She also works to thwart the plans of the high priest Hrathen, a representative of King Wyrn of Fjorden, who wants to make Arelon and Teod part of his empire and requires their conversion to his state religion of Shu-Dereth to do so. Sarene joins a group that had been previously plotting with Raoden to improve matters in Arelon. However, King Iadon of Arelon is weak and lacking principle, and while his nobles are wealthy, the people of Arelon suffer poverty and near-enslavement. Sarene decides to stay in Arelon as Raoden’s widow to uphold the treaty her marriage seals between Teod and Arelon. When she arrives in the capital city of Kae for her arranged wedding to Prince Raoden, Princess Sarene of Teod is told that her betrothed has died.
He makes friends with a man called Galloden who has retained his intellect and humanity. Raoden vows he will not give in to despair. In the now filthy, ruined city of Elantris, some residents have gone mindless with pain and suffering, while others have become beasts that prey on the fallen and fight one another for food. While the Shaod continues to target people, now its victims become weak and hideous, tormented by endless pain and hunger, but unable to die.
Ten years ago, after an event called the Reod, Elantris lost its magic. The Elantrians were once powerful, bright-skinned, white-haired beings who lived in a glowing city and produced food, healing, and other magic with magical symbols called Aons. Raoden, crown prince of Arelon, wakes to find he has suffered the Shaod, a transformation that formerly granted people mystical abilities and earned them residence in the revered city of Elantris. This guide uses the 10th anniversary edition released by Tor in 2015, which, in addition to the original text, includes maps, scenes deleted from early drafts, a list of Aons-the magical symbols that feature in the book-and a bonus scene that links the world of Elantris with the Cosmere, the connected universe in which other Sanderson novels are set.
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