User blog comment:The Crimson Eagle/Crimson Poll™ XXX/@comment-3254365-20121204203455/@comment-4975789-20121204224747

Because he has a more interesting back-story and, especially if you played Lost Archive, he is easier to empathise with. Both voice actors for him also really made him sound insane, and Desmond's personality was sort of... bland. That's my opinion anyway.