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=== Discovery ===
When the [[Aonic]] peoples migrated to Arelon, they found Elantris empty and abandoned. Initially, the city was viewed with superstition; people believed it was haunted. King Rhashm, who renamed himself [[Raoshem]], strove to overcome the fears of his people and settled Elantris as the center of his kingdom. Several decades later, people started being taken by the [[Shaod]], becoming Elantrians.{{wob ref|7592}}
=== Capital of Arelon ===
Ten years prior to the [[Fjordell]] [[invasion of Arelon]], a large earthquake occurred in the south of Arelon, causing a significant crack in the ground, later referred to as the [[Chasm]]. This caused an event that came to be called the Reod from [[Aon#Reo|Aon Reo]], which means punishment and retribution. The creation of the Chasm was a large enough change in the geography of Arelon that the Aons used across Elantris, such as the massive Aon Rao formed by the Elantrian Metropolitan Area, became incomplete. Elantris, and the Elantrians that called it home, "fell" because of this. The city, which had glowed with an inner light, grew dark and a greasy slime started to cover every surface. The Elantrians themselves were likewise diminished. Their silvery skin turned grey and was covered in dark splotches and their brilliant white hair began to fall out, along with other, less readily apparent, changes, such as their hearts ceasing to beat and their wounds refusing to heal. The strongest and most powerful Elantrians were also placed under extreme pressure from the [[Dor]], which ached for release, leaving them effectively immobilized through cyclical "attacks".
The fall of Elantris had a profound effect on the rest of Arelon as well. The Elantrians and their use of AonDor had served as the lynchpin of the Arelene economy for centuries. Their ability to cheaply create large amounts of food had supported massive urban populations. Its sudden absence, along with several other factors, caused
Inside Elantris, conditions continued to deteriorate. Elantris had been constructed using AonDor, and, without the Dor sustaining it, the city began to rot and decay. The stones themselves started to crumble. Since the Elantrians could no longer heal nor die from their wounds or starvation, the pain they felt from each injury eventually grew to the point where it drove them mad, forcing them to retreat deep inside themselves. Afterwards their only interaction with the outside world would be a phrase, unique to each person, that they would repeat over and over again as if in a trance. These Elantrians came to be known as the [[Hoed]].{{book ref|Elantris|4}}
Some Elantrians who had not yet succumbed and become Hoed formed gangs
=== New Elantris ===
{{image|Hopeless of Elantris.png|side=right|height=250px|Elantrians suffering after the Reod}}
Ten years after the Reod, [[Raoden]], the crown prince of Arelon, was taken by the Shaod and secretly exiled to Elantris. Under the pseudonym "Spirit", he acquired a number of followers while attempting to improve conditions in the city. He and his followers settled in the area around what had once been a Korathi church
The resettlement was supported in part by the [[Widow's Trial]] of [[Sarene]], Raoden's "widow", which supplied the city with much-needed food and supplies. Due to her initial distrust of "Spirit", she attempted to thwart his plans by obeying the letter but not the spirit of his requests. This forced the Elantrians to be creative with the materials and contributed to the unique culture of New Elantris, such as the garish clothing prompted by Sarene's choice of fabric colors.
Around this time, Raoden, along with [[Galladon]] and Karata, discovered that at least one of the Hoed had been an Elantrian since before the fall. This shocked them, as all the original Elantrians were believed to have been killed in the chaos following the Reod. This Hoed led them to a hidden library containing books on AonDor, among other subjects, as well as a passage to [[Devotion's Perpendicularity|a small pool]] where it appeared Elantrians could go to die. In the library, Raoden was able to gain an understanding of certain aspects of the fall of Elantris. The omnipresent slime, for example, was the result of the decomposition of a microorganism that had thrived on the light given off by the city. When the city fell dark, the organisms died. The microorganism was a type of fungus or mold that thrived on the light and grew as a thin translucent film on everything where it added an enhanced radiance to the already glowing city walls. The mold fungus did not make any mess and was practically imperceptible until it died and rotted into
=== The Restoration of Elantris ===
During the events of the Invasion of Arelon by [[Dakhor]] monks, Raoden was critically injured and became one of the Hoed. Galladon and Karata, keeping a promise they had made to Raoden, brought him to the lake in order to end his suffering. On the way, Raoden subconsciously noticed that Elantris was itself a broken Aon. After refusing the peace offered by the Lake, he added the Chasm line to the Elantrian Metropolitan District while avoiding capture by the enemy. Karata died protecting him. Once the Chasm line was added, Elantris and the Elantrians were restored to their pre-Reod state.
Following Raoden's coronation, Elantris was reinstated as the Arelene capital.
== Landmarks ==
=== Gate Cities ===
Four separate smaller cities surround Elantris, bordered by low walls. These four cities, plus Elantris, create Aon Rao.{{book ref|elantris|21}} The cities are named after the Aons for the four cardinal directions: Ake (west), Ato (north), [[Kae]] (east),{{file ref|Elantris-Kae Map.jpg}} and Toa (south).{{book ref|elantris|61}} The cities are dense enough when populated that they require magical support from Elantris to survive; after the Reod, Iadon conscripts the inhabitants as laborers for his new government, and all cities are left abandoned,{{book ref|elantris|25}} except for Kae, which he makes the capital of Arelon.{{book ref|elantris|2}}
=== Royal Palace ===
=== University ===
The university borders
The university served as the base of operations for Aanden's gang. He utilized the university's extensive library as a food source for his followers.{{book ref|Elantris|4}}
=== The Roost ===
Located in close proximity to the Korathi church, and so inside the bounds of the New Elantris settlement, the Roost serves as a home for over fifty Elantrian children and their caregiver [[Matisse]]. The proximity to the main meeting place ensures that the adults of New Elantris are never too far away from the children. The intricate carvings of birds on the outside are what
== AonDor ==
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The Elantrians are those who have gone through the Shaod, and can
=== The Shaod ===
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