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    Default Re: Alignments of the stick

    Ok, I'm gonna comment only on those I disagree with the OP. Let's start:

    Varsuuvius: N, NE spliced

    V was not evil when spliced, because as the IFCC stated, the splice didn't affect her alignment at all, just incited her to commit evil under the false impression that her aligment had been adjusted due to the splice and thus she was no longer responsible for her acts.

    So her aligment was exactly the same, with splice of without it. Her acts under the splice certainly marked a shift towards Evil, but she has been actively trying to redeem since then.

    About her basic alignment, I've always felt that there is something Lawful about her. So my veredict is:

    Varsuuvius: LN

    ...

    Miko: LG then LN

    That Miko was LG as a Paladin is something that has been heavly contested in the Forums, but that it's a fact, for game mechanics. In fact, in OOoTPC the two Paladins that appear (the one at Roy's first party and Elan's former master) both state that they need to keep a LG alignment.

    After her fall, there are grounds to arge that she shifted to LN, through I'm more of the oppinion that she keept being LG - after being freed from prison, her intention was to further pursue her vendetta against the OOTS. But as soon as she saw the City in ruins, she forgot her vendetta and proceed to the Throne Room to fulfill her duty, which she did in a too reckless way but sacrifying her own life nonetheless. Plus, in my oppinion, Miko switching aligment should defeat her whole concept in the strip - that a LG character can be pesterful and antagonistic to the good-aligned protagonists.

    ...

    Sabine: CE

    Through Succubus are supposed to be CE, it should be remembered that Sabine's direct suprerior is Director Lee, the LE one, and that she is the consort of Nale, which is LE (and, to this point, all "couples" in the strip had been the same alignment - that is, all the ones that stick: Roy an Celia, Elan and Haley, the Katos, etc.) Her (relatively) stable and long term relationship with Nale also point to a Lawful rather than Chaotic alignment.

    Finally, there are many examples in D&D-based works in which non-chaotic Succubus have appeared - Planescape Torment to quote a popular example.

    So my veredict is:

    Sabine: LE

    ...

    Right Eye: CG

    Ahem... well, Right Eye appears as a very simpathetic character in Start of Darkness, but this doesn't go as far as to imply he was necessary CG. A CN alignment fits him better, as he cared for the lives of his close ones (but for no one else) and his disagreement with Redcloack and Xykon was more on the field of love for individual freedom rather than adherence to high ideals about Good.

    It's true that he liked freedom of choice not only for himself, but for everybody. But that falls straight into the CN alignment.

    So my veredict is:

    Right Eye: CN

    ...

    Ian: CN

    Ian may be a greedy bastard and a total paranoid. But still, he is doing the Robbin Hood stuff all over around. It's very clear that he is nothing but CG.

    So my veredict is:

    Ian: CG

    ...

    Therkala: LN

    True Neutral or CN fits her better. A LN person would have stick to his Liege before all else. Therka put her personal feelings before Kubota's orders. She cared for the ones she liked, but that falls well under the TN or CN aligment, and even under the CE alignment. About CE, let's not forget that she actively avoided Lien's Detect Evil.

    Plus, she is a Ninja, which doesn't sounds "lawful", bur rather "chaotic". She killed his teacher in the graduation ceremony, which doesn't sounds "neutral" but rahter "evil". In strip #586 she says "I'm sorry if this hurts. I'm a bit rusty on NOT killing people, but I'm doing my best", which may point to a shift from CE to CN due to Elan's influence.

    So my veredict is:

    Therka: TN, CN or possibly CE - Mabye CE then shifted to CN

    ...

    Hilgya: CN

    She served Loki. That alone points straight to CE, through it's true that a Cleric can divert one step from his God.

    What definitely points to CE is her relationship with her husband: She couldn't stand to live with him, a totally good, caring and nice guy. And, more to the point, attemped to murder him in more than one occasion, when she could have simply run away from him (the CN way to do things) like she finally did after repeatedly fail in her attemps.

    Plus, she was the opposite of LG Durkon.

    So my veredict is:

    Hylga: CE

    ...

    Pompey: ???

    Pompey is, at least, Evil, like he himself said in the strip. Probably NE.
    Last edited by The Pilgrim; 2011-08-05 at 11:12 AM.