Aelin Galathynius

Last surviving heir of Terrasen's royal house. Orphaned as a child when Adarlan overran her kingdom, she was raised by the head of the Assassins' Guild in Rifthold under the name Celaena Sardothien and became the guild's most feared killer. A betrayal that cost her lover his life sent her to the salt mines of Endovier. She later holds the title of queen, bonded to Rowan Whitethorn.

1. Adarlan's king destroys Terrasen's royal family in Orynth; Aelin, aged eight, escapes the massacre and is found half frozen by Arobynn Hamel. source
2. Arobynn takes her in and trains her at the Assassins' Keep in Rifthold under the name Celaena Sardothien; she makes her first kill at nine. source

1. Sent to Skull's Bay with Sam Cortland as Arobynn's emissary, she instead frees two hundred slaves and ends the guild's slave-trade deal with Rolfe. source
2. Waiting for a ship in Innish, she kills the mercenaries who attack the barmaid Yrene, teaches her self-defence, and leaves her money to reach the southern continent. source
3. Punished with a summer of training among the Silent Assassins in the Red Desert, she overcomes Ansel of Briarcliff's betrayal and helps save the fortress from Lord Berick's men. source
4. She and Sam buy their freedom from Arobynn and move into her Rifthold apartment, planning to leave for the southern continent. source
5. On a last contract against the Rifthold crimelord Ioan Jayne and Rourke Farran, Arobynn's betrayal gets Sam killed and Aelin captured; she is sentenced to Endovier. source

1. Held and tortured in Doranelle, she is healed between sessions on Cairn's orders until the damage to her skin is gone. source

Travels to

Skull's Bay, Innish, The Red Desert

Partner of

Sam Cortland, Chaol Westfall, Dorian Havilliard

Mate of

Rowan Whitethorn

Rules

Terrasen

Enemy of

Arobynn Hamel, Maeve, Lorcan Salvaterre, Erawan, Kaltain Rompier, Ansel of Briarcliff, Rolfe, Cairn, Duke Perrington

Allied with

Rowan Whitethorn, Dorian Havilliard, Aedion Ashryver, Lysandra, Manon Blackbeak, Elide Lochan, Lorcan Salvaterre, Fenrys Moonbeam, Gavriel, Nehemia Ytger, Sam Cortland, Ansel of Briarcliff, Evangeline, Murtaugh Allsbrook, Nesryn Faliq, Yrene Westfall, Rolfe, Galan Ashryver, Elena Galathynius Havilliard, Nox Owen, Endymion Whitethorn, Sellene Whitethorn, The Lord of the North, Fleetfoot