YMMV / Into the Heartless Wood

• Complete Monster: King Elynion is the selfish ruler of Tarian. Centuries prior, he seduced a forest nymph named Enaid before carving out and devouring her soul to gain immortality and power, resulting in Enaid's transformation into the monstrous Gwydden. The two remain locked in war for centuries, Elynion less concerned with the hundreds of lives lost and more with maintaining his own power, even invading a neighboring kingdom at one point in his reign merely to ease his boredom. In the present, Elynion seeks to devour the soul of Owen's toddler sister Awela, perfecting his device by conducting torturous experiments on their father that ultimately kill him, before opting to use the device on Owen when Awela is taken to safety. With the Gwydden's vengeance at hand, Elynion leads his forces to torch the wood and kill her once and for all, planning to expand and conquer the rest of the world once she's been vanquished.