I kinda think Kyros is more neutral than lawful evil. He has armies that represent law and chaos under his dictat in this story, so I dunno that I'm constantly trying to undermine him.
I'm siding with Scarlet Chorus as often as makes sense, siding with Dishonored when their options are more evil, but there are some morally ambiguous choices. Is it more evil to let a guy kill his hostage before you kill him, or is it more evil to goad him into attacking you, so he gets gang raped by the five other dudes around you? Is two deaths, one preventable, by definition more evil than goading an already certainly dead man into a futile attack so he gets brutally slaughtered? I can't decide, tbh. I figure most people would say two deaths, one preventable, is a greater evil. I dunno. I can see an argument for either being more evil.
At that point, its a coin toss, and I'll usually side with what may benefit my character most down the road, which has always been more my definition of chaotic evil: Someone who does what they perceive is in their best interest.
I'm siding with Scarlet Chorus as often as makes sense, siding with Dishonored when their options are more evil, but there are some morally ambiguous choices. Is it more evil to let a guy kill his hostage before you kill him, or is it more evil to goad him into attacking you, so he gets gang raped by the five other dudes around you? Is two deaths, one preventable, by definition more evil than goading an already certainly dead man into a futile attack so he gets brutally slaughtered? I can't decide, tbh. I figure most people would say two deaths, one preventable, is a greater evil. I dunno. I can see an argument for either being more evil.
At that point, its a coin toss, and I'll usually side with what may benefit my character most down the road, which has always been more my definition of chaotic evil: Someone who does what they perceive is in their best interest.