On Alignments in AD&D 1e and the Medieval Society
“We know that Gygax drew direct inspiration for the definition of the Law-Chaos axis from Poul Anderson’s work, Three Hearts and Three Lions, and the Cosmic Balance from Moorcock’s literature. The intersection with the Good-Evil axis, from Tolkien’s literature, results in the nine-alignment grid that represents the crossing between morality and the character’s cosmic-political alignment.“
