Quote Originally Posted by Rrmcklin View Post
I don't see how you can reasonably call V's arc and subsequent ongoing character development "belated".
Yup. Haley and Elan start getting meaningful character development roughly mid-WaXP and Elan doesn't really grow up until BritF. V's arc begins in early DstP, earlier than Belkar's at around the middle of the same book. Only Durkon's is really belated, but it gets a lot of love and focus.