The Nine Archetypes
Unlike a simple left-right political spectrum or four-quadrant compass, Civic Crusade maps your alignment across nine archetypes on the axes of Order-Chaos and Virtue-Malice.
Tyrant
Lawful Evil
You have forged the chains that bind this kingdom, and you wear the crown they support. Order is your weapon, fear your currency. Every law you write serves one throne... yours.
Judge
Lawful Neutral
The scales do not waver in your hand. You serve neither kindness nor cruelty... only the iron letter of the law. In your court, all are equal, and the code is absolute.
Paladin
Lawful Good
You march beneath a banner of justice, bound by oath and honor. Where law meets virtue, you stand... shield raised, sword drawn against the darkness. The realm sleeps safely because you do not.
Mercenary
Neutral Evil
You swear no oath you cannot break for the right price. Order or chaos, crown or rebel... it is all the same coin to you, and you serve only the one paying. Loyalty is a leash, and you have never worn one.
Philosopher
True Neutral
You sit at the crossroads of all paths and choose none. Balance is your creed... for every shadow, a light; for every tyrant, a rebel. You see what others cannot: the whole board.
Samaritan
Neutral Good
You follow no creed but mercy, and no banner but need. Law or liberty, crown or rebellion... none of it matters when a stranger lies suffering by the road. You help because it is right, and ask nothing in return.
Destroyer
Chaotic Evil
Let it all burn. The old world is rotten, and you will dance in the ashes. Power is seized, not given... and mercy is a word for the weak.
Wanderer
Chaotic Neutral
Rules are for those afraid of their own shadow. You answer to the wind, the road, the next horizon. No allegiance, no apology... just pure, unbridled will.
Rebel
Chaotic Good
You broke the chains and set the fires... not for destruction, but for freedom. Where tyrants build walls, you tear them down. The people's champion wears no crown.