Alec Newman as Drogyn
- "This is Drogyn, the battlebrand, given eternal youth a thousand years ago. Demonbane, truthsayer..."
-Wesley Wyndam-Pryce, "Power Play
Drogyn the Battlebrand is a fictional character in the television series Angel, portrayed by Alec Newman. He was the Keeper of the Deeper Well and an eternally young warrior of good, as well as being a good friend and comrade of Angel.
Biography[]
A mystic warrior who has been alive for at least a thousand years and who had encountered and befriended Angel at some point during the twentieth century. Drogyn (portrayed by Alec Newman) first appears in "A Hole in the World", where it is revealed that since meeting Angel, he has become the keeper of the Deeper Well, a prison for ancient dead demons. The Well is located in the Cotswolds, England and travels straight through the entire planet. Drogyn himself is mystically compelled to answer all questions truthfully. This sometimes results in violent lashing out when people ask him questions, openly threatening to kill whoever does so.
Angel and Spike go to the Deeper Well to try to prevent the resurrection of the ancient demon Illyria. This demon is killing Fred in order to claw its way back into the world. Drogyn informs them that he can save Fred and draw Illyria back to the Deeper Well, but, as Illyria's essence has been freed, it will infest and kill everyone between the Cotswolds and Los Angeles if that happens. As much as they care for Fred, Angel and Spike are unwilling to let such an atrocity happen, and thus Illyria is reborn.
Angel drinking from Drogyn
Drogyn returns in "Power Play", where he is badly injured by a demon assassin and believes it was sent by Angel. This is in fact Angel's intention as part of a larger plan. Drogyn believes Illyria was freed by Angel in order to kill Fred, an accomplishment which would endear him to the powerful demonic organization called the Circle of the Black Thorn. Illyria, now somewhat loyal to Angel, is left with Drogyn as a bodyguard. Marcus Hamilton, an agent of Wolfram & Hart's Senior Partners defeats Illyria and takes Drogyn to the Circle. After much torture, Drogyn is presented to Angel, who drinks from him and snaps his neck as a further step to infiltrate and deceive the group