Crusader
“If they won't stand up for the defenseless, I will.”
Passion, Impulse, Honesty, Risk
Fairness, Responsibility, Order, Boundaries
Belonging, Growth, Patience, Ecology
Curiosity, Clarity, Precision, Mastery
Ambition, Power, Strategy, Self-interest
Understanding the Crusader
You react strongly when someone is threatened or mistreated. You have a protective instinct that becomes activated the moment you sense injustice or harm. You may become the person who steps in front of danger or who confronts a problem directly. You feel most yourself when your passion and your principles work together to challenge something that should not stand.
Dominant Driver
Red is the drive toward intensity and honest expression. It shows up in people who act on what they feel, say the thing everyone else is dancing around, and would rather live a vivid life than a perfectly controlled one. This might be the friend who texts “I’m outside, let’s go”, the person who laughs loudly, cries openly, or makes big gestures when something matters. At its hardest moments, Red can jump too fast, stir up drama, or burn out—only realizing afterward that not every impulse needed to become an action.
Auxiliary Driver
White is the drive toward principled coherence and fair structure. It shows up in people who naturally organize plans, clarify expectations, and try to make sure everyone is treated consistently. At its best, White creates spaces where others feel safe, respected, and able to rely on shared agreements—whether that’s a project, a household, or a friend group. At its hardest moments, this drive can turn into anxiety about disorder, over-responsibility for other people’s behavior, or resentment when others ignore the rules you’re trying to uphold.
Lacking Driver
When you lack Blue, life runs mostly on habit and immediate reactions. You make decisions because 'that’s how it’s always done' or 'everyone else is doing it', with little patience for questions or deeper reflection. You or the people around you get irritated when asked to slow down, change your mind, or look at nuance, and the idea of learning before acting feels like a burden rather than a resource.
Lacking Driver
When you lack Black, you tend to wait to be chosen, hoping that effort or goodness will eventually be noticed on its own. You stay in unsatisfying situations because you don’t see any real leverage or options, avoid asking directly for what you want, and talk more about what you can’t do than about moves you could try. Saying no, setting terms, or pursuing your own interests feels selfish or dangerous, so your life is often shaped by other people’s decisions.
Strengths & Weaknesses
- Turns moral conviction into immediate action—when you see wrong, you move
- Defends people who can't defend themselves, without calculating the cost first
- Inspires others to find courage they didn't know they had
- Acts when everyone else is waiting for someone else to go first
- Sees situations in moral black-and-white, missing the gray that actually explains what's happening
- Judges quickly under emotional charge—you've condemned someone before hearing their side
- Struggles with nuance or slow processes; patience feels like complicity
- Burns out from perpetual vigilance, treating every day like a battlefield