#the most unholy thing I have had the dishonor of creating

[casspurrjoybell-17]

HEART'S FATE - CHAPTER 57

*Warning Adult Content*

For several heartbeats, no one moves as the Queen of Thassos rises slowly from below, like some Angel of the Sea, her long hair and delicate fins catching the light from above.

Natalis and her guards remain frozen with shock and only Shanti continues to move, her long coils undulating as she maintains her position at my side.

Most eyes are on the Queen but Skylar West's are on his mate, Martin Hunter.

Spurred by concern for him, Skylar breaks free of the hold his mother's voice has on him and approaches.

"Mother. Do you know me?"

She looks up, locking star-bright eyes with his.

"Yes, Scyllian, I know you, as I know my daughters, sweet Anemone and Natalis, whose ambitions have gotten the better of her, it seems"

As she speaks, Natalis' guards regroup and look on in awe.

Other mer-folk approach as well, drawn by the commotion and spectacle.

The shockwaves of Skylar's mother's awakening were likely felt across the whole of Thassos.

"You have done well, Scyllian," his mother says.

"You brought me a pure heart, one who gives himself willingly to the sea."

She looks down on Martin's face, the stillness of which makes Skylar's own heart seize with dread and smiles sadly.

"Please," he says, moving a little closer and reaching towards Martin.

"He gave everything to free you. You must help him now."

She inclines her head.

"I will do what I can but first there is another matter to attend."

As she speaks, her gaze shifts to something behind and above Skylar, who turns to see the unholy simulacrum of his father drawing nigh, no doubt summoned by its master.

He wears the full, regal armor of his rank and cuts an impressive and imposing figure.

The other mer-folk fall back before him and Skylar has to give Natalis credit where it's due.

She had created his likeness so true to life that it had fooled him completely the first time he encountered him.

Now, confronted with the mockery of a noble man, condemned by malice and folly to an ignoble end, his heart constricts with guilt and as he glances back at his mother, Skylar sees her face marked by pain.

"It isn't him," he says quietly.

"I know," she whispers.

Taking advantage of our momentary distraction, Natalis makes a last, desperate attempt to salvage her swiftly sinking plans.

"Do not believe your eyes," she commands, putting enough power in her voice to make it ring in Skylar's ears.

"The traitor has created a blasphemous illusion in the image of our Queen. Destroy him and his false servants."

She raises her spear and casts it at the center of her brother's chest.

Skylar's mother raises one hand, still supporting Martin with the other and flicks her wrist almost casually, as if batting aside a troublesome fly.

The spear veers to the side, pushed by the force of water like an airborne missile nudged off course by a gust of wind and passes his harmlessly before sinking out of sight.

His mother bows her head.

"So may all deceptions fall away."

Once again, she waves her hand and as all magic in the sea is her magic, Natalis' spells come undone.

Skylar's father's simulacrum disintegrates, his hair turning back into the seaweed from which it was made, his armor and clothing falling away as audible gasps and cries of dismay rise from the gathered crowd.

At last, the shape loses cohesion and the thing at the heart of the dark spell tumbles free.

Skylar's father's skull sinks, the white bone flashing in the sunlit blue water, eyeless sockets turned to the sky.

Anemone swims after it, having recovered from her battle with Natalis and catches it bravely in her outstretched hands.

Spear or not, a pain lances Skylar's chest, their father died dishonored, his remains were desecrated and he will always carry guilt for his part in it.

That can't be undone or put right but he makes himself a promise that his father's memory will be honored, henceforth.

Meanwhile, as shock and horror ripple through the gathering, more and more eyes turn to Natalis, as the significance of this revelation dawns.

For her part, she appears unrepentant and turns to her brother with an expression of deep and abiding hatred.

"You think you're so much better than I?" she asks. "You did nothing to earn father's love. He gave it to you anyway, his precious firstborn son."

She sneers at him.

"I was always at his side. I was his protégé. I fought my way through the ranks, I earned my place fair and square. And yet it was you he praised. Scyllian and his art. How talented," she scoffs. "He loved you and you barely spared him the time of day. I loved him and he barely acknowledged I existed, much less listened to my advice. I worked hard for what he gave you for free. I wanted what you took for granted. But when I brought my ideas to him, to take the power from the throne, separate what protects us from what makes us strong, strengthen our ties to our realm while keeping our people safe, he dismissed me as if I were a prattling child. So, yes, I betrayed him but you broke his heart. You turned him in without a second thought. So, which of us is really worse, brother?"

"Well, to be fair, I didn't kill him," I say. "Or retrieve his bones and turn him into a puppet."

He makes himself a mental note that if he ends up forced to take the throne, his first decree will be to send everyone to the surface for therapy.

"No. But you're the reason he's dead."

"And you're the reason I'll never have the chance to set things right."

My mother sighs.

"How long has it been, Scyllian? How long was I a captive of my own short-sightedness?"

"Many years, Mother," he says.

"And yet the two of you still bicker as children. Come... this one is out of time," she says, looking down at Martin's limp form. "And I must ponder the meaning and measure of justice."

