Difference between revisions of "Elantris (book)"

Tensions rise as a detachment of fifty Elantric City Guards gallop towards Kiin's house, with Sarene and her friends convinced theythe guards will arrestattempt Raodento andarrest his friendsthem for treason against the king. Instead, they request that Raoden become their new king. Within the hour his coronation commences. However, Dilaf dispels the illusion Raoden has been keeping up to appear human. The nobles don't appear as shocked as Dilaf would have hoped. In their apathy they merely appear dejected, until Sarene rallies them behind the idea that Raoden is still the man who loved them before his exile.

Dilaf stalks angrily from the palace, lassoing Hrathen into stalking the ardent. LeadingFollowing him to the market district, Hrathen witnesses the [[Dakhor]] monks burst from the tents. Asleep in Roial's mansion, Raoden awakens to a disturbance and findsgoes Dilafdownstairs down-stairsfind Dilaf, who knocks him unconscious. Sarene is whippedcaught up in the Dakhor monkmonks's attack when her carriage is assaulted on the way back from Elantris. Fortunately, she is saved by Kiin and Lukel, taking her back to Kiin's manor and barricading themselves in. Dragging Raoden to the manor, Dilaf uses him to capture Sarene. Done with his bait, Dilaf runs Raoden through with his sword and takes Sarene and Hrathen to Teod.

Emerging from their hiding place, Galladon and Karata approach Raoden. Findingto find the Hoed remnants of a man who was once Raoden,their friend. Galladon is determined to give Raoden peace at the embrace of the pool atop the mountain. He will then also give himself the same peace. Karata only acquiesces. While Galladon and Karata carry Raoden to oblivion, Lukel and the other captives are being marched to the pyres built for them within Elantris. As a revelation assaults Raoden's mind he struggles to regain control of his body. Startling Galladon and Karata he dashes back down the mountain to Kae, grabs a stick and draws out the chasm line in the ground. It explodes with the power of the Dor as he completes it, revealing Elantris and its surrounding cities to be one big Aon.massive Aon Rao.

As these events take place, Shuden and Lukel startlead a rebellionfight against their captors, and Dilaf moves to crush Teod. Hrathen overhears Dilaf musing to Sarene that he is going to kill her in front of her father, causingmotivating himHrathen to subdue Dilaf after warningwarn Eventeo of the Fjordell invasion and attack Dilaf. Fighting off the other monks, Hrathen escapes with Sarene. Lukel's rebellionand the others are failsbeaten but hope is restored with Raoden's intervention. Elantris and Arelene are secure but [[Ashe]] appears with grave news of Teod.

Hrathen is assassinated in the streets of Teod. Aided by a now lucid [[Adien]], Raoden teleports to Teod to save Sarene from Dilaf. Galladon and the other Elantrians arrive in time to save Raoden and Sarene, fighting off more than fifty Dakhor monks with the Dor. Seeing Dilaf chase after Eventeo, Raoden pursues only to walk into Dilaf's ambush. Hrathen makes a miraculous appearance during the fight, revealing his partial-Dakhor secret that he uses to kill Dilaf before succumbing to his own wounds.