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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 2114781" data-attributes="member: 8835">Hmm, this gives me thoughts.  By the way, I like Eolin's take on it.  But here's another.Fact: alignment is absolute.  Meaning Evil is measured from the "good guy's perspective"  Thus, orcs may think of themselves as "good" but they are really evil.Now for my theory:take a page from the Discover channel.  They did a show on Gender.  They had an interesting segment on this woman who had the XY gene (i.e. male).  Basically, in the womb, she was a he.  Turns out, biologically, her body ignored testosterone.  So she never actually developed into a he.  (this means that being male is a transformation from the female default).  All because of Testosterone, and the processing of it before you're even born.Well, in my research, it turns out there is another horomone in the goblinoid species.  I call it "Goblostren"  It causes skin coloration, and cranky selfishness.  It too takes effect before the infant is born.  The result is cranky ugly baby goblins that while incapable of actually doing evil, are, in fact nasty little critters that would rip their mother's nipples off, if they had teeth.  Which coincidentally, goblin weening begins the day they start teething, which is at 8 weeks (just like a puppy, but less cute).Janx</blockquote>