She looks to the guards.

"Do you recognize your queen?"

Bowing their heads, they speak in unison.

"Your majesty."

"Secure my daughter. Listen to nothing she may say. You are immune to her words. Do you understand?"

They nod.

"Yes, your majesty."

As they move towards her, however, Natalis backs away, shaking her head.

"No... No, I won't surrender. I refuse to bow before everything I despise. I won't."

She pulls something from a recess of her armor and Skylar recognizes a weapon he thought only existed in legend.

It's small, resembling a sea-urchin in both shape and size but if it's what I think it is, it packs a punch that would put the most powerful naval mines to shame. If it goes off, it will kill them all.

Wild-eyed, Natalis raises it overhead.

Amid the shouts of alarm and attempts to flee, Skylar turns aside in a vain hope of shielding his mother and Martin from the blast.

Before he can do anything, however, a blur of motion disrupts the water in a froth of bubbles and something rushes by so fast Skylar is cast aside, caught in a vortex swirl.

Righting himself, he discovers he's uninjured.

Natalis, however, is gone.

Or rather, he just glimpses the end of her tail as it disappears inside Shanti's enormous snake's jaws.

The other mer-folk have backed off to a safe distance but Skylar's mother stays at his side as Shanti rejoins them.

"Did you... did you just eat her?" he asks.

Shanti's serpent's tongue, as long as my arm, flicks forth and her voice reverberates in the water.

'No. I merely sent her to another realm.'

"Is that different from killing her?"

Shanti inclines her spade-shaped head.

'It depends on your perspective but I like to think that the balance of Karma or as you might say, her fate, will take her where she needs to go. Perhaps you will see her again someday, perhaps you will not.'

"I'm not complaining but I thought your kind was against direct action."

'We abstain from judgment, from reaction and yes, from action but only when the harm resulting from such judgment, reaction or action is unclear. Nonaction is often the best way to avoid harm but not always. Sometimes, action is called for. This was one of those times.'

Skylar rests a hand on the jeweled scales between her wide snake's eyes.

"Thank you, Shanti. It is fortunate we have made your acquaintance, I think."

'My interest is perhaps too personal, she says. After reconnecting with my cousin, I have formed strong ties with this realm and those whom my cousin cares for, I have come to care for, as well.'

Her attention moves to Martin and at last, Skylar gives his mate his full attention, though he fears what he will see.

The Queen of the Sea's hair covers Martin as a shroud.

The fragmented light, cut by the prism of the waves, plays upon his face and his features hold the timeless beauty of art and the marbled stillness of death.

Despair closes its fist around Skylar's heart but his mother rests a more comforting hand on his arm.

"He lives, Scyllian," she says. "The sea has accepted his sacrifice and in return it has given its grace. But now his life hangs by a thread and you must make a choice."

"What choice?" he shakes his head. "I gave myself to the sea. I can never leave it now."

She meets her son's eyes and he sees the power of the whole ocean looking back at him.

"You are as much your father's son as you are mine," she says.

"You are of the land as much as you are of the sea. I could not give my heart to the land, so my love gave his to the sea, he gave himself willingly, completely and for a time we were happy. But as the years passed, the weight of duty outweighed the wisdom of my heart, until when my son accused his own father of treachery, I did not see through the deception in time to discover its root."

She turns her gaze on Martin, cradled like a child in her arms.

"My heart is broken, Scyllian and I am no longer fit to rule. Meanwhile, your own love lies at the mercy of the tides. Only you can decide your own heart's fate. Accept his sacrifice and grant him the gift of the sea, as I did your father, make him your consort and ascend the throne. Or let him go, give up what the sea has given you, release him and let the sea take back its own."

Two futures rise before him, one where Skylar is Lord of the Deep, King beneath the Waves, with this beautiful man ruling at his side and another...

Four pairs of bright eyes and four little smiles flash in his mind and the choice is made.

"Will he remember me?" he asks, meeting his mother's eyes.

She smiles.

"That, my son, is entirely up to you."

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poglin

[blazedreaper]

Shadowbourn’s Life of Family & Uneath Part 1

It has been many years, no. Many ages since I last thought of my own kin, my blood; for I know that it is their blood on my hands. Still, I think on lonely nights such as these to ponder the paths I’ve taken, wandered, and walk to this day; some I question dearly but as a knight I aspire and strive to keep what oaths I have left as well hope I can retain the little honor I hold onto. Am I alone to this day, no far from it; however being a ‘Lord’ other wise known as champion(s) of the Ebon Blade.

And what a great ‘Lord’ I am. I don’t take my order for granted, I NEVER have nor will I ever; for they are the one’s whom I can call true family, my un-kin. Men, women, human, orc; it didn’t matter. For as death welcomed all, so did I, I treated and treat all undead and un-kin as my brothers and sisters; giving most at first impressions high respects. Not only that, but we’ve all shared a painful, sorrow filled, and blood drenched past; a lifetime we can never take back. Some days I can remember back to when I was first born or alive as it’s called; so full of spirit, charisma, and a want to be other’s strength and tower for their burdens.

