Character from Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas
The Lady of Perranth who escaped her uncle's imprisonment with a ruined ankle and iron will — a mortal woman who walked through a war of gods and monsters on a broken leg and never asked to be carried.
Elide speaks softly and watches carefully — the survival strategy of someone who spent years imprisoned by her uncle Vernon in Morath. She learned to be invisible, to be useful, to be harmless — and then she learned to be none of those things when the moment demanded it. She's physically the weakest person in any room of warriors, Fae, and witches, and she compensates with intelligence, adaptability, and a stubborn refusal to be a victim. She manipulated her way out of Morath, survived the Ferian Gap, and navigated Lorcan's complicated protection without losing herself. Her romance with Lorcan is the series' most unexpected — the ancient, unkillable Fae warrior undone by a limping mortal girl who doesn't need saving but will accept company. She's proof that power in the Throne of Glass world isn't just magic and muscle.
Small and slight with dark hair, dark eyes, and a face that projects an innocence she weaponizes deliberately. Walks with a permanent limp from an ankle broken in childhood and never properly set — she uses it to make people underestimate her. Despite her small frame, her eyes are sharp and calculating.
Also known as: Elide, Elide Lochan, Lady of Perranth