The Nine Alignments

The Nine Alignments are an important part of various Artograchian religions, and are also an important game mechanic.

Game mechanics
The nine character alignments were a very important part of the FRPG, where every character had to choose one of these. In later games, the integration of these alignments was planned, but this never happened. In the future 3D game, it is planned that the player character would be able to dynamically move - based off their actions - between order and chaos, good and evil.

Artograchian religions
Both the Titanist and Naturalist religions feature these nine alignments as an important motif.

The traditional Titanist stance is that Lawful Good is the best alignment, as they see a strong order and a society built on laws and rights as the foundation to the rule good, and the imprisonment or destruction of evil. They criticize Chaotic Good, as such people are not only dangerous (with their self-righteous indignation motivating them to uproot the established order), but also heretical, following their own moral compasses instead of the Divine Law.

It is a common stereotype that Wood Elves and Naturalists consider Chaotic Good to be the pinnacle of goodness - this is simply not true. The Naturalist religion criticizes both Lawful Good and Chaotic Good, and sees Neutral Good as the ideal. Both Lawful Good and Chaotic Good are seen as the alignment of naive people. The earlier is considered as such, because there comes a time in every person's life, when they must choose between law and goodness, ultimately revealing the Lawful Good to be either Lawful Neutral or Neutral Good. The latter is considered as such, because the Naturalist religion agrees, that good intentions and self-righteous indignation are not enough to qualify someone as an expert judge of morals, especially when such a person is ignorant of the divine laws. What the naturalists consider ideal instead, is to follow the divine laws, but do so by valuing the spirit of the law over the letter of the law, striking down the enemies of the law, while protecting the innocent.