The greater will is not evil or good. It's the supreme deity of the world but it seems obvious to me that it's a non-interventionist deity, if it even exists. Marika's Golden Order claims it follows the GW in the same way oppressive regimes claim to be representative of God's will.
The GO is not only oppressive, but divine family disputes wreak havoc on the world and its creatures. Ranni's order of stars is a solution to this by placing divinity(herself and the Elden Ring) into space away from mortals. It's made clear that Ranni's problem is with the Two Fingers who have their own agenda and not the Greater Will since it has "abandoned" the world. If the Greater Will was interventionist and Marika shattered the Elden Ring to oppose it, it would've stopped her from doing so the same way it supposedly collapsed the Nox civilization. Speaking of, I think it's highly likely that the GW didn't actually do anything to the Nox and it's more akin to the Tower of Babel myth. The Nox Society collapsed, probably because of Astel, and the Two Fingers claimed it was because they angered the GW to prevent people from questioning them. Throughout the game it's made clear that the Two Fingers are manipulators and cannot be trusted, supposedly speaking for the GW when we are told in the intro that it has abandoned TLB. Empyreans' Shadows are created directly by the Two Fingers to keep them in check. The Two Fingers are basically the heads of the church while Marika is the head of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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