copied from the offical forum:
I can confirm this, I did get the trait after spending points into speed.Hi everyone, i Lol'd so hard when i read these that i had to create an account to post
The epithets your Avatar accumulates are directly related to what you spend your skill points on!!!
So taking run speed 1 = 'Dishonourable coward'
1 melee = 'Swordsman'
ETC
its a joke...LOOOOOL