A thing that’s bugged me a bit about the Aereni is that they are often portrayed as mostly good-aligned. Yet they don’t care about others and would probably not think twice about hurting them to protect their interests. I’ve treated them as mostly neutral in my games. Thoughts? I definitely see the culture of Aerenal as more neutral than good. If you look to pages 216-219 of the original ECS, all of the named Aereni NPCs (including the rulers!) are Lawful Neutral.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) March 27, 2020

I definitely see the culture of Aerenal as more neutral than good. If you look to pages 216-219 of the original ECS, all of the named Aereni NPCs (including the rulers!) are Lawful Neutral. I just checked the Sharn sourcebook, and both the Aereni consul and the high priest Mayne Jhaelian are Lawful Neutral. What’s your source on them generally being depicted as Good?

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) March 27, 2020

For starters, in Eberron: Rising from the Last War, which I just checked, the Undying Soldier and Undying Councilor are both described as neutral good, thus giving the impression that generally they are good-aligned. IIRC there are other examples, but I don’t recall them now The UNDYING are more likely to be good than most because of the influence of Irian, just as the influence of Mabar pulls vampires and liches toward evil. This is also reflected by the Deathguard, who serve the Court directly. But most living Aereni lean toward neutrality.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) March 27, 2020

But also, Eberron is a setting where good people don’t always serve the GREATER good — just ask Queen Aurala.

— Keith Baker (@HellcowKeith) March 27, 2020