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=== Chapter 1 ===

Crown Prince [[Raoden]] of [[Arelon]] wakes up to find that he has been taken by the [[Shaod]]. His father, King [[Iadon]], exiles him to [[Elantris (city)|Elantris]] with a small funeral offering of food and wine. Raoden meets a beggar and gives him a loaf of bread. He turns to walk away, only to hear the young beggar assaulted by five other Elantrians for the bread. He runs from the men, but finds his strength quickly fading and tosses the remainder of his basket to them. Raoden meets [[Galladon]], a man from [[Duladel]] also taken by the Shaod. Galladon informs Raoden that his injuries will not heal because he is dead, and Raoden finds that indeed, he has no heartbeat. Raoden decides to trust Galladon and offers him a piece of dried meat hidden from the basket in exchange for his guidance in Elantris for 30 days.

 

 

=== Chapter 2 ===

Princess [[Sarene]] of [[Teod]] arrives in Arelon to find that she is now considered a widow to the presumed dead Raoden, despite the fact that they were only engaged and had never met. She discusses the relevant clause in the marriage contract with [[Ashe]], her [[seon]], who confirms that the contract is firm on this point. She asks a servant of King Iadon, [[Ketol]], to take her to the prince's wake. At the wake, Sarene is not allowed to look in the casket (the excuse given is that the disease was disfiguring), and finds Iadon's absence from the funeral and the funeral's formality suspicious. She contemplates the loneliness of her life up to this point and the city of [[Kae]]. She discusses with Ashe the necessity of her marriage treaty and the alliance it brings to help ward off Fjorden invaders. She is taken to King Iadon, whom rudely dismisses her and hands her off to his wife, [[Eshen|Queen Eshen]], who proves to be a scatterbrained, frivolous woman. After settling in to her new rooms, she holds a conference with her father, [[Eventeo|King Eventeo]], to inform him of the death of her husband. He offers to void the marriage contract for her; Sarene is tempted, but decides that it is best for Teod if she remains.

 

 

=== Chapter 3 ===

 

[[Hrathen]], Fjordell gyorn, arrives by ship in Arelon to convert the people to [[Shu-Dereth]]. He has a three month deadline to finish the conversion, or else his god [[Jaddeth]] will destroy the Arelene people. He surveys Elantris and the surrounding areas with a military eye, judging it to be too poorly organized to be defensible. Hrathen's presence and appearance, with the imposing plate armor of a Derethi high priest, causes a stir as he walks to the Derethi chapel. En route, he is met by [[Fjon]], Kae's Derethi head [[arteth]]. Hrathen is displeased with Fjon, and with the lack of order he encounters at the chapel, and orders all the Derethi priests to be gathered. Hrathen orders Fjon to return to Fjordell to be remediated in his religious faith, stating that Fjon has been corrupted by being in Arelon for too long.

 

 

=== Chapter 4 ===

 

Raoden and Galladon watch the arrival of a new Elantrian, an older woman, who lingers for awhile in the courtyard, feeling pain and despair, before facing her fate. She then exits the courtyard to the left, getting robbed of her food offerings by [[Karata]]'s gang, one of three predominant groups in Elantris, beside the gangs following [[Shaor]] and [[Aanden]]. Galladon explains to Raoden how physical pains eventually cause Elantrians to become catatonic from unending suffering since any received wounds don't heal.

 

 

=== Chapter 5 ===

 

As Sarene is observing court, Hrathen makes an unexpected appearance. Sarene explains to [[Ashe]] that there are only 20 gyorns in the entire Fjordell empire. Hrathen confronts King Iadon, requesting that he convert to Shu-Dereth, but Iadon counters that he believes in Shu-Korath, and thus worships the same god, though Hrathen disputes this. Iadon dismisses Hrathen and his warnings, stating that the time of Fjordell dominance is long past.

