Hence his theatrics. He ends up taking this goal to rather ridiculous lengths, and in doing so becomes arguably the single most evil villain in (Comic) Iron Man's rogues gallery. Difference is that Thailog's a much more extreme case of it and definitely fits the "Evil" part much more than Xanatos ever did. While the ordinary demons only care about destroying everything on their path, and Sargeras has the overarching goal of destroying the Void, characters like Gul'dan, Archimonde or Varimathras only follow the Legion for one reason: the power given by the Fel. But either way for a Neutral Evil character, their personal goals come first, and while they again, won't usually do evil deeds out of pure sadism or pointless pleasure, they also don't have too many qualms about crossing moral lines and stabbing people in the back to get what they want. As mayor of Storybrooke, she is perfectly willing to both use the law and break it in order to get what she wants. They are also extremely susceptible to bribes. This makes them range across the evil alignments more than any other evil army in the game. Though he did try to walk the path of a hero, Owens ultimately became this alignment anyway during Blackest Night when he proved to be willing to murder dozens of innocent people so his Black Lantern father could come back from the dead in full. An egomaniacal hunter who's willing to illegally poach a whole herd of gorillas for money, as well as kill anyone who tries to get in his way. Many tend to be Egotists, as they are only for themselves. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Neutral Evil can be the most dangerous alignment because such characters are willing to step on, betray, take advantage of, hurt, and kill other people to reach their goals and get what they want. Neutral Evil characters are intrinsically selfish people, regardless of whose side they are on, and as a Token Evil Teammate, they may sell out to the bad guy if it makes achieving their goals significantly easier. I'm pretty sure he's also shown that he's willing to turn on people if he gets a better offer, though that may not be consistent and instead vary depending on the writer.

will stab you in the back as soon as they get a good shot, ensure the survival of the Sebacean people, marrying into a royal family strictly for the status, and then subsequently going back on her word, what he considers an improved version of his brother's plans. One of the ultimate crime lords and a slug both in appearance and nature. While initially he seems just like another. The second of the evil alignments, Neutral Evil characters are those who are out for their own personal gain and will cross any moral line to get it. But as time passes it becomes clear that Scar has no real interest in order whatsoever and really just a selfish person who is thoroughly self-interested and will do and say anything just to keep himself going. Ironically enough given the above, the mana color that has historically produced the most villains to fall under this description is not black at all, but blue.

But Galactus doesn't do that because he finds it inconvenient and also makes it very clear that he doesn't usually care about anyone or anything but himself, and that to me makes him more this alignment. However by the same token they will not commit random violence and cruelty if they see no direct benefit to it and therefore do not just do evil for evil's sake, although notably some people's definitions of Neutral Evil disagree with me on that front. By stealing it. A Chaotic Evil character simply does what they find amusing at the time, with no care for how they may harm others. Whenever turned into a straight up villain, Eddie tends to be this alignment. trying and failing to bribe the Lawful Good FBI agent investigating him. If you've got a problem with a character being listed here, it probably belongs on the discussion page. She cares little for the gratuitous violence of say, the Joker, but she's still not good any stretch. She is extremely vicious and selfish, to the point of not caring who gets hurt or dies because of her schemes, and will either play by the rules or break them outright. As such I feel he's more Neutral Evil than Chaotic Evil. Lightning Dust becomes this in "The Washouts". Xanatos is obsessed with getting immortality for himself and later also his family.

Basically I see it as leaning more towards Neutral Evil because of how single-minded in it's specific goal it was, if that makes any sense. Again, Machiavellian world-view. Much of the Burning Legion's middle management falls into this category. Also, these characters are the complete opposite of Neutral Good who are heroes that are mostly neutral, but on the good side. Makarov as well. eradicating every lifeform in the Universe. Well, the DCAU version anyway, who are only working for Luthor because he's paying them (or promising to pay them as it were). As he is kind of a Mafia Supervillain, it makes sense that he'd be this alignment. The end of everything is an incidental side effect to what they do. When Tyrion asks him whether he would unquestioningly kill a child like some of the Goldcloaks, Bronn emphasizes that he wouldn't do it.

