How to build a villain using inspiration from EoE

[Sir_Chivalry]

I was reading Exemplars of Evil the other day and I wondered about their list of villainous personality traits. They list contradictory traits to flesh out villains, but I wondered, what if I gave the villain all the contradictory traits?:smallamused:

So what manner motivation and overall plan would a villain have if he/she was:

Humble
Generous
Kind
Trustworthy
Complimentary
Moderate (as opposed to gluttonous)
Tolerant
Chaste
Logical
Direct (as opposed to manipulative)
Traditional (as opposed to nihilistic)
Capricious
Organized
Modest
Forgiving

Would such a person be capable of still possessing an evil alignment? I think yes, but what's the playground's view?

[Das Platyvark]

He could be trying his best to be all those, but still be fundamentally evil, and keep regressing. Or he could support those values, but think of them as being optional?.....

[Lateral]

Sure, he can be all of those. Evil doesn't have to mean 'jerkass', after all.

[PersonMan]

Would such a person be capable of still possessing an evil alignment? I think yes, but what's the playground's view?

I think they could, you'd just have more narrow possiblities for evil schemes.

For example, using a classic "I need to kill everyone so the super-evil madness thing doesn't make them go insane and die an unspeakably horrible death."

Humble: "I'm just trying to do my best, until someone better comes along..."
Kind: "People don't deserve death-by-OHGODTHEPAIN, the only way to save them is by killing them."
Trustworthy: "Why bother lying? It only slows things down if you betray your allies, and time is of the essence."
Complimentary: "These people do such a great job all of the time...It's a shame that they have to die."
Moderate (as opposed to gluttonous): "There's no reason to overdo things...I have a job to do, after all."
Tolerant: "Everyone is going to die in the end, anyways...it doesn't matter who or what you are."
Chaste: "I don't have time for that sort of thing, I have a job to do!"
Logical: "Everything goes better with a plan. I have to do things the most efficient way or I won't be able to kill everyone."
Direct (as opposed to manipulative): "Why should I beat around the bush? It only wastes time, which is of the essence here."
Traditional (as opposed to nihilistic): "That's just how things are done...Even though I'm on a mission to kill everyone I still want to uphold the Old Ways."
Capricious: "There are way too many things to do...I can't just do one at a time, it'd be too slow!" (A little twist on the normal version was necessary for this to really work.)
Organized: "Time spent lounging around or looking for things you misplaced is time wasted."
Modest: "I just happened to find this knowledge...There's really no point in acting like a grand leader when I'm not one."
Forgiving: "I need everyone to get my job done. Killing them is for after I've killed everyone else."