Lysandra

Everyone in Rifthold read her as decorative. She was the largest predator in the room.

A courtesan sold as a child, with magic she could not use and did not dare name — and when it came back she was a ghost leopard, and then a sea dragon, and then a queen's face.

At a glance

KIND: Shapeshifter — no fixed form, only the green eyes
WAS: A courtesan in Rifthold, under Clarisse's house
WARD: Evangeline — freed of every debt alongside her
FIRST FORM: Ghost leopard, the night magic came back
LARGEST: A Mycenian sea dragon, which sank two fleets
KILLED: Arobynn Hamel, with the knife under his own pillow
WORE: Aelin's face, for a war, in front of everyone
TITLE: Lady of Caraverre — a ghost-leopard-and-key crest

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Aelin Galathynius Queen of Terrasen · Heir of FireAelin Galathyniusher sworn sisterEnter Aelin Galathynius →

Aedion Ashryver The Wolf of the North · General of TerrasenAedion Ashryverher mateEnter Aedion Ashryver →

Rolfe Pirate Lord of Skull's BayRolfean allyEnter Rolfe →

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