Cardan Greenbriar

Prince Cardan is cruel, sarcastic, prideful, and manipulative. He is described as not being any good with a sword and doesn't show any interest in the crown.

According to him, his redeeming quality is that he is no murderer. Often, he struggles to understand his emotions and tries to mask them with sneers and sarcasm. He's admitted that he's so good at guarding his heart, he can act as though he doesn't have one. Even so, Cardan occasionally shows a softer side, along with fear, shame, desire, and even care. When he's nervous, he smiles. Cardan is known for his charm and wit, which allow him to slyly escape danger. However, Cardan has shown that he does feel love, just never truly learned how to do so. He is also a sweet talker and can talk almost anyone into anything. He knows how to entertain.

His glamour is more powerful and seductive than other Folk. As a prince of Faerie, no matter what he wants, he knows what's expected of him. Cardan is very good at playing the fool to disguise his own cleverness.

Cardan is the sixth and youngest child of the High King Eldred, sibling to Balekin, Dain, Elowyn, Rhyia and Caelia Greenbriar. They are faes, and members of the royal family of the Folk. He is also a member of the High Court of Elfhame.

The ones who he spends most of his time with, his friends, are Valerian, Locke and his former lover, Nicasia. However, Nicasia left Cardan for Locke.

Cardan has curly, iridescent midnight hair and sharp cheekbones. He has long, black eyelashes and soft lips. His eyes are described as black with a golden ring around the pupils. He usually wears kohl under his eyes. Cardan is said to be lean and tall, with very pale skin. He has a number of scars on his back from his abusive eldest brother, Prince Balekin. Cardan possesses a slim, nearly hairless tail with a tuft of black fur at the tip which is often kept tucked away in the back of his shirt. He is described as more beautiful than the rest of the Folk by Jude.

He is almost always seen wearing extravagant clothes made of opulent fabrics, studded with shiny gemstones and exotic feathers and patterns. He wears a circlet of gold on his head. The official art of How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories, depicts Cardan as a tall figure with very pale skin, long black hair, and black eyes.

Cardan and his group of friends had been harrassing you and your sister for a long time, because you were humans brought in Elfhame when you were little by Madoc, the royal military general, who was your step-father. Their cruelty went from trying to drown you, have you accidentally killed by some river pixies, to feeding you the everapple, which put charms on humans.

Despite what they put you trough, you thought Cardan was the most beautiful of them all and you hated him so much that when you looked at him you could barely breathe. You were intimidated by him. He belittled and underestimated you.

The reason he hated you however, was because your parents loved you even though you were a bastard human in their home while his parents cared little for him, because you got along with your siblings and while his older brother Balekin punished him with beatings often and because Locke used you to make Nicasia jealous after stealing her from him.