The Emperor's Father

"Hold your tongue, boy. Don’t you see what you’ve done? [...] Young fool.... Young fool! You have brought shame to my name… to the entirety of the Velkor!"

The Elder (also known as the Emperor's Father) is a posthumous antagonist in the novel. He is never named and only ever addressed as Father. Due to his actions and his role as the cause of his son's turn to evil, the Emperor's father is one of the people who are responsible for the entire game's plot events

Personality
The Elder seems to be far haughtier, stricter, crueler, and more prejudiced than his kind-hearted son. He only cares about order and his and his tribe's honor above all else, having absolutely no tolerance for rule-breaking, which explains why he has no hesitation or remorse over his evil actions at all. He has a prejudice toward the Arnor, seeing his son's lover as "Arnor filth" who was simply deceiving his son (regardless of the fact that she saved his life and that she genuinely loved him). These personality traits stop him from considering the well-being of others, which explains why he shows no genuine concern even for his own son. His indifference to the well-being of others is eventually what indirectly causes his downfall as it made him unable to understand the pain of losing a loved one, leading him to be shocked when son snapped and killed him. However, he commits his actions not out of pure sadism, but rather, out of adherence to order.