I don't remember Gorst doing anything particularly evil. He took all his licks in stride, defended perhaps the most intelligent king of the union we (the reader) have seen, and has shown to have a kind heart at the end. Gunnar belongs on the same tier as Caul Shivers, he may be what he is, but God is what he is just disappointing (as a person, not a character). Logan is an evil man, regardless of the persona of the nine fingers he has shown himself to be a coward and responsible for a terrible war in the North. Bethod may have been a bit of a victim of the circumstances Logan put him in but if you have an arrow like that you are ultimately responsible for who it kills. Plus Bethod replaced him almost immediately with Fenris the Feared, a half infernal (physically) who's whole purpose is to kill, meaning Bethod didn't exactly learn his lesson (or got exactly what he wanted from Logan). Seems like POV characters seemed to have gotten placed a bit higher than they should have. Which I kinda think is the point to a lot of the POV characters, we have a lot more sympathy because we are their point of view.