Eleanor

Biodata

Power Progression

Confirmed early attributes

These values describe Eleanor at Level 6, rather than her later Legendary state 45.

Background / History

Eleanor’s parents and origins were initially mysteries, and she did not speak of her past. She appeared in Cormyr about ten years before the events of the story. As a teenager, she defeated gang members hired to stage an attack on her, rather than allowing the nobleman behind it to pose as her rescuer 8. She later reveals that she was born to half-elven parents in Morningwind Village near Elturel and was sent to Cormyr by the angel Zariel after her parents’ deaths 384.

Eleanor and Asha find Aaron after an attack in the King’s Forest and bring him to the Silver Mother’s shrine in Seabury. Eleanor takes him to High Priestess Lady Silverstar when he asks for help. After Selûne heals him, Silverstar assigns Eleanor a task concerning him, and the two travel together to Suzail 3 4 7.

In Suzail, Eleanor continues church work while keeping watch over Aaron. After a three-week adventure, she uses Silverstar’s authority to secure his release from confinement following a bar fight. She later agrees to accompany him on an expedition toward Eveningstar and recommends Asha as their third companion 22 44 47 49.

Childhood and Zariel’s rescue

Eleanor’s family lived modestly but peacefully until gnolls invoking Yeenoghu attacked their village. Her parents hid her in the cellar and told her to remain silent. She heard them die and endured the attackers searching the house before Zariel, then a solar, drove the gnolls away and found her 384.

Zariel comforted Eleanor but could neither reverse time nor restore the village to its former condition. Instead, she used divination to find somewhere Eleanor could find happiness and sent a small flying celestial elephant to carry her to Cormyr. She also gave Eleanor a strand of her blue hair, promising that Eleanor could use it to call for help 384.

Eleanor later learned that Zariel had fallen after leading the Hellriders into Avernus. She preserved the hair, believing it might be the only strand retaining Zariel’s angelic essence and might help redeem her. She originally intended not to return to Elturel before becoming Legendary, both because of the danger and because she did not want to burden Aaron with her wish 383 384.

Eveningstar expedition and growing attachment

For the Eveningstar expedition, Eleanor receives forty percent of the payment and spoils, while Aaron and Asha each receive thirty percent. On the road, she makes Edward Teach return stolen coffee beans and defends the principle of public order during an argument over the Queen’s Blade’s inspections 49.

After the party defeats the goblin force and returns stolen supplies, Eveningstar welcomes them as heroes. Eleanor selects a jade statue of Selûne from the recovered treasures and wishes to return it to the Seabury Open-Air Shrine. Aaron agrees to accompany her to Seabury and then back to Suzail 59 60.

At the midsummer celebration, Eleanor works at a cheese-biscuit stall under Silverstar’s direction and gives food to an impoverished child without charge. The encounter recalls her own childhood poverty and the kindness she received. Silverstar observes that her time with Aaron has made her warmer and more lively, and encourages her to cherish her feelings for him 64.

On returning to Suzail, Eleanor explains that Selûne’s blessing has advanced her to Moon-Bathed. She returns to the temple to develop her power while promising to reunite with Aaron 73.

Life with Aaron and the Arabel campaign

During Midwinter, Eleanor and Aaron grow increasingly open about their affection. Aaron’s family welcomes her into the household, although she privately worries that the difference between her modest background and his noble status could undermine their relationship. They share a kiss beside his magically heated kotatsu, and she subsequently settles into the Sallyan Residence and takes responsibility for some household affairs 120 121 123 125.

Charlotte’s arrival introduces a romantic rivalry that soon becomes a magical duel. Charlotte defeats and restrains Eleanor, but Aaron frees and comforts her. In their subsequent argument, Eleanor asserts that she is Aaron’s official girlfriend and displays the residence key he gave her as evidence of his trust 126 127 128.

After the massacre of Aaron’s family, Eleanor comforts him before his dangerous mission and undertakes to care for his surviving cousins, Maximian and Anna, at Selûne’s temple. She later accompanies Aaron on visits to both recovering cousins 131 148.

At Lady Laeral’s gathering, Eleanor publicly kisses Aaron before accepting Eleanora’s challenge to a duel. She combines sword-and-hammer combat with divine moonlight, adapts when the rogue disrupts her rhythm, and wins after Eleanora concedes. Eleanora later reveals that she withheld several abilities and that the defeat was at least partly intentional; the encounter nevertheless gives Eleanor valuable practical experience and public recognition 155 157.

