#durnik

[jesterofsnakes]

Just off the top of my head here's what I think some Belgariad characters would be type wise if they were Pokemon ^^

•Silk: normal type (maybe dark too but I don't really think it fits him tbh... Idk)

•Barak: fighting type

•Mandorallen: steel fighting type

•Polgara: psychic type (maybe flying too idk)

•Belgarath: psychic type

•Garion: psychic type

•Ce'nedra: fairy grass type

•Lelldorin: fire type (idk it just fits him I feel)

•Hettar: normal type

•Relg: rock type (obvi lol)

•Durnik: steel type

•Torak and all his disciples: dark psychic type

Lemme know if you agree or disagree! (Or if I left anyone out lol, if so sorry guys 😬)

[firthbetterorfirthworse]

I'm revisiting the Belgariad series by David Eddings and goodness I'd forgotten how much I love Durnik

He's dependable. He's sensible and upright. He's loyal to a fault. He knows he has no hope with Pol, but he's willing to go along with her on this incomprehensible adventure as far as she'll let him, even as he becomes increasingly aware that whatever protection he can offer pales in comparison to what she can do herself.

Just. Durnik

[incorrect-belgariad]

Polgara: I don't understand people who justify betrayal by being drunk.

Belgarath:

Polgara: When I drink I keep asking Durnik to marry me again.

[askawoodenauthor]

[au] Who is your hero/role model?

It's going to sound weird, but in Eddings' Belgariad, there's this character named Durnik. He's a smith. Solid, dependable, ordinary... but when things get weird, when he gets tossed into stuff he doesn't understand, he just plugs on. When there's something he can do, he does it. When he has something to say, he says it. Always polite, respectful, just... there. Kind of reminds you—or me, anyway—that being a hero isn't necessarily about raising a fiery sword on a rearing horse and leading a charge against impossible odds and somehow vanquishing the enemy. It's about being reliable, getting the job done, knowing your strengths and weaknesses, and not compromising on the important things.

You know, stuff that works out here in the real world, too.

[alice-blogs-things]

Sometimes a family is an immortal miscreant, his badass immortal daughter, a blacksmith who's in love with her, the kid they've co-parented, a giant ginger Viking, his tiny boyfriend who has a knack for trouble and one-liners, a horse whisperer with a score to settle, a himbo archer with no impulse control, a himbo knight with a heart of gold, a tiny princess who once told a lion to piss off, an overzealous religious guy who can pass through solid rock, a freed slave who's still down to fight, despite having gone through a Lot, and a smol, precious cinnamon roll who believes in everyone, and that's okay.

[silk-the-spy]

“not all men”

you’re right; Durnik the smith would never do this

[cosmik-homo]

I know Pol and Durnik are the most valid straight couple ever and I love them fiercely exactly how they are but for a second I couldn't not think how incredibly perfect it would be if everything in the series was exactly the same but Durnik is a butch lesbian

[treefey]

Rereading the Belgariad

Garion is the biggest Polgara x Durnik shipper. Seriously, from the time he was very small, he knew Durnik loved Pol. During their travels, Garion's going through a lot of teenage angst, but his heart still melts a couple of times when Durnik and Pol have a moment.

Garion doesn't always have great emotional intelligence (he's a teenage boy thrown into a crazy world, so you can't blame him much), but this is one instance where he has pretty good insight. And in the end, that's what saves them from Torak.