 

 

=== Chapter 6 ===

 

Hrathen and Dilaf discuss Iadon's rejection of Jaddeth, and Hrathen ponders the violent revolution in the [[Duladel Republic]] and wishes to avoid a similar outcome in Arelon. Hrathen inquires about someone who doesn't seem to fit in with the court, and Dilaf explains that is Sarene, from Teod, the homeland of Shu-Koreth, a competing sect that descended from the same parent religion that Shu-Dereth is derived from. Hrathen explains that Sarene could pose a problem, since she represents an alliance between Teod and Arelon that could interfere with the pending Fjordell invasion.

 

 

=== Chapter 7 ===

 

Raoden, after some quick lessons from Galladon in [[AonDor]], spends a day creating Aons that illuminate but have no magical effects. Raoden and Galladon discuss the connections between the Reod, the failure of AonDor and the changes to Elantris. Galladon reveals that he showed his library to Raoden so that they could together try to find out how to fix what befell the Elantrians.

 

 

=== Chapter 8 ===

 

Sarene decides to live in the palace instead of her uncle's house. She sets up an easel in the throne room and paints copies of the art hanging on the walls, which aggravates the king, but when she is asked to relocate, she only moves a short distance and continues, and her presence is tolerated as the king has more pressing matters. Sarene and Ashe discuss the king's business acumen and poor prospects of staying in power, as well as Sarene's lack of artistic ability. Lukel, who as a successful businessman has a standing invitation to the court, joins them and they watch the king adjucate a dispute over the ownership of a peasant, though slavery is illegal for the time being. Lukel explains how the nation has become more oppressive since Iadon took power, and that individual landholding rights were eliminated, and wealth redistributed to merchants who supported the king's rise to the throne.

 

 

=== Chapter 9 ===

 

 

Hrathen and Dilaf go to a meeting at an inn to form an alliance with some Arelene aristocrats, mostly minor nobles but also including the powerful Duke [[Telrii]], talking of recent conquests of the Fjordell Empire, and promising power in exchange for the nobles converting to Shu-Dereth. Hrathen explains that many Arelene believe that the Elantrians will return to power and that this belief undermines Iadon's and the nobles' authority. Hrathen speaks vaguely so that he can maintain plausible deniability in the event that one of the nobles accuses Hrathen of insurgence against the government. [[Waren]] muses that it will be a lengthy process to establish Shu-Dereth in Arelon, but Hrathen counters that the Jesker Mysteries were banished from the Duladel Republic in a very short time span and that the Elantrians fell from power suddenly as well, and that Shu-Korath has been in great decline and is now followed in only two nations, Arelon and Teod.

 

=== Chapter 10 ===

 

Galladon creates a distraction in the Elantris courtyard, enabling Raoden to recruit three new Elantrian arrivals into his faction, [[Maare]], a former housewife, [[Riil]], a former handyman, and [[Saolin]], who served as a soldier in Lord [[Eondel]]'s legion. Raoden asks Maare and Riil to build a roof for their headquarters, a former Korathi chapel. Raoden tells Galladon of his plans to build a sense of purpose for the Elantrians to improve their quality of life.

 

 

=== Chapter 11 ===

 

Kiin hosts a gathering for Raoden's allies, and five of the most powerful nobles of Arelon show up, including Eondel, Baron [[Shuden]], Duke [[Roial]], Count [[Ahan]], and Baron [[Edan]], though many others declined to attend. Kiin tells Sarene about each of the nobles histories and motivations for opposing the king and the wealth based system of nobility.

 

 

=== Chapter 12 ===

 

Hrathen daydreams about languages, the Derethi religious hierarchy, and his abilities as a preacher as he delivers a sermon to a large crowd. Dilaf spontaneously follows with his own more emotional sermon, which while a violation of Hrathen's orders, was successful and thus welcomed by Hrathen.

 

 

=== Chapter 13 ===

 

Raoden and Galladon are searching through Galladon's books, and Raoden finds one that is written entirely in Aons, which seems to make it significant since it appears to be about AonDor, so he plans to try to translate it using a dictionary and his rudimentary knowledge of aons.

