Player asks Xandria, the Paragon of Courage...
"Alexandros thinks that Bastion shares his values. What do you think?"
Xandria: "Ashbringer. The Arbiter's judgement is infallible. She must have recognized something within you that was meant for Maldraxxus."
Alexandros: "Yet I dedicated my life in service to the Light. Is that not what earns a place in Bastion?"
Xandria: "Walk with me. Both of you. Our aspirants shed their memories in the Temple of Purity, but we will follow a different path.
Does Maldraxxus not suit you?"
Alexandros: "When I first looked upon the Maldraxxi, all I could see was the Scourge that brought ruin to my homeland. The monsters I had sworn to destroy. In time, I learned that they are not the mindless undead I thought them to be. That honor has it's place in Maldraxxus. Or at least it did."
Xandria: "The memories of your life bear torment in death. Were you chosen for Bastion, they would be deemed a burden."
Alexandros: "But why was I not chosen? Was my faith in the Light not strong enough? Was my soul tainted from the moment I rose into undeath?"
Xandria: "Light, Void... such trifling powers have no purchase here. The arbiter sent you to Maldraxxus for a reason. One we shall attempt to discern."
Further lore about why Alexandros Mograine, the Ashbringer - a devoted paladin of the light, duty, order and righteousness - was destined for the battle-bound war-like Maldraxxi rather than the heavenly Kyrian - in the following quest.