Isak Henning
Names: Isak HenningGrandpaOld Isakthe old man
First appears in Book 3: The Nonborn King, chapter 8 (7)
Appearances
What you know
Book 3: The Nonborn King
- Ch 8Isak is an old, frail, bald man who bullies his granddaughter Huldah and fears the Flying Hunt will come to Kersic.
- Ch 8Isak is sanding and smoothing a replacement for the God's lost hand, but has been slow to finish it.
- Ch 8Isak wants to hurt the God from the Sea and tries to keep access to him while Huldah is away.
- Ch 19Grandpa is an aged, bald, bearded Lowlife man with a hawk nose, a black mink vest and a cruel, spiteful nature.
- Ch 19Grandpa hates the helpless man as a Tanu, mocks and hurts him, and made the wooden hand; he spies on Huldah at night.
- Ch 28A former bareneck slave from Aven, he is Huldah's grandfather and abuser, and hates Nodonn for the lost chance of a new world.
- Ch 28Isak tries to kill the helpless Nodonn with a vitredur knife but breaks down, unable to do it.
- Ch 28Dying, he screams for Nodonn to look inside Huldah, revealing her pregnancy.
Connections
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 8Isak sends Huldah to keep watch
Isak nags Huldah into climbing to the promontory to watch for the Flying Hunt and light a signal fire. She first overpowers him to make him swear not to harm the God, then goes.
- Book 3 · Ch 8Huldah resolves to kill Grandpa
At the promontory, Huldah recalls finding the God in the cove and decides that when he awakens and loves her, they will kill Isak.
- Book 3 · Ch 19The helpless god awakens
A paralyzed, powerless man wakes in a cave, fed mouth to mouth by Huldah. Grandpa abuses him until Huldah beats the old man into promising to stop.
- Book 3 · Ch 19Wooden hand and forced union
Huldah shows the man his amputated arm and the wooden hand Grandpa made. She then oils his body and arouses him despite his resistance, and has sex with him while Grandpa is allowed to watch.
- Book 3 · Ch 28Nodonn kills Isak Henning
Nodonn finds Isak spying and tears off his head. Isak's dying cry leads Nodonn to sense Huldah's male fetus, so he spares her.