Brute of Lyria

The Brute of Lyria, according to legends and stories around Lyria, Rivia and Spalla, was a being of unknown origins, known to be a fiend, who killed hundreds of women and children, numbering almost 200 bodies in the Year 964.

Legend and Historical Perspective
In the Year 964, the areas of Lyria, Rivia and Spalla was gripped in fear over the discovery of dead bodies, mostly women and children, found in fields that were mutilated and dismembered; until the time of the Brute's death, at least 200 bodies were found. Legend has it that the beast, a fiend, was killed by a poacher that was armed with a dagger that was blessed from a prophet. The legend, according to Regis is still told to this day.

However, according to Regis, who was a vampire and was alive at this time, this was a story that was made due to the circumstantial nature of the death of the Brute of Lyria. The truth was far different: Regis's fellow vampire and friend, Dettlaff van der Eretein, was in the area during the time of the Brute's killings, and was enraged to find that one of the Brute's victims was a boy who had previously offered him an apple and expecting nothing in return. Being a higher vampire, Dettlaff's capabilities exceeded far from the Brute, being only a fiend, and Dettlaff killed the Brute with ease. To conform to the legends, Dettlaff found a poacher that was sleeping near his snare and dropped the fiend's body near him and handed him a dagger that became part of the legend.

Significance
In 1275, 311 years after the event, Geralt of Rivia, a witcher of the School of the Wolf was hired by the Duchy of Toussaint to chase the Beast of Beauclair, who was revealed to be Dettlaff. Regis, who was recuperating there, found them and told the story to Geralt to prove that whatever actions that Dettlaff took did not match the behaviour that Dettlaff has shown previously.