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| “ | Go on. Show me your spins, pirouettes and feints. I want to watch! | „ |
| ~ Eredin provokes Geralt during their battle. |
| “ | Any last words? | „ |
| ~ Eredin to Crach an Craite. |
Eredin Bréacc Glas, or better known as Eredin, is the overarching antagonist of the Witcher franchise, serving as the overarching antagonist of the books and the main antagonist of the video game trilogy.
After murdering his king Auberon Muircetach, Eredin seized the throne for himself and became king of the Aen Elle. With his elite cavalry Dearg Ruadhri - better known as the Wild Hunt - he was feared among the humans as he travelled between the worlds and kidnapped people to serve as slaves.
After his world faced extinction because of the White Cold, Eredin decided to conquer the world of Geralt. In order to launch a full invasion, however, he needed Ciri and thus started to track her down.
He was voiced by Steven Hartley.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
Books[]
- Before becoming the general of the Wild Hunt, Eredin fought countless wars on multidimensional worlds that had been enslaved by his Aen Elle bloodline, making them their own worlds.
- When Eredin was appointed by King Auberon of the Aen Elle to be the general of the Wild Hunt, Eredin and the red horsemen raided other worlds to kidnap the Humanoid inhabitants of those worlds en masse and bring them to Tir ná Lia to serve as slaves until old age. They even kidnapped children for extra resources.
- When the unicorns freed Aen Elle from the slave clutches, thus depriving the multidimensional gates to other worlds. Eredin was tasked by the king of Auberon to trap Ciri, who is a descendant of Lara Dorren, daughter of Auberon who initiated the power called Elder Blood to teleport to other worlds, which Eredin agreed to so that he could continue capturing sentient beings to serve as captives.
- When Ciri decided to go to Gors Velen to find Geralt there, Eredin and his Wild Hunt riders tracked her down and surrounded her, then Eredin approaches Ciri and tries to persuade her to join them.
- After Ciri and Avallac'h arrive in the city of Tir ná Lia, they are attacked by unicorns, but Eredin arrives and his Wild Hunt drive the unicorns away, making sure Ciri and Avallac'h are alive beyond any concern.
- While bringing Ciri to the king, Auberon seems to be nice to Ciri as he urged Auberon himself to take a bath, put on nice clothes and do her hair. But she turns out to be a bogeyman as she makes it clear that she will not escape Tir ná Lia, Eredin threatens her that if she escapes he and his riders will come after her.
- Eredin generally doesn't care about Avallac'h by showing Ciri manipulating her with Avallach tricking her into keeping his promise and not leaving the world of Aen elle after she gives birth to an offspring of older blood.
Between books and games[]
- Eredin reveals Auberon's plan to Ciri that he wants to impregnate her to give birth to an offspring of elder blood in order to restore the power of the Aen Elle elves, which would result in mass conquest of the other world and mass slavery to old age. Eredin gave a bottle that enhances sexuality so that Ciri could successfully romance the king of Aen Elle and when Ciri refused that she did not want to romance king Auberon, Eredin reacted with frustration threatening to die in this world and that she would never be released. And when Ciri says she wants to be free, Eredin talks about her freedom contemptuously, claiming that time flows differently in this world and that all those who knew Ciri are very old and probably died of old age.
- Despite Eredin's repeated orders from king, Auberon, Eredin was not loyal to him at all. This was shown when Eredin poisoned Auberon and assumes his role, expressing his pride in his death by betraying him. What's more, Eredin made sure that there were no witnesses, so he decided to murder all the witnesses, the only one who knows that Eredin killed the king of Aen elle is Avallac'h.
- After Ciri escaped from the world of Aen Elle Eredin and his Wild Hunt, unable to travel between worlds, decided to revive Ciri's foster parents, i.e. Geralt and Yennefer, to lure Ciri into a trap. What's more, Eredin, wanting to blackmail Ciri, sadistically kidnapped naked Yennefer, causing Geralt to have nightmares.
- When Geralt went out with other Witchers, including Letho, Auckess, Serrit and an unknown witcher to hunt the Wild Hunt. And when the witchers located the place of the Wild Hunt, Eredin unexpectedly attacked the five witchers, successfully defeating them. Eredin, knowing how important Geralt was to Ciri, made him a Rider of the Wild Hunt, keeping him at his side to easily lure Ciri.
- When Ciri starts attacking the Wild Hunt to free Geralt from Eredin and manages to successfully free Geralt, Eredin out of anger deleted Geralt's memory before he got to his world.
- This event has a huge impact on the entire plot of The Witcher because Geralt remembers practically nothing until The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.
Video Games[]
- After Geralt escaped serving under the Wild Hunt, Eredin had his men search for and kill him. Moreover, although Eredin did not appear in physical form in the following years, he used his spiritual form to haunt the memoryless Geralt in his world, appearing several times.
- He and the Wild Hunt raided many villages and slaughtered and enslaved many of their inhabitants.
- After Avallac'h helped Ciri escaped, Eredin placed a curse turning him into a grotesque abomination which people named him Uma. Most likely to torture him as a way to make him suffer than kill him.
- When He and the Wild Hunt finally located Ciri, they began to continue pursuing her until they got to Kaer Moren, where Geralt, Ciri, and they're allies all had a fateful war with the Wild Hunt, resulting in many casualties.
- During the final battle with the Wild Hunt, Eredin brutally and mercilessly killed Crach aen Craite. Afterwards, he fought Geralt, planning to kill him and continue pursuing Ciri.
External Links[]
- Eredin on the Villains Wiki.
- Eredin on the Witcher Wiki.
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