I cringed at these words:
>In any war time situation, would you follow a complete overbearing stupid order giving general into battle? I certainly would not.

I take it you've never been in the military. No matter how overbearing or arrogant a general is, you pretty much WILL follow them into battle. In fact, in the U.S. Army, the only way you could avoid doing so is if the order is illegal or immoral. Even so, if you disobey a direct order, count on there be an inquiry at the very least.

And the Village is far from the U.S. Army. I see it as more of a Nordic or even Roman kind of organization. People are picked by the 'elders', whether that is God or Emperor. If you, as a foot soldier (no matter how much respect you've gained from your peers) disobey an order from one of Caeser's chosen, expect a sword in your gut, not some long drawn out debate on why you think the war is wrong. Honestly, if I were in his place, I would have called you mutinous and asked for you to be removed. It is far more disruptive to an organization to have everyone suddenly deciding that they know better than anyone else, and decide to do their own thing, than to have a sub-stellar leader (not that sehvoor was or wasn't, I didn't know him.)

Unless the order was in direct contradiction to the Commander's word, you were bound to obey it.