DeBernezan betrayed the fighting people of Ten-Towns for his own good. He ended up with Heafstaag and the rest of the barbarians, giving them ways to defeat the Ten Towns that only one from the Ten Towns would know. He is described in The Crystal Shard as a short man with black hair. Wulfgar, he believes is his friend because the young standard-bearer did not tell the king when he started to sweat under the gaze of the king. When one shows any sign of weakness in front of a barbarian, he knew, they would die. And he did die later, but not by the blade of a barbarian. Regis was forced to crush his skull with a heavy mace.