 

 

=== Chapter 14 ===

 

Sarene joins Queen Eshen's embroidery group to keep up with the latest court intrigues. Sarene talks about Teod court activities including fencing and offers to teach this sport to the women of the group, even though fencing is considered to be beneath nobles.

 

 

=== Chapter 15 ===

 

Hrathen strolls along the Elantrian wall and ponders about Elantris and feels pity for the Elantrians even as he plans to exploit them to unite the Arelene and convert them with as little bloodshed as possible. Hrathen wishes to avoid a repeat of the revolution in the Duladel Republic, which weighs heavily upon his conscience.

 

 

Hrathen finds out about the Elantrians who had entered the city, and bribes a guard captain to secretly bring the next Elantrian intruder to his office instead of Elantris.

 

=== Chapter 16 ===

 

Raoden reflects upon his relationship with Ien, and observes to Galladon that his seon's Aon is damaged and incomplete. Galladon and Raoden discuss what they miss most in their former lives, Galladon's home and Raoden's correspondence with Sarene respectively. Raoden talks of his engagement to Sarene, and this discussion leads to the revelation to Galladon of Fjorden's invasion of his home

Duladel Republic six months earlier. Galladon mourns over the loss of his [[Jesker]] religion, and belittles the [[Jeskeri Mysteries]] as a mockery of his faith.

Raoden returns to the chapel and is amazed at how beautiful it is with all the grime removed by Kahar. Raoden asks Kahar to clean the streets and offers more Elantrians to assist him. Kahar forgets his hunger due to the distraction that keeping busy provides. Raoden and Galladon discuss the growing ranks of their group and plan how to feed them and keep them occupied.

 

 

*[[bws: annotation-elantris-chapter-16|Chapter 16 Annotation]]

 

=== Chapter 17 ===

 

 

Sarene goes to a Korathi chapel to learn from Father Omin about what a Widow's Trial entails. They talk about the Elantrians and about how Hrathen may be intentionally preaching hatred of them for some reason. Sarene learns of her inheritance of Raoden's estate.

 

=== Chapter 18 ===

 

Hrathen is interrogating [[Diren]], an Elantrian, in his office. Dilaf is shocked by this, but Hrathen explains that he needs to know his enemy. Hrathen asks Dilaf to prepare their nightly sermon, then dismisses him to talk further with Diren, who speaks of hunger and gangs. Hrathen then has the guard captain escort Diren back to Elantris.

 

 

=== Chapter 19 ===

 

Raoden dreams of being brought to Elantris when he was a child to have healing done on his badly infected broken leg, and of his wounds and pain vanishing, but wakes up to increasing agony from three weeks of accumulated bruises and cuts. Raoden feels his pain in waves rather than a steady constant pain.

 

 

=== Chapter 20 ===

 

Sarene informs Ahan, Roial, Eondel, Shuden and Edan that they need to keep Iadon financially afloat, so that he isn't replaced by someone who is more amenable to a Derethi invasion. They discuss various options including an export arrangement with Teod. Sarene asks the nobles about how their planting is progressing, and they all reply that they are complying reluctantly. This is referring to an earlier plan to allow their serfs full control and pay over a portion of crop planting. Sarene also reveals her plan for her Widow's Trial is to bring food to the Elantrians, and requests the nobles all go with her, to help sway public opinion about the Elantrians, but only Shuden agrees to accompany her, though Roial offers support conditional on her getting Iadon's permission.

 

 

=== Chapter 21 ===

 

Hrathen offers to promote Thered to head arteth, but he declines the offer, and Hrathen suspects that Dilaf has something to do with this.

 

 

=== Chapter 22 ===

 

Raoden grows concerned about an escalating amount of attacks launched by Shaor's gang and decides to confront the gang leader, with Galladon accompanying him. Galladon deduces that Shaor's base is located inside a bank, which has the ideal security and defensibility. They are surprised to learn that Shaor is a young girl, and are forced to flee when Shaor orders her followers to attack them, before they could parlay with her.

 

 

=== Chapter 23 ===

 

 

Raoden tells Galladon that they should keep their budding society a secret so that new fears of an Elantrian threat don't arise in Kae. Raoden decides to keep an eye on Sarene, since he suspects that she has other motives, besides charity, for entering Elantris.

