Character from Azarinth Healer by Rhaegar
Former Queen of Rhyvor and the woman who actually ran the kingdom while Maro was being flamboyant — a thousand years of political expertise packed into someone who's had quite enough of her husband's antics.
Elana was the competent half of the Rhyvor monarchy. While Maro gambled and threw parties, she governed — managing the kingdom's logistics, diplomacy, and the thousand mundane decisions that keep a realm functioning. A thousand years of magical sleep didn't change the fundamental dynamic: Maro is the showman, Elana is the substance. On Hallowfort's council, she provides the political and administrative experience that the settlement desperately needs. She's patient in the way that only someone who managed Maro for centuries can be, and decisive when patience stops being productive. Their relationship is complicated by shared grief — a lost kingdom, a dead son — but the partnership has survived things that would have destroyed lesser bonds.
Carries herself with the practiced grace of a woman who was queen of a kingdom and didn't let a thousand years of sleep diminish the habit. Elegant in a restrained way that contrasts sharply with Maro's theatrical excess.
Also known as: Queen of Rhyvor