How impressed are we supposed to be with Stilgar?
In Dune Messiah, one paragraph suggests that he is a wise and shrewd
individual:
"As I love you both, I must speak," Stilgar said, a profound dignity in
his
tone. "I did not become a chieftain among the Fremen by being blind to
what
moves men and women together. One needs no mysterious powers for this."
However, in another paragraph he comes across as unimpressive:
"Alia studied Stilgar, sensing the savage sideshow of ideas taking place
in
his mind. He hung on a rack of enchantment. Magic! Magic! To glimpse
the
future was to steal terrifying fire from a sacred flame."
