Elisant Aeranthyen

> And it is nothing so long as you remain in control of it. I am archduchess at your whim. If I upset you today you might just strip it away from me. But Northland? That is mine. That is mine to rule, and rule it I shall.
>
> Elisant Aeranthyen, to Oron II

Princess Elisant Aeranthyen is the wife of Jesper Nasz, the King of Northland. Together they have four children: Prince Cylaian Nasz, Princess Liathaine Nasz, Prince Mikaia Nasz and Princess Veraia Nasz. Elisant is known as Ellie to close family and friends.

Elisant was born into the House of Aeranthyen, the royal family of the Camarite Empire. She is the daughter of Chief Javon Narronen and Empress Liathaine IV, and has four siblings: an elder sister Princess Aris Aeranthyen and three younger siblings, Emperor Oron II, Lady Saesarris Narronen and Prince Charon Aeranthyen. She is a major POV character in the books.

## Appearance and Character

Elisant is beautiful, with dark skin, long silver hair and the golden eyes typical of the scions of the Aeranthyen bloodline. She has long fingers and high cheekbones. Elisant resembles her own mother, Empress Liathaine IV. Her son Cylaian and daughter Liathaine take after Elisant in their coloring. Elisant is shorter than all her siblings except her younger half sister, Princess Aris.

Elisant was wild and rambunctious in her childhood but has mellowed out in the years since. She is proud, honorable, and honest, although some think she looks down on the lowborn. Elisant is peaceful and holds desire over duty as a governing principle of behavior, and she is fiercely protective of her beloved family. She is wise and cunning. Elisant holds to the Tweneith faith. Her attire includes extravagant, dazzling dresses and gowns of Aeranthyen silver and blue as well as Nasz grey, pinks, purples and a rainbow of other colours.

Elisant expresses herself most prominently through her fashion. Her attire is a mixture between Tanahejan styles and typical Aldesti styles. During Bloodstained Blue, we see many noblewomen at court begin to copy Princess Elisant's style of dressing, a testament to both her style and her soft political influence. Markedly, fewer women emulate Queen Sarysa's styles.

## History

### Childhood

Elisant was born in 1534 AC as the bastard child of Javon Narronen and Liathaine IV. She spent the first three years of her life at the royal court in Lohsthar until the birth of her younger brother Charon, also a bastard of Javon and Empress Liathaine. Eight months after Charon's birth, Liathaine sent her paramour Javon, as well as Elisant and Charon, away. Javon had told Elisant that this was because Liathaine did not want her 'illegimate children' living stigmatized at court.

So Elisant spent her formative years in Whitehall, a city in the Tanahejan Empire named after the ancient castle it was built around. Her father, Javon, was the Chief of Whitehall. He considered legitimizing Elisant and Charon as Narronens, but his mother Aellys Aerengar forbade it.

Javon married a woman by the name of Cyndra in 1538 AC, and in 1539 Cyndra delivered a healthy baby girl, Saesarris Narronen. Elisant doted on her half-sister and took her everywhere she went. Lady Cyndra also became a mother figure for Elisant, and treated Javon's bastards equal to her own daughter. Saesarris bonded with a dragon in 1545. Elisant and Charon were not allowed to bond because they were not Narronens, and as such not part of the dragonmaster peerage.

Elisant and Saesarris were best friends, but neither were particularly close to Charon, who was always sulky and preferred to be left alone. Once, Saesarris tried to get Charon to ride her dragon alongside her and Elisant, but Charon threw a fit and went back inside. During this period of her life, Elisant regularly sent letters to her mother Liathaine IV, and Liathaine IV regularly sent letters back.

### Return to Court

In the middling months of 1547 AC, when Elisant was thirteen years old, her father received a carrier from Liathaine IV, asking that Elisant and Charon be brought to court. Javon obeyed, and Elisant and Charon were flown to court atop Kraken. Saesarris, Cyndra and other members of the Narronen household also followed.

Liathaine IV began making plans to legitimize Elisant and Charon as Aeranthyens. During this time, Elisant formed a close friendship with her half-brother (and technically also cousin) Prince Oron, Liathaine IV's son by her husband King Nalys that had been born in 1536 AC. Elisant, Oron and Saesarris caused mischief around the castle together, though Elisant remembered often being 'afraid' at Oron's crueler nature.

In early 1548 AC, nearly six months after their return to court, Liathaine IV legitimized Elisant and Charon as Aeranthyens, giving them royal titles and archduchies. Elisant was named Princess Royal and given the archduchy of Nangaard, while Charon was given Ansaron. During the legitimization ceremony, Oron walked Elisant down the aisle to receive her titles.

