Dettlaff van der Eretein

Character from The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski

Higher vampire of devastating power whose capacity for love is matched only by his capacity for annihilation — tenderness and apocalypse housed in one gaunt frame.

Also known as: Dettlaff, van der Eretein, The Beast of Beauclair

What They Know

• Can regenerate from near-total destruction — only another higher vampire can truly kill him
• Commands lesser vampires through blood, unleashed a vampire plague on Beauclair in grief-rage over Syanna's betrayal
• Was manipulated by Syanna using his love for her to assassinate Toussaint knights
• Regis is his oldest friend and the only being whose counsel he might accept in crisis
• His blood can be used in the Unseen Elder's cave to gain audience with that ancient power

Connections

• loves — syanna
• trusts — regis
• terrorizes — anna_henrietta
• respects — geralt

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