Qortez has always despised others of his caste, because it had been drilled into him how worthless and pathetic they are. Growing up poor and struggling to live, Qortez accepted this to be true. He would try to make friends with Highbloods, doing his damnest to be what they want and to provide what they need. He admired the Highbloods and Subjugs for having it all: wealth, strength, and most importantly, hope. Qortez had fallen in love with the idea of hope, that there could be something better in life or the afterlife if one just believed in it. Unfortunately, his 'friends' didn't like how comfortable he was getting with their religion, and proceeded to abuse and laugh at him.

They had almost killed him. They had beaten him to a bloody pulp and left him for dead; but, he didn't die. In his state of barely-consciousness, holding onto hope, he saw in his mind's eye the Dark Carnival and the Messiahs. He felt their loving touches, he heard them speak their vague words, and for the firs time in his life Qortez felt loved. Now, in reality, this was only a wet dream, but he took it as gospel.

He was convinced that he was the Chosen One of the subjuggulator religion, and that it is his job to recruit and "save" others like him. He went around preaching and twisting the words of scripture. His old 'friends' had heard about this and had determined to end him for good, but this time Qortez was able to silence them instead. In the fight, his eye became injured, and out of manic devotion he took it out himself as an offering to the gods he thought he heard, laughing about being a 'blind prophet.'

Qortez has dissociated and projected himself onto his gods so much that he does not realize he can feel any emotion anymore. Anything he feels, he assumes it is the will of his gods, or that they are the ones who feel in such a way. That he is just a vessel, and that this is his purpose.

He is also someone with a tough exterior but a painful soft interior, in so far that his actions conflict his words. He casually insults others no matter what he does, calling them all sorts of nasty names, but he is more than willng to give someone food or shelter should they require it. Though a toxic individual to be around, he has good intentions, though it may not always be apparent.