"to be seated at such a height is no easy task, to maintain your rank, status and command is even harder. in order to rule, to lead such armies one leaders must appear in a crushing majority of his troop's' eyes as the best representative of their will, the guarantor best suited to uphold our way of life, the glaive to fend the irrational hoards of war crazed captains to lead by implacable logic, stern experience and a firm hand.
This position allows little divergence, deterrs personal agendas in favor of a more global benefit under the damocles of a quick and brutal destitution... and yet i have made this divergence, this slight sliver of permissiveness my kingdom from which i govern. this civilisation however traditional, however complacent in their rites is mine to mold, to reshape and ensure my legacy.
i will not be another grand general forgotten by history, this world will know my name and remember it for eons to come, through blood and scars if i must."

aaand here we have the grand general himself, bbeg of the narrative, or at least one of them. feel free to inquire if you have questions ^^
oh and the character's design had been adopted a whiiiiile ago by  Axia