Keir

Keir
General Information
Full name	Keir
Title(s)	Steward of the Hewn City Leader of the Darkbringers
Species	High Fae
Powers	Winnowing
Home	Hewn City Night Court
Status	Alive
Physical description
Gender	Male
Eye Color	Brown
Hair Color	Golden
Relationships
Family	Morrigan (daughter) Rhysand (distant cousin) Unnamed Distant Cousin † Unnamed Distant Relative † Unnamed Distant Relative † Nyx (distant relative)
Romances	Unnamed Wife
Series Information
Appearances	A Court of Mist and Fury A Court of Wings and Ruin A Court of Frost and Starlight A Court of Silver Flames

“	You'll get what's coming to you, whore.	”
–Keir to Feyre Archeron just before Rhysand cracks his arm, A Court of Mist and Fury

Keir is the Steward of the Court of Nightmares and Morrigan's father. He presides as Steward over Rhysand's throne in the Hewn City and all of his subjects that dwell inside the Court of Nightmares.

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What role does Keir play in the Court of Nightmares?

In the Court of Nightmares, Keir holds the position of Steward for Rhysand, exerting primary rule over Hewn City's inhabitants. The city serves as a refuge for those opposing Rhysand's ideologies, favoring the Night Court's traditional values. Keir's governance allows the residents to indulge in their wickedness, seldom leaving the city. Furthermore, Keir is involved in a scheme to purloin an orb as evidence of Rhysand's aspiration for an improved world for both mortals and faeries.

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How does Keir react to Morrigan's arranged marriage to Eris Vanserra?

Keir, steward of the Night Court, initially accepts Morrigan's marriage to Eris Vanserra. However, when Morrigan loses her virginity to Cassian, an Illyrian, Eris rejects her. This infuriates Keir, leading him to brutally harm Morrigan and abandon her at the Autumn Court border with a note for Eris, declaring her his issue.

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What is Keir's relationship with Rhysand in the Court of Nightmares?

Keir, Steward of the Court of Nightmares, oversees Rhysand's throne in the Hewn City. He's Morrigan's father, who serves as Rhysand's Third-in-Command. Their relationship is strained, evident in 'A Court of Mist and Fury' when Rhysand, Feyre Archeron, Mor, Cassian, and Azriel plan to steal Keir's orb to demonstrate Rhysand's intent for a harmonious world for mortals and faeries.

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Why is Keir considered an important character in the Court of Nightmares?

Keir holds a pivotal role in the Court of Nightmares as Rhysand's Steward. His governance primarily extends to Hewn City's inhabitants, who favor the Night Court's ancestral values over Rhysand's ideologies. The Court of Nightmares, under Keir's rule, allows its dwellers to live wickedly, reinforcing its distinctiveness within the Night Court. Keir also contributed to Feyre's pursuit of the Ouroboros mirror, a measure of her merit.

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What is the significance of Keir's position as Steward in the Court of Nightmares?

Keir, as Steward in the Court of Nightmares, governs Rhysand's subjects in the Hewn City. He primarily rules those who oppose Rhysand's philosophies and favor the Night Court's traditional values. His position also involves providing significant objects, like the Ouroboros mirror, upon request.

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History

When the then High Lord of the Night Court declares that Morrigan is to be given in marriage to Eris Vanserra, the son of High Lord of the Autumn Court, Beron Vanserra, Keir has no objection. When Mor loses her virginity to Cassian, an Illyrian bastard, Eris says that she is no longer of any use to him, that it is a disgrace to have someone stained by a bastard as a wife.

Keir is enraged with Mor and brutally beats and tortures her and then nails a note to the body for Eris where he says she is now his problem, and leaves her at the border of the Autumn Court. She is rescued by Azriel and since then she harbors great hatred towards her father.

Mor recovers from her horrific trauma and is elevated to a high position of power alongside her cousin Rhysand, much to her father's dismay.

A Court of Mist and Fury

Keir is the Steward of the Hewn City and when Rhysand pays a visit with Feyre Archeron, Mor, Cassian and Azriel has him serve them as a way to distract him while Azriel steals the Veritas, a magical orb that has the ability to show the truth. When he insults and threatens Feyre, Rhysand is enraged and breaks both his arms into four different parts and his little finger, and tells him not to seek help from a healer, otherwise he will find out and kill him.

A Court of Wings and Ruin

Once again Rhysand and Feyre go to the Hewn City to meet Keir accompanied by Mor, Azriel, Amren and Nesta Archeron. The reason for the visit is to see if Keir will join Rhys in the war against Hybern since as Steward of the Court of Nightmares he has the right to deny the participation of his Darkbringers on the side of the High Lord. He tells Rhysand that he isn't sure he is on his side as his people feel identified with Hybern and their King offers better deals.

To try to persuade him, Rhys invites Eris, the eldest son of Beron, the High Lord of the Autumn Court, to the meeting, and he assures him that if he joins them he will be guaranteed business with his court, but Keir is still hesitant and tells Rhysand that he will only accept if he allows him to keep the Moonstone Palace on the top of the mountain of the Court of the Nightmares and allows its residents to leave and visit Velaris, whose existence was revealed to him by the King of Hybern. Reluctantly Rhys agrees, much to Mor's chagrin, but ensures that no merchant in the city treats Hewn City residents who visit their businesses well.

Feyre also asks him for the Ouroboros mirror, so he tells her that it is hers if she wants it but that to take it she has to look at herself in it, which will cause her to go crazy or damaged beyond repair.

A Court of Frost and Starlight

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A Court of Silver Flames

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Appearance

Keir is described as a very attractive High Fae, with extremely pale skin, blond hair and brown eyes.

Personality

He is said to be a heartless and horrid man, who is abusive towards his daughter Mor. When Mor protested her arranged marriage to Eris, who was known for his sadistic nature, her father ignored her wishes and continued with the arrangement.