It's interesting how many people here share this "poor Proyas" sentiment. I myself consider him a disgusting self-righteous bigot who in the end got what he deserved morally and actually better than he deserved physically. Dying strung up or being thrown to Sranc suited him far better than being sent off by someone who cared about him. Though I do think the way it went down is easier for Moenghus.
But then I don't really like any character in the series. Kellhus dies because of his miscalculation one step away from his goal? Great, though should have happened much, much sooner. Kelmomas gets stuffed into the Carapace? Perfect, good riddance. Saubon goes to Hell? So he should. Cnaiur is taken for a ride by Ajokli and dies still carrying his unfulfilled grudge? Fitting end for a violent psychopath. Great Ordeal is damned and then butchered? Can't say I care.
Achamian and Esmenet just aren't sympathetic to me. They're good people at the core, but put in the circumstances where being good kills those you love while you watch. And they stand for it. Human, but also not at all attractive. Of course, it's exactly the point, don't get me wrong, I understand that.
Mimara is, I'm in agreement with Serwa here, crazy. Serwe (the first one) is simply uninteresting in my eyes. Beautiful, but vain and not really bright. Though the way she was treated all her life is horrible and I feel extremely sorry for her.
The closest I get to liking someone in the Second Apocalypse is Anasurimbor Serwa. And even then in a very specific sense of the word "like". I don't think I would associate myself with her in real life, for example. She is, after all, Dunyain, which makes her ruthless, manipulative, and a firm believer in "the ends justify the means" maxim. Unlike her father, she does seem to snap out of it when people she cares about are going to die, but it doesn't happen very often and leaves room for a much less noble interpretation of her character. She does inflict lots of wounds in lower pressure environments, that's for certain.
I'm very sad about Theliopa, but she was also Dunyain, exposing her actual self so rarely it was hard to consider her a genuine character as opposed to a part of scenery when she appeared "on screen".
So it seems I'm here for the story, setting, and themes, not for characters. Strange, but then again, I've seen stranger.