- This article is for the character killed in White Night. For other uses, see Raith.
Madrigal Raith is a White Court vampire, and member of House Raith. He first appeared in Proven Guilty.
Description[]
Slim, handsome, dark-haired and pale,[1] Madrigal Raith is the fraternal twin of Madeline Raith, and a cousin of Lara and Thomas Raith.[2][1] Madrigal has had contact with House Malvora, and like them started to feed on fear instead of lust.[2]
In the series[]
Proven Guilty[]
- Main article: Proven Guilty
In Proven Guilty, using his identity as Darby Crane, he works as a producer and director of horror movies; a named work of his is the film Harvest.[3] He attended the horror convention SplatterCon!!! as a guest of honor.[3] He kidnapped Harry Dresden and Detective Henry Rawlins with him. He shot Rawlins in the foot while chained to a wall and used thorn manacles on Dresden, and attempted to sell him on eBay to Dresden's enemies. The highest bidder was Arianna Ortega.[2]
White Night[]
- Main article: White Night
In White Night, in a bid to take control of the White Court from House Raith, Raith teams with Vittorio Malvora in a plot to undermine the White Council by killing women practitioners and thinning, or culling, their numbers. He makes a mistake in killing one of the women, Jessica Blanche, via House Raith methods (lust), thereby drawing Dresden's attention to the possibility of more than one killer.[4]
Raith dies in a duel with Dresden and Carlos Ramirez.[5]
"Wild Card"[]
- Main article: Wild Card
In "Wild Card", his relation with Vittorio Malvora is mentioned as exposing Lara Raith's weak position in the White Court at the time.[6]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 White Night, ch. 22
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Proven Guilty, ch. 28
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Proven Guilty, ch. 09
- ↑ White Night, ch. 30
- ↑ White Night, ch. 38
- ↑ "Wild Card"