History Characters / TheWitcherAenElle

* BerserkButton: While he can usually present himself as a pleasant individual, bringing up Lara Dorren can cause the mask to slip. Avallac'h won't necessarily snap, but his demeanor will nevertheless take a turn to TranquilFury. Certain Aen Elle seem to enjoy bringing this up to mock him with, such as Ge'els.

* LargeAndInCharge: Subverted. He's huge, almost a foot taller than Geralt and Avallac'h, but doesn't seem to be bigger than the average male Aen Elle elves. And unlike Eredin and his ilk, it's not accentuated by armor.

* EvilIsBigger: They are all large compared to any other non-giant humanoid races, with their average troops standing almost a head taller than Geralt.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: His poisoning of King Auberon sets the stage for his eventual defeat once Avallac'h and passes it on to Ge'els, of course whether or not he actually did it on purpose is an AmbiguousSituation.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: His murder of King Auberon sets the stage for his eventual defeat once Avallac'h catches wind of it and passes it on to Ge'els.

* ThanatosGambit: He attempts one after his and Geralt's final duel. As he lays dying, Eredin tells Geralt that Avallac'h has deceived him and has abducted Ciri. Geralt races off to confront Avallac'h and comes close to killing the elf, only for Ciri to step in and reveal that it was all a lie. The issue is never fully explained, but it seems that Eredin was attempting a TakingYouWithMe ploy by setting Geralt against Avallac'h in the hopes that one (or even both) of them would kill the other. [[AmbiguousSituation Or it was]] a case of VillainsNeverLie, and Avallac'h really was secretly an evil mastermind all along, given how he vanishes after the main storyline, after getting his way and eliminating the White Frost, and his rivals Eredin and the Wild Hunt.

* AmbiguousSituation: Whether or not he really killed Auberon, or Avallac'h is lying. The books leave it ambiguous, with him seeming shocked when he finds out Auberon is dead, meaning it could have been an accidental overdose by Auberon who was also doing [[FantasticDrug Fisstech]] regularly at the time, and Avallac'h is shown constantly lying to Ciri to get what he wants, with Eredin by contrast being entirely open and honest with her to a fault about her fate on the Aen Elle world and what is in store for her. The games have Avallac'h use Corinne Tilly to show dream visions of Eredin deliberately having Auberon poisoned. Of course Avallac'h is a powerful Aen Saevherne, and probably could plant illusions or false memories into the oneiromancer. Likewise it could be Ge'els doesn't believe the claim, pointing out to Geralt how untrustworthy Avallac'h is, but sees the political opportunity in ousting Eredin, thus leaving Ge'els the defacto ruler of the Aen Elle, and goes along with the plan. For his part, Eredin claims that Avallac'h tricked them all before he died, either as a ThanatosGambit or a case of VillainsNeverLie, as he had displayed in the books already.

* TheDreaded: During multiple instances in ''The Wild Hunt'' Geralt himself will doubt his chances of besting Eredin and he even tells Ciri that she stands no chance against him in full battle-regalia. The only time she did fight him in the book series, her victory was the result of luck. In the Cave of Dreams, where everyone sees their greatest fear, Geralt sees a fully armored and masked Eredin.

* FantasticRacism: He utterly despises humans, seeing them as sub-elven. Even Ciri, who is of vital importance to his people's plans, is little more than "a gold nugget buried in dung" to him, and the part about "gold nugget" referred to her Elven ancestry.

* GenericDoomsdayVillain: To non-book readers, he might seem this way in the third game, where you have to dig and deduce to get the full extent of his motives and he has barely a dozen lines.

* LargeAndInCharge: He towers over most of the Aen Elle, who are taller than humans on average.

* TookALevelInKindness: While still a manipulative asshole, he is shown to have genuinely come to care for Ciri as a person.

* CharacterDeath: Gets poisoned by a aphrodisiac/performance enhancer supplied by Eredin.

* TheGoodChancellor: The de facto leader of the government, since Eredin prefers to spend most of his time with the Hunt, and he's loyal to Eredin, at least before he knows about Eredin's usurpation.

* ManipulativeBastard: The very definition of his character from the novels to the games, though he seems to have let up a bit on this account by the time of ''The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt'', though it's entirely possible he is still tricking everyone, as Eredin claims.

* ArchEnemy: Geralt's most powerful and persistent foe.

* VillainRespect: Despite his disdain for humans he does seem to possess a VERY grudging respect for Geralt (during their final battle he says Geralt was taught well, and when Geralt escapes Eredin actually devotes time and effort to reclaiming him, indicating he considered Geralt a valuable asset). He also also tosses Crach an Craite an axe and allows the guy to get back to his feet to die a warrior's death, rather than killing Crach on his knees.

