The 10 facets around the middle are the neutral gods, with their facets containing one vice and two virtues or vice versa, depending on their position. Each of the twenty gods, representing one facet of the jewel, embodies the three vertices their facet has at each of its corners- the five good gods all obviously radiate from the Good facet and the five evil ones likewise from evil, with Promenthas being the god of Goodness, Charity and Faith, while his opposite Astafas is the god of Evil, Greed and Reality. Each of the twelve vertices of the icosahedral jewel represents a divine philosopy, with Good at the top surrounded by five virtues (Law, Mercy, Faith, Charity, and Patience) and Evil at the bottom surrounded by five vices (Chaos, Intolerance, Reality, Greed, and Impatience). The Rose of the Prophet trilogy takes place on the world of Sularin, which (metaphorically speaking) takes the form of a 20-sided jewel (an icosahedron) ruled over by 21 gods- Sul, the light of truth at its centre, and twenty lesser gods who reflect aspects of Sul.Two of the three are also embodied by the swords wielded by the Knights of the Cross: Fidelacchius (faith), Esperacchius (hope), and Amoracchius (love). Those of House Marvola feed on fear and are injured by those with genuine courage about them. Those of House Skavis feed on despair and are hurt by hope. So, those of House Raith feeds on lust but are scared and burned by those who know true and genuine love. Even trying to mentally attack the person is damn near impossible. The three houses the White Court in The Dresden Files are psychic vampires that feed on various negative emotions but are injured at best, killed at worst, by feeding on one who is ripe with the virtue countering that negative emotion.The Anne of Green Gables books contain a passing reference to a woman who named her three daughters Faith, Hope, and Charity: "Faith didn't believe in anything, Hope was a born pessimist, and Charity was a miser.".Among them are: Orthodoxy, Humility, Patience, and Self-Control in opposition to, respectively: Discord, Pride, Wrath, and Luxury. Lewis references many of the virtues listed in Psychomachia. Faith fights, Chastity fights Lust, Patience 'fights' Wrath, and so on. The Psychomachia (The Battle for the Soul of Man), by the Latin poet Prudentius, was written to depict the battle between the virtues and vices for the souls of mankind.Anger Carter is a very gentle fellow, while Bestiality Carter is known for being very kind and respectful with animals. Out of misguided adherence to the theme, their sons were named after various vices they also failed to live up (down?) to. Possibly in reference to Anne of Green Gables (below), the Carter family in Lancre named their daughters after virtues they failed to live up to, including Charity (a miser), Hope (a depressive), and Chastity (currently making good money as a lady of the night).Few people practice Tubso and Bissonomy in the busy modern world, because no-one remembers what they are. In Going Postal, the (now) Eight Virtues are Fortitude, Patience, Chastity, Charity, Hope, Silence, Tubso and Bissonomy.Character trackers of this kind are particularly common in computer-based role-playing games, especially of western origin. Sometimes they affect whether NPCs react positively or negatively towards the Player Character, for instance. These scores themselves may be anywhere from fully visible to completely hidden to the player, but they are sure to have some kind of effect on the gameplay. The player's actions in the game will add to or subtract from the player's virtue scores. When featured in video or tabletop games, virtue systems often takes the form of scorekeeping scales that represent a protagonist's prowess in a certain virtue. Since the focus of virtues lies on inspiring us to do the right thing in the here and now, even when it comes to seemingly minor everyday decisions, the virtue-centric hero is usually a Small Steps Hero. This is the trope for works that define or otherwise deal with such a system, religious or otherwise, in order to form a moral narrative.
One classical system of religious virtues from history is the Seven Heavenly Virtues and their counterparts the Seven Deadly Sins, both sprung from Christianity. Virtue systems often appear in religion, where the virtues usually are regarded as downright sacred, and often roads to rewards in the afterlife.
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