In the lore and previous games, Iconians were always classified as “good”. Not that good as Altarains and Torians, but still benevolent. However, the more we learn about them, the less good they see.

-Even in Dark Avatar campaign, they claimed Korath are irredeemable and urged the
Drengin to genocide them. While this might have been a motivational lie, as letting Kotrath live was simply too dangerous, it is still sketchy. And now we know they were basically applying the same method they once applied to Yor/Nyx. 

-They enforce “population control” on their own citizens. 

-And now we know, where the Yor/Nyx were first given sentience, they tried to genocide them, despite calling them “children”. 

On the other hand:

-Iconians have very good reason to fear anyone influenced by Dread Lords

-The Korath had to be stopped

-They consider enforced “population control” and all the other things as necessarily evil and not evil just because they can

-They generally regret when they do bad things, even if they still do them

-They are not perceived as evil

-They allied with humans, Altarians and Torians.


So, what do you think? Are Iconians, despite being a bit sketchy, still “good guys”?