During the mission to complete Selûne’s ritual in Arabel, an earthquake traps Eleanor beneath corpses and an ogre. She urges Aaron to finish the ritual without her, but he shields her from a falling pillar. Robert restores the Moon Gem, allowing Selûne’s avatar to stabilize the temple and enable the survivors’ escape. The completed ritual makes it harder for the Orc Pantheon to manifest power near Arabel 180.

Eleanor subsequently dies during the campaign and is drawn back from Selûne’s realm by Aaron’s desperate call. He restores her using life magic, consuming the orc totem pillars in the process. Although weakened, she rallies the fleeing human coalition beneath Selûne’s banner, introduces herself as Eleanor Salian, and casts a vast, chaos-enhanced Circle of Power that destroys the ancestral spirits overwhelming the army. She then leads the renewed charge toward victory 193.

The campaign brings Eleanor public fame as one of the Arabel Five Heroes, alongside Aaron, Samir, Reynard, and Disma 202.

Master rank and territorial administration

Selûne later grants Eleanor Moon’s Revelation in a dream and advances her to Silverbrow and Master rank. The goddess praises her generosity and willingness to sacrifice, but warns her not to approach danger with a determination to die. Eleanor celebrates the Silver Trade Company’s opening while learning to use her new powers 208.

As Aaron recuperates from later injuries, Eleanor cares for him and discusses their future fief, including a castle and a shrine whose design she believes Selûne should help determine. Unbeknownst to her during the encounter, Alusair and Charlotte hide beneath his bed; afterward, they form the Anti-Eleanor Alliance to counter her established place in his life 240 241.

In November 1361, Eleanor governs the Sunset Lands during Aaron’s absence in Cormanthor. Her initial plans for sweeping reforms encounter the territory’s divided loyalties: Aaron’s relatives control important posts, while the Dwarf Engineering Corps, elven advisers, and Doherty answer primarily to Aaron. She adapts by visiting estates, learning residents’ and subordinates’ names and birthdays, giving gifts, and organizing gatherings 284.

Eleanor convenes the local churches, which agree to outlaw Cyric’s Dark Sun sect. She also gathers evidence of suspected underreporting of harvests and taxes while building goodwill among villagers. When mounting expenses threaten a deficit, Mysty Tanshul delivers Aaron’s spoils, including weapons, armor, coins, siege ballistae, and a red dragon’s remains. Eleanor sells most of the shipment to replenish the treasury 284.

Her rivalry with Charlotte continues in the Sunset Lands. When Charlotte challenges her and attempts to claim Aquitaine Palace, Eleanor wins their rematch through Selûne’s divine power, restrains and gags her, and throws her into the lake, declaring the Anti-Eleanor Alliance defeated 300.

Return to Elturel and Morningwind Village

When Aaron plans to travel to Baldur’s Gate to oppose Be’lakor, Eleanor resolves to accompany him despite recognizing the enormous difference between their powers. She tells Silverstar that Aaron needs someone beside him to prevent loneliness and help him restrain himself. She also urges Silverstar to act on her own feelings for Lucian rather than continue waiting for him 370.

Near Elturel, Eleanor finally identifies the angel whose hair she keeps as Zariel and reveals her hope of saving her. Aaron promises to help, while warning that confronting an archdevil will require preparation. Eleanor then returns to Morningwind Village with Aaron and Hellrider Hild and recounts her childhood tragedy during the journey 383 384.

The reunion with village chief Bolger’s family initially appears warm, but Eleanor learns that her childhood friends Cicely and Matilda have died. She rejects suggestions that she might marry one of Bolger’s sons and affirms her choice of Aaron. The family’s welcome is then exposed as a trap: they serve Zariel and have been ordered to bring Eleanor to Avernus 386.

Eleanor fights her way out of the house. When Zariel appears and demands the pendant in exchange for their safe departure, Eleanor refuses and confronts her over the angel she once admired. Zariel offers no explanation and orders her followers to take the pendant by force 386.

Eleanor, Aaron, and Hild defeat the devils and corrupted villagers. Eleanor summons a divine guardian and kills the last daemonette, while Hild kills Bolger. Elturel’s reinforcements subsequently reveal that the Hellriders’ celebrated victory was a fabrication concealing Zariel’s capture and fall. The city’s leaders regard Eleanor’s knowledge and connection to the village as threats to their cover-up 387.

