For future reference to all, 

Please be careful when making assumptions about NPCs I create. Namely when you would like your character to have had a lot of past interaction with them. Just shoot me a PM and run it by me first, please. 

Like, Sir Halbert is most definitely full of himself, but he isn't a scheming criminal trying to extort the system due to his high status. To say he was would be to accuse the King of being a fool for favoring such a man. Halbert has had many noble accomplishments and saved many lives. The people see him as a sort of hero. He is a man of and for the people although he has been known to speak condescendingly to his fellow military men as well as anyone who doesn't admit he's totally awesome and a sculpture of manly perfection.... In the end though, he tends to not really care whether or not you like him, because he totally loves himself enough to cover the gap.