Henrik

Henrik  was the bastard son of King Oswalt III and the half-brother of King Oswalt IV.

He lived in Alcora, staying at the Inn of the Gilded Turtle. He tried to get the party involved in a plot to put an end to Queen Alayne's marriage to Oswalt III, freeing him to marry the queen in the northwest and seal an alliance that suited the interests of Henrik and his friends.

On the death of his father, he returned to Drycastle, where he asked his younger brother, the king, to legitimise him, supposedly as part of a plan to make an alliance with the queen in the northwest. Mistrusting his intentions, Fen Widefield publicly warned Oswalt IV against legitimising him at the king's inaugural feast, leading Henrik to challenge Fen to a duel.

Although Henrik fought dirty, poisoning his rapier, Fen won the duel, caving Henrik's head in with a flail. The incident led to the deterioration of the party's relationship with King Oswalt IV, and Fen's brief imprisonment.

Henrik's duel with Fen Widefield was a much discussed current event in the months after it happened. Henrik was portrayed as a noble, saintly figure in the players' rendition of the events; however, most of the audience in Grimshaw seemed to prefer Fen's hearty oafishness anyway.