Thread:Misry6/@comment-24834541-20191202124659/@comment-27022982-20191202153708

About him being Pure Evil? Yeah; I was trying very hard to see whether or not he counts, and frankly, I don't know if he makes it. Sure, he was a hateable backstabber for building a dam to gain control of the Northuldrans and then killing their leader to instigate a war against them, which would make him worse than Prince Hans. I think he might be one of the two most evil villains in the entire Frozen franchise alongside King Westergaard (though I'll have to read A Frozen Heart to see whether or not he's PE).

However, despite him being a Hate Sink, Runeard seems to only go as far as plotting to enslave the Northuldrans and killing their leader because he's a xenophobe who fears the Northuldrans because they could stop his rule because of their association with magic. I didn't pick up anything that indicates he wanted to commit a genocide against them (which would probably push him towards being PE), but that could be because of kids in the movie theater who were whining during intense moments in the movie. Did you find anything that indicated he did attempt genocide?