Hypnos Leclair

* Hypnos
* As The Hermit

*The Bronzed Beasts*

**Hypnos** is the patriarch of House Nyx. At first Hypnos is working against Séverin. Later, Hypnos asks Séverin for help getting the Horus Eye from House Kore. In exchange, Hypnos offered to help him become the Patriarch of House Vanth, which Hypnos had previously prevented Séverin from becoming.

## *The Gilded Wolves Trilogy*

### *The Gilded Wolves*

After Séverin steals the Horus Eye, Hypnos sends a letter to Séverin claiming he knows that he stole the Eye of Horus from him.

Séverin and Enrique go to Hypnos’ estate and it is revealed that he did not know who the thief was, but used blood Forging to ensure that the thief was the only one who could read the letter. He asks Séverin to help him obtain the Horus Eye from House Kore. In return, Hypnos will readminister the inheritance test on Séverin, as the previous test’s results had been fabricated to keep Séverin from becoming the Patriarch of House Vanth as a child. Séverin reluctantly agrees and returns to the group. They all promise to help him and use a party at an opera house called the Palais de Reves to interrogate House Kore’s courier to learn where the Horus Eye is.

At L’Eden, Hypnos gives them all invitations for House Kore’s party, ensuring that each one of them will assume an identity that is entirely different than the person themselves. Séverin reminds Hypnos that he is not their friend, clearly hurting the latter's feelings.

At the House Kore estate, everyone splits into their roles and begins working toward stealing the Horus Eye.

Séverin works with Hypnos to figure out if the matriarch of House Kore is hiding the Horus Eye in her library, or underground. Laila retrieves the key from the matriarch’s office, and Zofia makes a fake one to get them inside. They all eventually meet in an underground atrium after Enrique, Zofia and Laila solve a puzzle to get themselves inside. There, they find hundreds of Horus Eyes and accidentally summon a soul-devouring monster, Ammit, when Laila finds the real one. She and Séverin work together to dispel it (as the Horus Eye is the Sommno), and the group splits from Hypnos. However, when they reenter the greenhouse, they find that Tristan has been tortured by an item called the Phobus Helmet which makes one's' nightmares feel real. A man named Roux-Joubert, who both Séverin and Zofia had met unknowingly throughout the night, takes the Horus Eye and tells them they have three days to give him Hypnos’ Babel Ring before leaving with Tristan.

The group returns to L’Eden and eventually figures out that Roux-Joubert is somehow related to The Fallen House, the fourth house that was stripped of its power after trying to use a Babel Fragment to attain godhood. The group figures out that Roux-Joubert is in the catacombs and wants to use the Exposition Universalle to start a new revolution, though they are uncertain what that entails. Zofia learns that there is a secret entrance in the exhibit and works with a silver cloth that Séverin stole to create a barrier that will stop anyone from stepping through it.

Zofia, Hypnos, and Enrique manage to get into the catacombs from the other side, while Roux-Joubert attempts to awaken the Babel Fragments. Zofia’s invention keeps the other Fallen House members from entering the catacombs until Roux-Joubert kills his companion and breaks open the doorway. A man in a bug mask, who Roux-Joubert calls The Doctor, enters. They figure out that the Horus Eye needs to be placed in the center of a spiral pattern on the floor and, with Hypnos distracting the doctor, Laila is able to do it. This stops the fragment from rising as order guards, known as Sphinxes, arrive and record everything. The doctor and the surviving Fallen House members run while Roux-Joubert is left injured and furious. Hypnos promises that he will put in a good word for Séverin and the group celebrates their victory.

A week goes by and the entire group prepares for a full moon party. Before the party, Hypnos kisses Enrique, to Zofia's dismay, who does not appear at the party.

At the party, Séverin sees Laila take the stage as her dancer persona, L'Enigme, before reading a letter Tristan gave him earlier in the night. He realizes that Roux-Joubert has escaped, but is unable to stop the man as he charges into the party and throws the bladed hat. Séverin tackles Laila, not realizing that Tristan was the target.

Two months later, Séverin and Hypnos are planning on leave for a palace called the Winter Conclave. Laila agrees to go, but only if Séverin will take her as his mistress so she can have full access to the castle. He agrees, as he still loves her, and she burns an oath into his skin. She tells him that they will not be true lovers, as anything they do would not matter anyway before leaving.

The book ends with Hypnos meeting the matriarch of House Kore at his own estate. She tells him to keep Séverin from taking the inheritance test until they find House Fallen. When he asks why, she tells him that the original test was not fabricated, and Séverin must never know he is not truly the heir to House Vanth.

## Trivia

* Hypnos is an incredible singer, and secretly dreams of performing on the stage.