Editing John Stiles (section)

==Personality==
John has a solider mentality, he is the soldier mentality in a way. His memories and individual mannerisms are drawn from a large selection of soldiers.<ref name=":1">“John.  It’s my understanding that you’re a… super soldier?  A Dog of War?”<br><br>“No,” John said.  “Yes, about the Dog of War label, no, I’m strong but I’m not a super soldier, like they appear in movies.  I’ve been told I’m… a stained glass mosaic of a soldier, each segment pulled from someone.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/05/23 Excerpt] from [[Lost for Words 1.5]]</ref> One of the reasons he settled in Kennet is because it felt like home to him.<ref name=":2"/>

He eats only as a matter of habit.
===Relationships===
====Squad mates====
His fellow dog tags that he manifested with or met up with over the course of his life, he's the last of them. Not all of them had names, not having been around long enough or killed enough people to gain them,<ref name=Y1>“Many weren’t friends,” John said, touching the tags at his neck.  “Comrades in arms.  Some were scary, some quiet, some funny.  Many didn’t have faces.  They didn’t get the chance to grow into individuals, and were closer to being shadows of people.  Yalda would- [...] -She brought out what little was there.” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/12/26 Excerpt] from [[Gone Ahead 7.7]]</ref> those who did were called Bloggins,<ref>Lucy paused, then out of sympathy, held out the necklace so the contents hung at Melissa’s eye level.  Dog tags, the weapon ring, and her house key were strung on it.<br>[...]<br>“Who’s Corporal Bloggins?” - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/07/18 Excerpt] from [[Out on a Limb 3.2]]</ref>Nescio,  Noakes, and  Roe.<ref>“Which is yours?  Norman Nescio?  Noakes?  Roe?  Stiles?”  - [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2020/12/29 Excerpt] from [[Gone Ahead 7.8]]</ref>

[[Yalda]] was the last friend he said goodbye to.
====Kennet residents====
He is a close friend of [[Matthew Moss]] and has deeply unset when he learnt of [[Edith James|Edith's]] betrayal.<ref>“I consider Matthew a friend,” John told Edith.<br><br>“So do I.  I consider him-”<br><br>“What you did was monstrous.  You changed the course of his life.  Daily discomfort, pain, and worries.”<br><br>“I thought I’d be done with this,” Edith said, standing, turning away.<br><br>“Look at me,” John said.  “You’ve broken bread with me, had drinks with me, you’ve asked me to guard this town and face down threats the rest of the Kennet Others couldn’t, you’ve asked me to console.  We’ve known each other for a decade.”- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/05/11/dash-to-pieces-11-4/ Excerpt] from [[Dash to Pieces 11.4]]</ref>

Is drinking buddies a few of the kennet Others.

John and [[Doglick]] has a close relationship due to their shared canine nature, when John was says his good bye before participating in the fight for the Carmine's throne he gave [[Doglick]] a improvised collar that read K-9 on it.<ref>He wrote ‘K-9′ on the strap, bent down, and put the loop of strap and buckle around Doglick’s neck.- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/09/07/break-2/ Excerpt] from [[Break 2]]</ref>

He gets on well with the [[Goblin|goblins]] and has had fun with them.<ref name=":4">was always Guilherme I traded war stories with.”<br><br>“Yeah.”<br><br>“Charles… I didn’t mind.  That one hurt most of the three.  But… the goblins matter more to me than Charles.  We’ve had fun times,” he said.- [https://palewebserial.wordpress.com/2021/08/14/summer-break-13-4/ Excerpt] from [[Summer Break 13.4]]</ref> Before entering the contest for the Carmine's throne he gave them a collection of weaponry and had a drink with them.<ref>- [[Break 2]]</ref>

Him and [[Guilherme]] spent time sharing old war stories together.<ref name=":4" />

Like all the Kennet Others, in a mutual aid pact with the [[Kennet Trio]].