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Brannon Galathynius

Brannon Galathynius

Aelin's fire didn't start with Aelin. It started two thousand years earlier, with a bastard the sun goddess chose and a theft that outran a queen.

Brannon Galathynius is the first King of Terrasen and the founder of House Galathynius, from Throne of Glass — Mala Fire-Bringer's son, original wielder of Goldryn and the Eye of Elena. Everything Aelin inherits, and everything asked of her, traces back to a choice he made and buried.

At a glance

KIND
Fae — bastard-born, blessed by Mala Fire-Bringer
TITLE
First King of Terrasen; founder of House Galathynius
GIFT
Wildfire — the flame Aelin inherits
CARRIED
Goldryn, and the Eye of Elena
MATE
Mala Fire-Bringer, who became mortal for him
DAUGHTER
Elena Galathynius, first Queen of Adarlan
DIED
Walking into the molten river at Mala's temple
TO AELIN
Ancestor — and the ghost who hands her the war

Her people

Who she chose.

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otherAthrilher sworn brotherEnter Athril →
secondaryThe Crochansan allyEnter The Crochans →
secondaryGlennis Crochanan allyEnter Glennis Crochan →

The one they faced.

The one they faced

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

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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, first fire

The Fire-Bringer carried flame out of the first Valg war and never once set it down.

  • Terrasen

    The land he raised himself and swore no dark thing would ever keep.

  • The Fire-Bringer's flame

    The gift he carried through the first war and passed down the line to come.

  • The heir he'd never meet

    He left messages across the centuries for the one who'd finish it.

  • The unfinished war

    He hid the Wyrdkeys and trusted the future to end what he'd begun.

His heart

Terrasen

He made the land, and then he made a plan long enough to outlast his own presence in it. Every message left, every key hidden, every ember kept alive — all of it aimed at a victory he wouldn't be there to see. He built for the descendants he'd never meet, and he trusted them to be enough.

The long versionRead his whole storyEverything, in one place.Enter the full story
Terrasen The kingdom he raised TerrasenMala put fire in his hands, and he carried it north — until the wild dark of the mountains answered to a stag-crowned throne and a city called Orynth. Everything green and gold and unbowed began with him: the line, the oath, the flame passed down a thousand years to a girl who'd need it. To whatever end.Enter Terrasen

His power

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