Legendary advancement and military leadership

Eleanor continues to fight alongside Aaron, wielding the Tears of Selûne against Prince Sigvald and later against yugoloths. During the battle with Sigvald, Selûne teaches her a new divine spell as creation’s light flows into her 443 476.

After successfully reclaiming Selûne’s holy city in Amn, Eleanor receives a sliver of the goddess’s divinity and becomes Legendary. She returns to Aquitaine Palace to master her new Twilight Domain powers 562.

As Aaron’s acknowledged wife, she commands a column composed of religious troops and armies belonging to Cormyr’s nobility. Her reputation from Arabel helps her maintain authority over the mixed force. At the Battle of Teshwave, she coordinates troops from numerous good and neutral churches, assigning them separate sectors and resolving disputes between longstanding rivals 567 590.

Despite her rapid rise, Eleanor remains privately anxious that her accomplishments are insufficient beside Aaron’s growing power. Even as a Legendary priestess bearing Selûne’s artifact, she fears the gulf between a mortal cleric and a true god 618.

The Sword of Zariel and Lolth’s Refuge

With Aaron’s support, Eleanor’s hope of redeeming Zariel becomes an organized undertaking. Raphael gathers intelligence from Hell, Morgan locates the flying elephant Lulu, and Samir works with other adventurers to find the Sword of Zariel. Eleanor awakens the artifact with Zariel’s preserved hair, drawing the archdevil’s attention; Bael also reveals the news at an opportune time 653.

Eleanor enters the conflict around Lolth against Aaron’s wishes because she is determined to fulfill this dream. Selûne’s protection weakens Lolth’s summons upon her, and Eleanor feels little attachment to the elven divine allegiances that might otherwise influence her 647.

Inside Lolth’s Refuge, Eleanor cooperates with Alusair and Charlotte. Her Twilight Domain conceals the party, Charlotte maps their route with Karsus’s Magic Box, and Alusair maintains a cautious approach. Eleanor recognizes that Lolth is exploiting the siege of Menzoberranzan to seize divine power, primordial power, and Aaron’s Chaos power. She identifies the primordial power as divided between the divine forces carried by herself and Nastya 653.

After the Sword of Zariel’s eager demand for combat alerts a transformed spider-creature, Charlotte blinds it and Eleanor binds and kills it with moonlight. Lolth then announces an ascension ritual requiring the Chosen to kill eighty-eight creatures before they can challenge her 653.

Eleanor and Alusair refuse to let Lolth’s contest distract them from redeeming Zariel. After defeating several monsters, they wait for Zariel to find them, relying on Aaron’s plan, the sword’s attraction, and Bael’s support. News of Minthara’s death interrupts their preparations 657.

Zariel later accompanies Aaron’s party as a Solar. Eleanor is present when the group encounters a portal guarded by numerous Legendary and Near-Legendary spellcasters, whose readied attacks place even their powerful companions under severe pressure 682 694.

Appearance

Eleanor is a slender, golden-haired half-elf with blue eyes and pointed ears. She usually covers her face and wears a priest’s robe over armor 3 7 13.

• Face covering: A mask or veil bearing the Silver Mother’s holy symbol. She began wearing a veil after finding that much of the attention she received was directed at her beauty rather than her work as a priest 3 10.
• Hair: Shorter around her forehead and temples, with the rest commonly tied back; she also wears it loose or braided 3 13 47.
• Armor: A silver breastplate beneath her white-and-silver priest’s robe in her early appearances. Later field equipment includes fitted mithral armor, blue mithral rune half plate, and eventually silver demigod-grade mithral armor 3 7 384 647 653.
• Eyes and jewelry: Sapphire-blue eyes and silver crescent earrings; later wears a magical silver circlet bearing Selûne’s moon-and-eyes symbol 13 384.
• Divine changes: Selûne’s blessing strengthens her constitution and increases her bust, a change Eleanor initially finds embarrassing and which later requires adjustments to her armor 148 149 384.
• Manifested halo: An eight-pointed-star halo appears behind her head when she uses divine magic after becoming intimate with Aaron. This prompts rumors about an unusual bloodline, but the rumors do not establish such an ancestry 284.
• Later ceremonial and battle clothing: Wears blue-and-white ceremonial robes, battle robes bearing the Salian family crest, and a fitted purple Silver Moon cleric’s outfit beneath her armor in Lolth’s Refuge 306 578 653.
• Sensitivity to cold: Requires warm winter clothing and particularly appreciates heated rooms, Aaron’s kotatsu, and Aquitaine Palace’s heating 123 284.

