Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-26884760-20151109230433/@comment-1705775-20151110023748

having a believable chaotic evil character stem from becoming disillusioned with a world they originally cared for is actually pretty easy.. such characters are not going to cackle madly or take glee in bringing their world crashing down but will insteadly likely feel great remorse and maybe even self-hate over it yet if they pursue that goal they are still chaotic evil.. you don't even need them to necessarily plan mass murder or death, they can achieve chaotic evil goals via a variety of ways.. you've actually given them a good enough reason : disillusioned with the world.. that is a far more believable goal than you'd think, I suggest you stay clear of "rule / destroy the world" however.. that is definitely over-used.

A good example of an interesting chaotic evil goal, in my view, was a story involving Zoom from Flash - he arranged horrible events to occur to Flash but not "for the evulz", he was psychotic and believed all heroes require tragedy to become stronger.. Zoom was willing to destroy Flash's loved ones and innocents to "make Flash a better hero".. that's far better than some comic book motives.