Striking a Blue Flame
10: javelin

Once he casts aside his pride instead of his love, things become clearer. Even when he takes command of all their troops, it's fine. It's not the colossal disaster the last time was. It works and it's because he's thinking more clearly and he's thinking with his heart as well as his mind.

They're humans, after all. They have hearts and they have to use them. They can't even play a game of chess otherwise and that's fine. That's who they are.

To throw away those very principles –

And it helps that his opponent this time has done exactly that.