Sparhawk

Below is a list of fictional characters appearing in The Elenium and The Tamuli, fantasy series written by David Eddings.

Sparhawk is the main character in the Elenium and Tamuli series. He is a Pandion Knight and Champion of Queen Ehlana. He marries Queen Ehlana and they have a child called Danae, who is the child goddess Aphrael in human form.

Sephrenia is the Styric instructor of the spells of Styricum, also known as the "secrets", to the Pandion Knights. She is also the high priestess of Aphrael, the Child-Goddess, as well as being the older sister of one of Aphrael's incarnations, and a companion of Sparhawk. She is referred to as "little-mother" by the generations of Pandion Knights she taught as well as various members of other orders that have come to revere her. Like all Styrics, Sephrenia has an extended lifespan; although she looks about early middle age, she has lived for at least two centuries, although the appearance around her eyes comes closest to revealing her true age. She is illiterate by choice, implying that reading may somehow interfere with her magical abilities although it is later revealed that she knows how to read and write in Styric and she simply chooses not to learn Elene because she considered their handwriting "undignified". Throughout the Elenium it is hinted that she and Vanion are in love; this is stated as a fact rather than hinted at in The Tamuli, and at the end of The Hidden City (the third book in the Tamuli) she and Vanion get married. Upon their marriage the Bhelliom bestows upon them the gift of reversing their ages until both Sephrenia and Vanion look no older than their early twenties.

Mentored by Sparhawk since she was little, Queen Ehlana ascended the throne after the assassination of her father, Aldreas. Because of her time with Sparhawk, Ehlana developed a highly assertive personality. Because of this, Queen Ehlana was poisoned by the Primate Annias in his attempt to steal the throne of Elenia—with Darestim, the same poison with which he killed Aldreas. She was cured by the touch of Bhelliom, and shortly after her recovery, she married Sparhawk. At the end of The Elenium, Ehlana gives birth to Danae, who is revealed to be an incarnation of the Goddess Aphrael; however Ehlana is unaware of her daughter's true identity. It should also be noted that due to her poisoning, Ehlana was struck barren, although she herself was unaware of this fact. If not for Aphrael's "meddling" in the matter, Ehlana would never have conceived a child.

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