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|family=[[Aonic Royal Families]] |
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|parents=[[Eventeo]], [[Sarene's mother|mother]] |
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|spouse=[[Raoden]] |
|parents=[[Eventeo]] and [[Sarene's mother]]|spouse=[[Raoden]]|children=Unborn baby |
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|books=[[Elantris]] |
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|relatives=[[Kaise]], [[Daorn]], [[Kiin]] |
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|bonded=[[Ashe]] |
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|religion=[[Shu-Korath]] |
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|aliases='Ene, Leky Stick |
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|world=Sel |
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|universe=[[Cosmere]] |
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|introduced=[[Elantris (book)|Elantris]] |
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|The problem with being clever is that everyone assumes you’re always planning something. |
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|Sarene{{book ref|Elantris|32}} |
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== Appearance and Personality== |
== Appearance and Personality== |
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Sarene is described as being unusually tall for a woman, as well as thin. This leads to [[Eventeo|her father]] nicknaming her [[Leky_stick|Leky Stick]].{{book ref|elantris|2}} She has fair hair and is presumably well muscled, due to her affinity for fencing. |
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{{image| Sarene by Hayley Olivia.jpg|side=left|width=200px}} |
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Sarene, princess of [[Teod]] and |
Sarene, as princess of [[Teod]], is very politically savvy, and not afraid of using any means to get what she wants. This is shown by how she is willing to act like an idiot in order to manipulate [[Iadon|King Iadon]]{{book ref|Elantris|5}}. She is known for being very clever, so much so that no potential suitors besides [[Raoden]] ever approached her, in fear of living with a woman smarter than them.{{book ref|Elantris|35}} This, along with the accidental alienation of the majority of women at home, has left her feeling like an outcast. By the end of the book, however, she overcomes this feeling. |
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She is also known |
She is also known as being brusque and occasionally sarcastic and patronizing to those who underestimate or try to manipulate her. She is a natural leader, as evidenced by her immediate taking over of Raoden's revolutionary group, despite strong personalities such as [[Roial]] and [[Ahan]].{{book ref|Elantris|11}} She is never satisfied with an unsolved mystery, and will allow herself to be sidetracked by unraveling them. Not only that, but she can detect quite well when she is being lied to, and is very rarely wrong. |
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She seeks to better the lives of others, such as when she brings food to the [[Elantrians]]{{book ref|Elantris|23}}, works to overthrow King Iadon's system of government, and works with the women of [[Arelon]] to improve their status in society.{{book ref|Elantris|14}} |
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She seeks to better the lives of others, man or woman, rich or poor. |
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Sarene is a political genius and charismatic leader. She is good at reading people and manipulating them to her needs. Sarene is a very skilled fencer. She was able to briefly hold her own against [[Dilaf]], though only with the advantage of a surprise attack.{{book ref|Elantris|62}} |
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== History == |
== History == |
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{{image|Sarene and Ashe by Séverine Dumagny.jpg|side=right|width=250px|With [[Ashe]]}} |
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Sarene became an ambassador for Teod at a very young age, serving most notably as the ambassador to [[Svorden]]. |
Sarene became an ambassador for Teod at a very young age, serving most notably as the ambassador to [[Svorden]]. |
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In an attempt to re-establish diplomatic relations with [[Arelon]], Sarene |
In an attempt to re-establish diplomatic relations with [[Arelon]], Sarene arranges a political marriage with [[Raoden|Prince Raoden]]. She meets and gets to know Raoden by communicating through [[Seon]] and letters. When she arrives in Arelon, however, she finds out that Raoden has died of [[Shaod|"disease"]]. A clause in the marriage contract states that the death of either her or Raoden qualifies as a marriage, so she finds herself a widow and legally that daughter of [[Iadon| King Iadon of Arelon]].{{book ref|Elantris|2}} |
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She |
She spends the first three months of her "married" life working to block the efforts of a [[gyorn]] named [[Hrathen]] to convert the people to [[Shu-Dereth]] and thus add both Teod and Arelon to the massive [[Fjorden#Fjordell_Empire|Fjordell Empire]]. In addition, she works with Raoden's group of friends to attempt to change Iadon's system of government. She also brings food to the Elantrians and teaches a group of Arelish noblewomen , including [[Eshen]] and [[Daora]], fencing, in an attempt to give them some agency in the court.{{book ref|Elantris| 17}} |
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Hrathen eventually |
Hrathen eventually gets to [[Telrii]], a rich nobleman, and promises to place him on the throne if he converts to Shu-Dereth. When Iadon commits suicide, Sarene realizes that the only way to keep Telrii off of the throne is to combine her fortunes with [[Roial|Roial's]] through marriage.{{book ref|Elantris|35}} On the day of the wedding, however, Hrathen poisons her to make her look like she has undergone the Shaod, and she is thrown into Elantris.{{book ref| Elantris| 38}} After five days in Elantris, when the poison wears off, she and Raoden realize that she was not truly an Elantrian, and she returns to [[Kae]].{{book ref|Elantris|36}} |
