The point is if you play an evil character, that you chose to play, you are role playing badly by not being evil, selfish etc. If you want to play an evil character that turns to the light, you would need a significant set of circumstances in order for that process to even begin, you would have to have reasons to fundamentally change their entire ethos from one side to the opposite. What no one is mentioning, is that the Maran doctrine is not as clear cut as see red aura, kill. When a Maran kills it is out of duty, not out of glory or pleasure or personal gain, each Maran must fight an inner battle against their darker nature, the nature that skills, and they must not relish in or enjoy the deed, lest they fall prey to the Darkness with in. (See in CF its even acknowledge that people can be a little Darker or More Neutral, there is a sliding scale.