The king of the Aen Elle elves, an Aen Saevherne (Elven Sage) and ruler of Tir ná Lia. He was determined to produce an heir with Ciri to bring back the Elder Blood to his people, but it never came to this due to him being poisoned. While it was ambiguous in the books whether he was killed or died by accident, the games state that Eredin was the one who orchestrated his death.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: He is one of the leaders of a powerful, warmongering empire that seeks to expand its territory. That said, Avallac'h's own goals and methods are often nebulous, he provides absolutely vital support to the protagonists, and it's hard to pin down how he truly feels about Ciri.

* BerserkButton: While he can usually present himself as a pleasant individual, bringing up Lara Dorren can cause the mask to slip. Avallac'h won't necessarily snap, but his demeanor will nevertheless take a turn to TranquilFury.

* ManipulativeBastard: The very definition of his character from the novels to the games, though he seems to have let up a bit on this account by the time of ''The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt''.

* SheepInSheepsClothing: From the start, everyone was suspicious of him to be a SixthRangerTraitor, the FinalBoss's last word is denouncing him, he had secret not even Ciri knew. However, in the end all he did was to [[spoiler: permanently end the White Frost and he had been helping Ciri along the way.]]

* TheAce: Magic or muscles, he curses his teacher to transform into a deformed midget, defeats Eskel in single combat (though thanks to spamming his teleportation), overpowers Yennefer's magic shield to the extent that she collapses and he can freeze the rest of the defenders of Kaer Morhen solid. He then saves his compatriots from Ciri's Source maelstrom and later entraps Emhyr's fleet in a sorcerer's blizzard of such scale and potency that Phillipa, Yen, Fringilla, Triss ''and'' Margarita combined cannot overcome it. When Keira and Geralt first met him, he summoned the White Frost, a magical force so strong that Keira struggled to even keep their shield against it active, let alone dispelling it. In fact, without a berserk Ciri tearing into him, slicing his gut open and destroying his staff, Geralt probably would have been defeated much as his fellow witcher was. And as stated in a laboratory note of Avallac’h’s, he is the best Navigator mage he has ever trained.

* GreaterScopeVillain: While not an outright villain in Wild Hunt, he is by the end the ruler of the ruthless, civilization conquering Aen Elle, with goals of conquering the multiverse and slaughtering anyone who isn't one of them, which doesn't bode well for the future.

* AlienFairFolk: According to Galahad, the land of the Aen Elle is known by the people of his (our) world and was given various names such as Faërie (by Britons), Annwn (by Celtics), or Elfland (by Saxons), making the Aen Elle the source of many a culture's myth. In actuality, they're not really supernatural aside from a few magic tricks and their ability to use portals, but rather flesh and blood beings from another planet.

The elf inhabitants of another world. From their capital of Tir ná Lia they are ruled by King Auberon Muircetach. Like many others, they are interested in gaining control of Ciri so that they may continue their experiments with Elder Blood, as well as invade the rest of the universe, and seek a way to stop the [[https://witcher.fandom.com/wiki/White_Frost White Frost]].

* FantasticRacism: They have a very low opinion about any race that is not their own, especially humans, and have in fact committed genocide on multiple occasions.

* OurElvesAreDifferent: If the Aen Seidhe of ''The Witcher'''s world are viewed as the Seelie Court in terms of Celtic mythology, then the Aen Elle are without doubt their Unseelie counterparts. They (or at least their best and brightest) are also far and away stronger and more powerful physically, technologically, militarily and magically than anything the Aen Seidhe or humans can achieve. Unlike the declining Aen Seidhe, they are nowhere near on their way out, with pretty much complete dominant control over their world and are raiding other worlds, having slaughtered all their enemies instead of attempting to coexist with them and slowly losing their civilization to the humans in the process. One notable difference from common fantasy depiction of elves is that, rather than being tall and lean and toting "graceful" weapons like bows and spears, they (or at least the soldiers) are bulky and muscular, and prefer heavy armor and weapons.

The king of the Aen Elle elves, an Aen Saevherne (Elven Sage) and ruler of Tir ná Lia. He was determined to produce an heir with Ciri to bring back the Elder Blood to his people, but it never came to this due to him being poisoned. While it was ambiguous in the books wheather he was killed or died by accident, the games state that Eredin was the one who orchestrated his death.

The king of the Aen Elle elves, an Aen Saevherne (Elven Sage) and ruler of Tir ná Lia. He was determined to produce an heir with Ciri to bring back the Elder Blood to his people, but it never came to this due to him being poisoned. While it was only subtly implied in the books, the games directly confirmed that Eredin was the one who orchestrated his death.

