[quote=@Kho]
Who said the only way to gain power was by ruling over people and making their lives hell ._.
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At the end of the day he's really just getting fleshed out as being Lawful Neutral, as I said on my character sheet. There's rhyme and reason to all of his actions (lawful) and he has some empathy for his fellow humans, but at the end of the day he cares more about himself and his advancement than he does for them. So while not an evil sadist, he's far from altruistic.

He's a tyrant in that he's willing to silence opposition, but it's not like he's enslaving them like Vestec's good ole pal, or oppressing those that are more complacent.