 

=== Chapter 24 ===

 

Hrathen watches from atop the city wall along with a large crowd who are expecting violence as Sarene distributes food to the Elantrians. The viewers grow bored and disperse as the Elantrians placidly accept the food offerings. Hrathen departs as well, and encounters Telrii on his way back to his chapel. Telrii berates Hrathen for not stopping Sarene, and bemoans that Iadon has obtained new trade contracts in Teod, but Hrathen counters that Sarene's efforts won't amount to much, and that Telrii will be able to bring more wealth to Arelon through a trade treaty with the East if he is on the throne, and Telrii is mollified. Hrathen feels confident that Sarene's efforts to foil his plans are focused in the wrong direction. Telrii claims that he won't be a pawn of the Fjordell Empire.

 

 

=== Chapter 25 ===

 

Sarene and Raoden distribute food offerings, along with other nobles. Raoden regrets that he has to keep his identity secret from his noble friends, but enjoys spending time with his wife.

 

 

=== Chapter 26 ===

 

After a trip to Elantris, Ashe reports to Sarene that Spirit is the new ruler in Elantris, but the fact that Spirit is deceiving Sarene doesn't surprise or upset her very much. She determines to remain aloof with Spirit, despite his trustworthiness and empathy for his fellow Elantrians.

 

 

=== Chapter 27 ===

 

Hrathen learns that his plan to dethrone Iadon by ruining him financially will not work. He also sees that Dilaf is seizing control of the Derethi chapel, leaving Hrathen with little power and threatening his plans to convert Arelon peacefully. Hrathen's other plot to demonize the Elantrians is being effectively neutralized by Sarene. Additionally, Hrathen is similarly plagued by his own loss of faith in his religion. The strains of these failures weigh heavily upon Hrathen, and he collapses to the floor, laying there in pain in his heavy armor, praying for hours.

 

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=== Chapter 28 ===

 

Raoden, Galladon and Karata restrict knowledge of the pool and the AonDor library to themselves. Raoden studies a lot and learns a great amount about AonDor, but is unable to make it start working again.

 

 

=== Chapter 29 ===

 

 

Sarene returns to the city wall to ensure that her orders were carried out. She surveys the courtyard and realizes the truth about Elantrians, that they can survive terrible wounds but suffer in great pain, and that they don't really need food to live. She also sees someone who she assumes is Spirit, upset and cradling the body of his friend, and realizes that he is a good person, and possibly just a tyrant due to his circumstances, and regrets that she will probably never see him again.

 

 

Shuden arrives at the house, bearing news of a newly transformed [[Hrathen|Elantrian]].

 

=== Chapter 30 ===

 

Hrathen is prepared for entry to Elantris as a newly transformed Elantrian by Korathi priests who perform a ritual cleansing. Hrathen's entry to Elantris is delayed by the presence of a squad of Iadon's guards, but eventually he is sent past the gates.

 

 

=== Chapter 31 ===

 

Raoden brings Saolin to the suicide pool to put him out of his misery after three days of suffering.

 

 

=== Chapter 32 ===

 

Sarene is attending an Eclipse-viewing ball at Roial's house that was arranged at her behest. Roial scolds Sarene for being withdrawn for several days after the incident in Elantris, and tells her that she cannot shirk her leadership duties for their cabal just because circumstances are trying. Sarene says that their problems are dealt with but Roial counters that Dilaf may become an issue.

 

 

=== Chapter 33 ===

 

Hrathen watches the eclipse, growing weak from hunger and thirst after three days of prayer. He contemplates the nature worship of Jesker as he watches the moon vanish, and decides to accept the fact that his worship of Jaddeth is ordained to be of a logical rather than emotional nature. He eats his food offering to keep up his strength since he doesn't know how long he will need to stay in Elantris.

 

 

=== Chapter 34 ===

Shaor's followers join Raoden's crew and bring Shaor's wig as a token of submission. They prove to be good, docile, mindless workers.

