Viego is an Undead and Wraith. He was Once ruler of a long-lost kingdom, Viego perished over a thousand years ago when his attempt to bring his wife Isolde back from the dead triggered the magical catastrophe known as the Ruination. Transformed into a powerful, unliving wraith tortured by an obsessive longing for his centuries-dead queen, Viego now stands as the Ruined King, controlling the deadly Harrowings as he scours for anything that might one day restore her.