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Radu is an antagonist in the 2015 film, Seventh Son.

John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected his country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an apprentice to carry on his trade. Most have failed to survive. The last hope is a young farmer's son named Thomas Ward. Will he survive the training to become the spook that so many others couldn't? Should he trust the girl with pointy shoes? How can Thomas stand a chance against Mother Malkin, the most dangerous witch in the county? Radu is Malkin's Servant and tries to kill Tusk and Tom by forcing them over a cliff. Radu captures Gregory for Malkin.

Appearance

Radu in human form looks like a man on a horse who is very well dressed with a red shirt with a black leather coat fastened with gold links and sports a white beard with a shot of smokey grey running trough it and a bald head. In his true form, he looks like a light grey drake like-snake with four arms, a whip-like tail with a spade-like tip, and a long neck with a broad head with crocodilian jaws, small red eyes and a plated head and back. He wields a long sword in one of his arms

Powers and Abilities

Radu possesses the following powers and abilities:

  • Shapeshifting
  • Magical Chain Axes
  • Teeth/Claws/Tail
  • Dark Sorcery

Fate

Radu is killed by Gregory.

Trivia

  • Radu is the leader of the Malkin clan's assassins.
  • Radu as the "witch man" wields twin axes on chains.
  • Very loosely based on book one of Joseph Delaney's The Wardstone Chronicles series, The Spook's Apprentice.
  • Radu can only transform when he is on his horse.

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