Eric LeGré

## Eric

### Role

Commander of the White Army. Brother of Richard LeGré, Father of Copper, David, and Mark. Husband of Carmen.

### Fate

Deceased

> *"Enough! We are not here to argue. The pig hunt is indeed a LeGré family tradition. I will teach you three brothers as your grandfather taught Richard and I – the wild boar is a most noble opponent…"*
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**Eric LeGré**, also known as **Eric the White**, was the brother of King Richard, father of Copper LeGré, and commander of the White Army. Eric died, along with two of his eldest sons Mark and David, at the beginning of *Lands of Lore III*.

## Background

At some point sixteen years prior to the events of the Portal Crisis, during the Dark Army Wars, Eric had an illicit affair with a Draconian barmaid named Vernilla, resulting in his youngest offspring, the half-breed Copper. As news came that the witch Scotia had uncovered the powerful Ancient artifact the Nether Mask, Richard made preparations to strike against her with whatever troops could be gathered locally, as Eric and the White Army were a three days march from Gladstone Keep.

Although Eric made no secret of his son, he kept him at arms length to avoid potential scandal. He did make an effort to reconnect with him during the boar hunt, a LeGré family tradition. However this was cut short by an ambush of rift hounds, resulting in his death - and consequently - making Copper the lone heir to the throne of Gladstone.

As Copper later traveled to the Underworld, he heard the ghosts of the manor tell him that his father was here. In the basement below, he found him and explained to Copper how the broken shard of the Shining Path caused a great battle with the spirits of this world, with the victors using the shard to become dark and powerful while the pure spirts were imprisoned. Before disappearing to join Copper's mother, Eric apologizes for ever denying his son and that death brought him the wisdom he did not have in life. Later when Copper destroys the soul clock during his battle with the Scythe Demon, releasing the remaining pure souls, he says goodbye to his father and mother one last time.

## Dialogue

Intro to Lands of Lore III

**Copper**: *I contend that it is my right to attend this gathering!*

**Copper**: *I am your son!*

**Eric LeGre'**: *I make no secret of it. You are my son.*

**Mark LeGre**: *Bastard son!*

**David LeGre**: *And What made you come and bother us this time?*

**Mark LeGre**: *I think it's greed. Don't tell me you have no expectations concerning my father's fortune.*

**Copper**: *I have no need of my father's money. But I would not mind his company occasionally. A man deserves to know his family.*

**David LeGre**: *Man!? You're a sixteen year old half breed, and you call yourself a man?*

**Copper**: *Now now, David. If you weren't my brother, I'd see if that big sword of yours is as sharp as your tongue. Just think of the embarrassment that would cause you if a baby 'half breed' could make a big boy like you beg for mercy?*

**David LeGre**: *Don't make me use this longsword!*

**Copper**: *You wear a might rig, but I'll predict you are no swordsman. Even now you squeeze the handle so tightly that you'll probably give yourself a blister!*

**Eric LeGre**: *Enough! We are not here to argue.*

**Eric LeGre**: *This pig hunt is indeed a LeGre family tradition. I will teach you three brother as your grandfather taught Richard and I.*

**Eric LeGre**: *The wild boar is a most noble opponent, and only by the most.. wha?*

**Eric LeGre**: *Aieeeee!*

**Mark LeGre**: *Aieeeee!*

**David LeGre**: *Aieeeee!*

Meeting again in the Underworld:

**Eric's Ghost**: *Copper...*

**Copper**: *Father?*

**Eric's Ghost**: *You must be cautious in this place my son.*

**Copper**: *What?*

**Eric's Ghost**: *When the mirror shattered, and the shard came here, there was a battle. Many of the pure spirits were defeated and imprisoned, and the Shard was taken by the victors. Dark souls with evil intentions. They have bonded with the Shard, and now possess the whole of the manor. The Shard and its new masters reside in the attic.*

**Copper**: *I have to gather all the Shards and return them. The Draracle instructed me.*

**Eric's Ghost**: *Forgive me.*

**Copper**: *For what?*

**Eric's Ghost**: *Forgive me for denying you.*

**Copper**: *But you never denied me.*

**Eric's Ghost**: *In my heart, you were always my son. Death has brought me the wisdom I could not find in life.*

**Copper**: *Can I do anything for you? Is there anything?*

**Eric's Ghost**: *Live. When the time comes, be the king that I never could have been. Forgive....*

**Copper**: *Father! Wait!*

**Eric's Ghost**: *Cannot. I join your mother. Copper.... remember...*

## Gallery

A young Eric wooing VernillaIntroEric's GhostPromoPromo

## Appearances

* *Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos* (Mentioned Only)
* *Lands of Lore III*

## References

1. ↑ Dialogue in the Underworld
2. ↑ Lands of Lore III Manual
3. ↑ Intro to *Lands of Lore: The Throne of Chaos*
4. ↑ Intro to *Lands of Lore III*
5. ↑ Events of *Lands of Lore III*