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21: The Creed by ~b4k4-san:iconb4k4-san:

Categories Literature > Poetry > General Poetry > Open


I
fight to win

II
live by your creed

III
the ends justify the means

IV
you need answer to no one but yourself

V
pay respect where it is due

VI
maintain your strengths

VII
guard your weaknesses

VIII
never look back

IX
no life is worthless

X
no life is priceless

XI
luck is in everything

XII
maintain your focus

XIII
stay out of conflicts that do not concern you

XIV
some battles are meant to be lost--learn from them

XV
make plans

XVI
be ready to improvise

XVII
always have an exit strategy

XVIII
create your own opening

XIX
never lose yourself

XX
the strongest bonds are blood and friendship

XXI
the innermost circles of Hell are reserved for betrayers and mutineers
©2009 ~b4k4-san
:iconb4k4-san:

Author's Comments

I compiled this list in moments of bored introspection over a period of six months to a year. As the title implies, all 21 of these points are things that I believed when I wrote them down, although some (mainly VIII, X, and XIV) I've sinced rethought.

I've been trying to think of a way to post this for a while now, and :icondeadlymetal:'s latest up [link] gave me an idea so simple I'm an idiot for not having thought of it.

So here it is, comment or don't, or even come up with your own creed; I for one think it'd be cool to see them spring up all over dA.

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=deadlyMETAL Jul 6, 2009, 2:28:25 PM
I'm lovin' XVI. :nod:

I like that you finally got these revealed to the world! These are actually really cool to read, and are actually (despite what you may respond with) very intelligent thoughts and concepts.

However, I must disagree with your rethinking of XIV. I think that one holds true -- just don't let it come up too often. :)

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~godofallgodofdeath Jul 6, 2009, 2:33:42 PM
some of these seem to have come out of what Al-Mualim and the assassin bureau guys tell you in assassin's creed. coincidence?

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~b4k4-san Jul 6, 2009, 6:07:41 PM
actually, yeah. Most of these I wrote down before I even had a 360, let alone AC.

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~b4k4-san Jul 6, 2009, 6:12:42 PM
That rethinking was an on-the-spot decision I made because it seemed to contradict I, I just now realized that's not necessarily true.

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=deadlyMETAL Jul 7, 2009, 7:10:46 AM
Indeed. I read through them all and I don't believe there were any others that contradicted each other. Nice work, sir.

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