Reaper
From The World of Shannara
| Reaper | |
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| Race: | Demon |
| Gender: | Male |
| Hair color: | Unknown |
| Eye color: | Unknown |
| Loyalty: | Himself |
| First appearance: | The Elfstones of Shannara |
| Birth: | Before the dawn of the Race of Man |
| Death: | 2100 by Wil Ohmsford |
The Reaper was an extremely dangerous killer of a demon.[1] He served the Dagda Mor out of whim rather than fear of his power.[1] He hunted down Wil Ohmsford and Amberle to the very Bloodfire killing nearly everyone that tried to protect the two and any others that got in the way. It was a monster who cared nothing for life, even its own.[1]
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Description
The Reaper is physically described as
| “ | Cloaked head to foot in robes the color of damp ashes, the Reaper was almost invisible, its face carefully concealed within th shadow of a broad hood. No one ever looked upon that face more than once. The Reaper permitted only its victims to see that much of it, and its vicitms were all dead...It was a massive creature, heavily muscled, almost seven feet tall when it rose to its full height. Yet its size was misleading, for it was by no means ponderous. It moved with the ease and grace of the best Elven Hunter - smooth, fluid, quick, and noiseless. | „ |
| -- The Elfstones of Shannara (1982), pp. 11 | ||
As far as motivation and drive the Reaper was further described as
| “ | ...the Reaper was ten times more so [dangerous than the Changeling]. The Reaper was a killer. Killing was the sole function of its existence... Once it began a hunt, it never gave up. Nothing it went after ever escaped. Even the Dagda Mor was wary of the Reaper, though the Reaper did not possess his power. He was wary because the Reaper served him out of whim and not out of fear or respect as did all the others.The Reaper feared nothing... It killed because it was instinctive. It killed because it found killing necessary. | „ |
| -- The Elfstones of Shannara (1982), pp. 11 | ||
The Elfstones of Shannara
The Reaper escaped the Forbidding at the very begining of the death of the Ellcrys. Having made it out with the Dagda More and the Changeling.
Epilogue
References
- ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Brooks, Terry (1982). The Elfstones of Shannara pp. 11
| Characters in The Elfstones of Shannara |
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Allanon · Amberle Elessedil · Ander Elessedil · Changeling · Dagda Mor · Eventine Elessedil · Reaper · Stee Jans · Wil Ohmsford · Minor Characters |
