As for new "FROM HERE TO ETERNITY", I wonder what is the difference between those 2 questions:
- Has the Order remained pure and loyal?
- Has it followed the Knight's Code?
Maybe one of them could be replaced with something different?
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My interpretation (there can be more, of course) of both questions is as follows :
Has the Order remained pure and loyal?
This is "WHAT HAVE THEY DONE". This is about the physical and spiritual state of its warriors. That is, the Order has not sins or corrupted companies and has taken measures to fix the issues. If after its captain took for himself a daemon sword and the Assault Company became a bloodthirsty mob that started harvesting heads in the Makae Sector until it was hunted down by the rest of the Order the answer is going to be a solid "NO".
Has it followed the Knight's Code?
This is "HOW HAVE THEY DONE IT?". This is about the overall behaviour of the Order according to what is expected from it. Space Knights must excel in honour, duty, bravery, discipline and duty. Their consults to the Knight's Code will give them hints and clues of what would be the best way to act in certain situations. The Order can do what is expected (even if it has a high price) or take its own decisions which might look better but don't fit what the Code says. In the previous case, if the Code advices to destroy the Assault Company, that would be the way of having a YES to this question.
Combining both answers, we have four possible outcomes:
"Chaotic evil": the Order becomes corrupted by its own decisions. In W40K, the World Eaters would be exactly this.
"Lawful evil": the Order becomes corrupted but has followed the code. This usually follows twisted interpretations of the Code to get advantage of it. In W40K, the Iron Warriors are this.
"Chaotic good": the Order follows its own intuitions to do what they think is right caring little about the consequences. The might do great good but they probably will be feared by the Dominion's citizens. In W40K, this is the case of the Flesh Tearers or the Dark Angels.
"Lawful good": the Order do what is expected and it works well. Not an easy task, that's for sure but theoretically, those who do what they are supposed to do do well. The Ultramarines or the Imperial Fists would fit in this category.
Does this makes any sense?