Adarlan's Assassin

Celaena Sardothien

“Names are not important. What matters is the message.”

CROWN OF MIDNIGHT

The most feared assassin on the continent, and a nineteen-year-old who wanted a library and a dog.

The name she lived under for two books — sharper, meaner, funnier, and grieving something she won't discuss.

At a glance

TITLE: Adarlan's Assassin
TRAINED BY: Arobynn Hamel, Assassins' Guild
HELD AT: The salt mines of Endovier — one year
COMPETING FOR: King's Champion
TELL: Vanity, and a temper she enjoys

Her people

Who she chose.

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Sam Cortland Arobynn's second bestSam Cortlandthe first oneEnter Sam Cortland →

Nehemia Ytger Princess of Eyllwe · Scholar of the WyrdmarksNehemia Ytgerthe closest oneEnter Nehemia Ytger →

Chaol Westfall Captain of the Royal GuardChaol Westfallonce, her loverEnter Chaol Westfall →

Dorian Havilliard Crown Prince of AdarlanDorian HavilliardGave her a puppy and a Yulemas kiss — the one gentle thing in a castle built on cruelty.Enter Dorian Havilliard →

The ones who made her.

The ones she faced

The one who made her, the pirate who won't forget her, the rival who tried — and the king she's forced to serve.

The long versionRead her whole storyEverything, in one place.Enter the full story

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