Lately, I’ve been putting up many essays on the warrior religion, but RESAVAGER is about the resavaging of man and so we must talk about Virtu. Religion is a means of instilling customs and traditions into a people. It’s a meme that remains as relevant today as any other time in history. Where does religion fall on the hierarchy of values for man? It is high, but not as high as WAR and FIRE or put another way, STRENGTH and SURVIVAL. If you look back to the beginning of mankind, you’ll find that man first figured out how to make weapons(stone tech) and tamed fire before language came about.
As you stated, the ruthless pursuit of goals isn’t the only defining characteristic of Virtus. It is more than that.
Did your father beat you as a child?