To strangers, he could be considered a brute. Gruff, short, and a little quick to violence if provoked. He keeps strangers at an arms length, handles them with scrutiny, stares at them through a slightly twisted lense of "Potentially Dangerous", regardless of how he acts. With mares, yearlings and foals, perhaps he could be a little softer. With stallions that pose no threat, he could be a little softer. But at arms length they are, and that's where they stay while they are still strangers.

With those known to him, he can be patient, be can be nice, but likely not kind. He can be pleasant, but likely not overly so. He is blanker with those known to him, acquaintances. He has no mask of aggression, no mask of barely restrained violence, simply a blankness, acting depending on how they act. A chance to study them, to figure out who and what they are. He can still be violent if pushed to a point, but only if pushed, no longer looking as if he's going to snap at the slightest hint of dislike.

With friends, Chex can be something of a pleasant, kind person. Helping them, protecting them, offering them things that he would not offer those that are not his friends. His family is similar, but not exactly. His closest friends and family see a side of him that is gentle, kind, that gives everything he has and more for them, as if he would rip himself apart if they asked, as if he would take the world apart and hand them the rubble if they requested it of him.

And, truly, he would try. He would kill, maim and die for those he loves.