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Feb 2021

Here is my protagonist, the inanimate hero Rocky the Rock.

His alignment haven't been stated in-universe, and because he doesnt talk, his intentions are up to interpretation.

Some of my readers theorize that he is true neutral, even if he is currently on the side of good and being a keystone (pun extra intended) to save the world.

Most of my characters are considered to be chaotic good, in the essence that most of my heroes are overwhelmingly anarchistic. The Aphuanian Tales is itself an extremely irreverent work, and its not uncommon for the bad guys in my stories to be guards who are supposed to be protecting the people they serve. My heroes aren't the knights or the guards, but the pirates that are ferrying witches and refugees away from oppressive kingdoms, and oathbreaker knights that are trying to redeem themselves for the sins they committed in the past. There are a few good knights here and there, depending on the kingdom that particular story takes place in, but my stories place a strong emphasis on challenging existing power structures, and fighting systemic injustices, rather than just a bad guy with an evil plan.

Cheri and Arya from finding work are great examples, as is most of the crew of The Crimson Tempest. I've actually got an excerpt from an upcoming story to use as an example:

That was Brun. Brun doesn't like unjust arrests. Brun does like to break the bones of bad people with her bare hands. She shows up in Finding Work, which you can read below:

Here's my character alignments from TWO of my series. :smiley:

Lawful Good:


Sonia

Chaotic Evil:


Solaria

Neutral Good:


Joey the Rabbit-Fox

Chaotic Good:

Jean-Luc the Fox

Lawful Neutral:


Melody

Neutral Good:


Ryan

Chaotic Neutral:


100% Julie


Danny

Edwin's not a hero. He's the protagonist, but he certainly isn't good in any stretch of the word. Depending on how he feels, he is probably mostly neutral evil, but he can be caring at times... even if it's only for selfish reasons.


My upcoming comic has an ensemble cast so I'll quickly align each of them~ Notably this is a D&D adaptation so they had alignments to begin with... but I think several of the players missed the mark with their initial assumptions xD For the ones whose character sheet alignments I know I'll list those as well.

Adoro is definitely Lawful Good. He's a cleric, a noble, and the main character in the group who is trying to win the contest to become the next king. I don't have access to his character sheet alignment, but I would suspect also Lawful Good.

Noel, Adoro's bodyguard, was my character. His alignment is also Lawful Good, although I had written him down to be Chaotic good. Usually when I roleplay I lean that way, but his role of group tank and stark loyalty to Adoro made lawful good make way more sense xD

From left to right:

Two, the rogue, definitely Chaotic Neutral. His character sheet says true neutral, but that's not accurate- he's a little bundle of chaos xD simultaneously a degenerate thief and also the group mom.

Jaegen, the wizard. He's... probably Lawful Neutral. I would say he mostly leans towards good but also has enough chaotic moments that I think neutral is apt. I don't have access to his character sheet either.

Colletta, the sorceress. She's definitely Chaotic Good. Her character sheet said so as well. She always aims to do the right thing, but she's also a firecracker (literally and figuratively), likes spontaneously combusting, yelling at enemies, day drinking, but is also the team grandma and liked to knit us team sweaters :slight_smile:

I have a number of hero characters, but I'll stick with the main protagonist for now. He's Neutral Good, leaning slightly into Chaotic Good at times.

Very decent chap, and while strict rules are for schmucks, he would like for everyone to just be nicer to each other, please.

Hugh is somewhere between these two. He has a father who is lawful evil and he is a pretty obedient son, but on his own he's chaotic neutral.

Despite his aggro appearance here, Rip is just plain...Good. He doesn't care about anything except doing what is right. It doesn't matter who is doing the wrong, if it's hurting someone, you can bet Rip will step in.

My MC Aina definitely falls under Neutral Good. She tries to do what's best and right in any given situation and, though she likes the comfort and structure that being part of a group or organisation gives her she's not bound by them.

Each one of my "Stories" Protagonist do have different allignment that make them different by each other:


Jadie: Lawful good - She is a person who does care for others, and act as a mother for everyone, altough this sometimes allow Her to be naive and forgiving even to those who aren't exactly "Good People".


Alfredo: Chaotic Neutral - He is a kid of special need, and most of the time all He want is to live a life like other kids of his Age, at the point to cause a bit of a problem to those around Him, despite not having the intentions.


The Redheaded Misfit: Chaotic Evil - This guy is as unpredictable as Mysterious, living all by himself in a mine, with thing He stolen for his own Enjoyment, and what more thing He might be planning is still up in the air.


Nana: Lawful Neutral - Being the Patriarch's scribe, Nana is a harpy very much dedicated to her job and purpose, and rarely takes a position, especially if such goes against Her duties.


Dr. Plague: Lawful Evil - He is a person who, in order to ensure safety to a dear one, or reach its goal, is capable of exploit the system at his own likeness and make thing much easier to him, altough, his actual status as "Evil" is still quite debatable.

Eryk Solbourne sees himself as a Lawful Good, or possibly a Lawful Neutral.

Others don't quite see him that way...

I'd say Gunhild is neutral good, Thor and Sif are Lawful good, and Loki is chaotic neutral.

Suren is chaotic neutral, which she truly has to be if she is to regain her own agency and bring change to her kingdom's culture.

This is actually a good question. Never really thought about it tbh :sweat_smile:

Thinking about it, I sometimes feel like writing her right on an edge of being "Chaotic Good" and "Chaotic Neutral".

She is her own individual, not really giving a lot on what is going on around her, and is actually just out there for herself, but on the other hand, she wants change, she wants to make it better for some. Thinking about it even harder, in her whole origin story she changed her alignment through her journey two times to become the person she is now - a free-roaming thief with a love for stealing, keeping to herself (and her partner), helping out her few friends and finding the answer to something she is bound to.

Enkal a lawful good nerd surrounded by chaotic good bounty hunters. It stresses him out.


In JTA

Vernon is more of the MC, and falls more on the chaotic good spectrun. Helping those in need with not even a question and being a goody two shoes is his main thing... Other than the crippling depression he gets from being a self sabotaging martyr all the time.

Azreth is more pulled towards the chaotic neutral spectrun pending towards evil, reason for that is he cares about Vernon and Grey and that is pretty much the only thing that keeps him from indulging in his darkest side like he used to before the plot starts, only caring about sating his vices. He does have a code of conduct, but nothing strict or defined, and he is a bit of a sadist... Especially when it comes to people he considers evil.

Grey on the other hand is somewhat lawful neutral, he is very methodic and likes to help out people when he can, but doesn't go out of his way to make a good impression or make people happy, often being straight up rude... He doesn't have a respect for authority perse, but he does think about the things he does very carefully meaning he is the most level headed member of the trio, and so tends towards the good side of the spectrum.

Lyza is, definitely, good. She's the hero type of person. She's between Neutral and Chaotic. She can be quite sympathetic and kind to the people who she wants to protect but once she unloads on her enemies, she can be quite remorseless even though, she wouldn't necessary kill them. She's against killing her enemies, in general.