Justicar Order

The J**usticar Order** is an asari order whose members swear against having children and family and give up all worldly possessions aside from weapons and armor. After swearing themselves to the Code of the justicars, they wander asari space righting wrongs, as defined by their unwavering code of justice. There are very few asari justicars due to the high mortality rates in training, and the fact that the life of a justicar is seldom easy.

## Justicar Code

The Justicar Code is the central force in every justicar's life. The Code is composed of more than five thousand sutras that describe every possible situation a justicar may encounter. Every justicar is required to know the entire Code by heart. The Code makes a Justicar's choices simple: "if I follow the Code, I am just. If I do not, I am unjust." In compliance with the Justicar Code, there are no morally grey actions: every deed done falls clearly into right or wrong categories. Thus, a justicar will defend a village of just farmers to her dying breath if they are being attacked by bandits, but she will kill every person in that village if they are found to be running a smuggling cartel. Curiosity is a liability for a justicar: if she is required to kill a murderer, she does not wish to know anything that could potentially redeem him in her eyes.

### Oath of Solitude

The first oath a justicar will take is the Oath of Solitude. By swearing this oath, justicars promise to discard any old connections, leaving behind friends and even family. Once this oath has been taken, the justicar is no longer permitted to see or communicate with her former companions - she must completely cut ties. This oath serves to protect those that the justicar used to be close with, prevent bias in judgement and also prepares a justicar for other oaths she may have to take.

### Oaths of Submission

Justicars swear oaths called the Oaths of Subsumation. These pledge protection of the innocent, the punishment of the guilty, and defence of common law and the norms of asari society. This means justicars will never overthrow an existing government, and will instead preserve the existing laws of the asari without the risk of staging a coup should the government be judged unjust.

A specific oath, the Third Oath of Subsumation, binds absolute loyalty to the target of the pledge. This overrides the dictates of even the Justicar Code; upon release from the oath Justicars may kill the ones they previously swore allegiance to if they were forced to do extremely dishonorable things.

## Perception

Given their personal sacrifices, skill and rigid adherence to their Code, justicars are highly revered in asari culture, and there are many stories and vids made of their adventures, although much of it is exaggerated.

While they often find a justicar's presence unnerving, asari police forces usually let a justicar perform her duties out of respect. However, should the police feel the justicar is being unreasonable, the Code allows the justicar to go into their custody for a single day. After that day the justicar is bound by the Code to continue her duties, which may lead to violence between the justicar and her captors.