I remember seeing the joy in my family’s eyes, their hope; what they wanted for their children. But I knew my path and would march into it with my head high with no regrets. My father was a simple man and only wanted what was best for me and my little brother, he was noble, kind, and a fair man. He taught me the value of one’s own family, about the unbreakable bond that it represents; I truly was inspired to one day have a family of my own. A wife and a child to call my sanctuary, this is a dream my mother wanted for me. 

My mother, oh my loving sweet mother. She only wanted one thing and that one wish was to see her boys happy and have good wives to keep them in check, but loving included, as for her lover she only wanted to spend every second of every day with him. Oh, I almost forgot about my little courageous brother; he aspired to be just like his big brother Vallar and serve a righteous cause like me, to be strong like me, to carry others just like me. He always wanted to be by my side when he came of age to walk out into Azeroth and claim a banner in honor and faith; I won’t lie, I admired his faith about the Light and it’s blessings and strength.

All of them were my mountain, my pillars of strength, of happiness, and of peace. For no matter where I went in this world; I knew they’d wait for me. But sometimes life just shoves a cold blade into you; sometimes your death isn’t restful, sometimes your second chance isn’t a chance at all instead a terrible nightmare of which you have little to no control over. My rebirth was one such event I could not will not to be, my will was no longer my own; the Scourge was my new life.

Being reborn into undeath is an experience unlike being born; alive you can recall details and memories of that life. Being undead, you have all those memories, but they seem more like dream; as if they didn’t exist. For when you’re undead; Scourge, you are nothing to those ‘dreams’, to the ones who created them. I thought that’d be a lie, that my own blood; either it was pumping or not, that I’d be welcomed home. I was wrong. So gravely wrong. My family was gone. Our family home was in ruin; as if it had aged a lifetime.

Were they dead? No they couldn’t be and so I searched for them, long after my old King fell; his grip of us broken. I wandered Azeroth from the Eastern Kingdoms to Kalimdor and it soon came to thought that I’d never see them again till one day in Stormwind’s cathedral district, I happen to walk into that holy church in hope’s the Light would at least heed my prayer. But then I told to halt via “Stop fiend!”, which I turned to see a paladin glaring at me with such disgust, hate, anger, and the want to slay me. “Don’t even think of tainting that house with your unholy footsteps.” Few would dare to speak to me, fewer so to approach me in such a manner. I turned around and immediately sensed a familiarity among the man, I responded with “I meant no harm nor offence good sir.” This only angered the man further, speaking like he knew me and proclaimed that my words were as rotten as my unnatural form. “You do more harm than you know by merely breathing; if you’re able to do even that, fiend.” At that I was getting irritated with him, I did not know him or so I thought and wanted to be on my way. “Listen. I do not know why I am gaining this hostility, But I’ll apologize for any off-” At that moment the man gripped a hand full of my cloak. “You know damn well what you’ve done Vallar Shadowbourn!” I was called out by name. “You and the rest of you dishonorable kind, you’ve done a lifetime of misery, of pain and loss!” His grip increased as did his angered tone. “You took everything from me...to think, I dared to name my boy after you.” I was confused, but then it hit me. This man, this enraged paladin; he was my brother Romar, all grown up into a man.

“Romar...my little brother; you’ve found me. I am so over joyed to se-” He shoved me back and immediately drew his sword, pointing it at me. “Broth-” He pressed it against my throat and then spoke as cold as my own body. “You. Are. Not. My. Brother.” I could see his hand shaking, but not of regret nor fear. No, it was of rage and pain; he wanted to strike me down; but wouldn’t do so on holy ground as well within the city’s walls. He’d glare at me for another moment, eye to eye before lowering his sword and sheathing it. “If you ever, show your face around here or even DARE to set foot in the cathedral of the Light; I’ll show you true judgement of your fate...kin-slayer.” Then he turned and left, leaving me his own flesh and blood abandoned; alone. As for my other family, it seemed my father was dead, but undead as he was Forsaken. I was sent a letter from him, it said “Vallar, my boy. My son. It’s with great sorrow and pain that I write to you; for normally I’d be over joyed to hear that my, our family could be whole again. However, much has past since your passing, the family as I’m sure you’ve noticed isn’t the same as you left it.” I did not understand, why would he not talk to me in person such as Romar did, Forsaken yes, but we could’ve met somehow, but as I continued to read I learned the truth, the soul breaking truth of my ‘family’. “Romar, my youngest and your little brother is changed after what you did; you may not have did it with content, but the actions were made.” As I read to the near end, another realization took place. “In the midst of your un-willed campaign, one of your many stops happened to be at your brother’s family home; how you’re terrible Lich King found it was a mystery to us. None the less, you visited with death and misery; you plunged your blade into Romar’s wife and for their young child you slew as well. He attempted to avenge his mother, taking up his father’s sword and attempting to fight. But of course the he was no challenge. You then made him watch as your minions tore the house to bits; wood by wood then you left him there.” I...I killed my brother’s family, his wife, his son, and their home. All to dust by my hands. “My son, I shall always remember the man you were, what you stood and fought for. I say remember because I am afraid what you’ve become has taken you from us. Please. Stay away from your brother, stay away from us. Live your new life to the fullest my boy. Your father always, Travick Shadowbourn.”

