Is this a good example of a True Neutral

For the longest time,I have been rping a character mostly known as Assassin Blade,and people,other rpers,would tell me"she is like the best example of True Neutral done correctly."

Now I don't mind giving any information about the character,because I honestly want to hear/know your opinions on:

1. What you think personally. 2. What alignment she would probably fit better.

Alright,here's some information about Assassinblade:

— Assassinblade is a futuristic cyborg.She was once a normal person,who ended up getting into a car wreck,and was in a coma.She ended in the hospital,when her body was taken from hospital,for experimentation to be done to her by scientist funded by a man named Riddley.They did this in order to try out some of their latest technolgy on someone,and considering she was a fighter,she was physically capable of enduring the procedure.

Many of years later she wakes up,and finds out that they experimented on her.Most of the people she knew died of old age,and the man named Riddley offers her to join his secret team Career Killers.She agrees,specifically because there is nothing left for her,so she might as well make money.So for the longest she goes on missons killing people,but refused to kill children.After doing many jobs,she decides to stop killing for Riddley,partially because she didn't think it was right to do so,and partially because she did not feel anything from it.No joy,or regret. So she leaves,and Riddley sends the assassins after her.

Eventually she goes into hiding.She comes across another chracter named Kazie,who is a pretty good example of Chaotic Good.She doesn't believe in the goverment,and seeks to fight against the corrupt officials.She is nice to Assassinblade,and so she asks Assassinblade to join her,in which she does.The two girls,go on many missions,with Assassiblade doing some good now,but still having trouble not killing. Eventually,she goest after Riddley and the assassins,because they keep coming after her.When she's not working with Kazie,or when they are seperate from each other,normally she is off being alone.Trying to not get involved with anything because she doesn;t like to kill people,but she can do it without remorse,which bothers her alot.

What do you think?

I'd say she's Neutral Evil.

Points towards evil: she pursued a career of killing people because she had nothing better to do and it made good money. And part of the reason she quit was because she found the job boring. When she actually fights the "bad" guys, she does so because they are a threat to her and as a favor to her friend.

Points toward good: she found that killing people was wrong, even if she personally didn't feel anything when she did that- no joy, no regret, nothing.

Yeah, I'd say she's rather clearly evil.

edited 25th Jul '11 1:20:01 PM by Dealan

Well to be honest,for the longest,i've thought that about her as well.When I first heard about alignments I thought about it,but when I look at Neutral Evil,I think about the characters who would more then likely find enjoyment in doing something else.

Assassinblade OTOH actually doesn't like killing people,and would much prefer not to be bothered with anything at all,usually getting dragged into things by other characters,much like how Heroic Neutral characters are described here.

"She doesn't like killing people, but does so anyway because it pays well/it's useful for her friend" doesn't earn her any good points for me. She may not be diabolical evil, but she's evil alright. She's not stupid, she lets herself get dragged into killing people, and does so for selfish reasons. That's evil.

Of course, as you know, aligments are very subjective, that's just how I see her.

The way I understand character alignments is that Evil doesn't necessarily mean amoral, but more along the lines of only caring for oneself. Good is selfless, Evil is selfish, in other words. In that case, I could see her falling into Neutral Evil. I think it's pretty cool, actually, that a Neutral Evil and Chaotic good ended up working together.

If you want to push her into True Neutral, I don't think it would take much more than getting her to care about a few other people besides herself on a friendship level. In other words, she'd grow to care deeply about her True Companions, but couldn't care less for anyone else.

edited 26th Jul '11 12:01:48 PM by SpacemanStrife

Evil with a potential or redemption, but she don't care about redemption.

Killing bad guys because they are bad guys is Good.

Killing enemy soldiers is mostly Neutral depending on the specifics of the war.

She was just killing random people for pay, that is Evil.

If the Boss had conned her that her victims were the bad guys, then she would be Stupid Good and horrified when she discovered the truth, but that would be a completely different story.

I see..

I think the part I have trouble with getting/understanding is,would it be possible for her to still be a Neutral Evil if she doesn't like to kill people.Most of the time,and reason she kills people out of bad habit.Which is something she tries to break out of,due to Character Development.The Chaotic Good,Kazie,serves as a Morality Pet for her.I won't lie that she does fall into alot of Orange And Blue Morality.I myself has said that she was more fitting of Neutral Evil,but people get confused by this because I suppose,she isn't 'out and out evil.'

In the Lawful VS Chaos manner,she doesn't hate the government,nor pretty much anyone except for the one who turned her into a Cyborg. She's a Cloud Cuckoo Lander,but she is also a strong follower of I Gave My Word,which throws her into the Neutral territory.Evil Vs Good,I would agree that she most likely was evil,when she was working as a Career Killer,but afterwards I guess its that what confuses me.Afterwards she comes across some good characters,but kills when in a fight.The fact that she is bothered by killing,even though she does it,is what confuses me.I've never heard of Neutral Evil character being like this.

I tried scoring her through an alignment test,and she came up as True Neutral.Regardless,I thank all for the input given so far.

Just a note though: whether she likes killing people or not is irrelevant, because, at the end, she still does so for selfish reasons. She's bothered by it, but she still kills. That's why I say she's evil. Evil is not the same thing as bloodthirsty monster.