Ephrem Elpidius
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I was wondering about Padan Fain earlier, after reading ending of book 1 again, Padan claims he was forced to do it by "someone" referring to the Two Rivers and waygates I imagine, I wonder if Padan was corrupted by the same corruption that is found in Mat's dagger? Or do you think he is referring to the Dark One? but in later books the Dark One is clearly fearful of Padan or at least frustrated/annoyed by him.
So who is the one influencing Padan? Or is the madness that takes hold? Padan does seem to genuinely regret his role in hurting Emond's Field though and during the conversation with King Agelmar, he mentioned he was under compulsion and will never be under it again no matter what... if this is indeed the case... can we blame Padan for being evil? something happened to him, from who we don't really know... but from a psychology stand point, his madness can't be tamed and it seems to all stem from the first time he was used by this higher power whatever that may be...
interesting I never noticed this before, I always just felt Padan represented madness in a general sense, someone who made bad choice after bad choice and let greed and envy control him for to long which caused a spiral descent into madness... I don't know why I never realized it may not have been his fault for his descent, compulsion itself can cause madness if used wrongly (I think I remember this from the later books) and if this is indeed the case, do any of us have the right to hate Padan? Instead it should be pity, not saying he shouldn't be put down and out of his misery so he causes no more harm, but not in a vengeful way as the book portrays him.
thoughts? or am I remembering/interpreting all of this wrong?
So who is the one influencing Padan? Or is the madness that takes hold? Padan does seem to genuinely regret his role in hurting Emond's Field though and during the conversation with King Agelmar, he mentioned he was under compulsion and will never be under it again no matter what... if this is indeed the case... can we blame Padan for being evil? something happened to him, from who we don't really know... but from a psychology stand point, his madness can't be tamed and it seems to all stem from the first time he was used by this higher power whatever that may be...
interesting I never noticed this before, I always just felt Padan represented madness in a general sense, someone who made bad choice after bad choice and let greed and envy control him for to long which caused a spiral descent into madness... I don't know why I never realized it may not have been his fault for his descent, compulsion itself can cause madness if used wrongly (I think I remember this from the later books) and if this is indeed the case, do any of us have the right to hate Padan? Instead it should be pity, not saying he shouldn't be put down and out of his misery so he causes no more harm, but not in a vengeful way as the book portrays him.
thoughts? or am I remembering/interpreting all of this wrong?