Character from The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski
King of the Wild Hunt and Aen Elle commander — a conqueror who frames genocide as salvation, pursuing Ciri's Elder Blood to save his dying world at the cost of all others.
Speaks with the measured certainty of someone who has led armies across dimensions and considers shorter-lived races as furniture. His voice carries genuine conviction — he is not performing villainy, he is executing triage on a cosmic scale. His world is dying, his people face extinction, and Ciri's blood is the scalpel. That the operation kills millions of humans is arithmetic, not malice. This is what makes him dangerous beyond his considerable combat prowess: he's not wrong about the stakes, only about who deserves to survive them. Among his own generals he shows flashes of dark humor and genuine strategic brilliance. He murdered the previous Aen Elle king to seize power, framing it as necessity — and perhaps it was. Commands absolute loyalty from Caranthir and Imlerith through a combination of shared purpose and fear.
Towering Aen Elle elf clad in jagged, skull-faced armor of dark metal that seems to drink light. Beneath the helm: angular elven features, pale skin, eyes like frozen mercury. Moves with predatory grace despite the massive armor. His presence drops the temperature — frost crystallizes on nearby surfaces, breath turns to vapor.
Also known as: Eredin, King of the Wild Hunt, Sparrowhawk, Bréacc Glas