Belsambar

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Sambar or Belsambar is a fictional character in David Eddings' fantasy series The Belgariad and The Malloreon. He is an Angarak disciple of Aldur.

At the age of nine, Sambar was forced to watch Grolim priests sacrifice his parents to Torak. After that incident he ran away and rejected not only Torak, but all Gods. It was not until he received a visitation from Aldur that he journeyed to the Vale. Upon Sambar's first arrival to the Vale of Aldur, he sat himself upon the ground until accepted by Aldur, and would not eat or drink. Beltira and Belkira took it upon themselves to feed him.

Eventually Aldur relented and took Sambar as a disciple. Though Sambar's name was not originally Sambar, it was changed for simplicity's sake, and the obligatory 'Bel' was added (a contraction of 'Beloved').

Belsambar committed suicide via sorcery shortly after the War of the Gods. He had felt depressed and guilty about setting fire to his own people, and then later concluded that the world was in a state of decline. His death left a large hole in the lives of his fellow disciples.