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* Bionicle has the famous Three Virtues - Unity, Duty, and Destiny - which are actually not bad virtues to live by. There are also the Matoran Principles from the Mata Nui Online Game II, each the direct opposite of a Rahkshi power (the villains from that year). They are:

** The original Eight Virtues which the Avatar must follow: Honesty, Compassion, Valor, Justice, Sacrifice, Honor, Spirituality, and Humility. In turn, these are taken from Three Principles: Truth, Love, and Courage.

* Bionicle has the famous Three Virtues - Unity, Duty, and Destiny - which are actually not bad virtues to live by. There are also the Matoran Principles from the Mata Nui Online Game II, each the direct opposite of a Rahkshi power (the villains from that year). They are -

** Purity, practiced by Matoran of Water, which is opposed by Poison;
** Prosperity, practiced by Matoran of Earth, opposed by Hunger;
** Faith, practiced by Matoran of Air, opposed by Fragmentation;
** Courage, practiced by Matoran of Fire, opposed by Fear;
** Peace, practiced by Matoran of Ice, opposed by Anger; and
** Creation, practiced by Matoran of Stone, opposed by Disintegration (complete and total erasure).

* The precursor to the seven heavenly virtues are the Cardinal virtues, first penned by Plato and Aristotle, and the Theological virtues, taken from the New Testament of Literature/TheBible. They are as follows:

* ''VideoGame/TheToneRebellion'' has 6 to 16 "Mystic Locations" and twice that many artefacts (depending on the world size). Each location tells a story about some great achievement or virtuous deed, like standing between armies to stop a war. Returning artefacts to correct locations gives virtue glyphs. The glyphs improve player's armies or production and are eventually used to banish the BigBad EldritchAbomination, who spreads the opposite of those virtues.

** In ''Discworld/GoingPostal'', the (now) Eight Virtues are Fortitude, Patience, Chastity, Charity, Hope, Silence, Tubso and Bissonomy. Few people practice Tubso and Bissonomy in the busy modern world, because no-one remembers what they are.

* In ''TabletopGame/Scion'', each Scion has four Virtues based on what Pantheon they come from, taken from a list of twelve (Conviction, Courage, Duty, Endurance, Expression, Harmony, Intellect, Loyalty, Order, Piety, Valor, and Vengeance), while Titanspawn have a set of four vices called Dark Virtues (Ambition, Malice, Rapacity, and Zealotry), though free-willed Titanspawn can have the normal Virtues instead, and unintelligent Titanspawn usually have no Virtues at all, Dark or otherwise. Virtues can add bonus dice to rolls if you play to them, require a roll against Willpower to act against them, and badly failing a roll to act against them instead causes an extreme version of a Virtue to take over (e.g., Courage becomes Berserker Fury, Endurance becomes Self-Destruction, and Malice becomes All-Consuming Hatred).

* In Creator/{{Chaosium}}'s ''TabletopGame/{{Pendrago}}n'', traits included Chaste/Lustful, Energetic, Forgiving, Generous, Honest, Just, Merciful, Modest/Proud, Pious/Worldly, Prudent/Reckless, Temperate/Indulgent, Trusting, and Valorous. Some of the traits were considered virtues by specific cultures:

* In ''Discworld/GoingPostal'', the (now) Eight Virtues are Fortitude, Patience, Chastity, Charity, Hope, Silence, Tubso and Bissonomy. Few people practice Tubso and Bissonomy in the busy modern world, because no-one remembers what they are.

* In WorldOfWarcraft, the Pandaren in Mists of Pandaria practice the virtues of Faith, Hope, Courage, Peace, Patience, and Love.

* Bionicle has the famous Three Virtues - Unity, Duty, and Destiny - which are actually not bad virtues to live by. There are also the Matoran Principles from the Mata Nui Online Game II, each the direct opposite of a Rahkshi power (the villains from that year). They are -**Purity, practiced by Matoran of Water, which is opposed by Poison;

* In Chaosium's ''Pendragon'', traits included Chaste/Lustful, Energetic, Forgiving, Generous, Honest, Just, Merciful, Modest/Proud, Pious/Worldly, Prudent/Reckless, Temperate/Indulgent, Trusting, and Valorous. Some of the traits were considered virtues by specific cultures:

* WMAC Masters (the first known series to be produced by Creator/FourKidsEntertainment[[note]]This was an original live-action series that predates (even the original Japanese version of) the [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon anime]][[/note]]) has the six points of the Dragon Star: Respect, Honor, Wisdom[[note]]An earlier episode had "Loyalty" as the third point before it was retconned to the current one.[[/note]], Confidence, Compassion, Forgiveness, Discipline, and Courage.

** The people of [[ParallelUniverse Killorn Keep]] in ''[[UltimaUnderworld Ultima Underworld II]]'' observe a dystopian set of virtues: sobriety, punctuality, obedience, vigilance, conformity, efficiency, silence, diligence.

* WMAC Masters (the first known series to be produced by FourKidsEntertainment[[note]]This was an original live-action series that predates (even the original Japanese version of) the [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon anime]][[/note]]) has the six points of the Dragon Star: Respect, Honor, Wisdom[[note]]An earlier episode had "Loyalty" as the third point before it was retconned to the current one.[[/note]], Confidence, Compassion, Forgiveness, Discipline, and Courage.

* TheTalmud includes various lists of virtues:

* In ''KarakuridoujiUltimo'', there are fifty Douji representing positive traits. Ultimo and the Six Perfects of Buddhism are the strongest of them, fighting against the Douji based on negative traits (including the SevenDeadlySins).

* ''LegendsOfTheWulin'' has some mechanics revolving the ''Xia'' (Chivalrous) and Selfish virtues. The Xia virtues are ''Kuan'' (Benevolence), ''Ba'' (Force), ''Xin'' (Honor), ''Zhong'' (Loyalty), and ''Yi'' (Righteousness), while the Selfish virtues are ''Bao'' (Ferocity), ''Si'' (Individualism), ''Chan'' (Obsession), ''Chou'' (Revenge), and ''Hen'' (Ruthlessness). There are also certain virtues that can be developed from philosophical study, such as the Confucian ''Xiao'' (Filial Piety) and the Mohist ''Ren'' ("Universal Care," which is a combination of ascetism and compassion).
* Characters in TheWorldOfDarkness choose one of seven Virtues and one of seven Vices. Indulging a Vice in a way that harms or victimizes another gives back one point of that character's Willpower. On the other hand, fulfilling a Virtue at some cost to the character gives the character back all of their spent Willpower.

* The ''{{Ultima}}'' series

* The three theological virtues are poisonous to [[OurVampiresAreDifferent the White Court]] in ''TheDresdenFiles''. They are also embodied by the three swords wielded by the Knights of the Cross: Fidelacchius (faith), Esperacchius (hope), and Amoracchius (love).

* The three virtues of [[http://kw.pm.org/talks/0204-modules/slide013.html programming:]] Laziness, Impatience and Hubris. [[SevenDeadlySins Wait...]]