King Voden



King Voden presents a very powerful new adversary for the beastmaster in season 2. Played by australian theatre actor David Patterson, Voden is the boy-king of the Nord army. Voden is characteristics include an ambition that knows no bounds, unnaturally high intelligence. Voden is a chronic-psycotic, meaning in each episode, he is more dangerous and insane than in the last.

History
As his homeland is destroyed, he must lead his army to new lands. He usually takes these lands by force, using intellectual strategy and his army.

Misc. Information
Voden is seen by those who follow him as insane. Despite being extremely intelligent at such a young age, his emotions are immature thus making him increasingly more unhinged as the days go by. He is followed loyally by his general Hjalmar, tracker Arina, Nord Army, and mother Margret. Although Margret safely escapes from her son when Voden's exiled brother Bahktiar teams up with the Beastmaster to rescue her. Voden seeks the Beastmaster because he believes that with the Beastmaster on his side, he will be given command over all the animals which he believes will create an unstoppeable army. Of all the animals, Voden seems to have a personal preference for serpents. In one episode he uses a giant constrictor to scare a girl into talking during an interogation. In other episodes he his seen walking with a gold-painted wooden cane crafted to look like an Egyptian snake. To talk to the Beastmaster, Voden usually lures him by means of a trapped animal or person.

Fighting
In the episode "Gone" Voden proves himself to be a very capable fighter with the aid of trickery. His prefered weapon in a little copper knife he keeps hidden inside his right sleeve. Against the Beastmaster though he is outmatched, being thrown to the ground and even having his right arm broken once in "Gone", his foot and jaw broken in "Mydoro" and otherwise has not engaged in combat outside of "Gone" and "Regeneration". In both "Gone" and "Regeneration" he defeats one opponent in combat in each and manages to kill one in "Regeneration".