Thread:Balthus Dire/@comment-1509826-20141026143901/@comment-1969141-20141028001714

Hello again. My apologies for the late reply, but believe it or not I've been quite busy outside this website. I added Envious Villain, Kidnappers and Sociopaths, since you have a valid point. I admit that I confused with other misuses of the category.

However, I stand my grounds on the other ones. Allow me to explain further. Traitors are supposed to be on one side of a conflict and have the truth of their allies, then switching sides. (If they were secretely working for the other side from the very beginning, its "Double Agents"). Since the very beginning, Mozenrath is on his side on the grand scheme of things.

His army of Mamluks are meant to be slaves and are witless undeads to begin with, not sentient beings enslaved.

A fighter is someone trained specifically to battle, who actively looks for physical brawls and opponents to fight. He can hold his own when Aladdin tackles him, very true, but he is still frail and "only" formidable when it comes to magic. All powerful mages are dangerous in a fight, true to the archetype, but it is more "heroes' brawl vs villains brain".

"Master Manipulators" constantly and expertly uses people to make them do what they want, playing on their desires, affects, emotions or else (think of Mirage selling her "beauty product" to Jasmine, playing on her fears). I am the first to agree Mozenrath has skills in this domain, but he is more of a deal maker/blackmailer. He manipulates situations rather than people.

For Seeker of Vengeance, yes it has to be their primary drive, their defining goal. Mozenrath and Aladdin are in the dynamic of archenemies.

Yes he enjoys hurting them, but once again he does not goes out of his way to torture them, being content to mock them, knock them out, turn them to stone, or plain put them in death traps. He enjoys having the upper hand more than inflicting pain.

Call me Mr Nitpick if you will, but categories have to be as precise as possible.