Dramatis Personae: Chapters 01–111

The Elf Who Would Become A Dragon

Named characters appearing in the first one hundred and eleven chapters of The Elf Who Would Become A Dragon or The Fires Of Her Ambition, listed in alphabetical order.

Alavara

Wood elf woman; Warden of the Wilds; mother to Faylar.

Alinar

Wood elf man; runs a teahouse in a clearing near the centre of the village.

Almon

Wood elf man; wizard; Master of Hallucination; member of the Luminary Vale appointed to teach and watch over magical affairs in the Eastern Vale; master to Celaena and Iolas; former master to Saphienne.

Alynelle

Wood elf woman; young adult below first century; one of the girls who attacked Saphienne.

Wood elf man; elder; intervened with elder prerogative to allow Laewyn’s arranged play to be performed at the summer solstice festival.

Ansuz / Mother Oak

Sylvan spirit; ancient woodkin of oak; matron of the woodlands; condemned Saphienne for freeing Tyrnansunna.

Arelyn

Wood elf man; young adult below first century; wizard; Master of Conjuration; member of the Luminary Vale; former apprentice to Almon.

Athidyn

Wood elf man; coordinates divinations for resource management; father to Iolas and Thessa, foster father to Celaena.

Celaena

Wood elf woman; young adult below first century; apprentice wizard; daughter to Illimun, fostered daughter to Athidyn and Mathileyn, fostered sister to Iolas and Thessa; lover of Laewyn; friend to Saphienne, and best friend to Faylar; apprentice to Almon.

Corytho

Mentioned by name only; wood elf man; ancient; authored theory of magic as opposed perception.

Cosme

Human man; merchant from Tenerosa in the nation of Hareña; patronised by Filaurel; father to Felipe.

Danyn

Wood elf man; Warden of the Wilds; took Saphienne back to Filaurel after her journey into the protectorate.

Delred

Wood elf man; young adult below first century; absent father to Saphienne.

Elduin

Mentioned by name only; wood elf man; elder; High Master of the Luminary Vale; authored ‘Meditations on the Aether.’

Elenelyn

Mentioned by name only; wood elf man; authored ‘A Detailed Inquiry into the Limitations of Semblance: Toward a New Understanding of Form and Being, Wherein Semblance and Identity Become Indistinct.’

Eletha

Wood elf woman; ancient; master of jewellery; mother to Filaurel; former master to Saphienne who taught her the art of crafting jewellery.

Elisa

Wood elf woman; young adult below first century; one of the girls who attacked Saphienne.

Elisanna

Human woman; eldest of the girls Saphienne met when she entered the protectorate.

Faylar

Wood elf man; young adult below first century; rejected from wizardry by Almon; son to Alavara; lover of Laewyn; friend to Saphienne, and best friend to Celaena.

Felipe

Human man; merchant from Tenerosa in the nation of Hareña; son to Cosme.

Felise

Human woman; one of the girls Saphienne met when she entered the protectorate.

Filaurel

Wood elf woman; librarian and secretary to the Eastern Vale; daughter to Eletha; mentor to Saphienne who taught her the art of keeping books, and many other things.

Feneath

Mentioned by name only; wood elf woman; ancient; authored theory of magic as descending from realm of higher truth.

Gaeleath

Wood elf; former apprentice wizard; former master to Saphienne who continues to teach her the art of sculpture.

Gaelyn

Wood elf man; sorcerer; healer in the Eastern Vale; friend to Spire.

Galuin

Mentioned by name only; wood elf man; elder; authored theory of magic as immanent aether.

Holly

Sylvan spirit; bloomkith of hollies; servant to Our Lord of the Endless Hunt and friend to Nelathiel.

Hyacinth

Sylvan spirit; bloomkith of hyacinths; friend and confidante to Saphienne.

Illimun

Wood elf man; elder; wizard; Master of Fascination; member of the Luminary Vale; father to Cerlaena; oversees admissions to the Luminary Vale for wizards.

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Iolas

Wood elf man; young adult below first century; apprentice wizard; son to Athidyn and Mathileyn, brother to Thessa, foster brother to Celaena; friend to Saphienne; apprentice to Almon.

Iradyn

Wood elf man; master painter; severely mentally ill and subject to fascination; friend to Almon.

Jorildyn

Wood elf man; tailor; frequent chair of local consensus meetings; brother to Almon; former master to Saphienne.

Kelas

Wood elf man; young adult below first century; rejected his assumed gender and uses an enchantment to live authentically; friend to Thessa and Iolas; former lover of Faylar.

Kylantha

Deceased mortal wood elf girl; exiled from the Eastern Vale in childhood; best friend to Saphienne and daughter to Phelorna.

Kythalaen

Deceased wood elf woman; wizard; Master of Conjuration; former Member of the Luminary Vale; buried in the Vale of Tears; Saphienne’s ancestor from whom she inherited her wyrd.

Laelansa

Wood elf woman; young adult below first century; initiate of Our Lady of the Proven Merit; lives in the Vale of the White River; lover of Saphienne.

