Remember when Xykon killed a bunch of self-righteous Paladins...

[KorvinStarmast]

Xykon told a whooping three paladins he scribbled a symbol of insanity, then the fifty who didn't hear a thing of what he just said started killing each other. The bluff hyothesis isn't plausible.

+1

The only reason the world isn't gone now is their founder helped save it, and they are devoted to keeping the mechanism by which it was saved from being used to destroy the world or slaughter the gods. Whatever you think of their methods, their goals are literally the most lawful good you can get.

There are a goodly number of people who post on GiTP, both in comic discussions and in discussions about the game on the edition forums, who have a real chip on their shoulders about paladins. It's a bit disconcerting to see it manifest sometimes.
Rich had / has an attitude about Paladins, but he figured out what can make a good paladin, as well as what can make a poor one, and in examining that he has given us multiple examples of both.

Good ones include Lien, O-Chul, Hinjo, and Soon.
Poor ones include Miko and the leader in one of the prequels. (Gin Jun?)

So rather than just kvetch about paladins, he's looked into what makes a Paladin unique and has explored it with some skill.