 

 

=== Chapter 35 ===

 

Sarene and Eventeo discuss the political implications of Iadon's dethroning and suicide. Sarene eats lunch and taunts her father who is dieting. Eventeo says that Telrii will likely take the throne, but Sarene counters that he would be a terrible king, and that all efforts are being made to make Roial the next king. Eventeo tells Sarene that [[Seinalan]], the Korathi patriarch, is heading for Arelon for some unknown purpose.

 

 

=== Chapter 36 ===

 

Hrathen wakes on the fifth day of his arrival in Elantris, and is very weakened, but the symptoms of his fake transformation have disappeared, and he demands and gains admittance back to Kae from the Elantris city guard captain.

 

 

=== Chapter 37 ===

 

 

*[[bws: annotation-elantris-chapter-37|Chapter 37 Annotation]]

 

=== Chapter 38 ===

 

Sarene, Lukel and Shuden attend a sermon that Hrathen is giving to a huge crowd on the day of Iadon's funeral. They discuss the possibility of trickery regarding Hrathen's transformation and healing.

 

The funeral proceeds following Teo burial rites. Sarene watches the burial, contemplating the important part Iadon will take in history books going forward.

 

 

Her wedding is disrupted as upon removal of her bridal veil it is discovered that she has undergone the Shaod.

 

=== Chapter 39 ===

 

Hrathen watches as Sarene's wedding is canceled due to her transformation. He now has a five day window of opportunity before Sarene's temporary transformation wears off, since Roial's wedding won't be official due to Sarene's "death" and Telrii will be first in line for the throne because of this.

 

 

=== Chapter 40 ===

 

Raoden and Galladon ponder why the city guards vanished from the Elantrian city wall. They try to find a way to get onto the wall to place scouts there, but decide to put off that plan due to a new arrival in Elantris, and go to the courtyard as a welcoming committee. The new arrival is Sarene, who isn't happy to speak to Raoden after his deception. Raoden convinces her to give him a second chance and offers his hand which she hesitantly accepts.

 

 

=== Chapter 41 ===

 

Spirit escorts Sarene to New Elantris, which has been transformed into a village with clean streets and pleasant seeming Elantrians, in a complete contrast with her perception of the rest of the city. Sarene is given a new wardrobe and accompanies Spirit, and finds herself appraising Spirit as well.

 

 

Sarene meets Taan, the sculptor also known as Aanden, and sees the Hall of the Fallen. She sees mindless seons floating around and is suddenly struck with concern for Ashe, who she hasn't seen since her transformation.

 

=== Chapter 42 ===

 

Hrathen regains control over the Derethi chapel, using newfound confidence to assert his authority over Dilaf. Dilaf still asserts his hatred for Elantris, despite Hrathen's insistence that the Elantrians don't serve any more purpose in their plans. Hrathen feels confident that Arelon will be taken without a bloody revolution and turns his thoughts to Teod.

 

 

=== Chapter 43 ===

 

Raoden and Galladon explore a tower that gives access to the top of the Elantrian wall. Galladon comments on how much time Raoden spends with Sarene, and Raoden explains that she is his wife, though he hasn't shared that fact with her yet. They locate the missing city guards at Telrii's mansion and puzzle about their presence there.

 

 

=== Chapter 44 ===

 

 

 

*[[bws: annotation-elantris-chapter-44|Chapter 44 Annotation]]

 

=== Chapter 45 ===

 

Hrathen finds the location where Raoden and Galladon ventured onto the Elantris wall, but decides to keep this information to himself. He silently congratulates himself for his political maneuverings which will lead to a peaceful conquest of Arelon. He also worries about Sarene's fate, scanning the streets of Elantris for a sight of her, but doesn't see any Elantrians anywhere.

 

 

=== Chapter 46 ===

Spirit is surprised to feel melancholy at the news of his father's death, but consoles himself with Sarene's presence and the study of AonDor.

