Garion or Errand?

[talen]

david eddings books all seem the same like the elenium sparhawk gets a special jewel bhellion the belgariad garion gets the orb and in both at the end they kill a god pffft he needs to make a new storyline and they both end up as royals like sparhawk becomes prince consort while garion becomes king and they both marry stubborn manipulative wimen ehlena and ce'nedra

[Parsimony]

Garion because I can relate more to the man. Also, I think we see a little more into Garion's mind than we do into Errands - the boy anomaly. I wish Garion was written to be a little more witty, but then again, there's enough wit to go around with the rest of his company.

[Netted]

*spoiler warning*

Errand is a nice enough kid, and i'm sure he'd be a great god, but i dont think i could talk to him. i mean, can you imagine sitting down, pouring out all your woes... then he'd just go ''yup. i knew.'' a bit freaky. wqhereas with Garion, i reckon i could tell him most stuff. or just chunter about films + books + stuff.

Nothing against errand, but, well, i'd always feel like i was trying to live up to the honour of knowing him. Not that he'd be all snooty or anything (quite the cointrary), but i'd still feel that way. i mean, hes a god, for christs sake, and even before that, he's very... holy. not in a religious way, but hes just a bit to good. I like people to actually have faults.

[The Ace]

Hmmm, tricky ! Do we go for the guy who learned everything the hard way (imagine being taught to read, or anything else,by Ce'Nedra) or the charming, smart-arsed little oik who becomes a god. I think that if Eriond walked into a pub, only his divinity would allow him to walk out again.

[Cloud]

I'm not sure what you mean by "prefer." They're both good boys, but they're fictional characters. I'm not sure I can "prefer" one fictional character over another.

[keeron_man_boy]

gotta be garion lol

i do like the way how eriond acts and thinks though

[KiwiBird]

Belgarion, though for a great part for his sword and its godslaying ability.
Erriond is too goody golike , in that kinda world not having once nor ever will kill somebody

[devilsgrin]

to paraphrase Belgarath "he's smarter than Garion, but doesn't have his sense of fun'
Its Garion's occasional lapses in higher brain functions that make him my favourite character of these two... and also one of my favourites overall...

[YoYo]

I don't like them both, really - Eriond is so damn good-natured that there's just no way to like him. He somehow believes that there are no evil men which seems freaky and Garion actually has no real faults - I mean thoughtfulness and sensibility aren't, right? I hate perfect characters... just a personal opinion, don't get andry

[Talysia]

I voted for Garion, although they aren't the best characters in the Belgariad/Malloreon. Eriond is too quiet, and doesn't really feature in any of the storylines until the last book.

[HappyHippo]

Garion; I had a crush on the idea of him when I was 14 or so. Errand's just blaaaaaand!

[Eternal Salmissra]

Hi there, I'm completely new here and adore the Belgariad and the Mallorean (read them 4 times now) and I have to say that I love Garion when he gets angry but I suspect that Eriond is a damn site hotter. Garion would have been much better without his spoilt brat of a wife though.

[Talysia]

Hello and welcome to the Chronicles, Eternal Salmissra! Good to see another Eddings reader here. Oh, and I don't think you're the only one with a low opinion of Ce'Nedra...