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<blockquote data-quote="horacethegrey" data-source="post: 3006516" data-attributes="member: 40123">Well as I said before, the only FR novels I've read are Salvatore's plus Azure Bonds. So I really wouldn't know many parties that have had vast increases in power and ability as you said.Well he very much strikes me as a Sue, and I don't mean just powerwise. Cadderly for me is one of the most sanctimonious and self righteous characters I've ever come across in fiction. He constant preachiness and egotism just turn me off royally, on how people should follow the righteous path and all that. Plus it just pisses me off how the story unfairly favors him. On more than one occasion he's abused his power all in the name of the greater good, yet each time he gets away with it with no unintended consequences laid on him. Now reading this little rant of mine you probably all think I have a full hate on goody goody characters like Cadderly. Well, not really. Virtuous individuals in fantasy fiction can be interesting, provided they're given the correct treatment. Some of the best for me have always struck me as the quiet and unassuming type, who are more apt to let actions and not words speak of their heroism, yet at times are a bit conflicted as to what the right choice is(ex. Samwise Gamgee, Jon Snow, Luke Skywalker). Cadderly on the other hand, is a judgemental, heavy handed, egostistical prick who always thinks he's in the right of things.And if you think that's bad, his wife Danica is even worse. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="horacethegrey, post: 3006516, member: 40123"] Well as I said before, the only FR novels I've read are Salvatore's plus Azure Bonds. So I really wouldn't know many parties that have had vast increases in power and ability as you said. Well he very much strikes me as a Sue, and I don't mean just powerwise. Cadderly for me is one of the most sanctimonious and self righteous characters I've ever come across in fiction. He constant preachiness and egotism just turn me off royally, on how people should follow the [B]righteous path[/B] and all that. Plus it just pisses me off how the story unfairly favors him. On more than one occasion he's abused his power all in the name of the [B]greater good[/B], yet each time he gets away with it with no unintended consequences laid on him. Now reading this little rant of mine you probably all think I have a full hate on goody goody characters like Cadderly. Well, not really. Virtuous individuals in fantasy fiction can be interesting, provided they're given the correct treatment. Some of the best for me have always struck me as the quiet and unassuming type, who are more apt to let actions and not words speak of their heroism, yet at times are a bit conflicted as to what the right choice is(ex. Samwise Gamgee, Jon Snow, Luke Skywalker). Cadderly on the other hand, is a judgemental, heavy handed, egostistical prick who always thinks he's in the right of things. And if you think that's bad, his wife Danica is even worse. :p [/QUOTE]

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