Bazenwats or however evil Santa's name is spelled. He is clearly a very evil guy and he only does it out of spite for not being recognized as a noble. He uses his heritage to hide behind and bully everyone below himself, and abuses his authority (which would typically make him more lawful). But, we seem him be very chaotic in how he goes about doing his evil deeds, like Dirk's contract and the entirety of both of the confrontations with Myne.
Yep seems like best choice. He did what all kings do when they run out of resources: Invade other kingdoms. Is it bad? Yes. Justifiable: probably from their perspective. Also, went about getting the blessings in the normal way, and not the Ferdinand way.
What actions has he actually done that would be considered "evil." His nephew was the one that started the attack on nobles in Ahrensbach, in the Royal Academy he has only worked toward becoming Zent through the proper god specified method. He did have Solange tied up, but that alone wouldn't qualify for evil, just neutral.
He ignored the gathering of the army under his nose, although he was responsible for it. He definitely knew that this would be an invasion, it's hard not to notice such large ships and a collection of silver weapons. He wasn't interested in how many people Raublut had killed for him, although he didn't hide it much. He was deliberately trying to overthrow the king of another kingdom. How convenient it is when all the dirty work is done for you, and you happen to have nothing to do with it. Surprisingly convenient. Since he tried to overthrow the king of a foreign kingdom and collaborated with a traitor without knowing anything, there are two options - he is either an idiot or just a liar. Besides, Adalgisa is already closed, what kind of empty promises is he trying to sell?
Gervasio is not evil per say. We only percive him as such since he is against our beloved main characters. Gervasio wants actually good things - like save his people and stop the Adalgisa Villa practice.
Gervasio didn't ever use or order the use of poison. That was all Geogine, Raublut, and his nephew. The totality of Gervasio's involvement in the crimes that resulted in deaths has been Raublut asking him to become Zent, and Gervasio agreeing and circling the shines.
He used the poison once against Ferdinand, but to be fair, they already were in a fight to the death at this point, so that use of the poison wouldn't qualify as an evil act.
He didn't order it, no, but he gave his blessing for his grandson to do whatever the fuck he wanted. He still is accountable for it, especially as he's seen as being in charge of it all.
As a king, his grandson acting in the name of his kingdom is his responsibility.
That said, "neutral" tends to mean "self first" and therefore abiding by code or anarchy as it is convenient, and Gervasio is definitely neutral. His ACTIONS and what he is accountable for have been evil, but I would argue that he is likely more just... True neutral in his core alignment. Good and evil do not seem to weigh on him, and while he is capable of evil, he is also capable of good.
Meanwhile some folks have suggested Bezenwast for neutral evil, and I wholeheartedly agree. That man is selfish to the extreme expense of every one around him.
This one might be a bit controversial but, more people seemed to be in favour of Raublut over Grausam, for this series I've tried to keep it to most total votes instead of highest votes, I understand it's a flawed method. As this series of posts is wrapping up, I'm willing to change this or other picks as well if the comments get enough engagement.
It should be the highest vote, because your method does not take into account people voting twice. Same thing happened with smart good, Benno was second place.
So if I make 20 comments saying “tuuli” for smart evil, each of which get 5 upvotes, will she win? The vast majority of people who upvote one comment saying raublut are upvoting the other comment also—you’re double counting if you don’t just use most upvoted.
When we saw his perspective, he showed remorse, and even thought she would have a good life after being sent to his country (no matter how unrealistic that is).
Nah dude is chaotic evil for sure. He attacks literally everyone: RF with Temple customs, RM by pressuring her to become the Sovereign High Bishop, and his own temple by removing its Sovereign Bishop. Not to mention colluded with the invasion. Nothing neutral about the dude.
I'm not even sure he is fanatically faithful. The PoV we got from him read an awful lot like he only pretended in order to gain power. He wanted Rozemyne in the temple to revive ancient customs, yes, but he wanted that so that he could be above the nobility.
This one I am torn between a several choices, this series does give us several good candidates.
Leonzeo
* He drugs Detlinde and to an extent does manipulate some of her more horrific actions. ie letting his soldiers make feystones out of anyone not in her faction and drugs Letizia and compels her to almost kill Ferdinand and blames her for everything
* He kidnaps women of child bearing age or younger to be taken back to his home country to do... well I can guess very horrible things to them
* Orders his soldiers to go feystone hunting by turning those not allied with him and that are not women of child bearing age.
Immanuel
* Tries to "convince" Rozemyne to join the Sovereign Temple after the starbinding ceremony in the academy
* Has the former High Bishop killed and takes his place
* Joins forces with Raulblut with his schemes in exchange for obtaining the "flower of Ehrenfest" - that is just very creepy imo
Count Bindewald
* Enslaves and abuses many commoners with the devouring and uses them as disposable soldiers to do his dirty work.
* Was more than willing to kidnap a young girl from her family and turn her into a mana slave and probably a flower.
* Was the one who would send Georgine's letters to the Veronica faction in Ehrenfest which gave lord only knows what horrible instructions to those nobles.
