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| “ | Hideous beyond belief, yet regal. Like a long dead king of old left to rot in some barrow, who had emerged to make himself master of this land. | ” |
–Chapter 29, House of Sky and Breath | ||
The Under-King was one of the seven Heads of Lunathion and had control over the Bone Quarter. He was the leader of the House of Flame and Shadow.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
The Under-King's age and precise origin are unknown. He claimed to hail from a place between the stars that has no name and never shall; to have come from a world governed by a cauldron of life, Wyrd.[1] He told Hunt Athalar that he knew of the Void the Princes of Hel worship, as it birthed him as well. The Under-King was something ancient and terrible.
House of Earth and Blood[]
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House of Sky and Breath[]
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House of Flame and Shadow[]
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Personality[]
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Physical Description[]
The Under-King was described as being ten feet tall, adorning rich, black velvet robes that draped to the ground, and shadows following him wherever he went. His face was noted to be similar to a desiccated corpse, half-rotted and crowned with gold and jewels. He also had a lipless mouth with brown teeth, and milky lidless eyes.
Powers & Abilities[]
The temperature dropped at his approach. Even the Istros River trembled at his arrival.
Trivia[]
- The Under-King's voice sounded young and old, male and female, kind and full of hatred. Bryce described it as never hearing anything so hideous and beckoning.
References[]
- ↑ House of Flame and Shadow, Chapter 81