A-dono 06-02-2012, 09:42 AM
From my perspective, Glaeken is one of the most tragic characters in the series. It's clear he'd come to the point where his immortality was torturing him. Then, at the end of The Keep, he was finally released from his horrible burden and got to live a normal life with the woman he loved.
Then, when he was old, grizzled and ready for his final rest, what happens? He ends up right back where he started: as the Ally's immortal sentinel, the woman he loves practically at death's door, and an endless existence of standing at attention for the Ally to look forward to.
I honestly think it would have been more merciful if he'd died along with Rasalom at the end of Nightworld.