Dao Adusin

The Dao Adusin (Honor of the Adusi), often known simply as the Dao, is a code of honor followed by those of the Adusi Caste. This way of life dictates behavior, etiquette, social standing (as seen through honor), morality, and is embodied by twelve tenets and their associated axioms, parables, and virtues. All these are collected into a single volume known as the Daodad.

First Tenet

 * Axiom: You are your honor.
 * Virtue: Honor
 * Parable: 

Second Tenet

 * Axiom: Strike with righteousness or strike not.
 * Virtue: Righteousness
 * Parable: 

Third Tenet

 * Axiom: Betray another and you betray yourself.
 * Virtue: Loyalty
 * Parable: 

Fourth Tenet

 * Axiom: Deeds of the past may reflect those of the future.
 * Virtue: Ancestral Heritage
 * Parable: 

Fifth Tenet

 * Axiom: Death is preferable to imprisonment.
 * Virtue: Independence
 * Parable: 

Sixth Tenet

 * Axiom: Fear is weakness.
 * Virtue: Courage
 * Parable: 

Eighth Tenet

 * Axiom: Know your place and you may know yourself.
 * Virtue: Respect
 * Parable: 

Ninth Tenet

 * Axiom: Fools act without thought.
 * Virtue: Discipline
 * Parable: 

Tenth Tenet

 * Axiom: Fools think without action.
 * Virtue: Zeal
 * Parable: 

Eleventh Tenet

 * Axiom: The greatest tests of character do not come in the form of combat.
 * Virtue: Fortitude
 * Parable: 

Final Tenet

 * Axiom: Adversity strengthens.
 * Virtue: Determination
 * Parable: