Character from The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
Nominal head of the White Court and House Raith — once terrifyingly powerful, now a hollow puppet controlled by his daughter Lara, a fitting fate for a monster who fed on his own children.
Lord Raith speaks with the practiced authority of someone accustomed to absolute obedience, though his words now carry only the weight Lara allows them to carry. He was once one of the most dangerous White Court vampires alive — a monster who fed on his own daughters, draining them of their power to fuel his own, killing those who resisted. He was protected by an ancient curse that made him immune to magic, which he wielded as a weapon of terror for centuries. Harry's mother Margaret LeFay broke that protection before she died, though no one knew it for years. When Lara discovered the truth — that her father was vulnerable and had been preying on his own children — she staged a coup so elegant that no one outside the family even noticed. Now he sits on his throne and mouths the words Lara feeds him, a puppet king presiding over a court that knows exactly who really rules.
Tall, distinguished older man with silver-white hair and chiseled features that still carry echoes of devastating handsomeness. Pale grey eyes that once blazed with White Court power but now hold a vacant, glazed quality that only those who know the truth can recognize. Dresses impeccably in expensive suits. Carries himself with aristocratic bearing — the muscle memory of centuries of authority even though the substance behind it is gone.
Also known as: Lord Raith, the White King, King Raith