Chaotic Evil

Such as the Villain, the Evil King, the Dark Sorcerer, and the Rat Bastard.

Chaotic Evil is an alignment consisting of roles who act purely for themselves and their allies if such allies are present. They directly rival Lawful Good and, like Neutral Evil, use any Dirty Tricks they can to win the eternal battle between good and evil. Lying, cheating, stealing, betrayal, sabotage, murder, and trickery are all familiar techniques in the Chaotic Evil playbook used against both good and the Innocent regularly. As with all things, no single description can sum up every individual in a group perfectly and all Chaotic Evil roles have different goals. However, the main goal of Chaotic Evil is often to tear down good and replace it with the suffering or death of Neutral Neutral in a world forged by Chaotic Evil and in which the alignment reigns supreme above all with no consideration of how those below them feel about their rule.

Meta-wise, the greatest goal with Chaotic Evil is to make them the most despicable and unforgivable antagonists the creators can write. Their heartless moves and motives crush those around them with no regards to their feelings about it. Traitors to Chaotic Evil are given no chance to explain themselves, never shown mercy, and mainly discarded through execution of some sort. Because of this, those working for a Chaotic Evil leader ensure they stay in line knowing the consequences.

Chaotic Evil represent antiquated antagonists that modern-day audiences hungering for inspired characters would widely disapprove of in any work. A plan hatched by the alignment such as World Domination is one of the largest Eye Roll UnTrashes imaginable. Furthermore, it leaves audience members asking precisely why Chaotic Evil would chase that goal. The obvious answer is power, but this on its own isn't good enough to satisfy tired viewers, readers, and players. Desiring something as unrealistic as Unlimited Power makes it difficult to care about the Villain as this has two major flaws. The first is the fact that such a Chaotic Evil Villain would be indiscernible from those before them, making them very easy to forget. Secondly, it doesn't connect with the audience's own reason to commit acts that might be called wrong. If the creators roll an even worse 1 on their lead antagonist, they'll seem comically poorly made and resemble an SMCE Villain rather than one the audience should fear and take seriously.

Pros

 * Chaotic Evil are often depicted as individuals who have incredibly powerful independent battle capabilities, allowing them to potentially fight off a whole group of enemies alone. This makes them the most powerful alignment when fighting alone or in very small numbers.
 * Chaotic Evil are not strangers to owning high-tier weapons, tools, and techniques. Many Villains can own superpowers that would make a protagonist overpowered, such as Teleportation or Gravity Gauntlet.

Cons

 * Chaotic Evil rarely win in fiction, being the most failed alignment of the nine.

Pure
Pure Chaotic Evil are the single most dangerous alignment combination in fiction. Not only do they pose a threat to all protagonists and neutragonists, but they have no problem killing other antagonists to get their way. As such, Pure Chaotic Evil Villains have no Henchmen or armies they use to carry out any missions, similarly to Neutral Evil. If they started out as Standard Chaotic Evil, they might have either dispatched or murdered all of their underlings to work alone. Therefore, Pure Chaotic Evil truly embody Pure Evil.

Flawed
Flawed Chaotic Evil, despite normally being antagonists, can be shown to still care for those they employ as their henchmen. In turn, their workers will come to respect and possibly even care for their master. Alternatively, Flawed Chaotic Evil could have been turned into who they are after a tragedy in their lives, and if the wrongs of the past can be and are corrected, they might step down from being Villains to live happier lives. This opens the way for the Villain II, likely someone close to the original Villain, to take the spotlight. Flawed Chaotic Evil who are not antagonists would be if the story were written differently. They tend to use cruel acts of manipulation, trickery, or forcefulness much in the same way that higher levels of Chaotic Evil would. This can be done for similar objectives like money, power, fame, knowledge, or terrain alteration.