28th PRESIDENT · 1913–1921
Woodrow Wilson
Wizard (School of Divination) / Cleric (Order Domain)
Analogy confidence: StrongAcademic theory paired with a mission-driven vision of international order; the same certainty coexisted with exclusion and repression.
Alignment Lab reading: Lawful Evil · Alternative: Lawful Good
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Wizard · School of Divination
Discernment and foresight: a metaphor for analysis, not actual prediction.
Cleric · Order Domain
Authority and coordination: a metaphor for a theory-driven institutional mission.
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D&D class reference ↗ · Legacy Eloquence reference ↗A career, not a frozen character
Presidency
Established major economic reforms, entered World War I, and sought a League of Nations.
Career-stage source ↗Thematic stage build: Wizard (School of Divination) / Cleric (Order Domain)
Stage builds are editorial interpretations of the career evidence, not game progression.The evidence behind the analogy
Academic theory and mission
Moved from academic leadership to a presidency centered on domestic reform and a proposed new international order.
Read the historical source ↗Inaugural Address — primary transcript
Interprets the election as a change in national purpose rather than merely a party victory.
Read the historical source ↗Credible alternative emphasis
Cleric / Wizard
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Confidence measures the strength of the class analogy. It does not measure a president’s moral worth or certainty about the historical record.
The quote, in context
“We have been refreshed by a new insight into our own life.”
Occasion: Inaugural Address (1913-03-04)
Audience: Audience not specified in this transcript
Interprets the election as a change in national purpose rather than merely a party victory.
Read the surrounding transcript excerpt
“assume the aspect of things long believed in and familiar, stuff of our own convictions. We have been refreshed by a new insight into our own life. We see that in many things that life is very great. It is incomparably great”
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