Rutger the Fair

Appearance

build: Broad, muscular chest of a woodcutter or swordsman, brutally scarred from months of flagellation · revealed ch.18
head: Carelessly shaven or intentionally cut scalp; deep-set eyes; goatish beard of blond and gray · revealed ch.18
teeth: Crooked teeth · revealed ch.18

Beat a drum to lead the Penitents' procession and flagellation · revealed ch.18
Announced himself as Rutger the Fair and offered Auxerre 'the cup or the sword'—forgiveness or wrath · revealed ch.18
Demanded a tithe: one in ten to walk with them for thirty days, or three to sit the cross for three days, to spare the town from plague · revealed ch.18
Orchestrated a ritual whipping of three dead townsfolk while asking rhetorical questions about Death · revealed ch.18
Claimed the raised dead would be sent to find unbelievers who ran, and that all who march with him would be proof against plague · revealed ch.18
Smiled and wagged his finger at Emma LaTour as if she were a naughty child · revealed ch.18
Asked God to show a sign if Emma's disbelief displeased Him, leading to the boy throwing a carrot at her · revealed ch.18
Shouted 'No!' when Delphine began undoing the resurrections · revealed ch.18
Stared at Delphine as if to see through her skin, oblivious to the mob · revealed ch.18
Pulled the tongue from a man who cried 'God help us!' and flung it to the ground · revealed ch.18

Leader of the Penitents, a German from Saxony · revealed ch.18
Grew a head taller and his eyes multiplied (now four, now eight) as he moved toward Delphine · revealed ch.18