Personality

Eleanor is warm and attentive with Selûne’s followers, but reserved while adventuring. Around Aaron, she gradually shows a sharper, more playful side: she argues with him, sees through some of his schemes, and answers his teasing with her own 20 21.

She takes her faith and duties seriously. She tells Aaron that saving a life should not depend on payment, challenges his wasteful use of magic in battle, and believes Selûne’s gifts oblige him to do more than live idly. She also resents being valued for her appearance instead of her abilities as a cleric 4 10 14 22.

Selûne’s teachings shape Eleanor’s commitment to equality and personal freedom. She treats the tiefling Bruna courteously because ancestry alone is no reason for hostility, and initially refuses to start a fight with Charlotte at the hospital because doing so would infringe another person’s freedom without justification 89 121 127.

Her compassion is informed by childhood poverty and loss. She gives food to a poor child who reminds her of herself, welcomes war orphans, and builds trust with the Sunset Lands’ residents through personal attention rather than aristocratic distance 64 284.

In romance, Eleanor is affectionate but initially hesitant to ask directly for what she wants. She fears differences in social standing and becomes jealous of Aaron’s many admirers, yet grows more assertive: she identifies herself as his girlfriend, publicly kisses him, and later defends her standing as his fiancée and acknowledged wife 60 123 128 155 284 391.

Eleanor is practical about spending and uncomfortable with some noble excesses. She questions purchases of delicate clothing that would wear out quickly and worries about Aaron’s extravagant construction projects even while appreciating his care for her. She also maintains clear boundaries about intimacy outside their private rooms 121 158 284.

She is not initially obsessed with strength for its own sake. Nevertheless, Aaron’s extraordinary companions and expanding power encourage greater ambition. She recognizes her limitations without abandoning her resolve to stand beside him, remain his moral restraint, redeem Zariel, and become worthy of Selûne and the Sword of Zariel 361 370 618 653.

Abilities & Skills

Twilight Domain magic

Eleanor follows Selûne’s rare Twilight Domain 9.

• Twilight Flame: Casts moonlight that protects Aaron during a bugbear ambush 9.
• Divine channeling: After advancing, can channel Selûne’s power twice in a single battle 44.
• Leomund’s Tiny Hut: Creates a dry, comfortable hemisphere with a ten-foot radius and room for up to nine people. Those inside when it is cast can pass through; those outside cannot enter 44.
• Twilight barriers: Condenses her domain into a defensive shield through the Book of the Moon, blocking successive magical attacks until Charlotte concentrates enough force to break it 127.
• Twilight Sanctuary: Combines it with Aura of Power during her close-range counterattack against Eleanora 157.
• Perception and darkvision: Detects threats and counters stealth, making it difficult for Eleanora to exploit concealment or blind spots 157.
• Legendary Twilight Domain: Permanently conceals those enveloped by it and grants them Moon’s Blessing; enemies inside continually suffer passive attacks from Moonbeam. Uses its concealment to guide Alusair and Charlotte through Lolth’s Refuge 562 653.

Other divine spells and blessings

• Soundproof Barrier and Silence: Uses sound-suppressing magic during her duel with Charlotte, then dismisses it to call for Aaron when defeated 127.
• Dispel Magic: Upcasts it to strip Charlotte’s protective magic 127.
• Faithful Defender: A fourth-level divine spell that manifests a shield and warhammer bearing Selûne’s holy symbol 127.
• Moonlight Radiance: A second-tier divine spell that surrounds her in a pillar of light 155.
• Aura of Power and Heavens Magic—Moonlight: Combines fifth-tier divine magic with repeated moonlight bombardment across the area within thirty feet, forcing a concealed opponent into the open 155.
• Chaos-enhanced Circle of Power: Casts a vast version on the Arabel battlefield, destroying the orc ancestral spirits and enabling the human coalition to regroup 193.
• Moon’s Revelation: A dream-granted intuitive gift that helps her make better choices. Its intuition warns her that Alusair may be an enemy, although Eleanor can still misunderstand the situation behind a warning 208.
• Heroes’ Feast and True Seeing: Learns both sixth-circle spells upon reaching Master rank 208.
• Returning Word: Can evacuate herself and up to four others to a designated Selûnite sanctuary 208.
• Divine guardian: Summons a guardian during the battle against Zariel’s followers in Morningwind Village 387.
• Creation-linked divine instruction: Receives creation’s light and a new, unnamed divine spell from Selûne during her battle with Prince Sigvald 443.
• Divine empowerment and restraint: Can bind others with divine threads, as demonstrated against Charlotte. Selûne’s power also strengthens her summoned warhammer and defenses 300 359.