I stood there, silent as crypt. “My family...has abandoned me” Was all I could say and think. I left the cathedral area and wandered the city, till I returned to the Ebon Hold, overlooking the old dead land beneath us. Land which the old Scourge conquered and defiled. “I don’t belong in this world, among these living...I am alone.” It ringed back and forth till I went to mediate. Writing down these old experiences helps me I’d like to think, to keep me sane; letting me know I am what I am, who I am.

[magicalenglishzombifiedwere-blog]

The Life and Times of Gramdevon Stratford 2: Electric Boogaloo

I rewrote Gram’s history. Because I can. And none of you fools can stop me.

The Life

Nothing was very remarkable about Gramdevon as a child. He was the son of two farmers in Gilneas, worked the fields alongside them, constantly complained about the rain while also being thankful for it that it always watered their crops, and he wondered what the world beyond the towering stone walls looked like. He had a fairly built form, with emerald green eyes, and a fiery mane that flowed down his back to the small of it. Though as he reached adolescence, he became more fascinated with war, hearing epic tales of events that happened before Gilneas was walled off. Of battles involving tens of thousands, of heroes conquering overwhelming odds, and of people who rose from nothing and became legends among their peers. While Gramdevon knew he would never rise to something so great, he always remained hopeful, and even began training himself to properly wield a sword, or in his case, a stick that vaguely resembled a longer-than-average, misshapen dagger. He was sloppy, had little to no form, and accidentally threw the thing more times than he'd care to admit, but he felt he could do better if he had a real weapon and training.

