Anslem has a brilliant mind, one that can easily make sense of machines such as clocks and automatons. He has always felt a need to prove himself, but was frequently outcast due to his greater interest in machines than socializing. He is an eccentric outcast who is lonely without human connection. This drives him to create human-like machines more than most. He craves praise and recognition for his genius mind and inventions and will do anything to get it. 