Zedar was a disciple of Torak. Formerly known as Belzedar, he was a disciple of Aldur until he attempted to stealthily obtain the Orb of Aldur from Torak by attempting to trick Torak into believing he wished to become his disciple. However, Torak's methods of accepting disciples were wildly different from Aldur's. Zedar, along with Ctuchik and Urvon, was a slave to Torak's will. After becoming Torak's disciple, Zedar became known as "Zedar the Apostate". Over the course of the Belgariad books, Zedar attempted to impede Belgarath's attempts to recover the Orb but was defeated. Prior to that, he was ultimately responsible for the death of King Gorek of Riva. Zedar was also the one who found the child Errand through which he succeeded in stealing the Orb from The Citadel at Riva.