Ahan
A jowled, fork-wielding Arelene count of enormous appetite and equally enormous network of spies, who has been Roial's old sparring partner for so long that — by Kiin's telling — neither one can remember whether they are friends or enemies. Tweaks the desperate Edan for sport at Kiin's dinner. EL:EL:Ch 11
Known facts
- betrayed-conspiracy-to-telriiFaked an upset stomach during the Kiin meeting, slipped out to fetch Telrii and a dozen Elantris City Guard, and returned in triumph — the price of a decade of mercantile resentment of Roial. The king he handed his enemies over to had promised prison; instead Telrii ordered Roial killed on the spot in front of him.EL:EL:Ch 53
- broken-after-roialArrives at the memorial site led on Torena's arm, dazed and sickly-voiced and visibly diminished. The other nobles have not forgiven his role in Roial's execution; the count's own self-loathing, Sarene sees, outweighs theirs.EL:EL:Epilogue
Events
- EL:EL:Ch 11 Eats Kiin's food with both hands, needles Roial and Edan in turn, and signs onto Sarene's pilot wholeheartedly — having known she was right all along.
- EL:EL:Ch 20 Reacts to the Widow's Trial plan by reaching for his wine flask and refusing in horror to enter Elantris himself — though by Shuden's shame he tacitly concedes he will go along with the rest.
- EL:EL:Ch 22 One of the well-dressed nobles huddled at the side of Sarene's cart in the courtyard, picked out from the rooftop.
- EL:EL:Ch 23 Complains about the slime ruining his cloak, lugs his box anyway, and goes silent after handing food to a small bald wigless Elantrian girl with an unexpectedly innocent smile.
- EL:EL:Ch 32 Wrecks a plate of shellfish in mid-bite when Roial mentions an oversaturated sourmelon market in Svorden; arrives at the duke's study at the end of the night with the political summary.
- EL:EL:Ch 35 Ahan delivers the news that the Elantris City Guard has decamped to Telrii's mansion.
- EL:EL:Ch 53 Eats half the crackers, pleads for sparing Telrii in exchange for a bribe — then slips out, walks the conspiracy's plan to the king, and returns at the head of a Guard detachment. The promised prison turns out to be a stab through Roial's belly.
- EL:EL:Epilogue Led by Torena from the carriage, hollow-voiced and visibly diminished after Roial's death.
Backreferences
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 11
- factSarene
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 14
- factSeaden
- factTorena
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 20
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 22
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 23
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 25
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 32
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 35
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 47
- summaryEL:EL:Ch 53
- summaryEL:EL:Epilogue