Bertrand Dwendal

King Bertrand Dwendal is the king of the Dwendalian Empire in Wildemount and was one of the targets listed on Ripley's gun, "Animus". As an NPC, Dwendal is played by Matthew Mercer.

Background
King Bertrand Dwendal seized the estates of the Briarwoods for their practice of necromancy, spurring their flight to Tal'Dorei. He also ordered the arrest of Dr. Ripley, who was initially employed by his government to develop military technology.

Anna Ripley
Dr. Anna Ripley originally was employed by the Dwendalian government as a mid-level developer of military technology, to assist in Dwendal's dominance over western Wynandir. However, when Ripley was discovered to be conducting illegal human experimentation with arcane diseases, the King ordered her to be arrested. Ripley was forced to flee the Dwendalian Empire, or else be court-martialed. Even before Dwendal discovered Ripley's experiments into biological/chemical warfare, bad blood had existed between the King and Ripley. Thus, his name was listed on Ripley's gun Animus, as a target for vengeance.