Character from Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
The King of the Assassins who rescued a drowning child and raised her into the deadliest killer in Adarlan — a master manipulator whose greatest weapon was making people love him before he destroyed them.
Arobynn speaks in the gentle, mentoring tones of a father figure — because that's his technique. He rescued Celaena from drowning, raised her, trained her, clothed her, educated her — and then leveraged every moment of kindness as a debt she could never repay. He is the abuser who makes the abuse feel like love. He killed Sam Cortland — Celaena's first love — and arranged it to look like a rival's work, because Sam was pulling Celaena away from his control. He sold Celaena to Endovier's salt mines when she became inconvenient. Every act of cruelty was preceded by an act of kindness, and that rhythm is what makes him the series' most human villain. He loved Celaena in his way — the way a collector loves a prize piece. Possessively, jealously, and with the absolute certainty that she belonged to him.
Handsome, silver-haired, and ageless in the way that wealth and cruelty preserve. Dresses impeccably in the finest clothes Rifthold offers. His smile is warm and genuine, which is the most dangerous thing about him — it makes you forget, just for a moment, what he is.
Also known as: Arobynn, Arobynn Hamel, King of the Assassins