The Emperor was not as indifferent to life as others imagined. Kamar-Taj's education and his past experiences had taught him to value life beyond measure, rather than regard it as an asset. Regent Victor von Doom was the same. Though his nature was cold enough, he had always followed the Sorcerer Supreme's teachings and never betrayed the value of any life—even if the idea that all people were born equal was a lie, even if his own experiences proved that not everyone in this world valued the lives of others. The lives of those in high positions always seemed far more valuable than those of commoners.
Take the life of his father and that of Duchess Vladimir. Even after studying at Kamar-Taj, he still followed the Sorcerer Supreme's teachings. Many years ago, the superstitious Vladimir heard that a certain village had a doctor who specialized in treating terminal illnesses, so he ordered his servants to find him. That doctor was Victor von Doom's father. The Duke's servants demanded that his father cure the Duchess. Even though his father repeatedly refused and claimed there was nothing he could do, the Duke's servants still forcibly ordered him onto a horse and took him to the castle. Otherwise, they would whip or shoot the young Victor von Doom, and the village where they lived would be implicated and driven out, once again reduced to a life of wandering from meal to meal.
There was no doubt that the Volkov family had been the source of most of Victor von Doom's suffering during the first half of his life.
His father freezing to death in the snowy mountains, his mother being forced to use Dark Magic and losing her soul—these many tragedies could all be traced back to Latveria's former ruling family. The psychological