Originally Posted by
Dausuul
That isn't what Rich said. What he said in SoD was that Redcloak was driven to evil because of what his life had forced him to endure (while Xykon was just a ****).
The final scene of SoD illustrates what this means, and today's strip hammers the point home: Having been driven to evil doesn't make you any less evil. Redcloak has suffered terrible injustices. Redcloak claims a noble purpose. And Redcloak is a horrifying villain who has done unforgivable things, and continues to do such things, in order to preserve his own self-image of righteousness.
This is what makes OotS such a brilliant piece of storytelling.