You know, thinking about it, I have a different reason I don't really see Emet as a hero. Or heck, why I don't even really want to.

You know what I felt like this expansion did for the Ascians? Who were previously almost exclusively evil villains bent on destroying us for uhh (evil) reasons I guess?

It humanized them.

Emet-Selch, at the end of the day, is a man. He's a flawed man who's suffered horrible things, been through more than anyone should ever have to, and who's done absolutely horrible things for a cause he felt was just at a cost he felt was justified. He didn't see himself as the Villain beyond playing the role to us, and I don't think he saw himself as a hero either - or not the traditional glorious kind of hero if he did. He wanted his perfect world back, a world that was better than this one, a world that didn't need the likes of us *heroes* who'd disappointed him again and again to keep it held together.

He wasn't just the Villain. He was a *person.* And that's what I loved about him.

That's how my WoL would remember him.