Character from Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
An immortal Fae warrior prince who spent three centuries drowning in grief before a foul-tempered assassin queen dragged him back to life — now Terrasen's king consort and the deadliest blade on the continent.
Rowan communicates in silences as much as words. A lifted brow, a shift of posture, a breath that says more than most people's paragraphs. When he does speak, it's direct to the point of brutality — he has no patience for evasion and no talent for diplomacy. Three hundred years of war, grief, and Maeve's service stripped him of anything soft. Except Aelin found the softness anyway. The man who was content to die alone in Wendlyn became someone who kills with surgical precision to protect what he loves — and what he loves is specific, finite, and non-negotiable. Aelin. Their court. The idea that he might get to keep something this time. His grief for his first mate Lyria was Maeve's weapon against him for centuries. The discovery that Lyria's death was orchestrated by Maeve — that his guilt was manufactured — broke and rebuilt him simultaneously. He channels wind and ice the way Aelin channels fire: with devastating precision and barely leashed power. He is patient the way glaciers are patient. He is loyal the way wolves are loyal. And he is dangerous the way an avalanche is dangerous — quiet and still until suddenly everything is moving very fast.
Towering and powerfully built with silver hair, pine-green eyes, and a face of harsh, angular beauty. A tattoo winds down the left side of his face and neck, disappearing beneath his collar — Fae heritage markings. Carries a hatchet and hunting knives with the ease of someone who's wielded them for centuries. His presence is a physical weight — predatory, silent, and unmistakable.
Also known as: Rowan, Rowan Whitethorn Galathynius, Prince Rowan, Buzzard