So I get the criticism for the 'Garroth is Levin's dad' theory that Garroth - 'loyalty and chivalry' - Ro'meave wouldn't have an affair with the Lord's wife but what if he didn't?
What if Garroth and Matilda were together first? We have no idea what Malik was like as a lord, nobody could remember to tell us, and lords in this universe seem to be pretty powerful - they don't exactly have governments. What if Malik chose Matilda as his wife knowing full well her and his newbie nobody guard Garroth were together?
We all know what Garroth does further down the line but what if, before that, angsty Garroth - 'loyalty and chivalry' - Ro'meave, straight out of the guard academy and giving up all he knew, just thought it was his fate to always have to give up what he loved. Matilda was powerless to do anything and Garroth doing anything would be considered treasonous to his lord so he let them go.
When Matilda had a child they both knew who the father was but kept quiet to keep Levin safe. And the night the lord's house was burnt down perhaps Garroth was the one to usher Matilda and Levin to safety, sending them away in the night with promises that he would find them; promises which would be broken to the woman he loved but was forced to forget and the child he never got to name.
Maybe this loss was why Garroth latches so strongly onto Zenix as a father figure. And maybe, in a certain light, he gets deja vu to look at Levin's face and never quite knows why.