Defying those obvious associations makes for interesting characters. An elite knight with a bad attitude who is secretly corrupt, thus justifying everyone hating him? Seen it. A good guy with good intentions who still manages to piss off everyone he encounters and, by extension, is helping to protect, thus making internal conflicts? That I can get behind.

Also, I'm going to need you to post as Lethe before I can, Baklava. I'm assuming you're already in the process of doing so, but you broke your pattern of doing a double post from different perspectives so I am less than sure.