Rhin and Uthas are present and tell Evnis of the Giants' Book teaching of the Earth Power. It was her kindness that had won him over in the end, her ability to see only good and somehow his love for her dulled his hatred of others, never completely removed it, but made it feel less important somehow.īut, seeing her ill, he could feel it all bubbling back to the surface, fuelled by his great fear of losing her he wanted to lash out and kill something - or someone.Įighteen years before the beginning of the series, at nineteen years of age, Evnis pledged himself to Asroth. Gethin thought that marrying Evnis into such a minor family would be a source of immense pain to his younger brother and at first he had been right, but Evnis had fallen in love with Fain not instantly, like a thunderbolt, but gradually, incrementally, day by day. Then he had been handbound to Fain - strange that his brother’s most spiteful deed had resulted in Evnis’ greatest happiness. There was a time when all he had felt was hatred for his brother Gethin and for his mother, with her mocking condescension. Spidery veins are spread over his cheeks, something bloated about his face. He wears rings of gold and jet on his fingers and a warrior torc wound with gold wire. He has deeper lines in his face and there is a stoop to his shoulders. He wears a tunic and breeches.Įvnis’s beard is dark and streaked with silver. Physical Attributes Malice and Valour Įvnis is pale-faced and fair-haired with a neat and trimmed beard.

His brother is Gethin.Īs a young man, Evnis was one of Rhin's lovers. Evnis resides in Ardan, and is advisor to King Brenin.

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