Character from Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
The crown prince of the empire that conquered the world — born with the raw magic his father tried to eradicate, choosing conscience over crown in a kingdom built on subjugation.
Dorian speaks like a prince who's read too many books and lived too few lives — at first. His wit is quick, his charm is genuine, and his privilege is the comfortable kind that doesn't know it's privilege. He flirts as naturally as breathing and laughs like someone who hasn't yet learned how expensive laughter can be. Then his magic manifests. Then his father puts a Valg collar on him. Then he spends months trapped inside his own body while a demon wears his face. Everything after that is a different Dorian — still warm, still witty, but with a stillness underneath that suggests he's always monitoring how close the darkness is. His friendship with Chaol is the brotherly bond that the series uses to measure how much both men have changed. His friendship with Aelin is the meeting of equals who respect each other's damage. His raw magic — shapeless, formless, able to become anything — mirrors his character: undefined potential that could go any direction. He chose to destroy the glass castle. He chose to fight his father. He chose conscience over comfort, over and over, and each choice cost him something he can't get back.
Classically handsome with black hair, sapphire blue eyes, and the polished bearing of royalty. Tall and lean, dressed in the expensive fabrics and court fashion befitting a prince. His smile is easy and practiced — the charm of someone raised to be liked. After Valg possession, there's something harder behind his eyes that wasn't there before.
Also known as: Dorian, Dorian Havilliard, Prince Dorian, King Dorian