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Severin is the exiled son of the Alderking. He also appears in The Darkest Part of the Forest another Holly Black book.
Physical Description[]
Severin has hair the color of autumn leaves and moss-green eyes. His horns curve from above his brow to just behind his ears. While his horns make him look fearsome, his voice is gentle.
Personality[]
Severin reportedly favors a mortal knight and has a mortal lover. As his father was in exile, recognition of his Court is something he would desire. He sits with his retinue, not in a fancy tent.
Biography[]
Severin attends the coronation ceremony where Prince Balekin stages his unsuccessful coup. Prince Cardan suggests to Jude Duarte that she seek him out as a potential ally in her plan.
When Jude speaks with Severin, she offers him an alliance. She tells him that in exchange for recognizing the new High King his Court will be recognized as sovereign and no threat of conquest from the new High King will happen. Severin agrees to help her as long as he is not the only one.
However, when the time comes for the courts to swear allegiance to Cardan the new High King, Severin kneels.
Severin and Mother Marrow meet with Jude who wants to know if there is any way to break the curse on Cardan. Severin tells her Grimsen would not have intended for the curse to be broken. Mother Marrow and Severin also tell Jude how the Court of Teeth was planning on tricking her into binding herself and Cardan to them. When Jude is trying to think what word of command Grimsen would have used on his creations, Severin tells Jude that there's only one thing the smith ever wanted anyone to remember. That makes Jude confident the word of command would be Grimsen's name.
Severin lends Jude the famous sword, Heartsworn, because it can cut through anything. She thought that she was going to have to kill Cardan and nothing else would cut through the serpent skin.
Trivia[]
- His tents are silver and green.