At the age of fifteen, he abandoned his position on the farm and hitched a ride on one of the very few caravans that left Gilneas, aspiring to join the Alliance military, though eventually changing his decision to join the city guard for a while to get some fighting experience. Eventually, he found himself at The Alliance capital; Stormwind. Because of his stature, and a stubble he was sprouting at the time, Gram seemed much older than he really was, and easily got accepted into the city guard. He underwent training and, as he expected, was much better with an actual blade than a piece of broken wood. In fact, he quickly picked up the basics and spent a good deal of time honing his skills to become a true warrior. He managed to show off his skills during sparring matches with other recruits, managing to best all of them, and even giving a few seasoned guards a run for their money. Though he wasn't a master, and he was beaten down a few times, though he never was angered by it, he simply took it as a sign that he needed to improve, and improve he did. By the end of his training, he was top of his class and had beaten all but one of his instructors in the ring. While he longed to fight him and prove his worth, he was never given the opportunity and was assigned his squad before he could. He took up his standard equipment; a longsword and a kite shield, with his plate-mail armor, and patrolled the city streets every day. Many days were uninteresting, having to break up fights or deal with a petty theft or pickpocket, not the glory the young Gilnean was seeking. Though every so often, the Defias Brotherhood found their way into the city and began stirring up trouble, and nine times out of ten, it led to a fight. It was there that Gramdevon showed his prowess, able to handle the bandits fairly well, even during his first encounter but a few days after his assignment, cutting down a pair of bandits running towards him with daggers. He was later reprimanded for using lethal force instead of attempting to incapacitate them, but he enjoyed the thrill of the fight so much, he brushed it off. While guard life had it's moments, Gram hoped to officially join the military one day, wanting to cut down legions of orcs, having developed a hatred for the Horde solely based on stories he'd heard of their barbaric nature. Each night he looked from the barracks window out into the Stormwind Harbor, silently whispering to himself, "The Alliance is comin' for you, Warchief. All th'Kor'Kron 'n Azeroth can't save you." For three years he remained as a guard, never being able to join the military without risking being dishonorably discharged from the guard for leaving before a predetermined time had elapsed, but his time soon came. After those three years, he was days away from being able to sign up as he would be eligible for being honorably discharged from the guard, and thus having no risk of being denied. He was eighteen then, still young, ambitious, he had everything to gain and nothing to lose. Except for one thing. The Death That one thing was the most important thing to him, and anybody else, really. Only days before he could have joined the Alliance military, flying the banner of the Golden Lion on the battlefield, tragedy struck the city. Stormwind was attacked by the Undead Scourge; ghouls, zombies, necromancers, abominations, frost wyrms, gargoyles, and any other unholy, sickening spawn of undeath and bloodlust charged through the city. Gramdevon was confident in his abilities, as well as those of his fellow guards, and took to the front lines to defend his home, standing in the center of a shield wall at the front gates. At first, things went well, a few ghouls and skeletons charged, were cut down or shot by crossbowmen before reaching the shield wall, but then the true force came. Abominations charged head first into the wall, all three arms flailing about, impaling guards and throwing them about like ragdolls. Gargoyles had swooped down and halted the crossbow fire by attacking them directly, and a frost wyrm came down from the sky to let loose a breath of unimaginable cold. Though as his brethren fell, amidst the chaos Gram stood tall, ice crystals forming on his armor, blood dripping from his mouth, shield cracked and near useless, sword in hand with icicles hanging off the blade. He let loose a cry of bloodlust and began cutting down undead as if he'd been doing it for years. He wasn't dodging attacks or even blocking many of them, he was taking massive wounds, wounds that should have killed him, but he ignored the pain, simply because he knew that he had only one thing to lose, and he was going to lose it anyway, he might as well lose it in hopes of becoming one of the legends he'd heard about. Those were his last thoughts as he eventually succumbed to his wounds, falling to his knees as the dead began tearing off his armor, feasting upon his flesh, and he lost it. The one thing he had to lose left him. His life. The Rebirth Gramdevon opened his eyes, the first thing that came to his mind was the biting cold that overcame him, resembling that of the breath of the frost wyrm that attacked Stormwind. Though strangely enough, he felt no pain or even discomfort from the cold, it gave him a strange sense of calmness and fullness, it felt right. The next thing that came to him was the smell; decaying flesh, rotten meat, and sorrow. Though, like the cold, he felt nothing wrong with it, instead embracing it as if he was smelling a field of roses. Before he could determine where he was, a tall man, clad in blue armor with skin pale as sin, grabbed him by the back of his neck and threw him to the floor, ordering him to stand. Normally, Gram would have clocked the man for disturbing him, but he simply rose to his feet, feeling truly no emotions. It was then that he explained what exactly happened to him, or rather the short version of it. He died, though that much he remembered, and he had been resurrected to become an instrument of destruction for the Lich King. He didn't know what to feel, if anything, and simply nodded, before moving off to begin his training as a Death Knight. Gram originally attempted to fight with sword and shield, as he remembered, but he at one point tried wielding a pair of rune blades, and decided it was a better choice, as he could, "Decimate more people with two blades." His physical training was brief, it was his magical training that was a challenge, though even that came and went fairly quickly. He opted to use frost magic along with his physical strikes, empowering them with the icy winds of Northrend, as well as harnessing them in a pure form of magic. Though his time as a warrior of the Scourge was brief, as he broke free of his mental bonds of the Lich King, along with numerous other Death Knights, during a battle against the Argen Dawn at Light's Hope Chapel. After forming the Knights of The Ebon Blade with his fellow freed Death Knights, and joining it with the freshly formed Argent Crusade to create the Ashen Verdict, Gramdevon returned to Stormwind for a brief time. While he wasn't given a warm welcome initially, he did finally get to join the Alliance military and was sent to the front lines. Gramdevon was initially very skeptical about fighting alongside the Horde. His hatred for them had not left him when his life did, he still saw them as a band of savages only working with the Alliance so they could have the pleasure of killing Aliance soldiers to themselves. Though things changed one day during a raid on an Argent Crusade outpost in Zul'Drak. Gramdevon