Difference between revisions of "The Hope of Elantris"

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'''''The Hope of Elantris''''' is a short story written by [[Brandon Sanderson]] in January of 2006. It was initially released as an e-book for sale on Amazon and eventually released on Brandon Sanderson's own [https://www.brandonsanderson.com/the-hope-of-elantris/ website]. The annotations can be found [https://wob.coppermind.net/events/140-the-hope-of-elantris-annotations/ here].

After Elantris' restoration [[Raoden]] sits alone in his palace noting the city's new found wealth. [[Ashe]], [[Sarene]]'s [[seon]], floats in through an open window to inform Raoden his wife will not be attending their dinner, because she is pregnant and "it's his fault." Raoden settles in to listening to Ashe's testament to his whereabouts during the last hours before Elantris' restoration.

 

 

 

 

== Development ==

Brandon got the idea to write this story in January 2006, as he was dating his wife Emily. Emily mentions one of her eighth grade students has done a book report on [[Elantris (book)|Elantris]]. Matisse, the student, had done an outstanding job on her book report. There were detailed bios of the characters and even some materials you would find in the book. Brandon was moved by her report and wrote this companion story, with Matisse’s name as the lead character in honor to her. When Brandon and Emily were married, Matisse gave the book report to Brandon as a wedding gift.{{bws ref|annotation-elantris-the-hope-of-elantris|Annotation Elantris - The Hope Of Elantris|date=2006-01}}

 

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''The Hope of Elantris'' consists of an intro and outro from the PoV of Raoden, while the remainder is written from the PoV of Matisse.

 

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== Notes ==