“By the Code of the Nitobe, I, Eldre Koh, am bound to the one who freed me.“

First Appearance: Freefall (Part 1)

Eldre Koh was an ancient warrior imprisoned millennia ago for a crime he did not commit, sealed away by a demon whose identity he never learned. When Buffy Summers shattered the Seed of Wonder, the resulting magical shockwave broke Koh’s prison and released him into the modern world. Bound by his people’s code, he travelled to San Francisco to repay his debt to the Slayer, only to find himself entangled in her battles against Severin, Wolfram & Hart, and the shifting rules of magic.

Honour defined Koh, but vengeance consumed him. His quest to discover the identity of the one who had slaughtered his family led him into uneasy alliances — with Buffy, Spike, Illyria, and even Wolfram & Hart. His betrayal of Buffy in pursuit of answers strained their fragile trust, yet when Dawn’s life hung in the balance, Koh chose to stand with the Scoobies, fighting beside them in the Deeper Well against Maloker and the newly vampiric Simone Doffler.

After the crisis, Buffy released him from his debt, but Koh’s search for truth continued. In Magic Town, he finally learned the devastating answer: Illyria herself had killed his family. Confronting that truth forced Koh to abandon his vendetta and accept a new path. He joined Angel, Faith, and Nadira in defending Magic Town, transforming from a displaced relic of an ancient war into a warrior with purpose in a world that had changed without him.

APPEARANCES

Buffy SEASON NINE

• Freefall (Part 1)
• Freefall (Part 2)
• Freefall (Part 3)
• Freefall (Part 4)
• Guarded (Part 1)
• Guarded (Part 2)
• Guarded (Part 3)
• Welcome to the Team (Part 2)
• Welcome to the Team (Part 3)
• Welcome to the Team (Part 4)
• The Core (Part 2)
• The Core (Part 3)
• The Core (Part 4)
• The Core (Part 5)

Buffy SEASON TEN

• New Rules (Part 2)

Angel & Faith SEASON TEN

• Where the River Meets the Sea (Part 1)
• Lost and Found (Part 2)
• United (Part 1)
• United (Part 2)
• United (Part 3)
• United (Part 4)
• Those Who Can’t Teach, Teach Gym (Part 3)
• A Little More Than Kin (Part 1)
• A Little More Than Kin (Part 2)
• A Tale of Two Families (Part 1)
• A Tale of Two Families (Part 2)
• A Tale of Two Families (Part 3)
• A Tale of Two Families (Part 4)
• A Tale of Two Families (Part 5)