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The Code governs the life of barbarian heroes. This is explained in The Last Hero:

There was, there always was, at the start and the finish ... the Code. They lived by the Code. You followed the Code, and you became part of the Code for those who followed you. The Code was it. Without the Code, you weren't a hero. You were just a thug in a loincloth. (...) Forget the Code, dismiss the Code, deny the Code ... and the Code would take you.

According to the Code:

• Dark Lords will always betray others, have stupid henchmen, and they always get away.
• One brave man against 7 will always win.
• A simple sword in the hands of a brave man will cut through magic swords.
• Kings in disguise will always win.

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This is very reminiscent of the Evil Overlord List, which contains commandments for every evil overlord aiming to prevent the clichéd methods of infiltrating the fortress/overcoming the Legions of Terror/overthrowing the overlord which heroes seem to use in so many films and books.

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