Princess Morbucks is determine to be a Powerpuff Girls and has no qualms with harming them or helping out with other villains to accomplish that goal. In the second movie, rather than be horrified with what Buzz did to Kevin he was laughing along with the rest, had to be woken up to watch the concert, and told Kevin off saying that he better not wreck "his trip". The other Flash Rogues, so disgusted by this crossing of the Moral Event Horizon, deliberately left him to die. The evil part comes in later when their goal seemingly changes to control over the younger races like selfish parents dominating their own children. More the 616 version, who seems to be the kind of guy whose always willing to do some messed up stuff if it means he can still benefit from it in some way. Yes, he's sometimes led supervillain teams. Many Corrupt Corporate Executives are Neutral Evil Jerkasses in charge of Lawful Evil MegaCorps it's easier to get ahead in business when you cheat. Though he has occasionally gotten that too, by and large Bane is a man ruled by self-interest who will crush any and all who try to oppose him but outside of that actually doesn't really set out to do evil and in fact even has some measure of scruples in spite of his villainy. On works pages: Character Alignment is only to be used in works where it is canonical, and only for characters who have alignments in-story. I could frankly make an argument for his being Chaotic Evil, but for now I'll list him as this. That said, their selfish motives differ: Xanatos seeks immortality and profit, Coyote vengeance. Paragon Shepard rightly calls him out on this. A perfect example of this is exemplified within the three Carsteins, with the, The Greenskins that is, Orcs and Goblins. His goals are also not solely about acquiring power. The second it ceases to be he casts such positions aside much more casually then his DCAU version would and goes right back to doing what he's always done best: looking out only for himself and his own interests. However he did have some very rare, Nicolae Carpathia, Leon Fortunato and much of the Global Community of. On a somewhat larger-scale note, Queen Chrysalis seems to qualify as this as well all she cares about is taking over Equestria so her and her minions can. She orders her own security troops to open fire on US military and government agents and "clean things up" by murdering everyone associated with Project Origin. That said, she still doesn't perform evil outside of her main goals, which I feel makes her more Neutral Evil than Chaotic Evil.

He spends most of the saga as a, Frieza is absolutely of this alignment. Yeah. He is also by the way, a character I have never, ever liked. Indeed, Taskmaster prides himself on being the most coldly professional of all of Marvel's main mercenaries, as opposed to others who are too emotional and prone to good (Silver Sable and Domino), TOO immoral and evil (Bullseye), or just too bloody crazy (Deadpool). No generally when Maul does something he has a reason for doing it. Considering this is a guy who was driven purely by greed and in fact was so driven by greed he was willing to commit genocide for some cash, that's a definite yes. to slaughter the entire population of the Mojave, kept the Sierra Madre's mistress as his drug-slave and sought to destroy her husband and their marriage out of, (technically, the Point Man was the one who set off the reactor, but Aristide initially ordered the explosion), After a few volumes falling in more then one way this is where Ironwood himself ends up. One of several ruthless and sleazy crime bosses Batman has dealt with over the years. Batman even said in the (albeit non-canon) story Justice that he has never been anything but a common criminal. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, I AM PERFECTION! even as his plans are crumbling around him, he's virtually gotten rid of the latter in himself, traumatizing and abandoning his young son, Mannanan's kidnapping and enslavement of young boys as servants, killing as many people as he can get away with, preferable to a bunch of squabbling independent warlords. Yes he enforces the Registration Act and uses it as an excuse to mercilessly hunt down real superheroes, and as such might seem more Lawful Evil. That and his ongoing feud with Superman of course. 2022 GAMESPOT, A RED VENTURES COMPANY. This way he would keep himself sustained without committing genocide in the process. By the character alignment name, one should not be fooled. He is obsessed with increasing his personal power by any means he can devise, for no greater purpose beyond having power for power's sake. Yet another Spider-Man villain who's primary motive is selfish revenge against the web-head, one he pursued in the absolute most convoluted way possible (*Cough, cough* THE CLONE SAGA *cough, cough*). But the thing is, Norman only works within the confines of the system for as long as it's actually convenient, and that is Neutral Evil, not Lawful Evil. A remorseless, cold-blooded assassin who barring one brief stint as Black Canary (weird I know) is pretty consistently villainous. While he is a police officer, he states that the only reason he became a cop was so he could legally carry a gun. In fact, both the Vorlon and Shadow races actually fit into this alignment once you've watched the entire story unfold. Either way, he did eventually grow out of this after becoming the new Mandalore. Lord Tirek is a classic example of this alignment. Whilst individually their alignments may differ, the very creed and Rule of Two they worship is pure selfishness. The typical Earthican response to his attacks is to give him whatever he wants, since there's nothing the Earthican army can really do to fight him. They gladly assaulted and attacked anyone who they perceived weaker and/or edible, with Ungoliant attacking her employer. That said, he is also a very resourceful and flexible villain, who has tried all manner of schemes in the hope of coming out on top. "End of All Things" was the defining characteristic of the extreme version of Neutral Evil until 4th Edition. To explain it one way, Chaotic Evil wants to rape and pillage along the way, and enjoys their work. and as it stands, Jason Macendale wasn't the only person to use the Jack O'Lantern alias either. Director Kakuzawa, whose sole concern was wiping out humanity and creating a new race out of his own descendants. He is willing to use and manipulate anyone in order to do so, and afterwards betray them without a twinge of conscience when he ceases to have a use for them. He accompanies the player character mostly just to keep himself entertained. Other than that, enjoy Villains Wiki!!!