Laewyn

Wood elf woman; young adult below first century; lover of Celaena and Faylar; friend to Saphienne; apprentice to Jorildyn.

Larimon

Mentioned by name only; wood elf man; authored ‘Sigil as Empty Vessel.’

Lenitha

Wood elf woman; ancient; High Master of the Luminary Vale; orchestrated much of Saphienne’s life in an effort to save her from her wyrd.

Lensa

Wood elf woman; young adult below first century; leader of the girls who attacked Saphienne.

Lonareath

Mentioned by name only; deceased wood elf woman; Death’s Consort, witch of the moonless night, declared anathema by the wood elves six thousand years ago.

Lylae

Wood elf woman; elder; sorcerer; Master of Abjuration; member of the Luminary Vale; oversees admissions to the Luminary Vale for sorcerers.

Lyndis

Wood elf woman; assistant chair to the meeting of the consensus of the Eastern Vale attended by Saphienne.

Lynnariel

Wood elf woman; young adult below first century; brought to the woodlands from the Kingdom of Aiglant at a young age; mother to Saphienne.

Madris

Mentioned by name only; wood elf woman; looked after Celaena when she first moved to the Eastern Vale.

Mathileyn

Wood elf woman; embroiderer; mother to Iolas and Thessa, foster mother to Celaena.

Merelia

Wood elf woman; priestess specialising in healing traumatic brain injuries.

Myathaen

Mentioned by name only; wood elf woman; elder; authored ‘Mysteries of Flesh and Spirit.’

Myrinel

Wood elf man; Warden of the Wilds; one of the two wardens Saphienne met when she entered the protectorate.

Nelathiel

Wood elf woman; priest of Our Lord of the Endless hunt; puppet-maker and puppeteer; priest to Iolas; formerly apprenticed to Mathileyn.

Nimerna

Wood elf woman; mother to Syndelle.

Ninleyn

Mentioned by name only; wood elf woman; extremely talkative; former master to Saphienne who taught her the art of making shoes.

Parthenos

Dragon woman; appeared to Saphienne in accordance with her wyrd.

Phelorna

Wood elf woman; mother to Kylantha.

Robine

Human woman; one of the girls Saphienne met when she entered the protectorate.

Rophana

Mentioned by name only; wood elf woman; apprentice wizard; currently wilds-walking; apprentice to Almon.

Rovalia

Mentioned by name only; wood elf woman; authored theory of magic as emergent phenomena.

Ruddles / Mother Marigold

Sylvan spirit; bloomkith of marigolds; matron of the woodlands; teacher to Laelansa.

Rydel

Wood elf man; young adult below first century; apprentice wizard; developing spiders for silk production; favoured apprentice to Almon.

Saphienne

Protagonist of the story.

Shanaera

Mentioned by name only; wood elf woman; developed a theory on the interaction between magical resonance and ley lines.

Spire

Sylvan spirit; bloomkith; healing spirit in the Eastern Vale; friend to Gaelyn.

Sundamar

Wood elf man; Warden of the Wilds; took Kylantha away from the Eastern Vale.

Syndelle

Wood elf woman; one of the girls who attacked Saphienne; strong and unintelligent, was manipulated into attacking Saphienne.

Taerelle

Wood elf woman; young adult below first century; wizard; Master of Divination; member of the Luminary Vale; skilled enchanter; former lover of Thessa; an older sister to Saphienne.

Tanelia

Wood elf woman; master of bakery; former master to Laewyn.

Thessa

Wood elf woman; young adult below first century; artist specialising in watercolours; daughter to Athidyn and Mathileyn, sister to Iolas, foster sister to Celaena; former lover of Taerelle; friend to Saphienne.

Tirisa

Wood elf woman; young adult below first century; one of the girls who attacked Saphienne; freckled girl who obeyed Lensa.

Tolduin

Wood elf man; elder; priest of Our Lady of the Basking Serpent; sorcerer; Master of Fascination; member of the Luminary Vale; was possessed by a sylvan spirit of sunflowers when he was a young boy; provides specialist healing to Lynnariel for agoraphobia; priest to Saphienne and Lynnariel.

Tomidia

Human woman; one of the girls Saphienne met when she entered the protectorate, who carried her news to the village.

Tordynar

Wood elf man; philosopher of numbers; former teacher of Celaena; referees the throwing game at the summer solstice festival.

Tyrnansunna

Sylvan spirit; bloomkith of sunflowers; violated the ancient ways to save the life of Tolduin when he was a child, for which she was imprisoned for over a thousand years; freed by Saphienne and Hyacinth.

Vaeril

Mentioned by name only; wood elf; librarian somewhere in the woodlands.

Varith

Mentioned by name only; wood elf man; ancient; authored theory of magic as the substance of the world, which is an unfolding spell.

Vestaele

Wood elf woman; sorcerer; Master of Fascination; member of the Luminary Vale; politically adroit; former master to Saphienne; authored ‘Of Delusion.’

Wormwood / Mother Absinthe

Sylvan spirit; ancient bloomkith of wormwoods; matron of the woodlands; familiar of Lenitha.

Ysole

Human woman; one of the girls Saphienne met when she entered the protectorate.