SRD intentionally made Covenant someone who could "go either way". If he was a noble person, there would never be any doubt that he would save the Land. By demonstrating that Covenant has the capacity to do bad things, we have to wonder if he will possibly damn the Earth rather than save it.stormrider wrote:I don't think Donaldson specifically intended for ALL of his readers to (initially) hate Covenant. He may have made Covenant difficult to like, simply so that he could emphasize his transformation into a "good" man who was determined to do the right thing, but I don't think SRD would be disappointed to know that not everyone who picked up the books thought TC was a pathetic loser from the get-go.
In the Second Chronicles, there's no need for that plan anymore. Covenant is a much nicer guy.