What is Midius Maido's deal?

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What is Midius Maido's deal?

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Midius Maido portrayed in the first installment is calculative and cynical. Though he is head of the council that qualifies successors to the throne of Voulhire. He has this untamed desire to have power and influence over everyone. This plays out in the book as we see his speech and actions directed at the king reveal his envy. I believe this is a result of how his father ruled before him. Though at a position of power, his father was subject to the king's bidding. Midius did not want that; he sought to turn the tables.
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I like your approach. I hadn't thought of Maido this way.

But, as much as I'm concerned, Maido is at least brushing the borderlines of evil. And the way he barely cares about the lives of the people or anyone at all except for his is just downright horrendous. I'll never forgive him for causing Eldus's death and then acting like he knew nothing about it and go so far as to make the king doubt the now late Eldus. How could he or rather how dare he?!

I hope you were expecting something along this line.
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Maido is just a plain embarrassment to humanity. He concerns himself with selfish pleasure at the expense of everyone else. Anyone who cannot see through his charismatic facade is not merely burying their head in the sand, but living underground. This may come in handy because anyone who trusts him will likely end up there anyway, only it will be inside of a coffin.
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I feel like Maido is trying to use King Wilhem's son, the Prince to try and get the throne for himself. I'm not sure. Will have to read rest of the series. I have a hunch that he's kinda villainous.
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I thought Maido was definitely selfish and even downright petty at times. I remember the King saying something to Maido about Maido having father-issues. I think his background and relationship with his father will be more fully explained in later books. I suspect that a lot of Maido's nastiness stems from whatever was between him and his father.
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I do not like Midius Maido at all not one bit. His dislike for the king is unfounded and just petty. Towards the end of the book I was appalled by his bold claim that it was the king's fault Lord Eldus was killed and Meldorath escaped.
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Maido is trying to make sure that the throne will be his by influencing Prince Darius negatively. He is jealous of King Wilhelm's success.
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Maido honestly confused me when I first read about him. I don't think he is using anybody, but I do think he has ill-intentions. Or suspicious intentions.
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Maidos desire for power and control is bad enough, but his lack of empathy and horrid treatment of others takes him to a whole new level. I haven't finished the series yet, but I think he has his hands in everything.
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I honestly believe that Maido is the actual villain of the series. I was very suspicious of him when I first read about him. What I don't know is whether he wants to be the one sitting on the throne or he simply wants the kingdom of Voulhire to fall.
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Maid is an ill-mannered, envious bully. He wants power, but he doesn't want to have to necessarily do anything. He's bored in life, his position, and he's angry his family lost all that power. I truly thinks he just likes to see people squirm. He definitely has nefarious thoughts about Prince Darius, and his envy of King Wilhelm drips from him like poison.
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Booksmart-56 wrote: 14 Dec 2020, 14:47 Midius Maido portrayed in the first installment is calculative and cynical. Though he is head of the council that qualifies successors to the throne of Voulhire. He has this untamed desire to have power and influence over everyone. This plays out in the book as we see his speech and actions directed at the king reveal his envy. I believe this is a result of how his father ruled before him. Though at a position of power, his father was subject to the king's bidding. Midius did not want that; he sought to turn the tables.
I too have high trust that he have adamant desire for the king's authority. His father may had greatly influenced him to have such kind of need. Or it was the society that molded him to want to overpower everyone and everything. Meanwhile, his low moral character, if none at all, may be natural. Nevertheless, I believe he will cause us heartaches. It did made me wonder if he have greater desire than the king's throne.
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Maido just seems entitled and thinks very highly of himself. Him having inappropriate conducts with his juniors is evident of that.
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To me, Midius came across as a manipulative narcissist. He was power-hungry and wanted to rule so badly. He used his power and position to extort others. I positively loathed this character, but I think that was Matthew Tysz's intention when writing about him.
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I think Midius Maido is very selfish and is trying to get into the head of King Wilhelm’s son so he can have power for himself. Not only is he selfish, it seems he would do anything to attain power.
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