[UA] Your Alex Abel.

[Gregory Paul Stolze]

At 12:16 PM 2/22/99 EST, Michael D. Mearls 97 wrote:
>I see him as analgous
>to the Emperor in Star Wars or Sauron in LotR. He's very evil, has a lot of
>power, but the main characters never really interact with him directly.
Ruby as
>she developed in my last message, OTOH, would make a great villain.

I don't know if I'd exactly describe him as self centered: check out his
obsession, after all.  An egomaniac, certainly, but he pictures himself as
a benevolent dictator...

>It will be interesting to see if and how Alex is developed in future
>supplements. The character is open enough that  can run the full gamut from
>benevolent protector to malicious manipulator.

You get more info on him in "Lawyers Guns and Money," but I don't think
it's anything that cuts him off from being either benevolent or
destructive.  (When I hear "malicious" I tend to think "sadistic" or "cruel
for the love of cruelty.")  He's pragmatic.  He'll do anything to
accomplish his goals - even the RIGHT thing.  

Everyone's the hero of their own story, and few people get up in the
morning and think "today I'm going to become evil."

-G.
1899 Phrenologist: Your son has the sloping forehead of a sexual deviant:
better put him in an asylum.
1999 Gene Therapist: Your fetus has the "date rape" gene.  Better abort.