This explains a lot of my character of L'Ni in Starfire Angels: Forgotten Worlds. He has nearly perfect control over his emotions. The interesting thing is that his pride has been replaced by humility by the end of the series, when you really look closely, which is why Nya and the other characters respect him and follow him, besides that he is intelligent and capable of inflicting torture but only inflicts injury on others when necessary. He's actually in meekness, prudence, and modesty what I aspire to be, so he's somewhat my ideal self in many ways, except I couldn't hurt anyone (in that way, I'm more like Nya).
(I think I may have posted this in a different post, but it's worth sharing again.)