 

 

=== Chapter 47 ===

 

Sarene returns to Kae and encounters Hrathen, who claims credit for healing her and gloats that she gave Teod and Eventeo to the Derethi, but she doubts that.

 

 

=== Chapter 48 ===

 

Hrathen is frustrated to have to wait for an audience with King Telrii but is eventually summoned to the newly redecorated throne room. Telrii discards any promises previously made to convert to Shu-Dereth, and reveals that he will convert as long as he is raised to the rank of gyorn, so that he doesn't have to suffer because of low rank. Telrii states that he has already sent a messenger with these demands to Wyrn, and dismisses Hrathen.

 

 

=== Chapter 49 ===

 

Raoden and Galladon discuss AonDor, and Galladon comments that perhaps the land has changed, causing Raoden to intuit that the chasm caused the Reod, rather than the other way around as speculated. Raoden draws a modified Ehe Aon, and it works, causing a fireball to incinerate part of the library. They realize that AonDor is still somewhat inhibited, however, since their aons don't produce as powerful effects as the books describe or affect people at all, and they still have not completed their transformations to pre-Reod Elantrians. They speculate that the first working Aon Ehe drained a long-untapped energy reserve.

 

 

=== Chapter 50 ===

 

Sarene gets a report from Ashe that King Telrii is delaying his conversion to Derethi for unknown reasons. Sarene also hears rumors about a law to force conversion of all Arelenes on the pain of incarceration.

 

 

=== Chapter 51 ===

 

Hrathen strolls through the Arelon Market, where many goods remained unsold, and many market stalls empty of customers, threatening financial ruin for the Eastern merchants that went to great cost to bring their products.

 

 

Hrathen sees an arteth in one of the merchant stalls and investigates, and encounters Dilaf, who taunts Hrathen with his failures regarding Telrii, and says that his victory is sweet in the face of the gyorn's failure, but gives no further explanation and leaves.

 

=== Chapter 52 ===

 

Galladon stitches the cut that Raoden got from fencing with Sarene, as they reside in rooms provided by Roial. Kaloo tries to reveal his Spirit identity to Sarene, but is unable to do so privately. Kaloo in his Dula role is able to join noble circles but wants to infiltrate his former cabal as well, where all the important decisions are really made.

 

 

=== Chapter 53 ===

 

Kaloo attends a meeting of Sarene's noble circle, at Kiin's house, to her chagrin. They discuss various options for dealing with Telrii, including foreign aid from Teod and rebels in Duladel. Kaloo suggests turning the nobles and people against the king rather than assassinating him.

 

 

=== Chapter 54 ===

Hrathen receives reports that Roial has been executed for treason without a trial, and rumors that Raoden has returned, though he believes that Sarene is using a look-alike to try to play for the throne.

 

Raoden assures her that he has no intention of avoiding their marriage, and suggests they make it formal. Left to his own thoughts for a moment his concerns show in sending Galladon back to New Elantris earlier, to teach the people AonDor. He admits there won't be much time, but it's better than nothing.

 

 

*[[bws: annotation-elantris-chapter-55|Chapter 55 Annotation]]

Sarene is distraught to see Raoden captive but accepts the inevitable fate she's convinced awaits him. She will not trade the lives of anyone in Kiin's household for what she surmises Dilaf will demand of in exchange for Raoden, even if she offered herself up.

 

 

 

*[[bws: annotation-elantris-59-1|Chapter 59 Annotation part 1]]

Noticing Shuden presumably preparing to fight his way free, Lukel steels himself to provide back up.

 

 

Nearing the built pyres in Elantris, Adien saunters away from the crowd. A Derethi soldier orders him back into line before slashing his sword across Adien's chest when he doesn't obey. No blood, Adien continues walking to the shock of the soldier, and lays upon the pyre, his secret finally revealed.

With a small army of monks, Dilaf begins his offense believing Raoden will be unable to draw his Aons fast enough to combat all of the monks at once. Suddenly, a group of Elantrians led by Galladon teleport onto the docks and launch a barrage of power against the monks.

 

 

Galladon arrives to report that the Teo armada is holding out against the Fjordell.