Post by TRAXXBBY ?! on Jul 31, 2009 12:55:02 GMT -5
These are (as you've probably noticed by now) a variation of the seven deadly sins, and also the seven member groups of Legacy. I'm going to post a short description of each (courtesy Wikipedia) just so that you can get a better idea of each of them and relate them to your character.
acedia
A state of listlessness or torpor, of not caring or not being concerned with one's position or condition in the world. It can lead to a state of being unable to perform one's duties in life. Its spiritual overtones make it related to but distinct from depression. Basically, acedia is depression - not caring about yourself at all.
greed
Greed is the excessive or rapacious desire and pursuit of money, wealth, power. It is generally considered a vice among people and can take control of ones life. Greed is mostly in connection with wealth and power, but can also be towards ones position in the social ranking, and the will to always be better than everyone else in every way possible.
wrath
Wrath is an emotional state that may range from minor irritation to intense rage. The physical effects of anger include increased heart rate, blood pressure, and levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline. Some view anger as part of the fight or flight brain response to the perceived threat of harm. Anger becomes the predominant feeling behaviorally, cognitively and physiologically when a person makes the conscious choice to take action to immediately stop the threatening behavior of another outside force.
lust
Lust is an inordinate craving for sex or physical contact often to the point of assuming a self-indulgent, and sometimes violent character. Lust, or an immoderate desire for the flesh of another (outside of matrimony), is considered a sin, or impure act.
vanity
Vanity is, depending upon context, either a high sense of the worth of one's self or one's own or a pleasure taken in the contemplation of these things. One definition of pride in the first sense comes from Augustine: "the love of one's own excellence." In this sense, the opposite of pride is humility. Pride is sometimes viewed as excessive or as a vice, sometimes as proper or as a virtue. While some philosophies such as Aristotle's consider pride a profound virtue, most world religions consider it a sin. The Roman Catholic Church lists pride as the most deadly of the seven deadly sins.
envy
Envy may be defined as an emotion that "occurs when a person lacks another’s (perceived) superior quality, achievement, or possession and either desires it or wishes that the other lacked it." It can also derive from a sense of low self-esteem that results from an upward social comparison threatening a person's self image: another person has something that the envier considers to be important to have. If the other person is perceived to be similar to the envier, the aroused envy will be particularly intense, because it signals to the envier that it just as well could have been he or she who had the desired object.
gluttony
Gluttony means over-indulgence and over-consumption of substance like alcohol or intoxicants to the point of waste. One would consume their desired substance much more than they would actually need to, without a care of what the results could be.
