I shall endeavour to live up to that trust and use my new powers for good

Evil is more fun and you get force lightning but gratz on becoming a mod
i think you mean "grey", not "evil".
"lawful evil" should be contented in "dark grey". they are evil, but follow reasons and law, the evil is a tool to the ruler, to ensure the orders keep going.
but, "neutral evil" and "chaos evil" are true evil. the true evil is simply for corrupt and distortion the nature of every thing.
astarion is a neutral evil, shar and illithid pawns are also "neutral evil".
whereas the goblins are bias "chaos evil", the goblins in b3 are likely toward "neutral evil" just because the absolute power.