Who's more evil?

[BlackBellamy]

Well the one thing that strikes me in the lore is that Necromancers are essentially described as tools. So they are basically told you go learn and study the ancient books and get more power over the dead and your purpose will be revealed later. In essence they are given free reign to pursue their goals. On the micro scale they are free to perform good deeds if it serves their purpose. On the macro scale whatever they are doing they do for the purpose of a malevolent evil god.

Is performing good deeds to ensure eventual evil dominance less or more evil on the scale? Like on one side you're generating good which by an absolute measurement offsets some of the evil you do. However, this involves deception, which raises the evil quotient. And then there is the question of autonomy. Is the plunging knife evil in itself?

Considering the Shadownights, they seem to be self-starters. Their exact relationship to the gods is not defined. The gods do grant them favor, which means they are doing extra evil stuff that the gods like. Regular murderers and scum don't get Lifetap. Since motivation is a large part of what I consider evil behavior, I still have to tip my hat to the SKs.

Necromancers might be working toward a more evil greater outcome, yes. On that scale SKs are irritants, just some random murder harm machines set upon the world to bring some chaos and maybe distract others from what the Necromancers are doing. But for example if I met one of each on some forest road, I would think the SK more evil and more of a threat. I think maybe I can talk to the Necromancer, a scholar can sometimes be brought around, maybe they don't know what they're really doing. But that SK, I know he wants to touch me in my special place.