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|cover=Elantris_thumb.jpg
|cover-artist=[http://www.martiniere.com/ Stephan Martinière]
|released=April 21, 2005
|series=[[Elantris trilogy]]|next=Elantris sequel|sequel=Eventual sequel
|setting=[[Sel]], [[Cosmere]]
|publisher=Tor books
|ISBN=0-7653-
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'''''Elantris''''' is a fantasy novel by [[Brandon Sanderson]], published in April 2005 by Tor Books. It is Brandon's
== Summary ==
=== Part One: The Shadow of Elantris ===
The events of Elantris take place predominantly in the country of [[Arelon]] from three separate points of view: Prince [[Raoden]], Princess [[Sarene]] and [[Gyorn]] [[Hrathen]]. Raoden is the crown prince of Arelon and is first in line to inherit the throne from his father, King [[Iadon]]. He is engaged to Princess Sarene of
Raoden wakes up
Meanwhile
At the same time, Hrathen begins his campaign to convert the population of Arelon to the [[Derethi]] religion. His propaganda involves speeches persuading the Arelenes to hate Elantris in the hope of turning them against [[Shu-Korath]], as well as more
Sensing that Hrathen is a danger to Arelon, Sarene also attempts to disturb his schemes. In a change of previous plans, Sarene
With his plans falling apart, Hrathen has to take drastic action and drinks a potion that imitates the effects of the
=== Part Two: The Call of Elantris ===
After
Outside Elantris
Claiming his recovery from the
Once in Elantris, Sarene spends a lot of time with Raoden
Sarene rapidly heals from the shaod, as Hrathen did, and reunites with Roial, Kiin and the rest of the nobles. They decide to assassinate Telrii for the good of the country when one of their number betrays them. Telrii, with a number of guards, turns up to their meeting and orders Roial killed. Later in the evening, Eondel kills Telrii in revenge
=== Part Three: The Spirit of Elantris ===
Tensions rise as a detachment of fifty Elantric City Guards gallop towards Kiin's house,
Dilaf stalks angrily from the palace, lassoing Hrathen into stalking the
Emerging from their hiding place, Galladon and Karata approach Raoden.
As these events take place, Shuden and Lukel
Hrathen is assassinated in the streets of Teod. Aided by a now lucid
With the war over and Teod managing to hold back the Fjordell army, Sarene has one thing left on her mind: marrying Raoden. She is not about to let him out of her sight this time, marching him down the aisle where they are married. A week after their marriage a great funeral is arranged for the people that died during the invasion of Arelon, Elantris, and Teod. Sarene speaks for Hrathen, asking all to remember him as the
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; [[Raoden]]: The prince of [[Arelon]], he succumbs to the Reod/Shaod and is thrown into Elantris the day of his wedding to Sarene.
; [[
; [[
▲; [[Dilaf]]: An overzealous member of [[Hrathen]]'s congregation and eventual major antagonist.
▲; [[Galladon]]: A grumpy [[Elantrian]] Raoden befriends in the city.
▲; [[Kiin]]: Sarene's uncle and a good friend of Raoden, he helps Sarene settle in to [[Arelon]].
== Setting ==
Elantris is set
=== Magic System ===
* [[AonDor]]
* [[ChayShan]]
* [[Dakhor]] powered by the Dor,{{book ref|Elantris|56}} possibly related to [[Dominion]].
* [[Forgery]]
== Easter Eggs ==
=== Cosmere Connections ===
* [[Hoid]] helps [[Sarene]]
* [[Devotion's
* [[Galladon]] is a [[worldhopper]] and has been seen on [[Roshar]] chasing Hoid with [[
* There were a set of [[bws: annotation-elantris-introduction|annotations]] and some [[bws: elantris-deleted-scenes-the-mad-prince|deleted scenes]] published on Brandon's site, as well as the short story [[The Hope of Elantris]].
== Development ==
This is Brandon's first published novel, and his
It
== Publication History ==
*Chinese rights (simplified) to Shanghai Wanyu
*Romanian rights to Tritonic
*Hebrew rights to Silver Stars
*UK rights to Gollancz
*Bulgarian rights to
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A tenth anniversary trade paperback edition
== Cover Gallery ==▼
Elantris was written in a chapter triad system, rotating the primary viewpoints from Raoden to Sarene to Hrathen. Part 1 and Part 2 each contained 27 chapters, or 9 triads. The triad structure broke down in Part 3, which consisted of 9 chapters.{{wob ref|1940}}{{wob ref|1928}}▼
== Awards ==
*SF Book Club selection {{ref|name=awfulagent}}
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▲Elantris was written in a chapter triad system, rotating the primary viewpoints from Raoden to Sarene to Hrathen. Part 1 and Part 2 each contained 27 chapters, or 9 triads. The triad structure broke down in Part 3, which consisted of 9 chapters.{{
▲== Cover Art Gallery ==
{{for|bws: elantris-cover-gallery|a gallery of covers curated on Brandon's site|the Elantris cover gallery}}
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== Notes ==
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