Galad Damodred
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| Galad Damodred | |
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| Race | Andoran |
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| Rank | Lord Captain Commander |
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| Affiliation | Children of the Light |
| Gender | Male |
| Born | 969 NE |
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| Hair | brown |
| Eyes | brown |
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Lord Galadedrid of House Damodred is the only son of Tigraine Mantear and Taringail Damodred and the half brother of Rand al'Thor through his mother, and Elayne and Gawyn Trakand through his father. His sign is a winged silver sword, point-down. He is the current Lord Captain Commander of the Children of the Light.
Galad trained with Warders in Tar Valon and is an extremely good swordsman (besting Hammar repeatedly) and "always does the right thing, with no regard for who it hurts." While training to become a Warder, he begins to have a few drinks with the Whitecloaks and Eamon Valda gives him a book on the fountation of the Children of the Light. He later joins the Whitecloaks due to the split in the Tower and was quickly promoted due to his skill with a sword and zeal for righteousness. The Whitecloaks believe in the destruction of Darkfriends and they believe that all Aes Sedai are Darkfriends. He meets up with Nynaeve al'Meara and Elayne in Samara and tries to convince them to go straight back to Caemlyn. He secures a riverboat for them, which was also wanted by The Prophet. This causes friction and then all out riots between the Whitecloaks and Children of the Prophet. Galad feels no remorse at this as he swore an oath to Nynaeve that he would secure a boat, which he does no matter the outcome. He cuts down a number of the Prophet's men as he escorts the girls to the boat where they part company there.
Sometime after the Seanchan took Amadicia, Galad was made a Lord Captain because three of the high officers were killed at Jeramel.
Upon hearing that Eamon Valda, the Lord Captain Commander of the Children of the Light, sexually assaulted and supposedly killed his stepmother Morgase, he rode with Trom, Dain Bornhald, and Jaret Byar to the Whitecloaks' new headquarters to kill him.
Galad challenged Valda to "Trial Beneath the Light", a duel to the death between two of the Children. After a fierce battle, Galad kills Valda and is acclaimed the new Lord Captain Commander.
It is speculated that Galad will be the future romantic interest of Berelain sur Paendrag Tanreal, based on a Viewing by Min Farshaw. The actual outcome of the Viewing remains to be seen.
