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As time went by, it became increasingly clear that Vandire was insane. He was a paranoid megalomaniac who saw traitors and conspiracy everywhere. His mind was twisted in every way and he enjoyed personally torturing people, declaring to onlookers that he was purging their souls for the Emperor. He had his every word recorded for posterity and had a long trail of scribes whose job was to note anything he said and to note any particularly ingenious torture methods. He performed his tortures in the underground catacombs of the Ecclesiarcal Palace. His mood was particularly volatile and would swing from laughing one moment to murderous the next. He would often fall into a trance-like state during which, according to him, he was receiving the words of the Emperor, although what he was actually mumbling arguments with himself and occasionally shouting out-loud for no reason. These periods were often followed by bouts of excessive violence; possibly in these trances he was rehearsing his torture methods and his random screams were those of his victims. He had a huge map of the galaxy plotting the up to date warp storm movements so that whenever a new planet was revealed, he could send out a fleet to reinstate his will.