Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32931283-20170828122858/@comment-366087-20170831100518

The major point is that Dr Cocteau, while being a tyrant, was NOT of the "raving evil" type. Most of the citizens saw him as good, kind, serene, and the savior of society.

I stand by my Neutral Good assessment since his aims were good and beneficial. He just stepped over the line by using Simon Phoenix as his "terror tool". I don't think Cocteau fully comprehended the depths of evil he was unleashing, did not fully appreciate how badly he miscalculated how little control he actually had over the Phoenix.

Don't get me wrong, Cocteau's methods were deplorable and definitely, the blood of the deaths Phoenix caused were squarely on his head, but he expected to be able to make a "better perfect" world.

Tyrant he was. Chaotic Evil, no. Hardly even Neutral Evil.

Still, the point of his example is Not all Tyrants are flaming evil.