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.
Anaeluin
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 Hare?a; 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 Hare?a; 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 Celaena; 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.

