#Sorcerer Thops has the same sort of vibe

[pocketseizure]

Thiollier is a sympathetic character not so much in his sleepy self-deprecation, but rather in what he represents. Namely, in an eldritch world of insane demigods and murderous heroes and nightmare horrors, what if someone were normal?

In the Lands Between, you can’t die unless you’re killed or buried in the right way. The inability to die in the wake of the Shattering has resulted in most survivors going hollow. This is just speculation, but I get the feeling that what’s special about the Tarnished is that they can’t go hollow.

I therefore think that Thiollier has hit on an interesting and understandable idea, which is that the curse of being an undying Tarnished can be circumvented by sleeping. Thiollier obviously isn’t as weak as he claims to be; he’s just tired of being forced to fight forever. And damn if his fatigue isn’t a welcome touch of psychological realism in a story full of epic melodrama.