took up arms against a party of Scourge assaulting the outpost, cutting them down and freezing them with his newfound ice magic. As strong as he was, he couldn't take on all of them, and all of the other Crusaders were in their own battles. Things looked grim for him, until a beast of a man shoulder charged into an abomination, yanking its exposed organs out and burying an ax into its head. It was an orc, clad in plate-mail with a pair of great axes. He said to him, "I don't think you wanna die again, do ya? Lets send these beasts back to the grave!" Gramdevon, put aside his hatred of the Horde aside for a moment, realizing the orc was right, he didn't want to die again. The two of them fought side by side, back to back, not letting a single zombie or skeleton get the best of them. When the battle was over, Gramdevon and the orc, who he found was named Kraguld, went back into the outpost, rested, and decided to chat a little bit. Over time, the two of them fought in quite a few battles together, and Gram's mind opened up more about orcs, realizing that the Horde wasn't a band of murderous beasts, but rather survivors plagued with the sins of their ancestors, trying to better themselves. Eventually, after years of fighting across Northrend and months of besieging Icecrown Citadel, alongside both the Alliance and the Horde, The Lich King was slain, victory had been achieved. Though Gramdevon had changed, at least his opinions had. Before going to war, his perception of the Horde was a negative one, of savages and barbarians who sought to kill for the joy of it. However, after befriending Kraguld, he felt much differently. Kraguld hadn't been a massive advocate of the war himself, but felt like fighting would benefit the Horde as a whole, giving them new land to sustain their growing population. The two of them bade farewell after a night of drinking together in celebration of the Lich King's defeat, and they returned to their homes, wishing the best of luck on their future endeavors. The Change After reaching the mighty gates of Gilneas, it was only then that Gramdevon realized that he might not be able to enter the city. They most likely hadn't gotten word of the Scourge invasion and didn't know that some Death Knights had broken free of the Lich King's control. Though he also realized something else; The gates were not only open but broken down. Fearing something had happened, he rushed to his old farm, hoping his parents were okay. He feared the worst as he found the door broken open and scratched, but nothing could have fully prepared him for what he saw; Ravenous Worgen tearing apart his parents' bodies. He reached down to grab his rune blades, cutting apart the beasts with a frozen fury, but not before they slashed through the joints in his armor. Undead or not, Gram felt the affliction coming upon him, and stumbled to the ground not long after his encounter. Just before blacking out, he found a pair of people running towards him, something in their hands. Once Gramdevon woke up, he had been stripped of his armor, wearing only a pair of leather pants. He had a splitting headache and moved a hand to clutch his forehead. Though he soon discovered that his head felt much hairier than it did before, as did his hand when he brushed it against his chest. He then looked down at his body and felt panic, he wasn't a human anymore, he was a Worgen. Initially wondering how it could have possibly happened, one of the people who'd ran to him earlier told him that he was infected with the Worgen curse, but an antidote managed to prevent him from going completely feral. Unfortunately, it was an early stage of the antidote, and Gram could not revert to his human form, even if they gave him a more perfected version. Initially, he was furious, but learned to embrace his new form with time. That time being from fighting back the Forsaken Undead that were invading Gilneas. Gram may have had a respect for the Horde, but the Forsaken had lost a good deal of trust because of their use of the Plague. Once the infestation, and the invasion, were dealt with, Gramdevon gave his parents a proper funeral, burying whatever remains he could in the house. Because of the bad memories he received from the house, and Gilneas in general, he left. Gram decided that the only place he had left to call home was the military. He may not have hated the Horde as he did in his younger years, but he had a duty to the Alliance to defend it from attacks such as what he'd witnessed, and to retaliate for such events. Gram made a quick trip to Acherus to get a new set of armor for his new form, before returning to Stormwind and re-enlisting in the military. His first mission was to meet with a Horde battalion in Ashenvale. He went out with his own battalion and prepared for yet another bloodbath. The Regret Gramdevon's battalion got on a few boats and sailed to Ashenvale, marching into Astranaar to meet up with some Sentinels who would be joining them on the field. The combined Astranaar and Stormwind forces marched through the dark forest, aided by the Night Elves' natural ability to see in the near light-absent woods. Eventually, they saw a clearing where the sun shone through brilliantly, very odd for Ashenvale, and very obvious of the Horde cutting down trees. Sure enough, there was a Horde logging camp situated there, with quite a large force of soldiers. While they were unprepared, the Alliance didn't exactly have the element of surprise on their side. The creaking and clattering of the Stormwind troops' plate armor put the Horde troops enough on edge to get themselves ready. Alliance forces, wasting no time, charged into the fray, and the clashing of steel began. The battle was long and bloody, both sides were decimated because of their disadvantages. Stormwind forces were brought down by their lack of knowledge of the terrain, and Horde forces were cut down by experienced Sentinels, who while invaluable in the fight, were few in number and taken out in the end. Gram cut down the Horde wherever he saw them, surprised to see quite a few goblins among the ranks. He knew some worked for the Horde, but not that they had fought for them. Regardless, they died all the same, until he met face to face with a warrior. He had dark plate armor, with a massive broadsword in one hand, and a tower shield in the other. His face was covered by his helmet, and his armor was incredibly bulky, giving him the appearance of a living tank. The two of them clashed, sparks flying as steel smacked against steel. The sound of their blades grinding against metal filled the air, eventually drowning out the sound of the battle around them. Little did the two of them know the battle ended in a stalemate, both sides took too many casualties and fled, leaving the worgen to fight his opponent in a true duel. The fighting lasted for quite a while, the two seemed evenly matched, and it was a rush. Gram didn't try to use his magic to gain an advantage, as using it often took a lot out of him, and if he messed up with it, his strength would wane and he would die. Though in the end, he didn't need it, as he drove one of his runeblades through the slit between his opponent’s helm and breastplate, directly into his neck, watching him choke on his blood as he fell onto his back, sword and shield still in hand, as his last, strained breath left his body. Gram stood wearily, strength sapped of him, his muscles aching. It was finally over. He began wiping his blades off before he noticed that the warrior’s eyes were still open through the eye slit on his helm.

