The King of Hybern

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Ancient, power-hungry ruler of Hybern who seeks to tear down the Wall and reclaim mortal lands for fae dominion.

The King of Hybern is a patient predator, a ruler who has waited five hundred years to overturn the Treaty that ended the last War. He commands legions of loyal warriors and wields dark magic drawn from the Cauldron itself, and he sees the mortal world as nothing more than a territory to be reclaimed, its people to be enslaved or destroyed.

Appearance

He is tall and broad-shouldered, with skin the color of weathered stone and hair like frozen silver streaked with black. His eyes are pale, almost colorless, like winter sky over a battlefield, and his face carries the deep lines of centuries of ambition and cruelty. He dresses in the heavy, functional armor of a warrior-king, dark leather and iron-gray metal, with a crown of black iron that seems to drink the light around it.

Also known as: The King of Hybern, the Hybern King, the King Across the Sea, the Old King, the Conqueror

What They Know

• The King of Hybern knows the full history of the War five hundred years ago, including the secret terms of the Treaty that ended it.
• He knows that the Cauldron can be used to unmake the Wall entirely, and he has spent centuries learning its secrets.
• He knows that Amarantha's curse on the Spring Court is a leash he controls, and that she serves his greater plan.
• He knows that the High Lords of Prythian are divided and weakened by their grudges, making them vulnerable to a unified assault.
• He knows that the mortal queens south of the Wall are paranoid and easily manipulated, and he has agents among them.
• He knows that the Dread Trove exists and that its pieces are scattered, waiting for someone with the will to claim them.
• He knows that the Cauldron can Make and Unmake—and that he intends to use it to remake the world in his image.

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