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* '''Straight''': The city of Cort surrenders to Emperor Evulz, and he orders that the inhabitants be spared so it would give other cities the incentive to surrender.

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* '''Straight''': The city of Cort surrenders to Emperor Evulz, and he orders that the inhabitants be spared and be allowed to keep its mayor so it would give other cities the incentive to surrender.
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** Evulz makes it clear that he would prefer to [[BreakThemByTalking break his enemies by talking]] and then [[CruelMercy let them live their misery]] but if his enemies are serving as immediate obstacles to his goals and he needs to focus on other matters, then he will shoot them.

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** Evulz makes it clear that he would prefer to [[BreakThemByTalking break his enemies by talking]] and then [[CruelMercy let them live their misery]] but if his enemies are serving as immediate obstacles to his goals and he needs to focus on other matters, then [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim he will shoot them.kill them]].
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** Evulz makes it clear that he would prefer to [[BreakThemByTalking break his enemies by talking]] and then [[CruelMercy let them live their misery]] but if his enemies are serving as immediate obstacles to his goals and he needs to focus on other matters, then he will shoot them.

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* '''Exaggerated''': Evulz ends up [[AntiVillain doing massive amounts of good accomplishing his goals]]. After all, his troops need good roads to travel efficiently and the trade funds them, good supply of medical care and giving it away [[VillainWithGoodPublicity gets him their loyalty and demonstrates a great deal of intelligence]]. [[WellIntentionedExtremist Only his questionable but]] [[IDidWhatIHadToDo expedient actions]] make him qualify as a villain. Without those he'd be nearly saintly.

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Evulz ends up [[AntiVillain doing massive amounts of good accomplishing his goals]]. After all, his troops need good roads to travel efficiently and the trade funds them, good supply of medical care and giving it away [[VillainWithGoodPublicity gets him their loyalty and demonstrates a great deal of intelligence]]. [[WellIntentionedExtremist [[NominalHero Only his questionable but]] [[IDidWhatIHadToDo expedient actions]] make him qualify as a villain. Without those he'd be nearly saintly.
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** EvilVsOblivion

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** EvilVsOblivionEvilVersusOblivion
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** EvilVsOblivion
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** TheHero refuses to do a good deed because it’s “not practical”.

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** Sometimes Evulz has a selfish motivation to do good deeds, and sometimes he [[NobleDemon doesn’t]].



** Alternatively: [[NobleDemon Evulz]] is [[EvenEvilHasStandards genuinely disgusted by some of the more heinous acts other villains have taken.]]

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** Alternatively: [[NobleDemon [[AntiVillain Evulz]] is [[EvenEvilHasStandards genuinely disgusted by some of the more heinous acts other villains have taken.]]
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** Because of his [[FalselyReformedVillain false reformation]], when Evulz [[HeelFaceTurn finally turns good for real]], [[ReformedButRejected nobody believes him and suspects it’s just another plot]].
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** Evulz is [[EvenEvilHasStandards genuinely disgusted by some of the more heinous acts other villains have taken.]]

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** Evulz Alternatively: [[NobleDemon Evulz]] is [[EvenEvilHasStandards genuinely disgusted by some of the more heinous acts other villains have taken.]]
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** Evulz being so willing to spare people who aren't a threat to him makes him seen as a lesser threat than someone who will KillEmAll.

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** Evulz being so willing to spare people who aren't a threat to him makes him seen as a lesser threat than someone who will KillEmAll.commit genocide.
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** Evulz is a NobleDemon because it makes himself feel better.


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** Evulz is an AntiVillain who is disgusted by more StupidEvil antics of other villains.
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** Hey, Evulz is a pragmatist. His society is set up around doing the extreme that needs to be done, for which most view him as evil, but he's by no means going to do anything negative just for the hell of it.

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** Hey, Evulz is a pragmatist. His society is set up around doing the extreme that needs to be done, for which most view him as evil, but he's by no means going to do anything negative just for the hell of it.



** Not being StupidEvil means that he willingly follows the "unwritten rules" of the setting--rules that prevent anybody who considers himself "good" from applying ThisMeansWar and go full-on "[[KillThemAll Scorched Earth]]" on his organization. As such, every decision he's done follows a tenet of ultimate pragmatism: his assured continuous survival. And the fact that he continues to live on--maybe even becoming the SeriesMascot or an EnsembleDarkhorse--where every other villain buys the farm from the KnightTemplar hordes is all the gloating he needs.

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** Not being StupidEvil means that he willingly follows the "unwritten rules" of the setting--rules that prevent anybody who considers himself "good" from applying ThisMeansWar and go full-on "[[KillThemAll Scorched Earth]]" "Scorched Earth" on his organization. As such, every decision he's done follows a tenet of ultimate pragmatism: his assured continuous survival. And the fact that he continues to live on--maybe even becoming the SeriesMascot or an EnsembleDarkhorse--where every other villain buys the farm from the KnightTemplar hordes is all the gloating he needs.
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** Evulz is an open BloodKnight, but only spares the civilians because they wouldn't be a good fight anyways.
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'''Basic Trope''': A character (usually a villain) refuses to do something horrible not out of the goodness of their heart, but because it's detrimental to their interests.

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'''Basic Trope''': A character (usually a villain) refuses to do something horrible or does good things not out of the goodness of their heart, but because it's detrimental (or useful) to their interests.
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'''Basic Trope''': A Character (usually villain) refuses to do something horrible not out of kindness, but because it's detrimental to their interests.

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'''Basic Trope''': A Character character (usually a villain) refuses to do something horrible not out of kindness, the goodness of their heart, but because it's detrimental to their interests.
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** Evulz knows that if he does any needless violence or cruelty, then many people that have been mistreated by him will join his enemies, and the civilians will refuse to support him.

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** Evulz knows that if he does [[KickTheDog any needless violence or cruelty, cruelty]], then [[TheDogBitesBack many people that have been mistreated by him will join his enemies, enemies]], and the civilians will refuse to support him.
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** Evulz is only pragmatic to a certain extent. He tells his troops not to shot innocent bystanders, but when he sees his hated nemesis Bob, he tries to gun him down despite putting civilians at risk.
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** Evulz knows that if he does any needless violence or cruelty, then many people that have been mistreated by him will join his enemies, and the civilians will refuse to support him.
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* '''Played For Horror''': There is some spooky juxtaposition between the "good" things Evulz does for the sake of pragmatism and the horrifying things he does for the sake of evil, and his apparently delusional belief that these things balance out.

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* '''Played For Horror''': There is some spooky juxtaposition between the "good" things Evulz does for the sake of pragmatism and the horrifying things he does for the sake of evil, and his apparently delusional belief that these things balance out.out his cosmic karma checkbook, thus showing that the most competent villain around is an unbalanced lunatic.

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