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You could rattle the stars. You could do anything if you only dared. And deep down, you know it too, and that's what scares you the most.

–Elena to Celaena Sardothien -Throne of Glass


Elena Havilliard (née Galathynius) was the daughter of the Fae king Brannon and is the first Queen of Adarlan. She was also the mate and wife of Gavin Havilliard, the first King of Adarlan.

She is the direct ancestor of the members of House Havilliard, and at the same time is a descendant to Terrasen's royal family, House Galathynius.

Biography

History

Elena was born to a Fae King, Brannon Galathynius, and his wife, Mala Fire-Bringer. During the time of her youth, a war against the Valg King Erawan was fought. Some time before the final battle Elena met and fell in love with Gavin Havilliard, and later married him. She used the Lock to temporarily seal the Valg King under the mountain at Morath. The Lock was later named "The Eye of Elena".[1]

Unfortunately her brave deeds were forgotten, and the queen was usually depicted as a damsel in distress, as stated by her ghost. The tombs of her and her husband are placed beneath the grounds of the Glass Castle in Rifthold.

During the Fall of Terrasen, Elena caused Arobynn Hamel to find a young Aelin Galathynius in the river, and by doing that gave up her afterlife.

Throne of Glass

Elena returns as a being said to be neither ghost nor human. The queen helps Celaena and gives her advice after the assassin's first visit to the castle's underground. Eventually she does rescue her from the hands of Cain, during the King's Champion Tournament, which almost ends with Sardothien's death.[2]

She comes to Celaena in a dream, telling her that she must end an evil in the castle and become the King's Champion. She saves Celaena three times, two of them were when she told Celaena to look to her right, which enabled her to pass one of the Tests and identify a poison correctly, and to look to her right and go to the tomb where she finds the sword Damaris and is able to slay the Ridderak. She also rescues her in the duel with Cain, by taking the poison away from her body.

Crown of Midnight

Elena seems to be at peace now that Celaena knows what evil lurks in the Glass Castle, and does not appear to her.[3]

Empire of Storms

Elena appears twice: once when summoned by Aelin in Skull's Bay, and again in the Witch Mirror.

When Aelin summons Elena in Skull's Bay, Elena explains why the goddess Deanna took possession of Aelin and her magic. Aelin confronts her about lying about not actually killing Erawan and leaving it for future generations to fix. Elena says it was the only choice she had to save Erilea. Elena explains how her mother, Mala Fire-Bringer, had fallen in love with Brannon and became mortal in order to be with him. She then says that her mother gave up her mortal body in order to forge the Lock to seal the Gate. Elena admits she didn't know what the Lock was supposed to be for, and that by using it she broke the promise for how it was supposed to be used, and has been paying for it ever since. The last thing she tells Aelin and her companions is that her mother was Mala Fire-Bringer, revealing that Aelin, Dorian Havilliard, and Aedion Ashryver all carry Mala's blood in them.

Inside the Witch Mirror, Manon and Aelin discover the undiluted truth about the battle against Erawan. They discover that Elena broke the Lock 1,000 years earlier to defeat Erawan, but as payment for doing so and ruining the one shot the world had at sending evil back to where it came the Gods make Elena raise, guide and prepare 'sheep for the slaughter', to sacrifice and create a new lock. This whole time Elena has been raising Celaena up to become a sacrifice.[1]

Kingdom of Ash

Elena manifests when Aelin attempts to seal the Wyrdkeys with Dorian. The gods appear as well, and some of them remark on how long it's taken to finally go home. Elena is visibly scared and upset at her impending evanescence, her debt fulfilled. Aelin tries to bargain with the gods to let Elena return to the afterlife with her family, and Deanna initially looks as if she will do it. Instead, she destroys Elena's soul completely while Aelin and Mala watch.

Physical Description

Elena by Morgana0anagrom

As a Demi-Fae, Elena was incredibly beautiful, with fair skin, silver hair, and pointy ears.

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Personality

Elena was said to be brave, willful, and wise. She strongly supported her husband, Gavin, during the war.

Elena

Skills and Abilities

  • Immortality: As a Demi-Fae daughter of Brannon, Elena was gifted with immortality, which she later gave up to live alongside Gavin.
  • Raw Magic: Elena is told to have the most versatile type of magic, raw magic.

Appearances

Trivia

  • The name "Elena" is a variant form of Ellen (Helen), meaning "light" or "torch".

References

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