(( @fly-for-a-lifetime sent me several one-word prompts so I am getting to them bit by bit.))
Do take every opportunity to upgrade your arms and armor; it could mean the difference between life and death.
Don’t short the local merchants, aetheryte minders, or healers; they keep you stocked, moving, and healthy.
Do watch your party members’ backs, because they ought to be watching yours, and it’s the best way for everyone to make it out alive.
Don’t shift blame. Accept your screw ups, learn from them, and move on.
Do accept compliments; sometimes the memory of a kind word is the best defense one has against the doubts that run rampant, especially after dark.
Don’t ignore the young, the old, the infirm, the servants; they see and hear more than most realize, and can be your best resources and dearest friends.
Do show proper respect to the regional gods and traditions, even if you don’t believe in or understand them. The locals will appreciate your respect and besides–you never know.
Don’t cross Rowena. It just isn’t worth it.
Do stick it to the Monetarists at every opportunity, even if you have to work with Lolorito from time to time. Begrudgingly. If Her Impetuousness can learn to play along, so can you.
Don’t forget the little jobs and side projects. Those people are counting on you too. Gods only knows what trouble the Ironworks would get into without you, for instance.
Do remember to take time for yourself and your friends, though. Outside of work, missions, worry, stress. Everyone needs a break, time to relax, to just be.
Don’t fall in love. With found family, with dear friends, with partners. They worship you, or are jealous of you, and it isn’t healthy. They think they aren’t worthy of you, as if you’re on some godsdamned pedestal. Too often they sacrifice themselves for you, because you’re supposedly so bloody important. As if they aren’t; as if they aren’t your light, as if they aren’t your reason for doing all these things, as if it doesn’t rip your heart out every time you lose someone else, the names an increasing list of pain and failure and you can almost understand a thousand years of grief and rage.
Do break the last rule–as often as possible.
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