A chaotic good noble might be the type of person who would rather be out and about working with the people of their domain rather than up in a stuffy board room signing writs and studying precedent and law. The type that, if they heard one of their serfs was having trouble plowing a field, would sneak out of the meeting and hitch up an ox themselves instead of making a motion to reallocate funds from the provisional account.
Chaotic Neutral: Louis XIV ('I am the state'... basically he was an ignorant ruler who didn't care about the law... he made it. He was also quite successful, though)
Lawful Evil: probably Count Dracula, Lucifer if you follow the modern version from the series.
If you're talking about Lucifer from the TV show, he's definitely not Lawful Evil. He's more like Chaotic Neutral.
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If you're talking about Lucifer from the TV show, he's definitely not Lawful Evil. He's more like Chaotic Neutral.
I guess that depends on how you see him.
He seems quite chaotic at first glance, but there are some rules that go above all for him and he prides himself with those (e.g. not telling lies, not breaking deals). He also served in Hell against his will for several millenia and eventually returns there abandoning the love of his life to fulfill his "lawful" duty. So I'd argue he definitely fits the lawful category.
Good and evil is a bit harder, imho.
He basically risked for an army of demons to overtake the world by abandoning his job in hell for a vacation with drugs and gambling. Although his brother told him multiple times what was at risk. Seems a bit selfish at least. And he risked to completely break the mind of his therapist by showing her his true self... so he would have someone to talk to. So... he was willing to gamble her sanity for his own well-being. Not exactly nice either.
Not to mention his various tries to manipulate humans, his abuse of his devil powers to make women sleep with him, his idea that the entire universe including god revolves solely around him and no-one else matters (except maybe for the Detective)... I wouldn't call that "good" for sure and I am hard-pressed to categorize him as "neutral". He pretty obviously only cares about himself and doesn't give a damn about other people, so that's pretty evil to me.
The series however does not portray him like he likes inflicting pain and agony, though. More like a child that is unaware of the consequences of his deeds.
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Hello, I am trying to figure out how to approach certain alignments with the noble background.
For example, what are some potential examples for a chaotic good noble for example?
A chaotic good noble might be the type of person who would rather be out and about working with the people of their domain rather than up in a stuffy board room signing writs and studying precedent and law. The type that, if they heard one of their serfs was having trouble plowing a field, would sneak out of the meeting and hitch up an ox themselves instead of making a motion to reallocate funds from the provisional account.
Princess Merida from Brave comes to mind.
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Lawful Good: Richard Lionheart, Arthur Pendragon
Neutral Good: Lara Croft
Chaotic Good: Robin Hood, Bruce Wayne
Lawful Neutral: Pontius Pilatus, maybe?
Neutral: ?
Chaotic Neutral: Louis XIV ('I am the state'... basically he was an ignorant ruler who didn't care about the law... he made it. He was also quite successful, though)
Lawful Evil: probably Count Dracula, Lucifer if you follow the modern version from the series.
Neutral Evil: ?
Chaotic Evil: Emperor Nero
If you're talking about Lucifer from the TV show, he's definitely not Lawful Evil. He's more like Chaotic Neutral.
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True Neutral? I'd maybe say Anomander Rake from the Malazan Book of the Fallen?
I guess that depends on how you see him.
He seems quite chaotic at first glance, but there are some rules that go above all for him and he prides himself with those (e.g. not telling lies, not breaking deals). He also served in Hell against his will for several millenia and eventually returns there abandoning the love of his life to fulfill his "lawful" duty. So I'd argue he definitely fits the lawful category.
Good and evil is a bit harder, imho.
He basically risked for an army of demons to overtake the world by abandoning his job in hell for a vacation with drugs and gambling. Although his brother told him multiple times what was at risk. Seems a bit selfish at least. And he risked to completely break the mind of his therapist by showing her his true self... so he would have someone to talk to. So... he was willing to gamble her sanity for his own well-being. Not exactly nice either.
Not to mention his various tries to manipulate humans, his abuse of his devil powers to make women sleep with him, his idea that the entire universe including god revolves solely around him and no-one else matters (except maybe for the Detective)... I wouldn't call that "good" for sure and I am hard-pressed to categorize him as "neutral". He pretty obviously only cares about himself and doesn't give a damn about other people, so that's pretty evil to me.
The series however does not portray him like he likes inflicting pain and agony, though. More like a child that is unaware of the consequences of his deeds.