* AliensAreBastards: The Aen Elle more than fulfill this trope in the context of the medieval fantasy genre, instead of the sci fi one. The powerful, superior, coldly logical Alder Folk Kingdom regularly invades other worlds with their advanced magic and technology, mercilessly carrying out campaigns of genocide and enslavement against their inhabitants, slaughtering or abducting them, in addition to trying to enslave the Unicorns on their own world and having entire mountains of human skeletons there. They even have a flying ship, and go so far as to abduct certain humans, take them to their world, screw with their minds and experiment on them, and then drop them back off on their world after what seems weeks to months to them, while years have really passed on their world, likely so the released abductee can spread rumors and horrifying tales about themselves among the superstitious humans.

* TheBadGuyWins: Not the BigBad of Wild Hunt, but clearly a bad guy who comes out well ahead of all the other characters, with the White Frost threatening his world abated, Eredin deposed and him left the defacto ruler of the Aen Elle world.

* OurElvesAreDifferent: If the Aen Seidhe of ''The Witcher'''s world are viewed as the Seelie Court in terms of Celtic mythology, then the Aen Elle are without doubt their Unseelie counterparts. They (or at least their best and brightest) are also far and away stronger and more powerful physically, technologically, militarily and magically than anything the Aen Seidhe or humans can achieve. One notable difference from common fantasy depiction of elves is that, rather than being tall and lean and toting "graceful" weapons like bows and spears, they (or at least the soldiers) are bulky and muscular, and prefer heavy armor and weapons.

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* OurElvesAreDifferent: If the Aen Seidhe of ''The Witcher'''s world are viewed as the Seelie Court in terms of Celtic mythology, then the Aen Elle are without doubt their Unseelie counterparts. They (or at least their best and brightest) are also far and away stronger and more powerful physically and magically than anything the Aen Seidhe or humans can achieve. One notable difference from common fantasy depiction of elves is that, rather than being tall and lean and toting "graceful" weapons like bows and spears, they (or at least the soldiers) are bulky and muscular, and prefer heavy armor and weapons.

** [[TheArchmage Caranthir]] not only gives ''both'' [[OneManArmy Ciri]] and [[LivingLegend Geralt]] quite a fight back to back, but with his [[DefiantToTheEnd last breath]] he tries to kill Geralt by [[TakingYouWithMe trying to drown him]]. And this ''after'' casually and with chilling ease overpowering five powerful sorceress trying to stoslow the Wild Hunt
** [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Eredin]] effortlessly kills Crache an Craite and countless [[HornyVikings Skelligers]] during the climatic battle at the end of the game and, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation per the glossary]], gave Geralt a "long and difficult" battle "worthy of a poem -- nay, an epic -- all to itself."]]. His FamousLastWords are not a VillainousBreakdown, but a darkly wry "Avallac'h tricked us both".

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Say what you want character wise about the top brass among The Wild Hunt, but when they die they go out with thier heads held high.
** [[TheBrute Imlerith]], despite getting charbroiled inside his armor by a furious Geralt and his head smashed to paste, dies with a [[GoOutWithASmile pleased grin]] due to how much he [[BloodKnight enjoyed]] his fight with [[WorthyOpponent Geralt]].
** [[TheArchmage Caranthir]] not only gives ''both'' Ciri and Geralt quite a fight back to back, but with his [[DefiantToTheEnd last breath]] he tries to kill Geralt by [[TakingYouWithMe trying to drown him]].
** Eredin [[spoiler: effortlessly kills Crache an Craite during the climatic battle at the end of the game and, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation per the glossary]], gave Geralt a "long and difficult" battle "worthy of a poem -- nay, an epic -- all to itself."]]. His FamousLastWords are not a VillainousBreakdown, but a darkly wry "Avallac'h tricked us both".

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Say what you want character wise about the top, but they die they go out with thier heads held high.

** [[TheArchmage Caranthir]] not only gives ''both'' Ciri and Geralt quite a fight back to back, but with his [[DefiantToTheEnd last breath]] he tries to kill Geralt by [[TakeYouWithMe trying to drown him]].

** [[TheArchmage Caranthir]] not only gives ''both'' Ciri and Geralt quite a fight back to back, but with his [[DefiantToTheEnd last breath]] he tries to kill Geralt by [[TakeYouOutWithMe trying to drown him]].

-->'''Eredin:''' You were fascinated with me, and you were afraid of your desires. You still want me, Zireael. My hands, their touch...