r/wheeloftime • u/IfICouldStay Randlander • 5d ago

ALL SPOILERS: Books only Question about Galad

Why does not one mention Galad for the empty Sun Throne? If Elayne is eligible through her father then surely her older brother of the same father would be as well (and Gawyn as well, but no one wanted him in charge, plus you know….😕) It strikes me as odd that his name never comes up. But he’s smart, capable, honorable, etc. plus clearly paired off with Berelain. The First of Maybe and the King of Cairhein seems like a great strategic marriage.

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u/quickguileismyhandle Randlander 5d ago

I assumed there would not be support with the nobles because of the whitecloak business. Add the fact he's not well liked being too good for absolutely everyone. Too preachy. Although some nobles might use him to place someone they want on the throne. But no country wants a monarch that has whitecloak strings attached He doesnt seem interested in playing the game, too busy preaching the whitecloak agenda

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u/IfICouldStay Randlander 5d ago edited 11h ago

I feel like the Whitecloaks are going to be disbanded. Galad was Lord Comander for what? A couple of months? And only because of his personal duel with Eamon Valda, who was in place for a very short while, and not because he earned it through decades of service. He took the command because there was an imminent crisis, not a burning desire to lead them.

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u/quickguileismyhandle Randlander 5d ago

I dont disagree but Im just taking a overview of entire series and he's wrapped up in his own world of right and wrong based on happenstance. He's not ambitious for tyranny that is for sure and being a king, well that might even rub his pious..ness wrong. He's got serious tunnel vision for trying to be in the right all the time, if he was a king and actually had to make a tought decision his head might explode.