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Gavin Havilliard

Gavin Havilliard

The founding legend of Adarlan is that its first king destroyed a demon god. He didn't destroy Erawan — he only managed to lock the door.

Gavin Havilliard is the first King of Adarlan and Elena Galathynius's husband, from Throne of Glass — a mortal warrior who won the first Valg war, founded House Havilliard, and helped build a thousand-year lie about how it ended. His tomb, his sword Damaris, and his summoned ghost all outlast him to guide the descendants left holding his unfinished war.

At a glance

KIND
Human — the first King of Adarlan, founder of House Havilliard
WON
The first Valg war, beside Elena Galathynius
MARRIED
Elena — Brannon and Mala's half-Fae daughter
REALLY DID
Sealed Erawan at Morath; claimed he'd killed him
COST
The Lock — broken on one demon, meant for the Wyrdkeys
BURIED
Beneath the Glass Castle, guarded by Mort
HIS SWORD
Damaris, the Sword of Truth — cold at a lie
DESCENDANTS
House Havilliard, down to Dorian a thousand years on
Elena Galathynius His mate Elena GalathyniusHe was mortal; she was a daughter of gods and fire — and none of it stopped her walking into the dark under the mountains at his side. They put the Dark Lord in the ground together and raised a kingdom on the quiet after. What they'd only sealed, they swore to keep between them. She kept it a thousand years.Enter Elena Galathynius

His people

Who stood against him.

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Valg King · The Thing Under MorathErawanhis enemyEnter Erawan →

The one they faced.

The one they faced

Three founders, one Valg king. They sealed what they could not kill.

Swipe to meet them all

Valg king, cast downErawanThey put him beneath the mountains and sealed the keys beyond reach. It held a thousand years.Enter Erawan →

What he loves

First king of Adarlan

The hero of the first Valg war, and the reason Adarlan ever had a throne worth defending.

  • Elena

    The queen he married and fought beside against Erawan.

  • Honor

    The measure he held to when the fate of the world came down to a handful of them.

  • The alliance

    Terrasen and Adarlan bound together the one time it truly counted.

  • The first victory

    Proof the dark could be beaten — a truth his line would one day need again.

His heart

Elena

He founded a kingdom, but the thing he built his life around was the woman he stood beside in the dark. They ended Erawan together and made the alliance that saved the world once. Everything Adarlan would become began with the two of them, and the vow they kept.

The long versionRead his whole storyEverything, in one place.Enter the full story
Adarlan The kingdom he founded AdarlanA mortal man walked into the dark under the mountains, put the Dark Lord in the ground, and walked back out beside a Fae princess who wouldn't let him go alone. Brannon gave them the southern land as a wedding gift, and Gavin made a kingdom of it — Adarlan, a bloodline, and Damaris on his hip to keep it honest. Everything the glass castle stands on, he laid.Enter Adarlan

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