Eric Renard

Eric Renard, is the half-brother of Sean Rendard. And is a rich and powerful royal, who possesses quite a lot of influence in the modern world. His goal is to restore his family to there former glory and power.

History
Eric and Sean, share a father, but Sean was born out of an affair between his father and a Hexinbiest (witch-like creature) mistress. As such Sean and his mother were forced to flee to America to escape Eric's mothers wrath.

In the present he is a well aware of Sean activities in Portland, and has been responsible for several important events. It was Eric who sent Marnassier to Portland to steal Nick's key. While this was going on, he was also watching a Laufer (rebels) member being tortured, he promised the man this would all stop, and he could even join him for dinner, but only if the man revealed his secrets.

He is later contacted by his brother, who informs him that Marnassier is dead. Later he met up with Adalinde Schade who had travelled to Austria, following her being stripped of her powers, and being betrayed by both Sean and her mother. The two talked, Eric revealing Sean's secrets.

He later sent her, along with a detachment of Hunjagers back to Portland to retrieve the key. This attempt also failed, as Nick killed the Hunjagers, however Adalinde was able to return to him.

Personality
Eric is a calm, quiet, cultured and highly intelligent man, but also a ruthless power hungry one. Though he dislikes more crueller methods such as murder and torture (or at least claims to) he's more than willing to use them to achieve his goals. Eric is wildly feared amongst those who know about him, even his own half-brother fears him. Much like his brother Eric is also something of a ladies man, and is shown sleeping with several women. He is also not known for excepting failures having lasting patients.