Kratos, an example of an Completely Ambiguous character from God of War.
Completely Ambiguous are under Rank 0. These are characters that are either not heroes or villains, have equally good and evil qualities that makes them ambiguous, or are both heroes and villains with equally good and evil qualities. These characters are not capable of being Pure Good, Pure Evil, Near Pure Good, or Near Pure Evil, and are often heavily a part of the Grey Zone. Under other circumstances, Inconsistently Admirable, Inconsistently Heinous, Heroic Benchmark, and Villainous Benchmark characters may also be under Completely Ambiguous if they have dual rankings such as being Rank 3 + and Rank 3 – at the same time or being Rank 4 + and Rank 4 – at the same time. Both rankings would sum up to Rank 0.
Completely Ambiguous comes in different variants:
- Equally balanced characters: These characters have equal balance of between their good and evil side. For instance a character with Rank 3 + and Rank 3 – totaling Rank 0 or a character with Rank 4 + and Rank 4 – totaling Rank 0. If these characters are simultaneously Inconsistently Admirable or Inconsistently Heinous then they can be Completely Ambiguous under most circumstances. If these characters are Heroic Benchmark or Villainous Benchmark then they can be Completely Ambiguous under most circumstances.
- Status under Player's Choice characters or simply Player's choice character's are almost by default this as their morality is usually meant to heavily vary among the player's actions.
- Good-natured: Also known as good without heroism. These characters are known to be good, but fails the admirable standards to be heroes. They do good deeds such as helping out the protagonist or providing necessary service to others but they lack heroic deeds. Often these characters may be minor or background characters that do not have too much relevance to the plot of the story or these characters may appear in works that don’t have or focus on heroes or villains as part of the story. These characters can easily go back and forth between this and those who are Evil without Villainy.
- Ill-natured: Also known as evil without villainy. These characters are known to be evil, but fails the heinous standards to the villains. They do bad deeds and can either be jerk for having an uncalled for bad attitude or a mischief-maker who make largely harmless pranks. These characters may be minor characters that do not have much importance to the overall plot of the story or they may appear in works that don’t have or focus on any heroes or villains. These characters can go back and forth between this and Good without heroism.
- Neutral: These characters are both Good-natured (good without heroism) and Ill-natured (evil without villainy) and are largely neutral, but they are not heroes or villains. These are likely to be background characters in a story or minor characters that have little focus in the story they appear in. They may only appear to do a deed for a moment that isn’t intended to be good or evil and not make another appearance in-story again.