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== Personality ==

The Duke of Blades has done a lot of awful things in his life. He's stolen, killed, betrayed friends and left them to die. He doesn't feel guilt, because all these things needed to be done. He does feel tired. Bone tired, but unable to rest, because all those things still need doing. There's a war on. There's a lot of wars on. There always have been.

Longknife serves Heaven, but not because he's heard its clarion call in his heart. In truth, the gospel of Hell whispers in his heart. He's seen women and children, gut-stabbed and dieing over days; he's seen rapists and murderers at their leasure while innocent men suffered in gaol; he's destroyed priceless art with his own hands to salvage the gold and jewels it was made of. Everything Longknife has ever known is the rule of the strong and the ever-present stench of corruption. In his heart, he feels corruption is the true nature of Creation; Heaven is an aberration that must fade. Yet he does serve the Angels, because to him the only alternative is to give up and die. Corruption may be all, indomitable, but it's a bloody poor excuse for a principle. It's just what happens when you can't keep your head above water anymore.