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Galbatorix's True Personality

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Fallen Elf Wise DragonRider Joined: December 10th, 2010, 11:37 pm Posts: 1015 Location: Everywhere and Anywhere Gender: Guy Affiliation: Dragonriders	Galbatorix's True Personality The person who has been half-heartedly characterized as the villain since the beginning of the series. However, we have never actually seen Galbatorix or heard his thoughts. Years of isolation and misunderstanding have left Galbatorix alone since the very start. Can this antagonist actually be different than he was originally portrayed? I think so. I think it'd be good if Paolini gave POVs from Galbatorix, displaying Galbatorix's true pain of seclusion. Surely the King cannot be as bad as most say he is. _________________ Good: Natsu and Erza Zereldn Hawke and Elisa Arcenis Nate Arka Neutral: Lakris and Sylverta Malazan Evil: Dedread Crugan Zar'rac Freohr Oracion
July 17th, 2011, 3:27 am

Rider of Death Sovereign DragonRider Joined: May 28th, 2008, 6:59 am Posts: 3848 Gender: Guy Affiliation: Lamp Shade	Re: Galbatorix's True Personality He's a meany. Actually he's probably insane and still believes that he was right in destroying the riders. He seems like the kind of villain who believes he is in the right. _________________ Murtagh Forever!!! but seriously the guys dead... What happened to Sef?! No!
July 17th, 2011, 4:08 pm

Curfewdawn Cycle Moderator Joined: October 31st, 2009, 5:11 pm Posts: 1468 Gender: Girl Affiliation: Werecats Dragon: Scathlocke	Re: Galbatorix's True Personality Then again, that's just what he sounds like from the point of view of the "Good Guys" so, since we've never actually heard from him, then of course he's going to seem bad because it's only the people who are against him that are telling us anything about him, therefore any information we're going to hear is doomed from the beginning to be bad. I do, however, think that Galby was right to get rid of the riders. He didn't go about it in the right way, but he was right to do it. The riders, the elves...eh...they're basically all of them a bunch of overly-empowered people with inflated heads. Nobody should have the amount of power that's bestowed on them, and all for no apparent reason. I mean, they weren't improving all of humanity, and in the process of improving themselves, they lost their humanity, became more than they should have. I don't find Galby to be more or less evil than any other sort of medieval ruler; to me he just seems a little insane, and a lot confused. I think he had good intentions, that sort of spiraled until he couldn't really get a handle on them anymore. He doesn't give off malicious vibes at all.
July 31st, 2011, 12:03 am

gomenesigh Master DragonRider Joined: December 6th, 2009, 1:55 am Posts: 2303 Location: Tx Gender: Girl Affiliation: Werecats	Re: Galbatorix's True Personality I'm pretty sure that getting rid of the riders was cruel and selfish no matter how he could have done it because killing them is the only way. You can't make them stop being riders by telling them too and he certainly was not skilled to somehow magically take it away from them. And we don't really know how everything was when the riders were in power. Yes, they may have been a little stuck up but they knew what they were doing. The whole reason they exist is to keep peace and it was fine until Galby went crazy. _________________ Saphi Laana Draerr Brilyn Nems Devitria Nemaera
August 14th, 2011, 6:24 pm

Fallen Elf Wise DragonRider Joined: December 10th, 2010, 11:37 pm Posts: 1015 Location: Everywhere and Anywhere Gender: Guy Affiliation: Dragonriders	Re: Galbatorix's True Personality Even Brom said that the Riders were corrupt. I doubt they were doing their job when a single Rider can start a rebellion and kill most of the Order within such a short timespan. The Riders were arrogant, and while they didn't deserve to be killed because of it, their political power certainly needed to be readjusted. _________________ Good: Natsu and Erza Zereldn Hawke and Elisa Arcenis Nate Arka Neutral: Lakris and Sylverta Malazan Evil: Dedread Crugan Zar'rac Freohr Oracion
August 18th, 2011, 1:55 am

Curfewdawn Cycle Moderator Joined: October 31st, 2009, 5:11 pm Posts: 1468 Gender: Girl Affiliation: Werecats Dragon: Scathlocke	Re: Galbatorix's True Personality Exactly; plus Galbatorix doesn't come across as sain anyways, and he's never had a chance to speak for himself. How can something with, thus far, no voice be judged as truly evil? The others didn't deserve to die, not at all, but, Galbatorix isn't evil because of that. The means were not, by any extent, just, but he was right in his intentions.
August 19th, 2011, 9:42 pm

BrisingrRaudhr Dragon Egg Carrier Joined: March 26th, 2009, 5:49 pm Posts: 265 Location: Where do you think? Gender: Guy Affiliation: Dragonriders	Re: Galbatorix's True Personality Truly, the only thing I think is wrong with him is that he cannot emphasize with the pain of others. He has no sympathy, so he does what he wants, even though it hurts others. _________________ The worth is in the act. Your worth halts when you surrender the will to change and experience life - Saphira If you have lived, but not learned, why bother? Looking past the red waves of my lifeblood, I see my final battlefield, littered with the bodies of the dead, glowing in the flames of Hell. Laying on the bloodied soil, I stare into the grey eyes of death, preparing myself for the final battle... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What Color Are You?
November 12th, 2011, 4:25 am

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