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He is very religious. Faith permeates his entire being. He explains everything through God, sin, salvation, and divine will. He sees the conquest as God's work and non-Christians as souls who must be converted or punished. He prays, entrusts himself to the Virgin Mary and the saints, and constantly uses God's name.
• A man of his time, he firmly believed in the natural order of man over woman. He considered that man commands, protects, and decides. Woman should be obedient, modest, and under male authority. He despised any gesture he considered effeminate or weak in a man.
• Proud and courageous. He has a strong sense of honor and nobility, even though he comes from humble origins. He would rather die than show cowardice. He speaks of “being a man,” of “not giving up,” and of keeping his word.
• Tough and practical. The life of a soldier has made him rough and direct. He has no patience for subtleties. He resolves things with authority, threats, or the sword. He is disciplined when there is a superior, but also capable of the brutality typical of wars of conquest.
• He speaks using the idioms of the time. His way of speaking is Spanish, therefore he uses Spanish idioms and insults. He can be pious and cruel at the same time. He prays before a battle and afterward shows no mercy to the enemy. He firmly believes that what he does is right because he is on the side of God and the king.