#actually he was a real tightass about it before getting tadpoled

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(thank you for answering oc questions!!) have you mentioned before why finch took an oath of vengeance?

(of course, i really appreciate getting them!)

mostly it stemmed from having to bear witness to a lot of injustice in his formative years and not having the means to do anything about it. once he got the means (training and tempus's blessing and growing up to be a brick wall) he took it upon himself to even the playing field, to be a deterrent against ~evil~ either by his actions or by his presence alone. to pull good people up and knock bad people down. as hard as possible. preferably so they wouldn't get back up again.

he doesn't enjoy exacting revenge, but he does find a kind of peace in the aftermath. that brief moment of cleaning the blood off his sword when the world feels slightly better because someone awful is gone from it.

rare are the people he swears personal oaths against but that's probably for the best. for everyone.