
Geralt admits that invoking the "Witchers Code" is just a good way to get people to stop bugging him about things. There are some general guidelines, like the basics of what Witcher are supposed to do as well as keeping Witcher secrets safe, but that's it. It turns out that there is no formal Witchers code.
#Chivalry code of honor code#
That said, he's never very forthcoming about what the code says or why it prevents him from getting involved in that instance. In The Witcher series, Geralt will often bring up the Witcher Code when he refuses a job or stays neutral in any given conflict.They derived these codes from a book called The Way of Kings, written by a ruler who had achieved peace throughout his kingdom. The first Ideal (" Life before death, strength before weakness, journey before destination") was the same for all ten Orders, but the other four were different. The Knights Radiant had the Immortal Words, five oaths they lived by.It shows how much the Alethi have fallen that they refuse to even consider the wisdom in any of that. The really sad thing is that any modern real-world army would find the Codes perfectly reasonable, and in many cases less restrictive than real military doctrine: Stay in uniform while in a war zone, don't drink while on duty, don't duel unnecessarily in case important officers get injured, don't ask your men to do something you wouldn't do yourself, and don't abandon allies on the battlefield or seek to profit from their loss. Dalinar is the only one who still holds to them, and the other highprinces scoff at the idea, insisting that no one ever actually followed them, they just claimed to so that they could pretend to be honorable.

The Alethi Codes of War are an ancient set of rules that the local Proud Warrior Race gave up centuries ago as part of their devolution into Blood Knights.He simply says "I would be unable to say that." They must also not betray the Master but at the same time the Code doesn't forbid them from leaving right before the villagers come with torches and pitchforks. Also, the Igors in Discworld have a Code which requires such things as "The Marther is always right." and "Don't ask questions." At one point in Thief of Time, an Igor has to answer a question he cannot due to the Code.The Code that the barbarian heroes (and their opposite numbers, Dark Lords) live by in Discworld."It is a wife's duty to protect her husband" - and she will do so, and risk her life for it. Princess Trini, who was unwilling to marry in the first place, invokes her "duty", when her husband is in danger. In A Brother's Price, there seems to exist a code of honour, although it is never described in detail.If a Player manages to do a Reaper good, the Reaper Collective will repay them somehow. The Reaping of Hatsune Miku: The Reapers usually have no reason to go easy on the Players, but "Reapers always repay their debts".After breaking the Code, for the first time ever does Jericho break down and lose his sense of optimistically dark humor, becoming a Stepford Smiler as he tries to hide his sins from his companions. Because they're trying to murder him after enervation drives them all homicidally mad, giving Jericho no choice. And ends up murdering every single member of the small town of Sleepy Oaks. And then willingly kills several more children. However, the Code/Kodex only gets elaborated upon after Jericho accidentally breaks it when he kills a child.Jericho explains that they exist to keep him from becoming an irredeemable monster, since Jericho is a sociopath.

The titular Jeri cho has a very simple one, with only two specific entries about rules he must not break.
