Janel Theranon

Janel Theranon is a young woman from Jorat who grew up as the daughter of a disgraced noble. She tells her story in *The Name of All Things* and joins Kihrin as a main character from then on.

## Janel Theranon

### Alias

Dyno Tomai (Yor),
 Janel Danorak (Jorat)

## Description

### Body/Skin

Chestnut red with black socks on hands and feet

## Appearances

### Appears In

 The Ruin of Kings,  The Name of All Things

## Physical Description

Janel is seemingly a classic Jorat citizen. As such her colorings resemble that of horses. Her skin is a chestnut red, a pale reddish brown, with her hands and feet dipped in black. Her hair is a rich black with maroon red shining through it. She wears it in a leavos, a traditional noble style of Jorat. This has her hair shaved but for a strip running from her forehead to her neck. It is clipped into rings and jewelry, showing her status as a stallion in Jorat. Her eyes mark her as something special. They burn with a fiery red, mingling with oranges. She's described as being stunningly beautiful, in a noble, handsome way.

> *"'A Jorat girl,' Teraeth repeated in a thick voice. ' With hair the color of midnight or sunset, worn in the old center-cut style of Jorat's god-touched. Perfect chestnut-red skin and coal-black socks on her hands and feet. Her eyes are like rubies reflecting flame, glittering with all the colors of a bonfire. Lips like berries, ripe and so sweet-...She smells like apples and dark smoky musk and when she smiles at you it's like looking at a small piece of the sun...'"*
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In the Afterlife Janel's appearance is very similar. She has the same chestnut skin with dark dipped hands and feet. With her hair a dark red-rich black in a center cut. What stands out all the more in the Afterlife is her eyes, which glow a fiercer fire.

## Biography

Jane's story is told in slightly unchronological order. It has been told chronologically here, so *The Name of All Things* tale has been told first, with *The Ruin of Kings* placed within. Therefore, beware of spoilers.

### *The Ruin of Kings*

(Janel is mentioned both when Kihrin first meets Xaltorath, and when Teraeth teases Kihrin about her. See Kihrin D'Mon for more details.)

Janel is riding after a pack of demons in the Afterlife who are (unknown to her) hunting Kihrin. She stops at a lake and dismounts, seeing tracks go into the lake, but is not fooled. She looks up to find Kihrin, who jumps on her. The wrestle in and out of the water until Kihrin grabs the the spear Khoreval, and the dragon Xalome rises from the lake. She tells Kihrin to run, and turns to the dragon's direction before it grabs her by the teeth and tosses her aside. She is assumingly knocked out while Kihrin defeats the dragon. Kihrin recognizes her after the fight, and heals her by placing half of Xalome's heart in her and in him.

> *"He* knew *her, knew her even if her apperance had changed with her rebirth, even if she no longer looked like the woman who had once saved him from a fate much worse than death.
> He knew in that moment what a sick joke Xaltorath had played on him.
> 'Elana...'
> He put his head in his hands and wept."*
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The hunting demons return and see Janel's still unconscious body, but are stopped from collecting it by Kihrin. She wakes when Kihrin snaps his fingers, and she helps him fight off the demons. She tries to take back Khoreval, but he refuses for the moment. Kihrin reveals how he healed her, that he named the spear (and therefore is S'arric), that he knows she's partly demon, and he is searching for the Chasm. She mounts her Fireblood and takes Kihrin to shelter where they can talk more.
She takes Kihrin to a fort near the Chasm to a border fort. She explains how she travels to the Afterlife in her sleep, and is reminded how old Kihrin's memory is. When she corrects him that Elana is not her name, she corrects him, but he insists it is how he knew her. He reveals how he healed them both with the heart of a dragon. She panics that this will change her aura and reveal her nightly travels to her enemies in the waking life. He also reveals he knows Xaltorath, which enrages Janel and sets Kihrin on the defensive, threatening to use Khoreval. He explains how he knows of the demon in his current life. Kihrin muses about Gadrith's plan, and Janel connects him to Relos Var. He asks for her help again, but she insists to know who Elana was. Kihrin explains how Elana saved him. She muses how this might be Xaltorath yet again. Janel lights a fire, and rides her and Kihrin through it to the Chasm.

> *"'Do you have any idea how insulting the idea is? That Xaltorath would try affecting prophecies one way or the other by showing my image to you? Never was your image sent to me. As if all that were required for future romance to fail or succeed would be your endorsement alone?'"*
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They land at the Chasm where a pitched battle is waging. She tells him to go to the bridge, a small rickety one she can not see. He tries to get her to come with him, but she refuses, saying she can not cross since she can't see the bridge. He tells her she is infected like a demon but the transformation is not complete, and something it preventing it. She denies it, and rides off to fight. He hesitates but follows her. When she realizes he's fighting as well, she agrees to go with him, allowing him to lead her across since he can see.

> *"She took his hand and slide off the side of her steed. 'I would take it as a kindness if you did not kill me any more than I may already be.'"*
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At this point, Kihrin wakes with no memory of her, but does begin his journey to Jorat to find the Black Knight.

## Personality

Coming after The Name of All Things info is added

1. ↑ *The Ruin of Kings,* Chapter 35
2. ↑ *The Ruin of Kings,* Chapter 81
3. ↑ *The Ruin of Kings,* Chapter 85
4. ↑ *The Ruin of Kings,* Chapter 85