Well, there's always the Hippocaratic Oath. I posted a wuzzle of the modern and tranlated ancient forms as cited on Wikipedia http://drunkardswalkforums.yuku.com/top ... -of-a-hero]here in General Chatter not long ago - it's in the section after the first divider of the post, separating it from the musings on capital-J Justice and before the martial arts principles cribbed from one of my Fenspace story posts. If the latter qualifies as 'official enough' for inclusion, you're welcome to use it as well if you like.
Though not posted in that thread, there's the other oath the character I was creating and now platy is bound by, which I pretty much made up out of whole cloth, and which you're also welcome to use if you like:
I am a Danzai Soldier, and I am an Ally of Justice.
I am the defender of widows and orphans, and of all those who bear no ill will.
I am the shield that turns aside malice, and the sword that strikes down oppression.
I am the pillar that upholds truth, and the lantern that exposes injustice.
I am a Danzai Soldier, and I will protect the people of the worlds.
Against criminals and madmen, I will protect them.
Against invaders and power-seekers, I will protect them.
In any place and at any time that evil threatens, I will protect them.
I am a Danzai Soldier, and this is my oath.
This is my oath of Justice.
This is my oath of Protection.
This is my oath of Duty.
While stones endure in the mountains, while life endures in my body, and while stars endure in the sky, let this oath stand unbroken!
Note that in a dimension-spanning setting, this applies to all the people, of all the worlds. Everywhere. It doesn't set any limits on what are "people" either, only on how those to be protected and those to protect them from are identified by their actions. Depending on how strongly binding it's treated, that could be a rather major commitment, especially if the subject doesn't accept that their power is finite and they can only do so much.
- CD, wishes he could live up to those sentiments in reality as well, but is not a sentai hero, and is dreadfully short on compassion and discipline let alone determination and drive
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
Though not posted in that thread, there's the other oath the character I was creating and now platy is bound by, which I pretty much made up out of whole cloth, and which you're also welcome to use if you like:
I am a Danzai Soldier, and I am an Ally of Justice.
I am the defender of widows and orphans, and of all those who bear no ill will.
I am the shield that turns aside malice, and the sword that strikes down oppression.
I am the pillar that upholds truth, and the lantern that exposes injustice.
I am a Danzai Soldier, and I will protect the people of the worlds.
Against criminals and madmen, I will protect them.
Against invaders and power-seekers, I will protect them.
In any place and at any time that evil threatens, I will protect them.
I am a Danzai Soldier, and this is my oath.
This is my oath of Justice.
This is my oath of Protection.
This is my oath of Duty.
While stones endure in the mountains, while life endures in my body, and while stars endure in the sky, let this oath stand unbroken!
Note that in a dimension-spanning setting, this applies to all the people, of all the worlds. Everywhere. It doesn't set any limits on what are "people" either, only on how those to be protected and those to protect them from are identified by their actions. Depending on how strongly binding it's treated, that could be a rather major commitment, especially if the subject doesn't accept that their power is finite and they can only do so much.
- CD, wishes he could live up to those sentiments in reality as well, but is not a sentai hero, and is dreadfully short on compassion and discipline let alone determination and drive
--
"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows