Rhoe Galathynius

He taught his daughter that a blade is for defending, never for attacking — and then couldn't defend her, or himself, in his own bed.

Rhoe Galathynius is Aelin's father and the Crown Prince of Terrasen, from Throne of Glass — heir to his uncle King Orlon, a warrior-prince who never wore the crown, murdered the same night as his king. His death is the wound the whole seven-book saga is built on.

At a glance

KIND: Human with Fae descent — House Galathynius, Brannon's direct line
TITLE: Crown Prince of Terrasen; heir to King Orlon
KNOWN FOR: Warrior-prince and swordsman
TAUGHT AELIN: A blade defends and protects — it does not attack
MARRIED: Evalin Ashryver, against Maeve's will
RAISED: Aelin and Aedion, under one roof at Orynth
DIED: Murdered at the Florine estate, the night Orlon fell
LEGACY: The lost throne Aelin spends seven books reclaiming

His mate Evalin AshryverEvalin came north from Wendlyn, took one look at him across the Orynth court, and never went home. Ashryver gold married into Galathynius fire — a prince and his southern queen, raising a daughter who'd carry both. When the knives came for the royal house, they came for him and her the same night. Neither went ahead of the other.Enter Evalin Ashryver

His people

Who he chose.

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Orlon Galathynius otherOrlon Galathyniushis bloodEnter Orlon Galathynius →

The one they faced.

The one they faced

The night the north fell, and the throne that ended their line.

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King of Adarlan The tyrant behind the slaughterKing of AdarlanHe ordered the royal house of Terrasen put to the sword, and left the kingdom without a crown.Enter King of Adarlan →

What he loves

Prince of Terrasen

Aelin's father, one of the last to hold the line before the kingdom fell in a single night.

Evalin
The Ashryver he married — Wendlyn and Terrasen joined in one house.
Aelin
His daughter, his heir, the fire he'd have died to keep safe.
Terrasen
The kingdom he served, and the one he was killed defending.
The three of them
A wife, a daughter, a home — the whole of his world under one roof.

His heart

Evalin

He loved the woman he'd married and the daughter they'd made between them, two peoples bound in one child. They were murdered the same night he was — the coup that ended Terrasen took his whole house at once. Everything he loved lived and fell in the space of that single night.

The long versionRead his whole storyEverything, in one place.Enter the full story

The kingdom he'd inherit TerrasenThe North was his to hold before it was ever his to rule — heir to Orlon's peace, the man the Bane followed into the cold. He wore Terrasen the way he wore Goldryn: ready, unhurried, sure of the years ahead. The crown never reached him. It reached his daughter instead, and it reached her the hard way.Enter Terrasen

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