#WordWeavers Sep 1: Introduce your antagonist with as much sympathy as possible.

From the Nifaran Chronicles:

The union of a human and Nifaran can produce an individual with great power, without the mental resilience to wield it. Corvus didn't choose his parents or to have his thoughts invaded by a diety.

He couldn't control the burning hatred inside, or prevent the war that killed his father and led to his own downfall. He never knew love.