Talk:Rafael's playthrough - Ardford summit/@comment-2A02:C7D:4A4D:1A00:957C:1CA8:858:DB6D-20171016035240

Man that Chosen......first time we finally get to see something redeemable in them. It also helps us with the lore immensely, because he stated "We were exploring this place looking for evil......wait, were we? I mean, he said....but....."

What you can read between the lines, is that the obnoxious douchebag temperament of Chosen......may actually not be of their own choosing. It may be that becoming a Chosen is imprinting certain behaviours in their heads. Kalan (as you can much later find out if he deserts the Chosen) seems to be at a point where whatever affects them is losing it's control, which is why he is questioning the impulses.

If you later convince him to continue as a Chosen, he seems to suddenly start acting in the same manner as all Chosen again despite his previous quiet behavious and doubts, so it very well may be that they are being mentally subdued by Ivala and forced to act in a less inhibited manner.