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Neutral Evil — Description
A neutral evil villain does whatever he/she can get away with. He/she is out for herself, pure and simple. He/she sheds no tears for those she kills, whether for profit, sport, or convenience. He/she has no love of order and holds no illusion that following laws, traditions, or codes would make her any better or more noble. On the other hand, he/she doesn't have the restless nature or love of conflict that a chaotic evil villain has.

Some neutral evil villains hold up evil as an ideal, committing evil for its own sake. Most often, such villains are devoted to evil deities or secret societies.

Neutral evil beings consider their alignment to be the best because they can advance themselves without regard for others.

Neutral evil is the most dangerous alignment because it represents pure evil without honor and without variation

The character above is Rothbart from The Swan Princess He is an evil enchanter who kidnapped changed Princess Odette into a swan. All he wants is King William kingdom and to that means he will do anything to get it.

Well known neutral evil characters from film or literature include:

Emperor Palpatine aka Death Sidious form Star Wars.

Palpatine's (wannabe) successor Supreme Leader Snoke.

Darth Maul after his revival.

The Sith Order as a whole Zig Zagg between this and Lawful Evil.

Khan Noonien Singh from Star Trek

Mellkor/Morgoth from the Silmarillion starts out as this. Over the course of the story as he pettier he becomes Chaotic Evil.

Sauron started out as Lawful Evil but as his evil grow he became more of this.

Saruman in Lord of the Rings

Peter Pettigrew Harry Potter

Light Yagami from Death Note starts out as Lawful Evil. But gradually decays into Neutral Evil when he starts caring more about personal gain and killing people who he personally dislikes more then enforcing order.

Sosuke Aizen from Bleach.

The Manga/Second Anime of Solf J. Kimblee Fullmetal Alchemist unlike his First Anime counterpart who is straight up Chaotic Evil.

Dante the Big Bad from the First Anime.

Medusa Gorgon from Soul Eater.

Loki from Marvel.

Norman Osborn is wiling to using both legal and illegal means to get what he whats. His Green Goblin Persona is more Chaotic Evil though.

Thanos is is either this or Chaotic Evil depending on his mood.

Depending on the writer Doctor Doom is either this or Lawful Evil.

(though as of recently Doom seems to be pulling a genuine Heel Face Turn and is currently Neutral Good.)

Kang the Conqueror, while a builder of empires and a commander of armies, has shown to care little for their management and is obsessed with conquest, fighting, and warfare more out of a desire for the thrill it brings than any value he may place on them.

Lex Luthor from DC.

Zant From Twilight Princess is either this or Lawful Evil.