"Alexander's not evil. He's just hungry."
-Simone

OK. Alexander has become a much darker and more tragic character than I ever wanted him to be. Training with Nestor, the black knife and last night's actions have built him up to be the perfect villain. Now, I have played evil characters before as a GM, but never before as a player. It's scary. As a player, I know his actions are wrong. In character, I feel completely justified. When I have GM'ed characters like him, I am only in character for short periods of time.

I have denied it for some time, but after last night I have to admit. Alexander is evil. He works hard to repair the pattern and tells everyone that he wants to see Amber restored. He does. He wants to do it himself, so he can control its power. The reason he works so hard at it right now is because he knows that if he doesn't do it quickly he will lose his chance. If Merlin and Colette do it, they will probably do it without him and he misses his chance.

The only saving grace of Alexander is his love for his family. (Simone, Jules and Philip.) Alexander has a strong bond with his full brothers and sisters and even a fairly strong bond with his half brothers and sisters. (Of the half brothers and sisters he feels a strong loyalty to Renee, Colette, Merlin and Henry.) His bond to these family members is far more important than his hunger for power. There have been times in the past that he could have greatly helped himself by betraying these family members, but he would never have thought of it. In fact he would probably take the proverbial bullet for any of the before-named family members.