What is alignment? Who decides what alignment one organization is? Can
any organization be specifically organized into such beliefs?
Alignments, in this man's opinion, are a perceived adherence to a
certain ideological belief system. As to whom decide such matters, doing
so is flawed no matter the result as one's belief in what another
organization's alignment tends to is biased by the observer's own.

As such, one can do no better than trying to broadly interpret various
alignment terms, while accepting that no single organization will ever
fall directly in a certain one. Alignments are based off many factors,
foremost being the adherence to laws, moral beliefs, and political
ideologies. Certain actions by certain organizations can be easily shown
to provide evidence of another alignment than the one that organization
believes.

Herein, I place my own interpretation of the major alignments. I would
never be egotistical enough to believe that these views are what
everyone thinks about them, or make any claim to attempting to dictate
to all how they should view them. My only goal is to try my best to
provide as unbiased an opinion as I can. Take from it what you may or
not.

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Lawful : A society or organization which believes in following the
letter of the law, no matter the morality of such law. This term applies
only to the application and consequences of laws. It does not dictate an
organization's morality. The extreme(if it can be called that) is a
society which gives no quarter to its own and may even execute them for
violating any law.

Chaotic : Again, this term applies only to the application and
consequence of law and not to a philosophical or moral belief. Chaotic
organizations are those in which the application of laws, and the
punishment of those who break them, tend to be lax or not followed at
all. Thieves are rarely pursued, murder is only sometimes punished, and
the common citizen cannot be assured they will be protected. This tends
to lead to a society where many become proficient at breaking certain
laws, as living sometimes requires such acts.

Evil : A society who does not follow/believe in the common moral
practices of the world in which it is in. In many concepts, evil is
attributed to those who hold the life of others in extremely little
regard. As such, killing, enslaving, torturing, and other such heinous
acts are typically associated with evil. Evil does not have to be so
extreme, it can come in small packets and the person committing such an
act may not believe or be aware that they have committed an 'evil' act.

Good : A society who does follow/believe in the common moral practices
of the world it is in, or in other words, not evil. Good, more so than
evil, is a broadly interpreted concept. There is being good, then there
is being good. One can help their fellow man, which makes them good. But
they do not have to be perfectly opposite of evil to be good. Those who
are good tend to have respect for the life of people, refraining from
the acts mentioned above the majority of the time.

Neutral : Neutrality is the hardest and most broad concept to define.
For one, there is political neutrality, and there is moral neutrality.
But even then, those categories are very broad and do not follow a
strict guideline. Political neutrality, for example, is commonly a
political system in which the organization doesn't tend to ally itself
with any particular organization's ideology. As such, when others go to
war, the politically neutral organization has no inclination to join it.
This does not mean they never do, it only means that they assess the
causes and reasons behind such actions and if they do not see a reason
for their presence, they do not take a side. In moral neutrality, the
organization does not tend to one side or the other in terms of what is
considered moral. Or it could be that they do not punish/judge another
person over all their acts, immoral or not. The morally neutral
organization is an enigma to most others, who find it hard to believe
that an organization can be so �middle of the road',
punishing/condemning sometimes and other times not.

Penned by my hand on the 7th of Lupar, in the year 372 AF.