People who say Alm would've been hated as an avatar are dead wrong. He has an actual personality, everyone doubts him/challenges him/hates him. He doesn't get blindly worshiped either. Hell, Clive only put him as leader because of the position he was born into.
Tough luck to the people wanting a generic Hector of a character. Alm doesn't work like that and wouldn't work. Tough. flippin. luck!