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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 6125126" data-attributes="member: 4937">So, concerning alignment, an intelligence of 13 suggests that his alignment beliefs are probably somewhat intellectually realized.  He's probably thought about what he believes and analyzed it and produced some sort of internal manifesto or philosophy which he lives by.   CN is most easily summarized as, "Harm no one; do what you will."   It's the belief that as long as you aren't actually actively harming anyone, then everyone has the right to do whatever they please and live and let live.   More philosophically, at a very high intellectual level Objectivism is a CN philosophy, but I don't think from the other clues he's an Objectivist.  Instead I think that he's intellectually embraced Sybarite/Hedonism as an intellectual philosophy - the purpose of life is to escape misery and enjoy happiness.   His 15 Wis indicates that he is capable of following the convictions of his beliefs, so what this implies in context is that he is a drunkard by choice.   His reason leads him to believe that the best way to live life is ineubriated.   Possibly he believes that life is unjust, unfair, and miserable and that the best salvation you can find is at the bottom of a bottle.  It's worth exploring why he believes that and why its reasonable for him to believe it.  He's not stupid; he came to this conviction based on the evidence.  The overwhelming determinate of his personality though is his 3 charisma.  This is a person with absolutely no redeeming social trait.   He is a foul, vulgar, obnoxious, uncouth, unpleasant, unceasing boor, with bad breath, body odor, and odious personal habits.  He'll smell of urine and vomit, and a pig would be pleasant and clean by comparison.  He's grotesque.  He's not only ugly, but his demeanor has made him more so.   As I picture him, he's heavily scarred (possibly from burns or acid), missing several teeth and a ear.   Where in some this would make them look monstrous and imposing, in this person it mostly just makes him look ridiculous and revolting.   People tend to respond to him with revulsion or ridicule.   And he in turn is belligrant and insulting, which doesn't intimidate people (most of the time), but rather makes them angry, obstinant, and more hostile.Background wise I'd have him be the victim of a terrible tragedy the robbed him of everything he ever loved or wanted.  His scars are the result of torture, possibly to extract from him a confession for a crime he didn't commit.   He's a violent wreck of a man who hates human company about as much as humanity despises him, and whose sole solace is the pleasant relief of intoxication.  At a summary, his life philosophy is, "Leave people be."   He hates the law.  He hates society.  He hates moral busybodies as much as he hates the cruel and the sadistic.  But for all of that, he's not a cruel person himself.   He doesn't want to watch the world burn; quite the contrary, he knows what it is to burn and wouldn't wish it on anyone.  He just wants to be left alone to enjoy what is left to him to enjoy.</blockquote>

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