Quote Originally Posted by Aurelius2625 View Post
Just as the question topic says, is he evil?
From what little we know, he appears to be evil. But we really have no idea about his actual motivations and intentions.
We do not know to what extent the Ascians' actions reflect Zodiark's will, or how much they truely know about Zodiark.

I have a feeling that this will turn out to be not so much a matter of "Good" vs "Evil" as a matter of "Order" vs "Chaos", with Hydaelyn on the side of "Order", and with Zodiark and the Ascians on the side of "Chaos".

What we do know is that if the Ascians follow their plans and make more rejoinings happen, then that will cause the death of many millions of people - which in my book at least is an evil thing to do.
It is possible that in the grand scheme of things it is the lesser evil, but it is still evil, and the Ascians show no hint of regret or remorse over all the deaths they have caused.
So I'd say that at least the Ascian's are evil, no matter what Zodiark may be.

So far, Hydaelyn has not really given us any cause to doubt that it can be considered "good".