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Following his death and resurrection as a Lightbearer, Uldren's memories had been wiped clean. He has shown to be almost nothing like his past self, becoming a more soft-spoken and kindly figure. Before joining the City, any Guardian he encountered in the field would react to him with hostility or grief, and although he didn't know why, he does understand that his past life must have committed grave atrocities to earn their ire and is adverse to finding the full truth. It is because of this that he also strives to help out wherever he can to prove himself as a good person. He has shown to look up to and admire [[The Guardian]], an ironic twist compared to their previous interactions. He also shows sympathy for the plight of some of the enemies of the last city, particularly the [[Fallen]] and the [[Cabal]]. During [[Season of the Chosen]], he displays a more snarky side to him, particularly during some of his interactions with [[Osiris]] and [[Saladin Forge]], in the latter case even sarcastically calling him out on his absence during the [[Red War]] which leaves the Iron Lord speechless.

Those who knew Crow as Uldren Sov more intimately, such as Petra Venj and [[Jolyon Till]], noticed that Crow is much friendlier and more humble in comparison. However, Petra would find it hard to fully accept Crow due to the painful memories of his past as Uldren Sov. While Crow would try to reach out and befriend Petra, she would rebuff him and keep him at a distance, which often confuses him. After finally discovering his past identity and the crimes he had committed as Uldren Sov thanks to the Witch Queen, Crow is left reeling and nearly disillusioned but would come to understand why so many were hostile to him and didn't seem to hold the Guardian who had executed Uldren any ill-feelings. Crow nonetheless seemed to both accept his past but nonetheless rejects it, stating that he is now a Guardian, and wishes to be judged by his current actions than that of Uldren's. As such, Crow has shown a great deal of enthusiasm in wanting to serve the Last City as a means to prove himself. Saladin would observe Crow as reckless, naïve and idealistic, which ultimately makes it difficult for him to accept tactics and methods he doesn't agree with such as keeping the Lucent Hive in a neither live-nor-dead state as they searched their minds for intel. Despite this, Crow is more perceptive than he appears as he was able to see that Mara Sov was attempting to manipulate him just like she would when he was Uldren. As his memory wipe freed him from Mara’s psychological conditioning, he sees her for what she really is and thwarts her attempts to regain control of him, and the tunneling device Mara planned to use to groom Crow further becomes infinitely more useful as one of the Young Wolf's many weapons.

 

Despite the clear differences between Crow and his former identity, the same individuals who knew Uldren well can see similarities in Crow's behavior and that of Uldren. Mara Sov would point out to the Guardian, after asking them to look after her brother, that Crow is prone to devotion much like how Uldren was towards his sister and him idolizing the Guardian is no exception. Further, like Uldren, Crow believes that the intent of his actions absolves him and others of accountability and consequences, which often makes others find it hard to work with Crow. Between nearly exposing himself during the assassination attempt on Zavala, repeatedly trying to shove Petra aside to try and reason with the Witch Queen, and accidentally killing Caiatl's best Psion, all of his superior officers have grown sick of drilling the same lesson into his head over and over again. It was ultimately after Saladin paid for his mistake that he seemed to understand the lesson Zavala and Saladin have been trying to teach him.