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⚫ | She convinces the people to accept Raoden as king even though he is an Elantrian{{book ref|Elantris|56}}, but then the Derethi priests attack Arelon, capturing Sarene, along with the rest of her allies and family in [[Kae]]. She is taken to [[Teoin]] by [[Dilaf]], where he attempts to use her to make King Eventeo surrender to the Derethi.{{book ref|Elantris|59}} With the aid of Hrathen, Raoden, [[Galladon]], and many other Elantrians, she fights off the Derethi invasion and saves both Kae and Teod from Dilaf's attack.{{book ref|Elantris|62}} |
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Sarene met Raoden again, this time in his with AonDor created disguise as the Dula noble "Kaloo".{{book ref|elantris|50}} When King Telrii attacked, Raoden revealed his identity.{{book ref|elantris|53}} After Eondel killed Telrii, Raoden claimed the throne.{{book ref|elantris|54}} |
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The [[Seon]] [[Ashe]] is bound to her, and she has a large amount of political skill. She is also a moderately skilled actor and fencer. |
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== Relationships == |
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=== Raoden === |
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[[Raoden]] is Sarene's husband. He is taken by the Shaod after Sarene begins her voyage to Arelon, and is proclaimed dead. Later, Sarene meets him while delivering food to Elantris, but doesn’t recognize him, as he was going by the name Spirit. She meets him again, but he is disguised as a Dula named Kaloo. She suspects Kaloo to be hiding something, and he reveals himself to be Raoden to Sarene before he does it publicly after Roial’s death. When Sarene is teleported to Teoras, Raoden uses Aon Tia to teleport to Teod, rushing to save his wife from Dilaf. At some point after the Dakhor monk’s invasion, Sarene becomes pregnant with Raoden’s child.{{book ref|thoe}} |
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{{image|Sarene teaching fencing.jpg|side=right|width=350px|Teaching fencing to the women}} |
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=== Arelish Nobles === |
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*[[Roial]] |
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Sarene sees Roial as a grandfatherly figure. She believes him to be wise and stern, and when she first meets him she feels desperate to gain his respect.{{book ref|Elantris|11}} |
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*[[Eondel]] |
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Sarene sees Eondel as a stately and respectful man {{book ref|Elantris|11}}, strong in both physical and mental strength, despite his growing age. |
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*[[Shuden]] |
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Sarene sees Shuden as a powerful ally because of his honesty.{{book ref|Elantris|11}} She also believes him to be hypocritical in the way he avoids the women of the court’s attention because she believes he actually enjoys it.{{book ref|Elantris|17}} |
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*[[Ahan]] |
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Ahan is fat, arrogant, and impetuous in Sarene’s opinion. She believes he never understands the gravity of the situation he is in, leading to Roial’s death. |
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*[[Iadon]] |
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Sarene sees Iadon as a quick-tempered, easily frustrated man. He sees Sarene as an expended resource, he just needed her for the treaty between Arelon and Teod. Sarene believes he greatly underestimates all women and uses this to her advantage. |
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=== Family === |
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*[[Eventeo]] |
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Eventeo is Sarene’s father, always trying to make her happy. However, he didn’t understand how Sarene was often shunned and mocked until she enlightened him through seon.{{book ref|Elantris|17}} Eventeo converted to Shu-Derith after promising Hrathren he would do so if Sarene was healed of her curse{{book ref|Elantris|45}} |
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*[[Kiin]] |
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As a child, Sarene would call her uncle Kiin “Hunkey Kay” which is how she first addresses him after she meets him in Arelon{{book ref|Elantris|5}}. He is a robust man, looking out for Sarene’s best interests. After moving to Arelon, he married Daora. Sarene questions him several times about why he left Teod, but he never gives a full answer. During the Derethi invasion, Kiin reveals himself as the pirate Dreaok Crushthroat. |
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*[[Lukel]] |
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Lukel is Kiin’s stepson and Sarene’s cousin. He is a successful merchant with his wife, Jalla, and is part of the group of nobles working to overthrow the king. |
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*[[Kaise]] and [[Daorn]] |
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Kaise and Daorn are Kiin’s children and Sarene’s cousins. Sarene views them as intelligent, but still children. |
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=== Hrathen === |
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Sarene believes that [[Hrathen]] is a bigger threat than the other nobles believe.{{book ref|Elantris|14}} She thinks that he is finally someone in Arelon that she can match her wits against. She disrupts his plans many times before he poisons her and gets her thrown into Elantris. Despite this, he saves her and Raoden from [[Dilaf]] in Teod.{{book ref|Elantris|62}} In response to this, Sarene demands that he be treated as a hero, even though he was of the same faith as the Dakhor monks.{{book ref|Elantris|Epilouge}} |
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== Notes == |
== Notes == |
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