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Eric the Huntsman is the titular deuteragonist of the 2012 fantasy action-adventure film Snow White and the Huntsman and the titular main protagonist of its 2016 sequel The Huntsman: Winter's War. He is a widower and drunkard who helps Snow White escape Queen Ravenna.
He is portrayed by Chris Hemsworth, who also played George Kirk in the 2009 Star Trek film, Thor Odinson and different versions of the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Agent H in Men in Black: International, Kevin Beckman in the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot, Tyler Rake in Extraction, and who voiced Optimus Prime in Transformers One.
Biography[]
Early life[]
While Freya the Ice Queen was murdering anyone who opposes her, Eric is captured by her soldiers. He was in an army of kids made by Freya, they were trained their so their hearts will be forever hardened. As they train and learn to be Huntsman, Eric and Sara become the two of her most exceptional warriors. After many years of training, they eventually fall in love and plan to elope. Sara marries him in the hot spring, where they made love, only to learn that Freya was aware of their secret. Freya confronts them in the morning after they made love and creates a massive ice wall to separate them. Freya forces Eric to watch as Sara is killed by her fellow huntsmen.
Ever since his wife's death, Eric's life tragically fell apart. He eventually came near to the town near Tabor, where he fell into drinking. He is also said to be one of the very few who is brave enough to venture into and withstand the horrors lurking within the Dark Forest.
Snow White and the Huntsman[]
Eric is brought to Queen Ravenna by two of her Guards. She informs him that her stepdaughter and Tabor's princess, Snow White, has escaped from her own prison that Ravenna confined her to and has fled into the Dark Forest. Eric immediately believes that Snow White is dead, but the Queen nonetheless orders him to track down and kill the young princess.
When Eric asks why she is of such value, Ravenna says that it is none of his concern and if he shall refuse, he will most likely be killed.
Eric, Finn and the soldiers travel to the Dark Forest where Eric searches its dark depths for the fleeing Snow White. He eventually finds her, but she manages to take one of his daggers and holds him at knifepoint. When Eric asks her identity and the Queen's reason for wanting her dead, Snow White simply says that he should already know the answer to that question as he is the one that is hunting her. When Finn and the soldiers arrive, Snow White tries to flee but is stopped by Eric. When Finn demand him to hand over Snow White, Eric is reluctant. He asks Finn what they intend to do with her, but he does not give him an answer and simply say that he should keep to his word. In this twist of the fairytale, however, he instead becomes her protector and defends her against Finn, the soldiers and later a troll as well.
Some time before the troll, he cuts Snow White's dress to make it short. He also becomes her ally and her mentor, training her in the art of war so that she can become strong enough to face Ravenna and overthrow the Evil Queen. After being discovered by Finn's men, he struggles with Finn and impales him on a tree stump. Finn asks for his sister to save him, but she can't because of her limited power and lets him die. Eric helps Snow White reach Duke Hammond's castle, and awakes her from death with a kiss, after Ravenna poisons her with an apple. Later, along with Snow White, Eric leads a full-scale assault against the Evil Queen in the hopes of restoring Tabor to its former glory. The battle ends with Ravenna's death and Snow White and Eric's victory.
The Huntsman: Winter's War[]
Some time after Ravenna's death, King William of Tabor comes across Eric and informs him that the Magic Mirror was taken while en route to a place known as "Sanctuary". Eric reluctantly sets off with Snow White's dwarf ally Nion and his half-brother Gryff to find the Magic Mirror, unaware that Freya has been secretly observing their conversation through a mask that projects her consciousness in the form of a Snowy owl.
While en route, the trio are attacked by a legion of Freya's huntsmen, but are rescued by Sara who is revealed to have been alive the entire time. Sara believes she saw "Eric" run away from the palace and feels betrayed by him. Eric concludes her death was a vision conjured by Freya in order to trick him. He reveals that he never stopped loving Sara and they agree to work together. Sometime later, the quartet is ensnared in a trap laid out by female dwarves Bromwyn and Doreena, but convince them to help find the Mirror.
