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Confident in his own abilities and somewhat self-reliant, Solomon heavily customised his weapons until they met his satisfaction; every surface and working part of his [[Bolter]] was hand-finished, giving it a slightly better rate of fire than standard issue weapons and his [[chainsword]] had been altered to have a longer grip and blade, allowing it to be used as a two-handed weapon. The hilt was extensively crafted to resemble an eagle. He regularly checked and re-checked his equipment before battle, honouring his battle-gear with a fervour he sometimes wondered if bordered on the superstitious.
During the [[Cleansing of Laeran]], Demeter found himself constantly hard-pressed and having to operate against the customary practices of the Emperor's Children, such as disparaging a helmet (which he disdained as useless, the [[Laer]] having broken the [[Astartes]] vox-codes and having weapons whose effectiveness rendered the protection a helmet offered highly negliblenegligible) right up to having to organise assaults hurriedly and without the optimum troop types. Despite the sheer lethality of the combat zone and the awkwardness of having to learn new ways of war on the fly, he found himself enjoying improvising his command. The experience made him something of a rogue; he learned to stop worrying so much about making the 'right' or 'correct' choice, so long as he made a 'good' choice. This way of thinking was not common or particularly approved within the Emperor's Children, and combined with his eagerness to fight, earned him the mild disapproval of some of his peers and even subordinates. He referred to his favourite tactic of leading a powerful, methodical but speedy frontal advance on the enemy as "going up the centre".
However, Demeter was a firm believer in the philosophy of his Legion and worked hard to both learn from his superiors and peers and to set a fine example to his men. Long a senior officer, he contributed his part to the tactical doctrines taught to initiate Emperor's Children. As a senior officer, he was a regular attendee to the Emperor's Children version of the warrior-lodge, the [[Brotherhood of the Phoenix]], and had in fact been allowed to attend a meeting of the [[Luna Wolves]] warrior-lodge in the past, which he had enjoyed.
