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[Forgotten Realms] Why is anyone evil?

For those in the know, the DnD setting forgotten realms has many Gods that each have their own portfolio and alignment that suit them, chaotic good or evil, lawful good or evil and so on.

People do know of the Gods and as such they must know of the planes that they occupy and use to host the souls of their faithful. Knowing this, why would anyone choose to be evil?

There is practically nothing you can get in your life by committing evil deeds that makes worth the eternity of suffering, or being forced to fight in the Blood War, if you wanted to live a blessed and comfortable life, being evil doesn't seem to be the way to go.

Keep in mind I'm not thinking about Chromatic dragons as they seem to be evil by nature, drows, orcs and gobelins seem to be forced into it by culture. Mostly humans, elves, dwarves and halflings seems to have the luxury of choice.
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It's even crueller than you realize- alignment isn't necessarily a conscious choice. A sentient being can be brought into the world with a chaotic evil alignment through no fault of their own, suffer through a brutal and chaotic life, and then spend eternity suffering without ever having a real choice in the matter.