Gram knew that the very least he could do for this warrior, who fought so bravely and savagely, was to shut his eyes, and let him rest. He knelt down and took of his helmet, only to scream in horror and shock as he saw who it was. It was Kraguld, the orc from Northrend he befriended. He'd evidently changed up his gear in the time they spent apart, leaving him unrecognizable to Gram, just as Kraguld most likely didn't recognize him given his form change Gram stood up quickly, taking a look around the field. For the first time in all his years of fighting, he felt true horror. He saw the dead bodies of people in his battalion, people he overheard talking about their lives an families, ambitions. He turned down to Kraguld, remembering what the two of them talked about together. Getting to know each other not as soldiers doing the bidding of their superiors, but as people. Gram felt disgusted with everything. The deaths of soldiers on both sides wasn't just one less sword swinging, it was an entire life cut short by a horrible, ruthless act of killing. And for what? Gram turned to his left shoulder, where an insignia of the Alliance dangled by a chain on his pauldron. He yanked it off, threw it to the ground and walked off the field. He didn't return to Stormwind, he left. Forever. Gramdevon began a new life of wandering Azeroth, seeking not to end the lives of people, but to simply live his own life. Even if it meant leaving his old one behind.

Yeah it’s probably slightly less terrible so here have an Irish dead werewolf having a bad time but still finding a way to throw fuckin’ puns everywhere

I’m very tired    

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Righteousness

Righteousness means doing the will of God, doing his commandments, doing his words, obeying Him. It can also mean "just", as in a righteous judgment.

There is opposition to our righteousness: our own sinful nature, demons who put attitudes and thoughts in our hearts and minds, people who mock us, etc. We must stand firm in our righteousness.

Matt 5:6 [WEB] Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Matt 5:10 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Matt 6:33 But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matt 13:41-43 41  The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity, 42  and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. 43  Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Matt 13:49, 50 49  So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous, 50  and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.”

Matt 23:28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Matt 25:37-41 37  “Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? 38  When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you? 39  When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?’ 40  “The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’ 41  Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;

Luke 14:13, 14 13  But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind; 14  and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”

Luke 15:7 I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.

John 5:30 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

John 7:18 He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory, but he who seeks the glory of him who sent him is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.

John 16:7, 8 7  Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. 8  When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;

Acts 17:31 because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”

Rom 1:18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

Rom 1:21-32 21 Because knowing God, they didn’t glorify him as God, and didn’t give thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless heart was darkened. 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, 23 and traded the glory of the incorruptible God for the likeness of an image of corruptible man, and of birds, four-footed animals, and creeping things. 24 Therefore God also gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to uncleanness, that their bodies should be dishonored among themselves; 25 who exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. 26 For this reason, God gave them up to vile passions. For their women changed the natural function into that which is against nature. 27 Likewise also the men, leaving the natural function of the woman, burned in their lust toward one another, men doing what is inappropriate with men, and receiving in themselves the due penalty of their error. 28 Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers, 30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

Rom 2:5-9 5 But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God; 6 who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:” 7 to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life; 8 but to those who are self-seeking, and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath, indignation, 9 oppression, and anguish on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Rom 3:25 whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;

Rom 6:16 Don’t you know that when you present yourselves as servants and obey someone, you are the servants of whomever you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

1Cor 6:9, 10 9 Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.

2Cor 11:13-15 13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ’s apostles. 14 And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

Gal 3:11 Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, “The righteous will live by faith.”

Eph 4:24 and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

Eph 5:9, 10 9 for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth, 10 proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.

Phil 1:9-11 9 This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ, 11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

2Thess 2:8-12 8 Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming; 9 even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie; 12 that they all might be judged who didn’t believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

1Tim 1:9-11 9 as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine, 11 according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

1Tim 6:11 But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

2Tim 2:19-21 19 However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.” 20 Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor. 21 If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master’s use, prepared for every good work.

2Tim 2:22 Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

2Tim 3:16, 17 16 Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, 17 that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Titus 2:12 12 instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;

Titus 3:5 not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

Heb 8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness. I will remember their sins and lawless deeds no more.”

Heb 10:38 But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.”

Heb 12:11 All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Jas 3:18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Jas 5:16 Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

1Pet 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.

1Pet 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

1Pet 4:18 “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?”

2Pet 2:21 For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1John 2:29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

1John 3:7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous.

1John 3:10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.

Rev 19:8 It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

Rev 22:11 He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.”

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Righteousness in the New Testament

Matt 3:14, 15 [WEB] 14 But John would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?” 15 But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him.

Matt 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Matt 5:10 Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.

Matt 6:33 But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

Matt 10:41 He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward. He who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward.

Matt 13:41-43 41  The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will gather out of his Kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and those who do iniquity, 42  and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. 43  Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

Matt 13:49, 50 49  So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from among the righteous, 50  and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.”

Matt 21:32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn’t believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn’t even repent afterward, that you might believe him.

Matt 23:25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and unrighteousness.

Matt 23:28 Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Matt 25:37-43 37  “Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink? 38  When did we see you as a stranger, and take you in; or naked, and clothe you? 39  When did we see you sick, or in prison, and come to you?’ 40  “The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, because you did it to one of the least of these my brothers,‡ you did it to me.’ 41  Then he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels; 42  for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink; 43  I was a stranger, and you didn’t take me in; naked, and you didn’t clothe me; sick, and in prison, and you didn’t visit me.’

Matt 25:46 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.

Luke 14:13, 14 13  But when you make a feast, ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, or the blind; 14  and you will be blessed, because they don’t have the resources to repay you. For you will be repaid in the resurrection of the righteous.”

John 5:30 I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteous; because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.

John 16:7, 8 7  Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. 8  When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment;

Acts 10:34, 35 34 Peter opened his mouth and said, “Truly I perceive that God doesn’t show favoritism; 35 but in every nation he who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.

