Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-27729149-20150919193812/@comment-27560932-20150926045603

Essentially, Colonel Schow's the human antagonist in Keene's duology (which comprises of The Rising and City of the Dead) where the primary antagonists are the zombie-like Sissquim and their king Ob, who's a Monster himself. Being human in this setting is not automatically going to make you better even in the face of the supernatural villains, as Schow himself is still responsible for horrible acts of rape and murder, which is made even worse due to the fact that Schow is a simple human.

To sum, keeping your humanity is only a good thing if you keep the good parts; there are still countless vices that are all part of human nature. Even if you lose your humanity, this doesn't guarantee you'll be irredeemable since you can still have good traits with or without your human side.