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The actual origins of the city are unknown. It was constructed "hundreds of years if not over a thousand years" before the [[Reod]].{{wob ref|4638}} The people who built it possessed a keen understanding of [[AonDor]], as the Elantrian Metropolitan Area, comprising Elantris and its four Gate Cities, forms a massive [[Aon#Rao|Aon Rao]], which acts as a power amplifier for the Elantrians. Its builders were themselves Elantrians, as only they would have been able to make the Aons formed by the city work.{{annotationwob ref|Elantris|chapter=62-2|link=annotation-elantris-62-22230}}

In AonDor, Aon Rao acts as a power amplifier, increasing the strength of Aon equations that incorporate it. The Elantrian Metropolitan District is a massive Aon Rao that magnifies the strength of Aons drawn by the Elantrians in close proximity to it.{{annotationwob ref|Elantris|chapter=62-2|link=annotation-elantris-62-22230}}

* In the original draft of the novel that eventually became Elantris, the city was known as "Adonis". Brandon changed the name of the city after preliminary readers pointed out Adonis was the name of a figure from Greek mythology.{{annotationwob ref|Elantris|title page|link=annotation-elantris-title-page1881}}

* Brandon designed the three gangs who hold sway over Elantris at the time of Raoden's arrival to represent the three aspects the Elantrians had to overcome. Karata's gang, with its isolationist policies, represents their solitude. Aanden's, or rather Taan's, self-imposed madness represents their self-pity. Shaor's gang of "wildmen" represents their pain.{{annotationwob ref|Elantris|chapter=16|link=annotation-elantris-chapter-161966}}