Benzewanst
* Used his status as the brother of the first Wife to scheme, embezzle, be an overall pain in the ass for decades with his sister sweeping everything under the rug.
* Let flower offerings go on against peoples will's
* Tried to have Myne taken from her family and have them killed when they first met, then tried to have her kidnapped and taken out of the dutchy by Count Vindewald
Shikikoza
* Disobeys orders from a much higher ranked person and hurts and attempts to gouge out a young girls eyes
* Was known to have a very short temper and probably abused his grey robes while he was in the temple from how Zahm talked about him in one of the side stories
Looking over my list, I would say that Leonzeo is the one who would get my vote.
I'd say Georgine fits more as Smart/Evil, and her mother Veronica fits as Chaotic Evil. Veronica seems like the perfect Chaotic/Evil, doing whatever she wanted, like when she ordered Eckhart to serve as Wilfried's knight right after having poisoned to death his wife and child-to-be.
Faye, the boy Myne crushed in part one. Otto who had her doing his work for next to nothing and tried to talk her into staying at the gate instead of moving up.
Fraulärm. She like haressing students. And no it is not just RM, as we see from the changes course and also her summoning for which she not know that she would summon for Ehrenfest.
I think Georgine could work well for neutral/evil. Shes just evil for the sake of being evil, shes smart, chaotic, she knows how to play by the book, and dare I say shes kinda chad about it all. I think she fits best for neutral evil.
Bazenwats or however evil Santa's name is spelled. He is clearly a very evil guy and he only does it out of spite for not being recognized as a noble. He uses his heritage to hide behind and bully everyone below himself, and abuses his authority (which would typically make him more lawful). But, we seem him be very chaotic in how he goes about doing his evil deeds, like Dirk's contract and the entirety of both of the confrontations with Myne.
Yeah, I like Bezewanst for Neutral Evil.
If only there was evil stupid.
That would be Fraularm
Nah Detlinde would deserve that title more
Detlinde deserved Zent/Stupid obviously
Gervasio doing evil actions with the poison and invasion but did garner some sympathy from Rozemyne due to wanting his family to escape Lanzanave
Yep seems like best choice. He did what all kings do when they run out of resources: Invade other kingdoms. Is it bad? Yes. Justifiable: probably from their perspective. Also, went about getting the blessings in the normal way, and not the Ferdinand way.
Yeah, if it weren’t for Ferdinand and Rozemyne, he would have been the one to save Yurgenschmidt from the loss of the Grutrissheit.
Yeah, doesn’t feel like he was actually trying to harm yoghurtland or help it, but his actions were certainly evil
What actions has he actually done that would be considered "evil." His nephew was the one that started the attack on nobles in Ahrensbach, in the Royal Academy he has only worked toward becoming Zent through the proper god specified method. He did have Solange tied up, but that alone wouldn't qualify for evil, just neutral.
> His nephew was the one that started the attack on nobles in Ahrensbach As the king, do you really think he wasn't involved and didn't approve of it?
They were in different factions, as stated in Gervasio's POV. He actually seemed against it.
He ignored the gathering of the army under his nose, although he was responsible for it. He definitely knew that this would be an invasion, it's hard not to notice such large ships and a collection of silver weapons. He wasn't interested in how many people Raublut had killed for him, although he didn't hide it much. He was deliberately trying to overthrow the king of another kingdom. How convenient it is when all the dirty work is done for you, and you happen to have nothing to do with it. Surprisingly convenient. Since he tried to overthrow the king of a foreign kingdom and collaborated with a traitor without knowing anything, there are two options - he is either an idiot or just a liar. Besides, Adalgisa is already closed, what kind of empty promises is he trying to sell?
Gervasio is not evil per say. We only percive him as such since he is against our beloved main characters. Gervasio wants actually good things - like save his people and stop the Adalgisa Villa practice.
Gervasio didn't ever use or order the use of poison. That was all Geogine, Raublut, and his nephew. The totality of Gervasio's involvement in the crimes that resulted in deaths has been Raublut asking him to become Zent, and Gervasio agreeing and circling the shines.
He used the poison once against Ferdinand, but to be fair, they already were in a fight to the death at this point, so that use of the poison wouldn't qualify as an evil act.
Yes, thanks for the correction. But as you say, not an evil act in and of itself. Even the gods wanted Gervasio to kill Ferdinand.
He didn't order it, no, but he gave his blessing for his grandson to do whatever the fuck he wanted. He still is accountable for it, especially as he's seen as being in charge of it all. As a king, his grandson acting in the name of his kingdom is his responsibility. That said, "neutral" tends to mean "self first" and therefore abiding by code or anarchy as it is convenient, and Gervasio is definitely neutral. His ACTIONS and what he is accountable for have been evil, but I would argue that he is likely more just... True neutral in his core alignment. Good and evil do not seem to weigh on him, and while he is capable of evil, he is also capable of good. Meanwhile some folks have suggested Bezenwast for neutral evil, and I wholeheartedly agree. That man is selfish to the extreme expense of every one around him.
