There was a time, not long after Esta made 5th-circle, when the 6th-circle who was his supervisor in the faith commanded that Esta go do some nonstandard Evil that Esta but not most other priests would enjoy, and Esta had to actually enjoy that Evil, and the unspoken but obvious point of this was to double-check that Esta had actually any Evil in him at all.

That was when Esta acquired his habit of casting amusing Bestow Curses on women he found attractive, and who had otherwise come to the attention of Church or Crown in the capacity of deserving lasting punishment short of death.

Esta had been surprised -- and then, by quick decision, he had felt gratified, and amused with his own naivety -- about how many social doors in Egorian that had opened for him, once he had a reputation for being actually Evil and not just socially-obligatorily Evil.

...the thing is, that one Evil hobby that Esta made his own after being instructed to find one, and which he genuinely does find amusing, is not really...

Lawful Evil.

It's, you know, Abrogail Thrune's kind of evil.

To the point where Esta would not have dared to try it below 5th circle, because he would have not been valuable enough to the Church to shrug off the prospect of Abrogail II noticing the affair.

You could make a case for it as Chaotic Evil, really.

It's not Hellish.

It's not even really Asmodean.

It's just a kind of fun which proves to people like Manohar that someday you might be as horrible as they are.

There was a time, not long after Esta made 5th-circle, when the 6th-circle who was his supervisor in the faith commanded that Esta go do some nonstandard Evil that Esta but not most other priests would enjoy, and Esta had to actually enjoy that Evil, and the unspoken but obvious point of this was to double-check that Esta had actually any Evil in him at all.

That was when Esta acquired his habit of casting amusing Bestow Curses on women he found attractive, and who had otherwise come to the attention of Church or Crown in the capacity of deserving lasting punishment short of death.

Esta had been surprised -- and then, by quick decision, he had felt gratified, and amused with his own naivety -- about how many social doors in Egorian that had opened for him, once he had a reputation for being actually Evil and not just socially-obligatorily Evil.

...the thing is, that one Evil hobby that Esta made his own after being instructed to find one, and which he genuinely does find amusing, is not really...

Lawful Evil.

It's, you know, Abrogail Thrune's kind of evil.

To the point where Esta would not have dared to try it below 5th circle, because he would have not been valuable enough to the Church to shrug off the prospect of Abrogail II noticing the affair.

You could make a case for it as Chaotic Evil, really.

It's not Hellish.

It's not even really Asmodean.

It's just a kind of fun which proves to people like Manohar that someday you might be as horrible as they are, and are maybe worth inviting to social outings accordingly.

There was a time, not long after Esta made 5th-circle, when the 6th-circle who was his supervisor in the faith commanded that Esta go do some nonstandard Evil that Esta but not most other priests would enjoy, and Esta had to actually enjoy that Evil, and the unspoken but obvious point of this was to double-check that Esta had actually any Evil in him at all.

That was when Esta acquired his habit of casting amusing Bestow Curses on women he found attractive, and who had otherwise come to the attention of Church or Crown in the capacity of deserving lasting punishment short of death.

Esta had been surprised -- and then, by quick decision, he had felt gratified, and amused with his own naivety -- about how many social doors in Egorian that had opened for him, once he had a reputation for being actually Evil and not just socially-obligatorily Evil.

...the thing is, that one Evil hobby that Esta made his own after being instructed to find one, and which he genuinely does find amusing, is not really...

Lawful Evil.

It's, you know, Abrogail Thrune's kind of evil.

To the point where Esta would not have dared to try it below 5th circle, because he would have not been valuable enough to the Church to shrug off the prospect of Abrogail II noticing the affair.

You could make a case for it as Chaotic Evil, really.

It's not Hellish.  It's not Asmodeus-shaped.  One can't imagine Asmodeus doing that.

It's just a kind of fun which proves to people like Manohar that someday you might be as horrible as they are, and are maybe worth inviting to social outings accordingly.

There was a time, not long after Esta made 5th-circle, when the 6th-circle who was his supervisor in the faith commanded that Esta go do some nonstandard Evil that Esta but not most other priests would enjoy, and Esta had to actually enjoy that Evil, and the unspoken but obvious point of this was to double-check that Esta had actually any Evil in him at all.

That was when Esta acquired his habit of casting amusing Bestow Curses on women he found attractive, and who had otherwise come to the attention of Church or Crown in the capacity of deserving punishment.

Esta had been surprised -- and then, by quick decision, he had felt gratified, and amused with his own naivety -- about how many social doors in Egorian that had opened for him, once he had a reputation for being actually Evil and not just socially-obligatorily Evil.

