The leader of the White City's underworld. Those who operate outside King Eric's Men are liable to find themselves shopped to the High Guard, if they're lucky.

King Eric has proved to be a patriot in the past and does not work with foreign powers save to gain some advantage over them.

Eric had some sort of friendly relationship with the late Lydia de Courci (Rebecca's first daughter) and there do seem to be some connections between the de Courci's and the crimelord.

Eric only ever meets with his most senior underbosses, and even them only briefly.

This is how Sam Fletcher met Eric after taking out his former no. 2:

Three days after your successful elimination of Wesley you walk out of the rain to into a modest merchant's townhouse to meet with King Eric. Inside the door, a scarred no-nonsense looking woman in her late thirties quickly divests you of your blades, and then with a crossbow pointed at your back (in as polite a manner as can be achieved in such circumstances) you are told to go on through.

Inside the sitting room a roaring fire blazes and sitting in an armchair by the fire is an utterly unremarkable man smoking a pipe. As the woman files in behind you and closes the door he gestures for you to take a seat besides him. Up close you are struck by how plain his features are; average height, average build, brown hair, brown eyes. Clothes that would not look out of place anywhere in the city. When he speaks, he sentences are short and to the point, and his voice too is undistinguished, save that his accent is that of a White City native.

He briefly discusses business with you, and asks a few questions about your plans and your achievements, his expression never wavering from non-committal neutrality. Your description of Wesley's Name worship brings a snort of amusement from the bodyguard, which he responds to with a slightly raised eyebrow.

Soon you find yourself being escorted back out of the door into the rain, trying to keep his features in your mind. Average height, average build, brown hair, brown eyes. King Eric.

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