Godwyn

Godwyn is the narcisstic and holier-than thou cousin of Caris and one of the main villain in the series "World Without End". He is portrayed by Rupert Evans.

History
Godwyn first appears as a member of the Church in Kingsbridge. He passes himself off as an extremely devout and obedient but also holier-than thou monk who is clearly dissatisfied with his lack of progress in the Church hierarchy. To this end his mother murders the previous head of the Priery, allowing Godwyn to have a chance at becoming the new head, a position he succeeds in winning. Afterwards Godwyn wastes no time enforcing his very strict religious views on the city, but is also shown to be greedy and self-involved, and attempts to abandon Kingsbridge when staying becomes inconvienient.

Personality and Traits
Godwyn is shown to be a very arrogant and self-entitled individual who is also prone to espousing very narrow-minded religious doctrine whenever he can. He has a very conservative and also misogynistic world-view, and upon becoming the new head of the Priery wastes little time in attempting to force his world-view onto the populace. However for all of this Godwyn is also a hypocrite, who is shown to be greedy and self-centered, and also earlier condones what is in no uncertain terms slavery, an act that disgusts his cousin Claris and was not supported by anyone else who witnessed it.

Due to living in a Church and having taken an oath of Celibicy, Godwyn struggles to contain and suppress sexual inclinations, but in failing to do so, hides his lustful feelings behind a veneer of misogyny and in the second episode attempts to rape his cousin while she is unconscious. Fortunately, she awakens before he can do this.