Acts 17:31 because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”

Acts 24:25 As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”

Rom 1:17, 18 17 For in it is revealed God’s righteousness from faith to faith. As it is written, “But the righteous shall live by faith.” 18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness,

Rom 1:28-32 28 Even as they refused to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not fitting; 29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers, 30 backbiters, hateful to God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, unforgiving, unmerciful; 32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also approve of those who practice them.

Rom 2:5, 6 5 But according to your hardness and unrepentant heart you are treasuring up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath, revelation, and of the righteous judgment of God; 6 who “will pay back to everyone according to their works:”

Rom 2:7-9 7 to those who by perseverance in well-doing seek for glory, honor, and incorruptibility, eternal life; 8 but to those who are self-seeking, and don’t obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath, indignation, 9 oppression, and anguish on every soul of man who does evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

Rom 2:13 For it isn’t the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law will be justified

Rom 3:22, 23 22 even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction, 23 for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;

Rom 6:13 Also, do not present your members to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God.

Rom 6:16 Don’t you know that when you present yourselves as servants and obey someone, you are the servants of whomever you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness?

Rom 6:18 Being made free from sin, you became bondservants of righteousness.

Rom 10:4 For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.

Rom 14:17 for God’s Kingdom is not eating and drinking, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.

1Cor 1:30 Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:

1Cor 6:9, 10 9 Or don’t you know that the unrighteous will not inherit God’s Kingdom? Don’t be deceived. Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor male prostitutes, nor homosexuals, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor slanderers, nor extortionists, will inherit God’s Kingdom.

1Cor 13:6 doesn’t rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth;

2Cor 6:14 Don’t be unequally yoked with unbelievers, for what fellowship do righteousness and iniquity have? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

2Cor 11:14, 15 14 And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light. 15 It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

Gal 3:11 Now that no man is justified by the law before God is evident, for, “The righteous will live by faith.”

Eph 4:24 and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.

Eph 5:9, 10 9 for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth, 10 proving what is well pleasing to the Lord.

Eph 6:14 Stand therefore, having the utility belt of truth buckled around your waist, and having put on the breastplate of righteousness,

Phil 1:9-11 9 This I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense to the day of Christ, 11 being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

2Thess 2:8-12 8 Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming; 9 even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, 10 and with all deception of wickedness for those who are being lost, because they didn’t receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 Because of this, God sends them a working of error, that they should believe a lie; 12 that they all might be judged who didn’t believe the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

1Tim 1:9-11 9 as knowing this, that law is not made for a righteous person, but for the lawless and insubordinate, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 for the sexually immoral, for homosexuals, for slave-traders, for liars, for perjurers, and for any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine, 11 according to the Good News of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

1Tim 6:11 But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.

2Tim 2:19-22 19 However God’s firm foundation stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let every one who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.” 20 Now in a large house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of clay. Some are for honor, and some for dishonor. 21 If anyone therefore purges himself from these, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, and suitable for the master’s use, prepared for every good work. 22 Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

2Tim 3:16, 17 16 Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness, 17 that each person who belongs to God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.

Titus 2:11, 12 11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, 12 instructing us to the intent that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we would live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present age;

Titus 3:5 not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,

Heb 1:8, 9 8 But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom. 9 You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.”

Heb 5:13 For everyone who lives on milk is not experienced in the word of righteousness, for he is a baby.

Heb 10:38, 39 38 But the righteous will live by faith. If he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him.” 39 But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the saving of the soul.

Heb 12:11 All chastening seems for the present to be not joyous but grievous; yet afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Jas 1:19, 20 19 So, then, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man doesn’t produce the righteousness of God.

Jas 3:16-18 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition are, there is confusion and every evil deed. 17 But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceful, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 18 Now the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Jas 5:16 Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.

1Pet 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.

1Pet 3:12 For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears open to their prayer; but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

1Pet 3:14 But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”

1Pet 4:18 “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will happen to the ungodly and the sinner?”

2Pet 2:5-9 5 and didn’t spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly; 6 and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them to destruction, having made them an example to those who would live in an ungodly way; 7 and delivered righteous Lot, who was very distressed by the lustful life of the wicked 8 (for that righteous man dwelling among them was tormented in his righteous soul from day to day with seeing and hearing lawless deeds): 9 the Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptation and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment,

2Pet 2:20, 21 20 For if, after they have escaped the defilement of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in it and overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. 21 For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered to them.

2Pet 3:13 But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

1John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1John 2:29 If you know that he is righteous, you know that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him.

1John 3:7, 8 7 Little children, let no one lead you astray. He who does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. 8 He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has been sinning from the beginning. To this end the Son of God was revealed: that he might destroy the works of the devil.

1John 3:10 In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.

Rev 19:7-9 7 Let’s rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let’s give the glory to him. For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready.” 8 It was given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen: for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.

Rev 22:11, 12 11 He who acts unjustly, let him act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy still.” 12  “Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to repay to each man according to his work.