Celaena Sardothien

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 First love Sam CortlandThe one person who saw the girl under the mask and stayed. She found his body. The world that took him earned a debt she's still collecting. Endovier started here.Enter Sam Cortland

Her people

Who she chose.

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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.

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Arobynn Hamel Arobynn HamelRaised her from a child and called it love. Sold her — and Sam — the moment it suited him.Enter Arobynn Hamel →

Rolfe RolfeCost him a small fortune the night she and Sam freed his captives and torched the deal. He hasn't forgotten.Enter Rolfe →

Cain CainThe rival who fed on Wyrdmark shadows to break her — and got put down for his trouble.Enter Cain →

King of Adarlan King of AdarlanBurned her whole world down. Now she serves him as his Champion, smiling, hiding exactly who she is.Enter King of Adarlan →

What she loves

The blade has a sweet tooth

The deadliest assassin in Adarlan, and she still can't walk past a candy stall.

Fleetfoot
Chaol handed her a puppy. She kept the dog, not him.
Fine things
Emerald silk and a Wyvern brooch — beauty is a weapon.
The pianoforte
Learned at ten on Arobynn's orders. Plays like it costs her nothing.
Dancing
At Yulemas she danced like she'd never held a blade.
Sweets
The world's best killer, undone by chocolate hazelnut.
Books
Devours the library — and will deny the romance novels to your face.

Behind the mask

Her rooms in the glass castle

Gold-and-crimson rooms above Rifthold: a dressing room, a music room, a dog on the rug. And a secret passage behind the tapestry — because of course there is.

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

Her power

Firstbringer (Fire Magic)wielder

We're Caffeine and Curses. The Library started as my design research — I can't put Aelin on a shirt without knowing which hand holds Goldryn — so we keep the notes here where everyone can use them. The pages are fan-made, not official; the licensed designs are in the shop.

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