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An interesting character - but what are his motivations? What is he trying to achieve? Does he want to conquer other lands as well, or is he content with what he has? Does he have enemies he'd like to destroy? Racial hatreds? Does he have dark and perverse desires which he sates in private, or is does he simply have no morals when it comes to getting what he wants? Perhaps he follows his own sense of "honour", or maybe he just shows a facade to the world so that people will trust him? Or maybe he really thinks of himself as a "good" person, doing whatever is necessary for the good of his people?
An interesting "evil" character I played in the past (in a pen & paper RPG) was *generally* a nice person. He was polite, generous, helped those in need, looked after his henchmen, and so on - but he was absolutely merciless with his enemies or those who inteferred with his plans. I find that its much better to create the motivations and beliefs of your character first, then base their behavior around that.
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