Example: my assassin was evil because I wanted to learn the black magics. I didn't know any, and until later on in his life no one knew. I didn't do anything especially "evil" and didn't care where I ranked, zombies or paladin. Regardless though, I had this "taint" and "red aura" shining so brightly

Sorry, but in these situations you should have chosen 'neutral' as the moral component of your alignment. By choosing 'evil', you're claiming that your roleplay will back that choice up. I think you have your causality reversed.

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