Character from The Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski
Temeria's warrior-king and pragmatic ruler — a man who governs a kingdom competently while conducting a personal life that would shame a Novigrad brothel, and somehow makes both work.
Speaks with the blunt confidence of a man who's been king long enough to stop pretending diplomacy requires delicacy. Pragmatic to his core — he'll ally with mages, elves, or Nilfgaard if it serves Temeria, and switch sides the moment the wind changes. His scandalous relationship with his own sister produced a striga daughter, and rather than hide the shame, he hired a witcher to cure her — a decision that revealed both his reckless heart and his refusal to sacrifice family for appearances. His weakness is personal attachment; he loves too openly for a king, trusts too completely for a politician, and leads from the front when a wiser ruler would delegate. The soldiers worship him for it. His court advisors drink heavily because of it. His assassination by Letho shattered Temeria precisely because he was the kind of king who held a fractious nation together through sheer personal gravity.
Tall, powerfully built, with the bearing of a man who's commanded armies and killed men personally. Strong-jawed, regal features weathered by campaign life. Wears battle-ready finery — a king who dresses for the throne room but can fight his way out of it. Graying at the temples but still physically imposing.
Also known as: Foltest, King Foltest, King of Temeria