SOLVED. YA Fantasy series. Male main character, girl with "face like a bun" and Wild Man go on adventures; gods involved. [s]

[Claudia]

I read this YA series during the early to mid 2010s. The MC is a young (probably teenage) boy who goes off on a quest. I'm not sure what the goal was, maybe he was looking for someone, or maybe just moving to find work?
Anyway, along the way, a girl becomes his companion. I just remember that she was described as having a face "like a bun." Another companion joins at some point called a Wild Man. I think he was originally a bandit or a pirate or something, and is not altogether mentally stable. He is very handsome though, and would sing, "Do you lo-o-o-ove me?" to someone before killing them.

Later on in the series, the girl falls in love with the Wild Man, but never acts on those feelings because she's not confident in her appearance compared to how handsome he is (she might admit to her feelings at some point in the series after I lost track of the series).

The MC meanwhile, somehow becomes the host to a god, and slowly starts losing his humanity over time. He doesn't become cruel or a tyrant as far as I remember, but he starts to see himself as separate from humanity and worldliness.

A plotline to one of the books is that the girl gets captured by a kingdom that intends to use her for some sort of religious sacrifice. She decides the best way out of the situation is to pretend that she's enthusiastic about the idea, and encourages the kingdom to build the ritual to be as grand as possible in an effort to stall until one of her friends comes for her. I think the MC, almost in full god-mode by this point, arrives just in the nick of time before she gets killed (possibly by tossing her off a cliff?)

[Tab]

Seeker is the first book from the "Noble Warriors" series
https://www.goodreads.com/series/4369...

There is a "Wildman" listed in the description of the second book.

[Claudia]

That's the one! Thank you!