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The Elf Who Would Become A Dragon

Dramatis Personae: Chapters 1–74

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updatedAt: 2025-11-15

Named characters appearing in the first seventy-four 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 Saphienne, Celaena, and Iolas.

Alynelle

Wood elf girl; 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.

Arelyn

Mentioned by name only; wood elf man; apprentice wizard; most senior apprentice to Almon.

Athidyn

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

Celaena

Wood elf girl; apprentice wizard; her father is a wizard and important member of the Luminary Vale; friend to Saphienne and girlfriend of Laewyn; apprentice to Almon.

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; author of ‘Meditations on the Aether.’

Eletha

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

Elisa

Wood elf girl; one of the girls who attacked Saphienne.

Elisanna

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

Felipe

Human boy; apprentice merchant from Tenerosa in the nation of Hareña; son of Cosme.

Felise

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

Filaurel

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

Faylar

Wood elf boy; rejected from wizardry by Almon; son of Alavara; friend to Saphienne and best friend of Celaena.

Gaeleath

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

Gaelyn

Mentioned by name only; wood elf man; healer in the Eastern Vale.

Holly

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

Hyacinth

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

Iolas

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

Iradyn

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

Jorildyn

Wood elf man; former master to Saphienne who taught her the art of tailoring.

Kylantha

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

Laelansa

Wood elf girl; initiate of Our Lady of the Proven Merit; lives in the Vale of the White River; has a crush on Saphienne.

Laewyn

Wood elf girl; reluctant apprentice baker; friend to Saphienne and girlfriend of Celaena; apprentice to Tanelia.

Lenitha

Mentioned by name only; wood elf woman; elder; High Master of the Luminary Vale; congratulated Saphienne by letter for her successful coverup of what happened at the hidden clearing.

Lensa

Wood elf girl; 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.

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; mother of 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.

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.

Ninleyn

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

Phelorna

Wood elf woman; mother of Kylantha.

Robine

Human girl; 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.

Ruddles

Mentioned by name only; elder sylvan spirit; bloomkith of marigolds; teacher to Laelansa.

Rydel

Wood elf man; young adult below first century; apprentice wizard; accompanied Saphienne to the hidden clearing; 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.

Sundamar

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

Syndelle

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

Taerelle

Wood elf woman; young adult below first century; apprentice wizard; accompanied Saphienne to the hidden clearing; favoured apprentice to Almon; secret tutor to Saphienne.

Tanelia

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

Thessa

Wood elf woman; young adult below first century; artist specialising in watercolours; sister to Iolas, and daughter to Athidyn and Mathileyn;

Tirisa

Wood elf girl; one of the girls who attacked Saphienne; freckled girl who obeys Lensa.

Tolduin

Wood elf man; elder; priest of Our Lady of the Basking Serpent; was possessed by a sylvan spirit of sunflowers when he was a young boy; provides specialist healing to Lynnariel for an unknown malady; priest to Saphienne and Lynnariel.

Tomidia

Human girl; 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.

Vaeril

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

Wormwood

Mentioned by name only; sylvan spirit; ancient bloomkith of wormwoods;

Ysole

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

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