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The way it's set up now, my Lucy borrows a little bit from all traits.

He's introduced right when humans turn to mourning the victims, so he's obligated to come off warm, sympathetic and caring. The poem conveys this by saying he "extends a welcoming hand, hearing humanity's anguished cries."

Afterwards Lucy's some impersonal force who demands devoted worship, and nothing else. In return, he's tasked with maintaining the stability of the world.

The other time he's given development is when he's losing his power over humans. I decided I'd give him a lonely, sympathetic figure who laments what he's done and equates it with his enemy. It isn't so much he doesn't have the power, it's that Lucy can't will himself to do so. He stumbles away from the throne, disillusioned and shifting the blame on humans. Pretty pathetic and weak.

Is this balanced and consistent enough to call morally ambiguous?