A possible idea sparked by the alignment-of-Ciro debate:
The Warrens is not a story of Good vs. Evil, like some have assumed, but rather a story of Law vs. Chaos. As pointed out before, Ciro has never really done anything good, or done anything evil, but we're definitely chaotic, or at least not lawful. After all, our primary goal so far is to destroy the intricate system Oric has in place, and overthrow him as King/Lord/Leader/Eldest Sibling of the Warrens. Also, Oric has never actually been shown, nor spoken of, doing anything evil. The closest thing is Cain's story, but even then, all he did was kill the siblings of and imprison the Last Seraphim, which is also called the Devil. However, given that he's built the system that is the Warrens, and so much of it seems reminiscent of a computer, something that is pretty much universally considered lawful and orderly, he seems decidedly lawful.
Or perhaps, the defiance of Good vs. Evil goes deeper than that. Perhaps, instead of this being a battle of Good vs. Evil or Law vs. Chaos, this is simply a battle of Neutral vs. Neutral. After all, Oric may be lawful, but most of our current tentatively accepted theories is that Oric is motivated by greed, something generally considered to defy the common conception of a Lawful person. Also, Oric built (Or at least, extensively renovated) the Warrens. In it is the RNG system which randomly changes rooms around and flushes unsatisfactory ones, which once more seems in defiance of him being Lawful. Also, this idea is supported by our Second Shift, Oric's +10 to Awesome, and that one tip I can't be bothered to track down stating that "Holy is sometimes called Awesome". Our Second Shift weapon does fixed (IE unchanging, and therefore orderly) Holy damage, defying our appearance as a Chaotic character once more. Also, it leads to Holy vs. Holy, with participants being "unholy" or evil/chaotic enough to balance out the Holy-- creating Neutral vs. Neutral.
Also also, think about the themes present in the Warrens. There's no clear good guys, and Oric's role as bad guy is still up in the air. There never has, and likely never will be, any morally absolute characters in the Warrens. Most characters are morally balanced, and none come to mind who break this balance. Throughout all this time, FFS has never really broken this concept of "Nobody's really good, nobody's really evil". Why would he break this concept that's been present for almost as long as the game had a plot in the core conflict (So far) in the game? Knowing FFS, he wouldn't.
Not horribly well supported, but it's an interesting idea, and I'll take any chance I'm given to dissect and analyze the brilliant story telling behind this game.
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