The Red Prince

Young Lanthas

### Affiliations

The Red Court (currently), Vivienne Mirai (currently), Titus Stonecleaver (currently)

### Known Physical Features

Long blonde hair, Antlers, Dramatic eye makeup

> Hello Darling - to Vivienne Mirai
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The Red Prince, also known as Lanthas, is the Archfey ruler of the Red Court, and is currently trapped in Gaea along with several other prominent Archfey. As an NPC, Lanthas is played by Ava Makrugin.

## Abilities

As an archfey, Lanthas is a very powerful being, though he is not omnipotent. Lanthas has many of the abilities typically expected of the fey, including innate magic and an intimidating aura.

As the ruler of the Red Court, Lanthas specializes in combat and shapechanging magic, specifically. He is also one of the only archfey competely unaffected by iron, and as such often carries weapons made with the metal.

Lanthas' brand of magic is known primarily as blood magic. It has many applications in combat, allowing him to weaken his opponents, while strengthening his own attacks. As such, Lanthas tends to favor forming pacts with generals and adventuring types.

Unlike Verity, Lanthas has been known to make pacts with individuals that are passed down through each generation, so he will always have a patron in that family. This is the case with Titus Stonecleaver and the Stonecleaver lineage. Prior to Titus, Lanthas was contracted to Titus' uncle.

In signing a pact with Lanthas, a power gifted, besides the typical Warlock spells, is the ability to deal a strike infused with Blood Magic, making it impossible to avoid. This has been demonstrated by Vivienne Mirai.

Much of Lanthas' power comes from being attuned to a leyline in his court, and having been trapped in Gaea and away from the Red Court for so many years has weakened Lanthas' power considerably.

## Biography

### Background

Lanthas grew up in the Red Court as the only child of it's ruler, the Red Lord. Growing up and as a young adult, Lanthas was largely left out of court runnings and politics. This was motivated by his father's refusal to accept any implication of his future death, including the possible need for Lanthas to be trained as his replacement. This frustrated Lanthas, and left him with a lot of free time, most of which he spent sparing.

When Verity joined the court, the two became close, becoming friends and eventually lovers. These were the best years of their relationship and Verity often took the time to explain some of the

### Trax Arc

Lanthas' first major appearance in the Trax Arc was when he appeared to Vivienne when she blacked out after sipping from her chalice. He offered her the chance to avoid death by signing a contract with him, and she agreed. He also cautioned her to keep the arrangement a secret for the meantime, lest Verity catch wind of it.

Lanthas next appeared when Vivienne and Filomena were leaving the halls of the DeVale manor, exchanging a few words with Filomena, and telling her he would see her at tea time with Amalite DeVale.

During Amalite and Filomena's tea meeting, Lanthas did appear partway through, making his own pitch attempting to convince Amalite to make a contract with him. It is also implied it is not the first time both Lanthas and Verity have made an attempt to do so. At one point, Lanthas' words anger Verity enough to make an appearance as well, possessing Filomena brielfy in order to speak through her.

After this moment, Lanthas next appearance is after Amalite's death, in which he warns the party against meeting with Titus.

## Relationships

### Vivienne Mirai

Lanthas is Vivienne's patron, having offered to save her from death if she signed a contract with him. Lanthas had been waiting for an opportunity to get a foothold in the party ever since Filomena became contracted to Verity, and Vivienne's death gave him the chance her needed. Lanthas was also intrigued at the prospect of the combination of Vivienne's high damage sorcerer spellcasting with his combat magic.

In general, Vivienne and Lanthas appear to get along fairly well. In Trax, Lanthas made an appearance during the battle with Valencia Stonecleaver to prevent her from unleashing the antimagic ring and therefore saving Vivienne's life. Bringing her back cost a lot of magic, and Lanthas is hoping to at least see that gamble pay off a little bit before Vivienne dies.

Lanthas can find Vivienne's gall to be both pleasantly amusing and at times irritating. In Victoire, after a lot of pleading at the sky by Vivienne, he appeared and shifted into a dragon to help put out the fire at the Wayfarers Keep. Afterwards, he was convinced by Vivienne to fly her to the main battle, exhibiting one of the few moments of true annoyance he has shown so far.

Oddly enough, Lanthas has not yet given Vivienne a task to complete, but he is one to remember favours and is looking forward to collecting.

## Quotes

> I draw my sword of vengeance" Drine to the party
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