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Eric was born in Erudite and transfers to Dauntless. In Divergent, he is one of the leaders of Dauntless. He is Four's nemesis as they were in the same year of initiation and Four was ranked first while he was second. Four also suspects him of being responsible for the death of Amar, who was their instructor and a Divergent (this is later proven wrong). He is described as tall with long dark colored hair in dread-locks and has numerous piercings. He has dull gray color eyes which appears cold and a loud and long evil laugh.
In The Transfer, he is a Dauntless initiate, along with Four.
In Divergent, he appears as one of the leaders of Dauntless. He is cruel and harsh and takes pleasure from others' pain. He punishes Christina when she forfeits her fight due to her injuries by making her hang over the Chasm at the risk of becoming factionless if she is incapable of doing so. He has a competitive nature as shown during the game of Capture the Flag, where his team loses to Four's; he reacts sullenly and later violently. He works for Jeanine Matthews and injects Dauntless with the serum which makes them attack Abnegation. Tris shoots him in the leg when he tries to shoot Four.
In Insurgent, he along with Erudite and Dauntless traitors attack Candor, to capture Abnegation survivors and Divergent for testing and also injects the Dauntless with another serum. During the attack he kills the little Divergent boy and gets caught when Tris injured him. When Dauntless find out that one of Erudite's peace conditions for Candor is to hand over Eric safely, the newly elected Dauntless leaders sentence him to death. He asks Four to be his executioner, who complies. Despite his taunting and casualness, even in the face of death, he cannot be brave.
Eric is portrayed by Jai Courtney.