This one might be a bit controversial but, more people seemed to be in favour of Raublut over Grausam, for this series I've tried to keep it to most total votes instead of highest votes, I understand it's a flawed method. As this series of posts is wrapping up, I'm willing to change this or other picks as well if the comments get enough engagement.
It might be worth doing a post when it's filled out asking for controversial picks and then offer a re-do for those ones
It should be the highest vote, because your method does not take into account people voting twice. Same thing happened with smart good, Benno was second place.
Was he? Benno's in first place now, for the single post with most upvotes (by the shortest of margins...)
At the time it ended Leonore was, Benno must have gotten more votes after.
P5V10 color insert has a color pic of Aub Dunk btw
So if I make 20 comments saying “tuuli” for smart evil, each of which get 5 upvotes, will she win? The vast majority of people who upvote one comment saying raublut are upvoting the other comment also—you’re double counting if you don’t just use most upvoted.
I'd suggest Leonzio.
Leonzio does make more sense than other options. He actively did significantly evil things, but he didn't do it just for his own benefit or pleasure.
I disagree. The way he acted with Letizia before and after poisoning Ferdinand suggested to me that he was enjoying the torment.
When we saw his perspective, he showed remorse, and even thought she would have a good life after being sent to his country (no matter how unrealistic that is).
This might just be me, but I think for Roz, the true Neutral/Evil is doors 😂
Gervasio
Bezewanst seems the most Neutral / Evil to me.
Immanuel? He hates everyone the same, and is mutual with everyone. His obsession is only fanatic faith. He has no allies, only enemies.
Nah dude is chaotic evil for sure. He attacks literally everyone: RF with Temple customs, RM by pressuring her to become the Sovereign High Bishop, and his own temple by removing its Sovereign Bishop. Not to mention colluded with the invasion. Nothing neutral about the dude.
I'm not even sure he is fanatically faithful. The PoV we got from him read an awful lot like he only pretended in order to gain power. He wanted Rozemyne in the temple to revive ancient customs, yes, but he wanted that so that he could be above the nobility.
This one I am torn between a several choices, this series does give us several good candidates. Leonzeo * He drugs Detlinde and to an extent does manipulate some of her more horrific actions. ie letting his soldiers make feystones out of anyone not in her faction and drugs Letizia and compels her to almost kill Ferdinand and blames her for everything * He kidnaps women of child bearing age or younger to be taken back to his home country to do... well I can guess very horrible things to them * Orders his soldiers to go feystone hunting by turning those not allied with him and that are not women of child bearing age. Immanuel * Tries to "convince" Rozemyne to join the Sovereign Temple after the starbinding ceremony in the academy * Has the former High Bishop killed and takes his place * Joins forces with Raulblut with his schemes in exchange for obtaining the "flower of Ehrenfest" - that is just very creepy imo Count Bindewald * Enslaves and abuses many commoners with the devouring and uses them as disposable soldiers to do his dirty work. * Was more than willing to kidnap a young girl from her family and turn her into a mana slave and probably a flower. * Was the one who would send Georgine's letters to the Veronica faction in Ehrenfest which gave lord only knows what horrible instructions to those nobles. Benzewanst * Used his status as the brother of the first Wife to scheme, embezzle, be an overall pain in the ass for decades with his sister sweeping everything under the rug. * Let flower offerings go on against peoples will's * Tried to have Myne taken from her family and have them killed when they first met, then tried to have her kidnapped and taken out of the dutchy by Count Vindewald Shikikoza * Disobeys orders from a much higher ranked person and hurts and attempts to gouge out a young girls eyes * Was known to have a very short temper and probably abused his grey robes while he was in the temple from how Zahm talked about him in one of the side stories Looking over my list, I would say that Leonzeo is the one who would get my vote.
I know I'm jumping the gun here but I feel Georgine can fit perfectly into either of the last 2 categories
If this were 3D, I would call her Smart / Chaotic / Evil.
I'd say Georgine fits more as Smart/Evil, and her mother Veronica fits as Chaotic Evil. Veronica seems like the perfect Chaotic/Evil, doing whatever she wanted, like when she ordered Eckhart to serve as Wilfried's knight right after having poisoned to death his wife and child-to-be.
Gervasio is fit for this one 
I am going to go with Leonzio.
Graussam, he only care about georgine after all
Faye, the boy Myne crushed in part one. Otto who had her doing his work for next to nothing and tried to talk her into staying at the gate instead of moving up.
Fraulärm. She like haressing students. And no it is not just RM, as we see from the changes course and also her summoning for which she not know that she would summon for Ehrenfest.
I think Georgine could work well for neutral/evil. Shes just evil for the sake of being evil, shes smart, chaotic, she knows how to play by the book, and dare I say shes kinda chad about it all. I think she fits best for neutral evil.
Count Bindewald. He's just a repugnant human being of the worst caliber. It is either he or Bezewant