Chandos was a Castalian water breather, who was a partisan and fought in the Castalian war for independence against the Nietzschean Volsung Pride. He supported the future Castalian President Sebastian Lee's decision to commit genocide and exterminate the Volsung people. Although he knew that this act would also kill thousands of enslaved and innocent Castalians along with the Nietzschean enslavers, he considered the Castalian slaves to be collateral damage in the fight for independence. After the war, Chandos become the chancellor of the Castalian Republic. Later in his life, during his political career, he supported the Castalian decision to apply for membership in the Systems Commonwealth, but disagreed with Lee's decision to reveal the truth about the Volsung genocide, as Chandos feared