Named characters appearing in the first seventy-four chapters of The Elf Who Would Become A Dragon or The Fires Of Her Ambition, listed in alphabetical order.

  Alavara

  Wood elf woman; Warden of the Wilds; mother to Faylar.

  Alinar

  Wood elf man; runs a teahouse in a clearing near the centre of the village.

  Almon

  Wood elf man; wizard; Master of Hallucination; member of the Luminary Vale appointed to teach and watch over magical affairs in the Eastern Vale; master to Saphienne, Celaena, and Iolas.

  Alynelle

  Wood elf girl; one of the girls who attacked Saphienne.

  Anaeluin

  Wood elf man; elder; intervened with elder prerogative to allow Laewyn’s arranged play to be performed at the summer solstice festival.

  Arelyn

  Mentioned by name only; wood elf man; apprentice wizard; most senior apprentice to Almon.

  Athidyn

  Wood elf man; coordinates divinations for resource management; father to Iolas and Thessa.

  Celaena

  Wood elf girl; apprentice wizard; her father is a wizard and important member of the Luminary Vale; friend to Saphienne and girlfriend of Laewyn; apprentice to Almon.

  Cosme

  Human man; merchant from Tenerosa in the nation of Hare?a; patronised by Filaurel; father to Felipe.

  Danyn

  Wood elf man; Warden of the Wilds; took Saphienne back to Filaurel after her journey into the protectorate.

  Delred

  Wood elf man; young adult below first century; absent father to Saphienne.

  Elduin

  Mentioned by name only; wood elf man; elder; High Master of the Luminary Vale; author of ‘Meditations on the Aether.’

  Eletha

  Wood elf woman; elder; master of jewellery; former master to Saphienne who taught her the art of crafting jewellery.

  Elisa

  Wood elf girl; one of the girls who attacked Saphienne.

  Elisanna

  Human girl; eldest of the girls Saphienne met when she entered the protectorate.

  Felipe

  Human boy; apprentice merchant from Tenerosa in the nation of Hare?a; son of Cosme.

  Felise

  Human girl; one of the girls Saphienne met when she entered the protectorate.

  Filaurel

  Wood elf woman; librarian and secretary to the Eastern Vale; mentor to Saphienne who taught her the art of keeping books, and many other things.

  Faylar

  Wood elf boy; rejected from wizardry by Almon; son of Alavara; friend to Saphienne and best friend of Celaena.

  Gaeleath

  Wood elf; former apprentice wizard; former master to Saphienne who continues to teach her the art of sculpture.

  Gaelyn

  Mentioned by name only; wood elf man; healer in the Eastern Vale.

  Holly

  Sylvan spirit; bloomkith of hollies; servant to Our Lord of the Endless Hunt and friend to Nelathiel.

  Hyacinth

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  Sylvan spirit; bloomkith of hyacinths; friend and confidante to Saphienne.

  Iolas

  Wood elf man; young adult below first century; apprentice wizard; friend to Saphienne, brother to Thessa, and son to Athidyn and Mathileyn; apprentice to Almon.

  Iradyn

  Wood elf man; master painter; severely mentally ill and subject to fascination; friend to Almon.

  Jorildyn

  Wood elf man; former master to Saphienne who taught her the art of tailoring.

  Kylantha

  Mortal wood elf girl; exiled from the Eastern Vale in childhood; best friend to Saphienne and daughter to Phelorna.

  Laelansa

  Wood elf girl; initiate of Our Lady of the Proven Merit; lives in the Vale of the White River; has a crush on Saphienne.

  Laewyn

  Wood elf girl; reluctant apprentice baker; friend to Saphienne and girlfriend of Celaena; apprentice to Tanelia.

  Lenitha

  Mentioned by name only; wood elf woman; elder; High Master of the Luminary Vale; congratulated Saphienne by letter for her successful coverup of what happened at the hidden clearing.

  Lensa

  Wood elf girl; leader of the girls who attacked Saphienne.

  Lonareath

  Mentioned by name only; deceased wood elf woman; Death’s Consort, witch of the moonless night, declared anathema by the wood elves six thousand years ago.

  Lyndis

  Wood elf woman; assistant chair to the meeting of the consensus of the Eastern Vale attended by Saphienne.

  Lynnariel

  Wood elf woman; young adult below first century; mother of Saphienne.

  Madris

  Mentioned by name only; wood elf woman; looked after Celaena when she first moved to the Eastern Vale.

  Mathileyn

  Wood elf woman; embroiderer; mother to Iolas and Thessa.

  Myrinel

  Wood elf man; Warden of the Wilds; one of the two wardens Saphienne met when she entered the protectorate.

  Nelathiel

  Wood elf woman; priest of Our Lord of the Endless hunt; puppet-maker and puppeteer; priest to Iolas; formerly apprenticed to Mathileyn.

  Ninleyn

  Mentioned by name only; wood elf woman; extremely talkative; former master to Saphienne who taught her the art of making shoes.

  Phelorna

  Wood elf woman; mother of Kylantha.

  Robine

  Human girl; one of the girls Saphienne met when she entered the protectorate.

  Rophana

  Mentioned by name only; wood elf woman; apprentice wizard; currently wilds-walking; apprentice to Almon.

  Ruddles

  Mentioned by name only; elder sylvan spirit; bloomkith of marigolds; teacher to Laelansa.

  Rydel

  Wood elf man; young adult below first century; apprentice wizard; accompanied Saphienne to the hidden clearing; favoured apprentice to Almon.

  Saphienne

  Protagonist of the story.

  Shanaera

  Mentioned by name only; wood elf woman; developed a theory on the interaction between magical resonance and ley lines.

  Sundamar

  Wood elf man; Warden of the Wilds; took Kylantha away from the Eastern Vale.

  Syndelle

  Wood elf girl; one of the girls who attacked Saphienne; large and unintelligent, was manipulated into attacking Saphienne.

  Taerelle

  Wood elf woman; young adult below first century; apprentice wizard; accompanied Saphienne to the hidden clearing; favoured apprentice to Almon; secret tutor to Saphienne.

  Tanelia

  Wood elf woman; master of bakery; master to Laewyn.

  Thessa

  Wood elf woman; young adult below first century; artist specialising in watercolours; sister to Iolas, and daughter to Athidyn and Mathileyn;

  Tirisa

  Wood elf girl; one of the girls who attacked Saphienne; freckled girl who obeys Lensa.

  Tolduin

  Wood elf man; elder; priest of Our Lady of the Basking Serpent; was possessed by a sylvan spirit of sunflowers when he was a young boy; provides specialist healing to Lynnariel for an unknown malady; priest to Saphienne and Lynnariel.

  Tomidia

  Human girl; one of the girls Saphienne met when she entered the protectorate, who carried her news to the village.

  Tordynar

  Wood elf man; philosopher of numbers; former teacher of Celaena; referees the throwing game at the summer solstice festival.

  Vaeril

  Mentioned by name only; wood elf; librarian somewhere in the woodlands.

  Wormwood

  Mentioned by name only; sylvan spirit; ancient bloomkith of wormwoods;

  Ysole

  Human girl; one of the girls Saphienne met when she entered the protectorate.