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|family=[[
|parents=[[Eventeo]], [[Sarene's mother|mother]]
|spouse=[[Raoden]]
|nation=Teod
|world=Sel
|universe=[[Cosmere]]
|books=[[Elantris (book)|Elantris]], [[The Hope of Elantris]]
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'''Sarene''' is the daughter of King [[Eventeo]] of [[Teod]]{{book ref|Elantris|2}}, and Queen of [[Arelon]]. She has one brother, who is the heir to the
== Appearance and Personality==
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Sarene, princess of [[Teod]] and queen of [[Arelon]], is politically-minded, bold, and strategic. She is described as a tall and thin woman with fair hair and silver-grey eyes.{{book ref|Elantris|55}}. She is a natural leader, as evidenced by her immediate take over of Raoden's revolutionary group, despite strong personalities such as [[Roial]] and [[Ahan]].{{book ref|Elantris|11}} She is never satisfied with an unsolved mystery and can detect quite well when she is being lied to.
She is also known as being brusque, occasionally sarcastic, and patronizing to those who underestimate or try to manipulate her. This is shown by how she is acts dimwitted in order to manipulate [[Iadon|King Iadon]]{{book ref|Elantris|5}}, using his sexist views against him.
She seeks to better the lives of others, man or woman, rich or poor.
== Attributes and Abilities ==▼
Sarene is a political genius and charismatic leader. The [[
== History ==
{{image|Sarene and Ashe by Séverine Dumagny.jpg|side=right|width=250px|With [[Ashe]]}}
Sarene became an ambassador for Teod at a very young age, serving most notably as the ambassador to [[Svorden]].
In an attempt to re-establish diplomatic relations with [[Arelon]], Sarene arranges a political marriage with [[Raoden|Prince Raoden]]. She meets and gets to know Raoden by communicating through letters, and later by [[
She spends the first three months of her "married" life working to block the efforts of a [[gyorn]] named [[Hrathen]] to convert the people to [[Shu-Dereth]] and thus add both Teod and Arelon to the massive [[Fjorden#Fjordell_Empire|Fjordell Empire]]. In addition, she works with Raoden's group of friends to attempt to change Iadon's system of government. She also brings food to the Elantrians and teaches a group of
Hrathen eventually gets to [[Telrii]], a rich nobleman, and promises to place him on the throne if he converts to Shu-Dereth. When Iadon commits suicide, Sarene realizes that the only way to keep Telrii off the throne is to combine her fortunes with [[Roial|Roial's]] through marriage.{{book ref|Elantris|35}} On the day of the wedding, however, Hrathen poisons her to make her look like she has undergone the Shaod, and she is thrown into Elantris.{{book ref| Elantris| 38}} After five days in Elantris, when the poison wears off, she and Raoden realize that she was not truly an Elantrian, and she returns to [[Kae]].{{book ref|Elantris|36}}
She convinces the people to accept Raoden as their king even though he is an Elantrian{{book ref|Elantris|56}}, but then the Derethi priests attack Arelon, capturing Sarene, along with the rest of her allies and family in [[Kae]]. She is taken to [[
Afterward, she is married in a grand ceremony to Raoden, and becomes the Queen of Arelon.{{book ref|Elantris|63}} She becomes pregnant by him after.
▲== Attributes and Abilities ==
▲Sarene is a political genius and charismatic leader. The [[Seon]] [[Ashe]] is bound to her. Sarene is also a skilled fencer. She is good at reading people and manipulating them to her needs.
== Notes ==
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