Grand Oath
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| "Still somewhat confused after the induction speech, we were taking a tour of the Academy dorms with a senior student, when we spotted a robed man crawling down the corridor on all fours. We stared at our senior quizzically. 'Oh, pay him no heed,' he said dismissively, 'we keep him around as a reminder. Never take a Grand Oath while drunk.'" - Vuld Shaik, "Magic and I" |
The Grand Oath is the most sacred pledge one can swear in the world of Mizahar. A contract signed with the very halls of the gods, the dimension of Ukalas, a Grand Oath limits the subject's free will so he cannot help but uphold the pledge no matter how he feels about it. Once taken, a Grand Oath is utterly unbreakable -- the only way to prematurely release one from their obligation would be for every single god in existence to sign a waiver for the recipient. Given the plethora of different divine agenda and the presence of many cruel and sadistic gods in the pantheon, this translates to a practical impossibility. The only other ways to find release are 1) fulfilling the contract's condition if there is one, or 2) death.