", changing the world into a place that suits her desires, and elevate herself into an higher being akin to the Innovators, her own brother Hong Long, whose death only elicited the most minute emotional response from her, every time he saves humans from outside forces, he is essentially saving them in hope that they will kill, their commander, Vergo, turns out to be a spy for Doflamingo and turns on them, In the end, he betrays Pride when the latter hypocritically goes against his idea that homunculi are superior to humans, prolong the life of the universe. While I tend to associate megalomania more with Lawful Evil, Jafar still ultimately leans more towards this one due to not really being interested in ruling so much as just raw power, as opposed to say, Doctor Doom and Palpatine, who also do covet power but at the same time enforce their own twisted idea of order on others. As the story progresses, The demon Naraku seems at first to be a completely heartless, opportunistic. Easily one of Commander Shepard's darkest and most ethically lacking crew members, Zaeed shows just how self-centered he really is during his Loyalty Mission, where he proves to be quite agreeable to letting innocent people burn to death just to get some revenge. Kakuzu, whose only goal is profit, and Sasori, who wishes to make as many puppets as possible to establish the immortality of his art, also fit this alignment. The C-brothers of the Fanor's sons - Celegorm, Caranthir and Curufin - may or may not fall in this category, especially Celegorm. Villains of the Neutral Evil alignment, also known as the "Malefactor" alignment, are primarily concerned with their own schemes and will employ whatever means are necessary to succeed. While Wolverine is normally a good guy (barring his ever-present dark side of course), in the Ultimate Marvel Universe he started out as this, by virtue of being a spy for the Brotherhood who on a trip to the Savage Land left Cyclops to die just because he was jealous of his relationship with Jean Grey. It doesn't help that he's really powerful and thus is supposed to be taken really seriously. While they have some measure of standards in the sense that they don't go out of their way to be cruel or hurt others, you flash a nice paycheck in front of them and they're generally cool with playing the part of the bad guys. Neutral Evil characters don't care if they happen to break the rules in the process of doing what they do, and also work within the bounds of the law and authority only for as long as it is convenient and/or beneficial to them. "It can't be bargained with. Speaking of Palpatine, this was the original and default alignment of the Sith. Then there's Hexxat, a vampire thief who mostly just wants to survive, but is willing to do anything to do so, including draining young ladies of blood. Either way though, he's much more evil than Jango Fett ever was, and that's saying something. Femme Fatale is out to rob banks, seemingly to fight for women's rights. Even moreso than a lot of other Marvel villains and even Spider-Man villains specifically, Shocker is a dude who is chiefly self-interested and out for personal gain, and that outside of this he really doesn't have any other malevolent agenda in mind. Yes, he was president of the USA. It also runs in the family And on that note here's daddy.

That's Neutral Evil. Not going around committing random, pointless cruelty, but no longer obsessed with order like he was in older EU stories. "Like father like son" as the saying goes. That is to say still self-interested but nowhere near as villainous about it. And here's ANOTHER Superman villain that fits this.

A good way to determine Neutral versus Lawful or Chaotic Evil is to understand the ultimate end-goal or motives of a character. Like Bane Catman is driven by greed and also a desire to prove himself worthy of fear and respect. The Lich ascension path is neutral evil, concerned mostly with results and personal power no matter who gets hurt. Simply put, Ultimate Hank Pym is a slimeball. Though at times Sandman has tried to make a go for things on the side of right, he usually still ends up backsliding to his criminal ways. Given that they're a group of mercenaries who emphasize an MO of doing bad things so long as they're paid, this makes sense. His other motivations (greed and revenge on Spidey) further cement his status as a representative of this alignment. The movie version was more a very twisted Lawful Evil. Generally he is selfish, abandons or sacrifices his friends if it's convenient, and exploits or ignores laws as suits his needs. Don't tell him that though.

a deputy, benign civilians, his two mooks, his old partner, his boss, and the widow of his late-nemesis, choking von Hammersmark to death, letting Shosanna live on a whim, selling out Hitler to save his own skin and being richly rewarded by the US government, even willing to kill and blackmail to maintain his status, Unfortunately for him, it turns out he's more, with the boy with leukemia he took hostage, who needs his bone marrow to survive. A team of supervillains who under Captain Cold's leadership do things exactly the way he does.

He is also under Gail Simone a fairly ruthless and amoral individual. Both Ungoliant and her last daughter, Shelob. He later starts shifting away from this alignment after All Might loses the last of his power and leaves him at Number One, where he takes a long, hard look at himself and realizes just how horrible he's been. Ironically, about the only companion she cares about is Rachel. Destruction is not her endgame, but she has no qualms about causing it if it gets her what she wants, such as destroying a whole planet to convert it into a time manipulator. Sylar also qualifies, as he is willing to work with anyone one minute and change sides the next to get what he wants: power. One could make a strong case for Ryuk falling into this category, as while many take his apathy towards the sides of the conflict for. He's devoured around a billion souls to gain more power, has absolutely no sympathy towards anyone, and will defend absolute selfishness as the only philosophical stance worth considering. Kars also qualifies, caring only about obtaining the Red Stone of Aja for his own interests of being the, Nabiki Tendou, Happosai, and many others from. And I mean A LOT. Determined to show the world how "great" he is and also crush that pesky Spider-Man, no matter how far he has to go to achieve these ends. This isn't TOO surprising given that he's been engineered to have the same Machiavellian world-view as David Xanatos. Nothing more, nothing less. And that to me is Neutral Evil. Their methods vary; just as the Neutral Good character will ally with anybody to do what's right and nobody to do what's wrong, the Neutral Evil character will ally with anybody as long as it advances their own interests and it is all about their own interests.