Perrin Aybara

Perrin is a blacksmith's apprentice in the sleepy village of Emond's Field, gentle and slow to anger, most at ease with a hammer in his hand rather than a sword. When Trollocs tear his quiet life apart, he's forced onto the road with friends he's known since childhood, unsure of what he is or what he's becoming.

The role hinges on restraint: Rutherford plays a man terrified of his own strength, and the show lets that fear sit uncomfortably rather than resolving it quickly. Perrin's gentleness isn't softness — it's a man actively choosing peace against something violent inside him, which makes every flicker of anger genuinely unsettling to watch.