[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by Chief Rum

Even those characters I would describe as simply focused on particular objectives. They're not simply bad or evil, as much as they have a very narrow focus for what they want to get, and they lack a clear moral compass with respect to how best to achieve that focus.

Certainly, there are unredeemable characters. But Martin does that (adjust these characters' focus or appreciation for morality) enough that you can never trust him with any of them. And frankly, some of them die before they get the chance to change.

I guess it depends on a deeper, more philosophical, discussion on the nature/definition of "evil" and whether it exists at all.

That discussion aside, I firmly consider, at the very least, the following characters to be "evil" or at least such complete vile dickheads that the vast majority of their actions in the novels could never really be justified:

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Joffery, Visreys, Gregor Clegane, Roos Bolton's bastard son. Also charcters like Rorge, Biter, many of the Brave Companions and many of Gregor Clegane's men. The others who are on the fringe of being "evil", would be Roos Bolton himself. Granted he could be one with a "very narrow focus" and is simply playing the game for power, but he's a fucker. Same with Walder Frey. Those two, however, are not quite in the same category of the initial list.

Granted, most of those are very minor characters and we are talking about a handful out of a cast of thousands.