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He feels extreme guilt and self-hatred for various aspects of his past life; such as the burning of Rathalas and killing of his wife, which mentally broke him enough that it laid the foundation of his change in character.{{book ref|sa3|105}}{{book ref|sa3|115}} The memories of this haunted him enough that he shook and cried in bed every night once they began to return to him.{{book ref|sa3|100}} Another thing that continues to haunt him is the fact that he didn't properly follow the Codes of War on the night of Gavilar's assassination, leading to him blaming himself for his death.{{book ref|sa1|12}} He feels that he must honestly admit his past mistakes, and take full responsibility for them, for he believes that taking responsibility is the first step towards becoming a better man.{{epigraph ref|sa3|13}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|14}}{{epigraph ref|sa3|15}}{{book ref|sa3|119}} He also sees the shame and the pain he experiences due to his actions to be paramount, as he refuses to give them up under any circumstances.{{book ref|sa3|118}}{{book ref|sa3|119}}
Due to this, he feels great shame at how he went to the Nightwatcher to remove his memories so that he would stop feeling pain. He believes that the person he became due to that was a falsehood, a mere pretense of being a better person.{{book ref|sa3|100}} His loss of memory, and
He admits that he is a hypocrite, but believes that sometimes a hypocrite is simply a person in the process of changing, and feels that that interpretation applies to himself.{{book ref|sa3|38}} He believes that he is still going through important growth and change, and has yet to reach his complete self.{{book ref|sa3|38}}
He follows the Alethi Codes of War with an ardent zeal, due to a variety of reasons; he does not believe that one gains from following the codes, but that it stops oneself from becoming that which they loathe; he also feels a deep guilt for not following them on the night of Gavilar's assassination, and blames his death on himself.{{book ref|sa1|66}} These codes have deeply influence the way that he leads, such as his belief that a leader should never order his followers to do anything that he would not himself do.{{book ref|sa1|65}} His belief in the inherent goodness of the Codes was enough that, once he became the Highprince of War, he attempted to enforce the Codes on all warcamps on the Shattered Plains.{{book ref|sa1|69}}
He deeply values human life, far more than even
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