Moral Event Horizon

Basic Information

The Moral Event Horizon is a trope which signifies an event or deed which makes clear that a villain is utterly evil and unredeemable, and where it becomes impossibly to sympathize with or apologize for the character.

See Also

• Evil Tropes
• Morality Tropes
• Subjective Tropes
• Heel Face Index
• Obviously Evil

Sources

Bibliography

1. TV Tropes Wiki entry

Game and Story Use

• Use this for villains whom the PCs should truly relish defeating.
• If a player character has been behaving in morally dubious ways, spread rumors that he did something that crossed the Moral Event Horizon, and watch as he scrambles to clear his name - and with his track record, it should be difficult to prove his innocence since he is obviously guilty of other things…