Thursday, 7 November 2019

Elantris 2: Sarene

Sarene was Raoden's fiance, but now thanks to some obscure clause in a contract she is now his widow, having skipped the wedding part. She is accompanies by a talking ball of light.

The engagement is "considered equivalent to marriage in all legal and social respects". Does this mean she gets his stuff? And when she finds out what happened to Raoden, will she try to help him?


Well, she does feel bad about Raoden's death, and she is suspicious that something is not what it seems, but Sarene does not yet know what happened to him. Her father thinks she is good at making trouble, though. Probably she will do better than Catelyn trying to find out who attacked Bran...

Sarene meets Raoden's father, who is not interested in the affairs of women, and his mother, who talks too much about nothing.

Sarene talked to her father by video conference. So that magic exists. I was a little confused at first when she claimed to have spoken to Raoden without having met him. This may not be a widespread ability, however. The floating glowing talking balls seem quite rare.

Also there is some business with Fjorden. The marriage between Sarene and Raoden secures a treaty allying Sarene's country with Arelon, which is needed to protect them from the people of Fjorden who are looking like they are about to start a war. This means Sarene needs to stay in Arelon.

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