User blog comment:Thrush the Bard/On Fan Fiction Part 1/@comment-1145722-20100417004106

There are quite a lot of gray characters in the series, both good vermin and evil woodlanders. And there have been more bad woodlanders in the recent books.

And only the random vermin soldiers are idiots. The leaders and even some followers are downright brilliant and cunning. (i.e. Vilu Daskar, Ferahgo the Assassin, Shard, Vilaya etc. etc.)

But I do see your point on the obvious good/evil types. I think that BJ just wants to create a simple world not messed up by the complexities of real life.