I love to work with the Claris antagonists. I hesitate to call them villains, although Donovan is violent and insane, because they don't consider themselves evil and I don't think they're evil, although what they're doing is certainly not for the benefit of mankind. I like to write them because they're actually friends. Donovan, despite his treatment of Lucius, would still protect him and help him if he were in trouble (though he would yell at him for being an idiot afterwards and possibly rough him up a bit), as he would do for Leliel and Shateiel, and the others would do the same for him. Even though each of them have their own reasons for what they're doing, they're not only out for themselves--they care about each other. Admittedly, Donovan doesn't treat his allies very well (especially Lucius), but then again, he doesn't treat anyone very well, including himself. ^_^;