Duny
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Duny, also known as Urcheon of Erlenwald, was the husband of Pavetta and the father of Ciri. He also claimed to be the illegitimate son of king Akerspaark of Maecht.
He was featured in the short story "A Question of Price", in The Last Wish collection and Times of Contempt.
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[edit] Early life
Since his birth, Duny has been cursed, although he had never known the reason for it, or who had cast the spell. From midnight to dawn, he was a normal man, but from dawn, he turned into a pig-like human. As the people in Maecht are very supersticious, his father wanted to hide him; spells and curses in the royal family could prove fatal for the dynasty. One of the knights took Duny away from the court and brought him up, wandering the world until the knight died, and then alone.
He had been told that a child-surprise could free him from the curse. One day he found King Roegner of Cintra wounded in a ravine and as a reward, King Roegner promised him "whatever he had left at home without knowing or expecting it.
[edit] Relationship with Pavetta of Cintra
Although princess Pavetta was to be wed when she was fifteen years old, Duny visited her one year before, and they secretly fell in love. When the following year the queen gave a party for Pavetta, he announced that from her birth, the princess had belonged to him, and that he had come for her.
After Pavetta confirms her wish to be with him, an uproar starts. In the fight following, Geralt saves Duny's life, and later, because of this he promises to give up his child to be trained as a witcher.
When the fight is over, and the moods have calmed down, queen Calanthe gives in and agrees to their wedding. When the sun rises, and Duny does not transform into a human beast, he knows that the curse has been lifted. After thanking Geralt, he and his future wife are surprised with the news that Pavetta is pregnant, and Duny is soon to be a father.
[edit] Real identity
Geralt, with the help of Codringher and Fenn, discovered that none of Akerspaark's sons was named Duny. In Pani jeziora, the last part of the Witcher series, it turns out that Duny and Emhyr var Emreis, the Emperor of Nilfgaard, are actually the same person.
Emhyr var Emreis, Deithwen Addan yn Carn aep Morvudd (In the Elder Speech - the White Flame Dancing on the Grave-Mounds of Enemies), also known variously as Urcheon of Erlenwald and Duny, is the Emperor of Nilfgaard and Lord Protector of Verden. When he was younger he sought to marry Pavetta of Cintra, going so far as to introduce himself as Urcheon of Erlenwald, or Duny. He explained that he was cursed, and that the curse turned him into a half-human and half-hedgehog creature except at night. The curse was lifted when he married Pavetta, having learned only shortly before that Pavetta was pregnant with their daughter, which they named Cirilla.
When the chance came he tried to take Pavetta and Cirilla with him to Nilfgaard, where he was the rightful heir to the throne. He intended to do that by sailing across the Sedna Abyss, from which he was to be transported by the sorcerer, Vilgefortz. However the plan did work out as planned, and when Pavetta found out what Duny was planning she left Ciri safely back on land. The two agrued and as a result, Pavetta fell overboard (possibly pushed over by Emhyr himself in his anger).
When he finally got back to Nilfgaard, he took back his legacy and became the emperor of Nilfgaard beginning his conquest of the north. He tried to kidnap Ciri at all cost. He ordered Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach to find her, twice, but Cahir failed, so the task was given to Stefan Skellen. Despite the fact that Ciri was his daughter and only child, he wanted to marry her and have child with her, because as the Ithline prophecy says, Ciri's child will rule half of the world and the son of her son shall rule the whole world.
Emhyr var Emreis was intelligent and brilliant ruler. He picked the people with excellence and abolished all plots against him. He was ruthless to the traitors and moved towards his goals with determination.
[edit] In The Hexer movie and TV series
Duny was played by Dariusz Jakubowski.
[edit] Episodes
- 6: "Calanthe"
| Cintran monarchs | 
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| Cerbin • Correl • Coram I • Coram II • Corbett • Dagorad • Calanthe • Roegner • Eist Tuirseach • Emhyr var Emreis | |||
| Queens | |||
| Becca of Nazair • Eschiva of Sodden • Rigoberta of Lyria • Fiona of Temeria • Elen of Kaedwen • Adalia • Calanthe • "Cirilla" | |||
| Other members of the royal family | |||
| Pavetta • Cirilla | |||
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