Warren’s experience growing up in a military family taught him the value of discipline and order. When he joined his local militia, he quickly became a standout recruit. When he came of age, he joined the military academy and graduated as the second most-decorated officer in his class. What followed was a remarkable career, before the Quiet Revolution saw a purge among the military ranks. Fleeing the chaos, and later settling on The Old Homestead with his family, he proved his discipline to Cain, his employer, and quickly gained his favor. The ranch became greatly successful, and Cain came to see Warren as a surrogate son.

As an extension of his personal discipline, Warren was shown to be fiercely loyal and faithful to his family, country, and his employer. Throughout his military service, he had gotten into several altercations with those who sought to dishonor servicemen, which further added to his reputation among his superiors as a model soldier. When interacting with his family, his love was never doubted, though he had to be reminded often by his wife Evelyn to be more verbally expressive. His love later extended to his employer, Cain, whom he came to regard as a father-figure, and would defend his land with the same ferocity as he had his military honor.

No one worked harder, or longer, than Warren. It was joked by Cain at a certain point, that he “must’ve been made out of a stuff as hard as the granite hills” surrounding the Old Homestead. In the years during the family’s stay at the ranch, however, as his children grew up, he would often hold them to his own very high standards, and reprimand them should they waiver in their work. His harshness came from his desire to protect his family, though at times, his actions caused his children to run off, getting themselves into trouble on more than one occasion.