Warhammer combat

• Fights with the church warhammer Hand of the Moon and kills a bugbear with a strike to its head 7 9.
• Defeated a group of attackers with the hammer when she was fourteen or fifteen 8.
• Trains in dual-wielding a sword and hammer, creating a tightly coordinated defense and combining alternating strikes with divine bombardment 155.
• Adapts under pressure by abandoning an elegant defense and charging inside Eleanora’s effective weapon range 157.
• With the Tears of Selûne, delivers Moonfire-laden strikes that shatter weapons and shields and devastate fiends 391 476.
• Binds and kills a transformed spider-creature with moonlight after Charlotte blinds it 653.

Magical protection and exceptional feats

• Charm resistance: Resists Charlotte’s Charm Person at the hospital; the narrative associates this resistance with her prolonged exposure to Aaron 88.
• Blessing of the Primordial Beginning: Aaron’s blessing enhances her attributes, defenses, and magical protection 153.
• Layered battle enhancements: Receives more than a dozen protective buffs during combat with mind flayers, covering numerous types of harmful effects 378.
• Artifact-assisted disruption: The Tears of Selûne’s divine shield shatters the reality warped by Karsus’s Magic Box, freeing Eleanor from restraints imagined to hold a Tarrasque 391.
• Dream Domain encounter: During her confrontation with Halken, his Prismatic Spray passes through her without effect, and she moves through his conjured Wall of Iron 516.
• Protection against Lolth’s summons: Selûne’s protection greatly weakens the influence of Lolth’s call upon her 647.

Leadership and administration

• Battlefield inspiration: Halts the human army’s rout at Arabel, rallies soldiers beneath Selûne’s banner, and leads their renewed advance 193.
• Territorial governance: Manages the Sunset Lands in Aaron’s absence, oversees finances, negotiates with churches, builds community support, and investigates suspected tax underreporting 284.
• Religious coordination: Maintains order among troops belonging to rival good and neutral churches by separating their assignments and resolving disputes 590.
• Strategic insight: Recognizes the broader divine and primordial stakes of Lolth’s ascension scheme and helps keep her companions focused on Zariel rather than the imposed killing contest 653 657.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Hand of the Moon — her church warhammer 7.
• Holy book / Book of the Moon — bears the Silver Mother’s emblem and is used in her divine spellcasting and the formation of Twilight Domain barriers 7 9 127.
• Angel-wing necklace and pendant — the pendant holds a luminous blue strand of hair from the angel she once met, later identified as Zariel. It retains angelic essence, was originally given as a means of calling Zariel for help, and eventually awakens the Sword of Zariel 3 14 383 384 653.
• Mask or veil — covers her face during much of her work and travel 3 10.
• Shell of lip color — a gift from Aaron that she keeps in her hands when they discuss their next expedition 47.
• Jade statue of Selûne — a sacred object recovered from the goblin expedition’s spoils and selected for return to the Seabury shrine 59 60.
• Key to the Sallyan Residence — given by Aaron; Eleanor uses it as proof of her trusted place in his life during her argument with Charlotte 128.
• White dragon-hide vest — made by Fujal from material left over from Aaron’s armor and given to Eleanor by Aaron 153.
• Sword of the Dark Moon — borrows Aaron’s sword for her public duel with Eleanora 155 157.
• Tears of Selûne — an artifact warhammer bestowed by Selûne. Produces silver Moonfire and a divine shield, and can appear in Eleanor’s hand when she calls for it 391 476 618.
• Magical Selûne circlet — bears the goddess’s holy symbol; later versions are decorated with moons and stars 384 578.
• Mithral armor — progresses from fitted field armor and blue rune half plate to silver demigod-grade mithral armor worn in Lolth’s Refuge 384 647 653.
• Sword of Zariel — an artifact located for Eleanor by Samir and his associates and awakened with Zariel’s hair. Its militant enthusiasm can conflict with the party’s preference for caution 653.
• Aquitaine Palace — her heated residence in the Sunset Lands, specially built by Aaron to accommodate her sensitivity to cold 284.