The group reaches the Sanctuary and they defeat the goblins who possess the Magic Mirror only to be ambushed by Freya, who reveals Sara was using them the entire time. In the chaos that follows, Nion and Doreena are turned into ice statues and Sara reluctantly fires an arrow into Eric's chest. However, Sara intentionally shot the arrow at a medallion she gave Eric long before, and Eric was still alive.
After Freya left, Eric infiltrated the icy kingdom with help of Gryff and Bromwyn, and he attempts to murder Freya, but is stopped by Ravenna, who was resurrected. Freya realizes that Sara hadn't actually killed Eric and sentences both of them to death. However, Eric is able to convince a few huntsmen to fight against Ravenna and Freya, claiming the love of brethren. After this, Ravenna kills many huntsmen, and Freya forms an ice wall between the huntsmen and the sisters. As the remaining huntsmen climb over the wall, Freya discovers that Ravenna cursed Andrew into murdering her child rather than risk someone being more beautiful than her. Freya is filled with anger at this and turns against her sister, joining forces with Eric and Sara. Freya is fatally wounded, but not before she freezes the magic mirror, as Eric throws his axe, breaking the mirror and destroying Ravenna's spirit. As she dies, Freya witnesses Eric and Sara together and states they were "lucky" before succumbing to her wounds. Eric and Sara kiss as the kingdom's inhabitants and huntsmen celebrate their victory.
Personality and Traits[]
Eric is, at heart, a good man, who desires to protect others and fight evil even at the risk of his own life. However, past traumas have caused Eric to become rather hard and cynical over the years, to the point where he can appear uncaring and bitter. It's implied that Eric may have been suffering depression and had a death wish after losing his wife Sara, the only person he had left to love. He was also raised to be cold and ruthless under his Huntsmen training, though he ultimately rejects this. Eric becomes more positive and hopeful again largely due to the influence of Snow White, who inspires Eric not to give up on life. Eric can be rebellious and defiant of authority figures - he broke Freya's law against falling in love and was also defiant of Ravenna. Eric is also very brave, rarely fearing for his own life, though he did express extreme reluctance at returning to the Dark Forest. In addition, compared to Snow White's idealism, Eric tends to be more pragmatic and cautious.
Eric seems to believe it is his duty to defend those he cares about - he is always very protective of his loved ones and feels guilty if any harm comes to them. He also has a short temper and is often grouchy and bad-tempered (though he becomes more positive due to Snow White's influence). If he is truly enraged - usually due to those close to him being harmed - he can become very aggressive and even violent. However, this is mostly due to the terrible losses and hardships Eric has faced over the years and, despite his flaws, he is a brave and moral man, loyal to his friends and a defender of the weak. Eric also possesses quite a good sense of humour, often leaning towards sarcasm, which he retains even when faced with danger.
Powers and Abilities[]
Abilities[]
- Peak of Human Physical Condition: Having trained his whole life as a warrior, Eric is in top physical condition, having heighten reflexes, speed, agility strength, and durability.
- Acrobatics/Free Running: Eric is very agile, able to perform multiple acrobatic movements.
- Expert Tactician/Leader: Eric is an excellent tactician and leader, able to plan and lead his own team against Freya and Ravenna.
- Master Combatant: Having been trained in the art of war since childhood, Eric is an extremely formidable combatant and martial artist.
- Master Axeman: Eric primarily uses an axes to fight his opponents one big axe or two small axes.
- Master Swordsman: Eric though he prefers to use axes in fight he is also skilled with swords.
- Master Archer:
- Master Marksman:
Trivia[]
- Snow White and the Huntsman came out the same year as Red Dawn and Marvel's the Avengers as they all star Chris Hemsworth.
- Michael Fassbender, Tom Hardy, Hugh Jackman, and Viggo Mortenson were considered for the role as Eric was originally an older character.
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