Gawyn Trakand is an insufferable lout. No spoilers past book 12

I don't understand how anyone could ever like this guy. I'm in Gathering Storm right now and can't understand what this character is supposed to do or be or why he exists because he clearly has no idea either. Watching this moron say that all he cares about is protecting Elayne and his love interest and then stubbornly fight on the other side for a woman who has tried to have him killed at HIS knowledge, I am absolutely baffled. I find myself wishing that one of these days his plot armor will wear off and a warder he is sparring either will accidentally take his head off.