It was said that war transformed people, and there was likely no greater proof than Bardas. He was once an ordinary man, but perhaps due to the emotional abrasion of repeated battles, he became an ever-aggressive brute clad in a masked helm of steel. Always was he alert for the rumblings of unrest and strife, sprinting towards the outbreak of conflict. Those who witnessed his fearsome form en route to yet another fray would believe him to be anything but human.