Elorin
| Elorin | |
|---|---|
| Died | Killed by Kenton[1] |
| Abilities | Sand master |
| Titles | Undermastrell |
| Groups | Diem |
| Ethnicity | Daysider |
| Nationality | Lossandin |
| Homeworld | Taldain |
| Universe | Cosmere |
Undermastrell Elorin is a Lossandin sand master on the Dayside of Taldain. Elorin serves as an assistant to Lord Mastrells Praxton and Kenton.
Appearance and Personality
Elorin has yellow eyebrows, green eyes, and a bald head.[2] He wears the standard uniform of a sand master with a yellow sash. Elorin is deferential to his superiors--especially Lord Mastrell Praxton.
History
Kenton petitions Elorin for sponsorship on his attempt at running the Mastrell's Path in the Kerla. After multiple warnings, citing the difficulty of the Path and Kenton's weakness, Elorin allows Kenton to proceed. He explains the rules of the challenge and allows Kenton to bring a sword, as Kenton's request was not explicitly forbidden.
Elorin was deeply concerned for Kenton's safety when he was being attacked by the sandling on the Mastrell's Path, yelling to Kenton multiple times that he has to ask for help in order for him to receive assistance. When Kenton refuses, he asks Praxton to intervene, but is compliant when the Lord Mastrell denies his request.[3] He rushes to Kenton after the test, calling for water, and is present when Kenton wakes up the next day. Elorin encourages Kenton not to attend the advancement ceremony, ostensibly because the Lord Mastrell was displeased with Kenton's actions,[2] but in truth he wanted him to stay away because he knew the Kerztians were going to attack the Diem that day, and wanted to protect his friend from the oncoming massacre.[1]
During the advancement ceremony, Elorin poisons the ceremonial water bowl with KaDo. He then gives every sand master, except Drile who declines to partake, a drink from the bowl, poisoning the entire Diem. He opens the formalities by welcoming the assembly and then reads names from a scroll, calling forth those who would be advanced, announcing their new rank. During the ceremony a large group of Kerztian warrior-priests attack the assembled sand masters in an attack coordinated by Elorin. Due to the fact that they had all been poisoned by the KaDo he had given them, the sand masters dehydrate and overmaster much quicker than normal, and the Kerztians kill out most of the Diem.[2][1]
Five months[4] before the ceremony in the Kerla the Sand Lord appears to him in the shape of a towering figure made of sand. After seeing this, Elorin converts to the Ker'Reen faith, resigns his position as head of acolents, and quietly stops using his powers without the other sand masters noticing. He was going to quit the Diem entirely but the A'Kar tells him to stay in order to orchestrate its downfall from within.[1]
When he returns to the Diem after the attack and meets now Lord Mastrell Kenton, he says that he went south to his home village but didn't fit in there and so he returned. He claims to have overmastered and lost his powers, but later he admits that he never lost them, just that with his new faith he couldn't use his "evil" powers anymore. Kenton asks him to resume his duties as an assistant and he agrees. While at the Diem he coordinates attacks by Kerztian assassins against Kenton and Drile.[5][1] Later, at Khriss' suggestion, Kenton tasks Elorin, alongside Dirin, with running all of the Diem's day to day functions. Kenton tells all sand masters with questions to ask Elorin instead of him.[6]
Elorin presides over Kenton's duel with Drile and gives each of them to drink from separate ceremonial bowls. Elorin uses KaDo to poison Drile's bowl in a plot to ensure a weak leader would rule the Diem. His plot succeeds and Kenton defeats the more powerful Drile. After the fight Kenton and Drile realize that something was wrong during their fight. Drile says that he felt the same weakness he felt that day in the Kerla. Kenton is surprised because he had thought Drile was the one who had betrayed the Diem in the Kerla. Together they quickly surmise that it must have been Elorin who betrayed them. Kenton confronts Elorin, and Elorin admits to have been working to cause the Diem's downfall for the past six months. Elorin says that two days have passed and he is allowed to try again. He raises a zinkall towards Kenton and fires a terken dart at the same as Kenton sends a ribbon of sand towards him. Elorin misses and Kenton's ribbon goes through his heart, killing him.[1]
Attributes and Abilities
Although towards the end of his life he refuses to use his powers, Elorin is a sand master. As such he can manipulate Invested sand to form telekinetic ribbons and walls of sand.[2]
Relationships
Before his conversion, Elorin was close friends with Kenton, and repeatedly tries to save his life.[2]
Quotes
“The Sand Lord appeared to me. When your god commands, Lord Mastrell, you listen. ”
—Elorin to Kenton shortly before his death.[1]