### Death of Liathaine IV

Liathaine IV passed away from blood rot in the third month of 1548 AC. Many were of the opinion that as Liathaine IV's eldest legitimate child in the line of succession, that Elisant would become the next monarch. However the Narronens had left court to Whitehall because Cyndra was becoming sickly, and King Nalys was quick to seize power for his son, Oron, placing him on the throne before news of Liathaine's passing had even begun to fully spread. Elisant bowed before Oron and swore allegiance to him as the next emperor.

### Oron's marriage to Lena Tiedeman

Emperor Oron II (as he was now called) wed Lena Tiedeman, the daughter of Prince Baruman and Princess Astoria of the Icefolk Islands. Queen Lena was a shy and quiet girl, but Elisant befriended her quickly. She, Oron and Elisant quickly formed a trio, once again leaving Charon out. Much like when Saesarris was around, they caused mischief and had adventures all around court to the amusement and love of the nobles. The three were also fond of horseback racing, and by 1550 AC they were racing almost weekly through Lohsthar's horse racing course. Nobles and peasants and servants alike would cheer them on and place bets on them. It was a glorious and fun time. During this time, Elisant also fell in love with the vampire prince of Numenland, Nehemiah Numen. Nehemiah was slated to be betrothed to Madeline of Cassel, though he had promised Elisant he would break the betrothal and marry her.

Queen Lena, now close with Elisant, began sharing details of her life with her. Lena told Elisant of her mother, who she claimed "hated the Aeranthyens."

That was, until 1551 AC, when King Nalys was growing weary of Elisant's rising influence at court. He set up a plan to betroth Elisant to the son of the Lord of Womble, a lesser noble who's castle was a single crumbling tower, and whose lordship was a small village with barely a hundred people in it. Elisant was horrified upon hearing of this, and rushed to ask Prince Nehemiah to elope with her, only to discover that Nehemiah's mother had forced him to sign the betrothal treaty. Numites are honorable to a fault, and so Nehemiah could not break the promise he had made and marry Elisant. Feeling cornered and without options, Elisant sat down to make a deal with Nalys.

She agreed to tell Nalys something in exchange for him calling off the betrothal. Nalys agreed, and Elisant lied that Lena's mother, Astoria Tiedeman, was planning to rebel. Nalys then went to Oron with this information, and Oron called for Astoria's arrest. Astoria was brought to court, kicking and screaming as she denied Nalys's claim. Elisant, feeling bad, told Nalys the truth and asked him to let Astoria return to Hildrport. Nalys believed that if he let Astoria go, there would be retribution, so instead he paid nobles and servants to act as false witnesses for Astoria and strengthen his claim of treason. Elisant watched, horrified, as Astoria Tiedeman was executed via hanging.

### Death of Lena Tiedeman

Following her mother's execution, Queen Lena denounced Elisant and left Silverstone for The Narrow, where she remained in mourning for two weeks. After those two weeks, Oron II left Lohsthar to meet her. Oron reveals to Elisant in Bloodstained Blue that he and Lena got into a huge argument, and that he accidentally pushed her out of a window during it. Some who were not privy to this information believed that Lena jumped from the window, killing herself as Prince Auderion Aeranthyen had centuries before. Enough believed that Oron had indeed killed her out of cold malice, as her death would spark a *true* rebellion.

### The Tiedeman Rebellion

*For the full article, see here.*

Upon the wrongful execution of Astoria and the death of Lena at the hands of Oron II, Prince Baruman rebelled against the Aeranthyens by declaring the Icefolk Islands independent from the Camarite Empire. At the beginning of the rebellion in mid-1551, Elisant ran away from court with one of her best friends, Jesper Nasz, who she quickly eloped with. She took a ship to Baerose with Jesper and waited out the war with him, her new husband.

### Miscarriages and children

Elisant returned to court only once after the rebellion, in 1553. She was almost assassinated by King Nalys. After that, she remained at Baerose, the capital of Northland, with her husband Jesper. Elisant had three miscarriages, one in 1553, another in 1554 and a final one in 1556. Her first healthy child was Cylaian Nasz, born in 1557. She had three other children: Liathaine Nasz in 1560, Mikaia Nasz in 1562 and Veraia Nasz in 1564. Elisant is a loving and caring parent to her children, and she is very protective.

## Current Events

### Bloodstained Blue

At the beginning of Bloodstained Blue, Elisant is with her family. She is about to marry her daughter, Liathaine Nasz, to Oron II's eldest son Liathor Aeranthyen, and is making preparations for what will doubtless be the 'wedding of the century' as Queen Mother Janaia puts it.

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