#Karlach would be fezzik

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Honestly, if they were that desperate to rewrite Wyll after EA, they should have just modeled him after Inigo Montoya from The Princess Bride.

Walk with me.

A charming, dutiful son of a blacksmith who, after witnessing the murder of his father, makes a pact with a devil to seek vengeance, rapier in hand.

In between his hunt for clues and chores for Mizora, he gains the title, “The Blade of Frontiers,” as he defeats monsters and protects those in need, becoming the hero he didn’t have when he was younger. The business of vengeance doesn’t pay well, after all.

Sure, he hates Mizora, but he made his choice and he has but one goal: To kill the one who killed his father. He’s heartbreakingly young, he can only see the finish line and nothing beyond it, his life is a candle slowly melting away into nothing.

Of course, having a tadpole is a bit of a setback. He needs to fix that, obviously.

Then, he’s told to kill Karlach. That wasn’t what he agreed to, to become a murderer like the one he’s trying to kill. It hurts, having his body twisted, his mother’s eye taken, the face that looks like his father morphed into something different. He’s distracted from his goal, Mizora tells him, a promise broken, a price paid.

How his father’s soul must be writhing at his failure.

But, life isn’t so cut and dry anymore. He has friends, loved ones, new perspectives on life. The world could end, but—but—if it didn’t…

He wants to live.

In the end, he finds his mark and has his vengeance. But now, he has to decide: fulfill his pact with Mizora and descend into Hell to be her warlock forever, or…break free.

Larian, Larian, it was all right there. You could have kept the gritty part of his original character and combine it with the honor and sweetness we see in Inigo Montoya.