Hen Gedymdeith, originally known as "Gerhart of Aelle", was the oldest living mage before the Thanedd coup. A member of the Brotherhood of Sorcerers, he was also the author of Elves and Humans. In fact, he was the child of two of the first human settlers on the continent which would make him nearly 500 years old at the time of the Thanedd coup. He did not survive the coup as his heart gave out.