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Originally Posted by Guardian Enzo
You know, this was pretty much my reaction too. My sympathy fell with the ronin - he was peacefully passing his days in his derelict castle, offering no harm to anyone who didn't mean harm to him. Walking into his house and killing him in order to take his sword for some nebulous quest just doesn't feel all that heroic to me.
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Twist it into another perspective, did the ronin actually want to pass his days in his castle? The most honorable way to die for a warrior is on the battlefield and their arrival presented a final battle that the ronin was happy to die by. It's like granting a final wish to a dying man.