Child Soldiers
Posted by Apostate on 12/24/19
Q: Back when I made Ian, I promised that whenever the age he was when he started sailing and started fighting came up, I would OOCly make it clear that this wasn't normal and that he would have been seen the way we see child soldiers today, and that there ARE psychological scars that come from fighting this young. I've continued to do this. More and more, especially recently, I've started getting surprised responses; people are assuming that children in this game should be treated how they're perceived to have been treated in the middle ages.
Anyway, it might help to preserve that bit of culture if a post about it were made. I'll keep pointing it out, like I promised I would, but I think it's something not many people understand about culture in the Compact.
A: Pressing children to fight in war is considered an offense against Gloria and the ideals of chivalry, as the view of the Faith of the Pantheon is it takes advantage of those who are not yet prepared to make their own choices. A child serving as a page, and then as a squire before they reach adulthood is permissible, but bringing them into battle is considered a sin against Gloria and failing in the conduct becoming of a knight. Allowing children to serve in non-combat support roles in dangerous situations is generally frowned upon, as it is considered grossly irresponsible by a leader if children are killed while serving in those roles (such as child servants on ships of war).
Child soldiers are associated with the Abandoned, as the most vicious and warlike of the Shav'arvani tribes have no such reservations on the practice, and is widely considered loathsome by the Compact.
Anyway, it might help to preserve that bit of culture if a post about it were made. I'll keep pointing it out, like I promised I would, but I think it's something not many people understand about culture in the Compact.
A: Pressing children to fight in war is considered an offense against Gloria and the ideals of chivalry, as the view of the Faith of the Pantheon is it takes advantage of those who are not yet prepared to make their own choices. A child serving as a page, and then as a squire before they reach adulthood is permissible, but bringing them into battle is considered a sin against Gloria and failing in the conduct becoming of a knight. Allowing children to serve in non-combat support roles in dangerous situations is generally frowned upon, as it is considered grossly irresponsible by a leader if children are killed while serving in those roles (such as child servants on ships of war).
Child soldiers are associated with the Abandoned, as the most vicious and warlike of the Shav'arvani tribes have no such reservations on the practice, and is widely considered loathsome by the Compact.