Ansel of Briarcliff

A lord's daughter from the Western Wastes who trained with the Silent Assassins, befriended Celaena, then betrayed the fortress as Lord Berick's agent. Spared by Celaena, she took the throne of the Western Wastes and later brings an army and a captured fleet to repay Aelin.

1. When a rival lord storms Briarcliff, Ansel hides and sees her father and sister killed, then flees toward the White Fang foothills. source
2. Ansel reaches the Silent Assassins' fortress soon after turning thirteen, having been urged there by an Ironteeth witch. source

1. Celaena is sent to the Red Desert and quickly befriends Ansel, and they go on a mission together. source
2. Ansel is revealed as Lord Berick's agent, poisons Celaena and helps his men attack the fortress. source
3. Celaena returns, defeats her and lets her leave, firing an arrow after a twenty-minute head start. source
4. Back in the Flatlands she joins other lords, kills Lord Loch and claims the throne of the Western Wastes. source
5. Hearing Celaena is in Endovier, she sets out to free her but turns home on learning Celaena is gone. source

1. Aelin uses Ansel's name in the Rifthold pits as a message, and Ansel begins moving her army toward the Anascaul Mountains. source

1. Half her army marches through the White Fang Mountains and takes Melisande, whose queen yields. source
2. Ansel brings Melisande's fleet to the Gulf of Oro, hands it to Aelin and fights Maeve's armada beside her. source

Rules

Melisande, Witch Kingdom

Allied with

Aelin Galathynius

Enemy of

Aelin Galathynius

Travels to

Melisande, Eyllwe