Chaol

Lidara's ex-boyfriend. He is not a villain, just a real shitty dude.

Chaol is an old love interest from Lidara's backstory.

Chaol was a member of the Blood Knights. At first, he and Lidara were just acquaintances, but they discovered they had a lot in common. They train together, and she discovers he is a very caring and encouraging person. Eventually, he becomes her best friend, and she feels that he helps her a lot. When Lidara grows up more, she realizes that the feelings she has for him are more than simple friendship, and that Chaol had had a crush on her for a long time. When Lidara was fifteen, Chaol took the initiative and they loosely started "dating." This relationship continued for the next three years, until Lidara is exiled from the Blood Knights.

The Strings of Fate met Chaol again when they were sent on a mission up north with Dresden. Chaol was on an opposing mission, and when that conflict came to a head, Chaol chose his own mission over Lidara's life, and stabbed her. Later, Chaol tried to get himself back into Lidara's good graces, saying that Lidara was powerful and strong and that he still had feelings for her. Lidara refused, realizing that she would never be able to trust him the same way she once had.