...the thing is, that one Evil hobby that Esta made his own after being instructed to find one, and which he genuinely does find amusing, is not really...

Lawful Evil.

It's, you know, Abrogail Thrune's kind of evil.

To the point where Esta would not have dared to try it below 5th circle, because he would have not been valuable enough to the Church to shrug off the prospect of Abrogail II noticing the affair.

You could make a case for it as Chaotic Evil, really.

It's not Hellish.  It's not Asmodeus-shaped.  One can't imagine Asmodeus doing that.

It's just a kind of fun which proves to people like Manohar that someday you might be as horrible as they are, and are maybe worth inviting to social outings accordingly.

There was a time, not long after Esta made 5th-circle, when the 6th-circle who was his supervisor in the faith commanded that Esta go do some nonstandard Evil that Esta but not most other priests would enjoy, and Esta had to actually enjoy that Evil, and the unspoken but obvious point of this was to double-check that Esta had actually any Evil in him at all.

That was when Esta acquired his habit of casting amusing Bestow Curses on women he found attractive, and who had otherwise come to the attention of Church or Crown in the capacity of deserving punishment.

Esta had been surprised -- and then, by quick decision, he had felt gratified, and amused with his own naivety -- about how many social doors in Egorian that had opened for him, once he had a reputation for being actually Evil and not just socially-obligatorily Evil.

...the thing is, that one Evil hobby that Esta made his own after being instructed to find one, and which he genuinely does find amusing, is not really...

Lawful Evil.

It's, you know, Abrogail Thrune's kind of evil.

To the point where Esta would not have dared to acquire that hobby below 5th circle, because he would have not been valuable enough to the Church to shrug off the prospect of Abrogail II noticing the affair.

You could make a case for it as Chaotic Evil, really.

It's not Hellish.  It's not Asmodeus-shaped.  One can't imagine Asmodeus doing that.

It's just a kind of fun which proves to people like Manohar that someday you might be as horrible as they are, and are maybe worth inviting to social outings accordingly.

There was a time, not long after Esta made 5th-circle, when the 6th-circle who was his supervisor in the faith commanded that Esta go do some nonstandard Evil that Esta but not most other priests would enjoy, and Esta had to actually enjoy that Evil.

That was when Esta acquired his habit of casting amusing Bestow Curses on women he found attractive, and who had otherwise come to the attention of Church or Crown in the capacity of deserving punishment.

Esta had been surprised -- and then, by quick decision, he had felt gratified, and amused with his own naivety -- about how many social doors in Egorian that had opened for him, once he had a reputation for being actually Evil and not just socially-obligatorily Evil.

...the thing is, that one Evil hobby that Esta made his own after being instructed to find one, and which he genuinely does find amusing, is not really...

Lawful Evil.

It's, you know, Abrogail Thrune's kind of evil.

To the point where Esta would not have dared to acquire that hobby below 5th circle, because he would have not been valuable enough to the Church to shrug off the prospect of Abrogail II noticing the affair.

You could make a case for it as Chaotic Evil, really.

It's not Hellish.  It's not Asmodeus-shaped.  One can't imagine Asmodeus doing that.

It's just a kind of fun which proves to people like Manohar that someday you might be as horrible as they are, and are maybe worth inviting to social outings accordingly.

There was a time, not long after Esta made 5th-circle, when the 6th-circle who was his supervisor in the faith commanded that Esta go do some nonstandard Evil that only Esta and not most other priests would enjoy, such that Esta would actually enjoy that Evil.

That was when Esta acquired his habit of casting amusing Bestow Curses on women he found attractive, and who had otherwise come to the attention of Church or Crown in the capacity of deserving punishment.

Esta had been surprised -- and then, by quick decision, he had felt gratified, and amused with his own naivety -- about how many social doors in Egorian that had opened for him, once he had a reputation for being actually Evil and not just socially-obligatorily Evil.

...the thing is, that one Evil hobby that Esta made his own after being instructed to find one, and which he genuinely does find amusing, is not really...

Lawful Evil.

It's, you know, Abrogail Thrune's kind of evil.

To the point where Esta would not have dared to acquire that hobby below 5th circle, because he would have not been valuable enough to the Church to shrug off the prospect of Abrogail II noticing the affair.

You could make a case for it as Chaotic Evil, really.

It's not Hellish.  It's not Asmodeus-shaped.  One can't imagine Asmodeus doing that.

It's just a kind of fun which proves to people like Manohar that someday you might be as horrible as they are, and are maybe worth inviting to social outings accordingly.