Lord Deparnieux

Lord Deparnieux is a minor antagonist of the Ranger's Apprentice series, appearing only in The Icebound Land, while being mentioned in several other books.

BACKGROUND
Lord Deparniuex is a tyrranical warlord from the country of Gallica. Before the events of The Icebound Land, he controlled a sizable chunk of Gallica due to weak rulers in the kingdom.

The Icebound Land
The Ranger Halt, along with Knight-in-training Horace, met this warlord in an inn in Gallica, while journeying to Skandia to rescue Halt's Apprentice, Will, and the then-unknown princess of Araluen, Cassandra. Horace had been going under the moniker of The Oakleaf Warrior to travel through the country, and his skill had preceded him. Deparnieux had hoped to kill Horace in the inn, but a well placed arrow from Halt had stopped that from happening. Deparnieux then left the inn, and left Horace and Halt to their meal.

Later, near the border to Skandia, the two Araluens came across the warlord again, and they were taken hostage (albeit he played at him inviting them as guests) to his castle, Chateau Montsombre. Halt and Horace stay here for the majority of the book, where they see just how cruel the man is. Halt challenges him to a duel, claiming to be 6th in line to the Hibernian throne to solidify the claim. The warlord accepts, confident in his own abilites, though he proved to be too confident, as he was felled by one of Halt's armor-piercing arrows.

Personality
He is not nice. He's very quick to anger, and this usually spells the death of the target of the anger. It generally isn't fun.