Question about Belkar

[Conradine]

This is only for truly hardcore readers with very good memory.

What would be a Belkar with permanent effects of Crushing Despair and Owl Wisdom?

[Keltest]

A sobbing mess?

[Peelee]

Exactly like what he was with a temporary effect of Crushing Despair or Owls Wisdom, only unending?

[Fyraltari]

He’d be very nice and very sad?

[Jannoire]

Constantly trying to heal, to stop others from feeling pain as he does?
Probably dual wielding cure whatever wounds wands right now

[Anymage]

Someone looking for a spellcaster who knows Remove Curse. Owl's Wisdom might be nice (although genre savvy Belkar would realize the comedy value he brings, much like dead Roy mentioned the punchline value (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0490.html) of his snark), but permanent magical depression would suck hard and you'd absolutely want to see if someone could deal with it.

[Squire Doodad]

Let's go with just Owl's Wisdom, in which case Belkar becomes...a normal Ranger. After some time, he'd probably drop the pacifism (nature of the job after all), but he'd become a more traditional Ranger. That said, there's a chance that he'd just be a subpar Ranger instead of a..."unique snowflake"; his stats are probably kind of iffy (not a D&D expert though, can't say for sure). Certainly far less impulsive and depending on when it happened could possibly alter the entire path of the plot.

I feel like if Belkar was slightly smarter he would have gotten the Ranger levels needed for Dual-Wield, then patchwork it into an almighty slaughtering build. As is he's a slightly defunct build being what appears to be a DPSing Ranger with horrid WIS/INT (and meh Charisma) who is literally only good at stabbing things. If he'd been a dual-wielding Barbarian or something maybe he'd be better?

[understatement]

He wouldn't be Belkar anymore.

Also, he'd probably cry when he saw Durkon die. Twice. (Thrice)

[martianmister]

He would be someone who violated and lose his identity. Not a good thing.

[Fish]

What are the odds that Belkar’s current arc leads him to drop a point into WIS, and we see him casting a spell for the first time in 1000 strips?