Quote Originally Posted by FelixG View Post
People are misreading the OP.

The Paladin here is not swearing the oath to the evil person, he has an existing oath with the KINGDOM not the KING, it would be like how the US armed forces swear to the USA not the president. The pres just leads them, they dont have to all swear new oaths when a new pres is elected, the first one still holds true.
True- but if the king manages to (slowly and subtly) corrupt the kingdom to the point at which it becomes "an evil kingdom" despite the paladin's efforts, there will come a point when the paladin has to break with the kingdom.