"I wasn't always. I was a member of the Sword Brethren, but I was set apart when i was chosen to be the Emperor's Champion. It was a position of honor and responsibility, but it... isolated me from my battle-brothers. And now I am truly alone, the last of the Templars."

He considers the question of a lot of reading, "I read many of the old texts. The Tactica Imperialis, the histories of the various crusades, the stories of the dead heroes of my chapter. So yes, I suppose I do quite a bit of reading."