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<blockquote data-quote="Greenstone.Walker" data-source="post: 6762295" data-attributes="member: 6788312">In Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn books, Lord Ruler is the bad guy. In the last book of the trilogy, the reader finds out who Lord Ruler is and was and why he's doing what he's doing. After reading his motivations, and the limited options he had to choose between, I call him &quot;Lawful Good&quot; by D&amp;D alignment, though with a very strong draconic despotism.Similar to situations posted earlier in this thread, the protagonists in the book have better solutions to the problem but Lord Ruler isn't willing to try them, because he doesn't believe they will work.Another example from media, in the movie Hero, the emperor appears to be the bad guy, justifying an assassination attempt. As the story progresses and we learn more about the emperor, things become less black-and-white. The emperor's&nbsp; armies have done violent things, but the emperor loves his country and believes he is doing what is right for the good of the nation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Greenstone.Walker, post: 6762295, member: 6788312"] In Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn books, Lord Ruler is the bad guy. In the last book of the trilogy, the reader finds out who Lord Ruler is and was and why he's doing what he's doing. After reading his motivations, and the limited options he had to choose between, I call him "Lawful Good" by D&D alignment, though with a very strong draconic despotism. Similar to situations posted earlier in this thread, the protagonists in the book have better solutions to the problem but Lord Ruler isn't willing to try them, because he doesn't believe they will work. Another example from media, in the movie Hero, the emperor appears to be the bad guy, justifying an assassination attempt. As the story progresses and we learn more about the emperor, things become less black-and-white. The emperor's armies have done violent things, but the emperor loves his country and believes he is doing what is right for the good of the nation. [/QUOTE]

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