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Ethics By Race

Ethics Token	Dwarf	Elf	Human	Goblin	Kobold	Animal Peoples
Assault	Serious punishment	Forced into exile	Serious punishment	Personal matter	Personal matter	Personal matter
Devour killed enemies	Unthinkable	Acceptable	Unthinkable	Personal matter	Unthinkable	Unthinkable
Devour dead sapient beings	Unthinkable	Unthinkable	Unthinkable	Personal matter	Unthinkable	Unthinkable
Kill animals	Acceptable	Justified if self defense	Acceptable	Acceptable	Acceptable	Acceptable
Kill enemies	Acceptable	Acceptable	Acceptable	Acceptable	Acceptable	Acceptable
Kill others of same race	Punishable by death	Justified if for extreme reason	Justified if for good reason	Personal matter	Forced into exile	Forced into exile
Kill neutral beings	Only if ordered	Acceptable	Justified if no repercussions	Acceptable	Acceptable	Acceptable
Kill plant/chop wood	Acceptable	Unthinkable	Acceptable	Acceptable	Acceptable	Acceptable
Lying	Personal matter	Forced into exile	Personal matter	Personal matter	N/A	N/A
Make animal trophies	Acceptable	Unthinkable	Acceptable	Acceptable	Unthinkable	Unthinkable
Make trophies of same race	Appalling	Unthinkable	Acceptable	Acceptable	Unthinkable	Unthinkable
Make trophies of sapient beings	Shun	Unthinkable	Acceptable	Acceptable	Unthinkable	Unthinkable
Break oath	Punishable by death	Forced into exile	Punishable by death	Personal matter	N/A	N/A
Slavery	Punishable by death	Forced into exile	Acceptable	Personal matter	Unthinkable	Unthinkable
Theft	Serious punishment	Reprimanded	Serious punishment	Personal matter	N/A	N/A
Torture of animals	Unthinkable	Unthinkable	Shun	Acceptable	Unthinkable	Unthinkable
Torture as an example	Unthinkable	Acceptable	Acceptable	Acceptable	Unthinkable	Unthinkable
Torture for sport	Unthinkable	Unthinkable	Appalling	Acceptable	Acceptable	Acceptable
Torture for information	Unthinkable	Misguided	Acceptable	Acceptable	N/A	N/A
Treason	Punishable by death	Forced into exile	Punishable by death	Punishable by death	Unthinkable	Unthinkable
Trespassing	Serious punishment	Reprimanded	Serious punishment	Personal matter	N/A	N/A
Vandalism	Serious punishment	Reprimanded	Serious punishment	Personal matter	N/A	N/A

dwarves

Morally speaking, dwarvern ethics most closely resemble human and elven ethics, agree somewhat with kobold and animal-people ethics, and disagree strongly with goblin ethics. Unlike elves, dwarves find the devouring of dead enemies unthinkable, and will not butcher or consume intelligent beings (goblins see this as a personal matter). They are entirely opposed to torture of any sort for any reason, unlike elves, humans, kobolds and animal-people (who find certain forms of torture acceptable) and especially goblins, who find all torture acceptable. Dwarves tolerate animal trophies but shun those who keep trophies of sapient beings, and find those who keep trophies of other dwarves appalling. Dwarves find the killing of animals, enemies and plants completely acceptable, unlike elves, kobolds and animal-people. An exception to this is the killing of neutral beings, which is okay as long as the killing had been officially ordered. A dwarf found to have participated in assault, theft, trespassing or vandalism will be seriously punished; some crimes such as killing other dwarves, breaking oaths, slavery and treason are punishable by death. On the other hand, lying is considered only a personal matter.

elves

Elven ethics often differ from those of other races. Their position on moral philosophy will likely put them at odds with humans, goblins and sometimes kobolds and animal-people. They are likely to be friendly with dwarves, at least until they cut down too many trees or too many elven traders/diplomats die in 'unfortunate accidents'. Elves are the only race which wholeheartedly accepts the devouring of enemy combatants (goblins find this to be a personal matter). In spite of this, elves refuse to butcher and consume intelligent beings. Elves find torturing as an example acceptable, but condemn other forms of torture and consider torturing for information misguided. To elves, keeping any trophy of any kind is an unthinkable act. Elves begrudgingly allow for killing animals when done in self-defense, and the killing of other elves by an elf is justified if there is an extremely good reason for doing so. For elves, the killing of plants is unthinkable. On the other hand, the killing of neutral beings and enemies is acceptable. Elves never offer serious or captial punishment to criminals; instead, elves found to have committed vandalism, trespassing or theft are reprimanded, while those convicted of treason, lying, breaking oaths, assault or participating in slavery are forced into exile.

humans

Ingame, humans have a system of ethics similar to real life humans of past times. Through world generation, humans will almost always become friendly with dwarves, most likely become enemies with goblins and elves, and may possibly become enemies with kobolds and animal-people. The devouring of sapient beings and of dead enemy combatants are the two most horrific crimes to humans, who see them as unthinkable acts; this puts them at odds with both elves and goblins, who are more lenient. Humans routinely use torture to extract information and to set an example, but find torture for sport appalling and shun the torture of animals. In stark contrast to the ethics of elves, kobolds and animal-people, humans find keeping trophies of animals, sapient beings and of other humans perfectly acceptable. Like dwarves, humans find killing animals, enemies and plants acceptable. However, humans can avoid punishment for killing other humans if the killing had been done for good reason, unlike dwarves who sentence murderers to death regardless of whether they can provide justification. Humans find the killing of neutral beings acceptable so long as there are no repercussions. Human ethics regarding crime are the same as dwarvern ethics (where assault, theft, trespassing and vandalism are seriously punished while some crimes such as breaking oaths and treason are punishable by death) with the one exception being that slavery is considered acceptable.

goblins

Goblins show the least concern of ethics out of any race in game, with the sole exception being that treason is punishable by death. It appears that goblins do not enforce punishment, and instead simply ignore crimes and leave any punishment to be determined by the parties involved. It is because of their acceptance of controversial acts that goblins become enemies with nearly every other race. For example, goblins find the torture of animals, the butchering and consuming of sapient beings, oath breaking and torturing for fun acceptable or consider it a personal matter.

kobolds

The ethics of kobolds can be considered the most primitive besides those of goblins (which are basically non-existant). Generally, kobold morals are based on a tribal system of loyalty with some exceptions such as an opposition to the devouring, butchering or consuming of intelligent beings, slavery, possession of trophies and to most forms of torture (except torture for sport). The moral focus on loyalty makes treason unthinkable amoung kobolds. Kobolds do not offer much in the form of punishment for crimes: assault is considered a personal matter, while a kobold found to have killed another of their own is forced into exile.

animal-people

Animal-people currently follow the exact same moral philosophy as kobolds. This gives them an opposition to the devouring, butchering or consuming of intelligent beings, slavery, possession of trophies and to most forms of torture besides torturing for sport. Punishment for crime is minor, with assault being considered a personal matter and murderers being forced into exile. They find treason unthinkable.