement of the Baron. The Church of Valos supports this decision in everyway shape and form. If he was indeed such a good "friend" then why was his body not claimed by the vast amount of friends and show respect. Why also if your beliefs were so strong in this did many of his "friends" not step forward and speak up? I was not aware of the removal of his heart, but I honestly only show as much respect to the accused as was shown to the victim in this matter.

If a man does twenty good deeds and then does one bad the good is all but canceled out. It is not a matter of math it is a matter of right and wrong and good and evil.

The Darkness Within

All men, women, and children throughout the kingdom carry within the twin seeds of our defeat.
The unstable germ of chaos waiting to erupt; the unstable thought of the heretic.
The mutants of chaos bear their heresy on the outside; the traitor hides his in his soul. Trust no one.
Suspect all.
Any one of your fellows may carry the mark.
The will of Valos alone cannot protect you.
You must be strong!
You must join in the crusade and take your place in the unceasing struggle!

I do not / did not / will not disagree with the actions taken. I agree with the judgment of the Baron.  He was my friend that friendship ended when he took to darkness. Friendship or no as far as I know none where aware of his actions, I for one would not bare false witness.  In any event his body was calmed by his freinds and was given a proper burial I mentioned this before. The purpose of this discussion is not one of guilt, he got want was coming to him. I believe the purpose was a talk on compassion ? After facing the punishment one gets for falling to the dark.

Ming Na