Relationships

• Aaron Salian — a longtime acquaintance whose rescuer and assigned watcher she becomes. Their travels develop into a trusting, teasing friendship; she joins his Eveningstar expedition 3 7 20 47 49. Their bond becomes romantic, and Eleanor moves into his household, identifies herself as his girlfriend, and later serves as his fiancée and publicly acknowledged wife. Aaron restores her after death, supports her hope of redeeming Zariel, and entrusts her with his territory. Eleanor regards standing beside him and keeping him grounded as more important than matching his power 125 128 193 284 370 384 567 653.
• Lady Silverstar — the high priestess who entrusts Eleanor with watching over Aaron and grants her the authority she later uses to obtain his release 7 44. She encourages Eleanor’s emotional growth and romance. Their relationship eventually becomes candid enough for Eleanor to challenge Silverstar’s hesitation over Lucian and urge her to pursue her own happiness 64 149 370.
• Selûne — Eleanor’s patron goddess and the source of her divine magic, blessings, divinity, and artifacts. Selûne supports her relationship with Aaron and personally calls her Eleanor Salian, but also warns her against treating self-sacrifice as a determination to die. Eleanor sometimes wonders how much of the goddess’s exceptional favor is directed toward her and how much toward Aaron 193 208 391 562 653.
• Asha — fellow rescuer of Aaron and Eleanor’s choice for a reliable close-combat teammate 3 47 48. They travel together on the Eveningstar expedition, despite contrasting manners and disagreements over authority and public order 49 60.
• Zariel, the angel — the figure from Eleanor’s past whose remaining strand of hair she keeps in a pendant. Eleanor initially does not explain what happened to her 14. Zariel rescued her after the gnoll attack, sent her to Cormyr, and became Eleanor’s ideal of kindness, justice, and courage. Eleanor’s hope of redeeming her survives their hostile reunion and motivates her acquisition of the Sword of Zariel. Zariel later travels with the party as a Solar 383 384 386 653 694.
• Charlotte Caladnei — initially a jealous rival whose charm Eleanor resists and whose superior spellcasting defeats her in their first direct duel. Their rivalry includes arguments over Aaron’s affection, magical fights, and Charlotte’s alliance with Alusair 88 89 127 128 241. Eleanor later defeats her through Selûne’s power, but their relationship gradually becomes more cooperative; they exchange teasing nicknames and work together effectively in Lolth’s Refuge 300 447 653 657.
• Alusair — Aaron’s royal patron and another romantic rival. Eleanor distrusts the trouble surrounding Aaron’s dealings with her and resists interference in his household and territory. Nevertheless, she recognizes Alusair’s financial assistance and importance to Aaron, and later cooperates closely with her in the mission to redeem Zariel 208 235 284 300 653 657.
• Samir Morningstar — an ally whose help to Aaron Eleanor appreciates despite his boasting. He approaches her about joining the Harpers after her duel and later helps locate the Sword of Zariel 155 157 653.
• Eleanora — Harper rogue and public sparring opponent. Their duel gives Eleanor experience in adapting to an opponent’s shifting tactics, although Eleanora conceals her full capabilities and partly intends the loss 155 157.
• Aaron’s family — welcomes Eleanor and encourages the relationship. Mellie and Lothair attempt matchmaking, Yuta eagerly seeks her company and stories, and Eleanor later cares for Maximian and Anna after the family massacre. Aaron’s relatives give her some consideration as his fiancée during her administration of the Sunset Lands 20 21 73 123 131 148 284.
• Children at Selûne’s temple — play with her in Greenleaf Courtyard and call her “Big Sister Eleanor” 47.
• Hild — Hellrider guide who accompanies Eleanor and Aaron to her birthplace and fights beside them against its corrupted inhabitants 384 387.
• Bolger and his family — childhood acquaintances whose apparent hospitality conceals service to Zariel. Their attempted betrayal transforms Eleanor’s homecoming into a battle 384 386 387.
• Cicely and Matilda — childhood friends whose deaths Eleanor learns about during her return to Morningwind Village 386.
• Nastya — another of Aaron’s close companions and a source of romantic tension. Eleanor and Nastya later carry the two portions of primordial power that Eleanor identifies as targets of Lolth’s scheme 359 420 653.