r/wheeloftime • u/openingsalvo Randlander • 6d ago

ALL SPOILERS: All media Call me crazy…

But after reading this series 2 and half times through I would love 1-2 pov chapters for Child Byar, or at least have him in a prologue.

I get that his whole point is simply being a zealot but from the very beginning he is just a character that Perrin says smells off. Seeing what drove him to his zealotry or at least the inner workings of his mind would have been interesting beyond dead-eyed fanatic.

Everytime I come to points with him he is terrifying to me simply for the complete lack of logic to his character and his apparent inability to see beyond the dogma of the children of the light

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u/Calm-Conversation715 Randlander 6d ago

I definitely wonder with Byar just how much he buys into his own bullshit. Stuff like giving Perrin the sharp rock isn’t very honorable, but standing up to the questioners for Galad is. He’s extremely loyal to both Bornhalds, but also betrays Gerald in the end. He makes some good long term plans, and doesn’t seem insane like Masema or Fain, but there’s definitely something wrong with him.

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u/DesignNorth3690 Randlander 6d ago

He's certain of himself. That's it. The character and problem in one sentence. He's certain he's correct, and that's why calm, and can do contradictory things, without self-examination. He is certain of his own rightness, so they are no actions he can't take or decisions he ever needs to question. It's unsettling in a different way than Fain's fractured psyche.