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|booksfirst appeared=[[Elantris (book)|Elantris]], [[The Hope of Elantris]]

'''Sarene''' is the daughter of King [[Eventeo]] of [[Teod]],{{book ref|Elantris|2}}, and Queen of [[Arelon]]. She has one brother, who is the heir to the Teo throne.{{book ref|Elantris|17}}

Sarene, princess of [[Teod]] and queen of [[Arelon]], is politically-minded, bold, and strategic. She is described as a tall and thin woman with fair hair and silver-grey eyes.{{book ref|Elantris|55}}. She is a natural leader, as evidenced by her immediate take over of Raoden's revolutionary group, despite strong personalities such as [[Roial]] and [[Ahan]].{{book ref|Elantris|11}} She is never satisfied with an unsolved mystery and can detect quite well when she is being lied to.

She is also known for being brusque, occasionally sarcastic, and patronizing to those who underestimate or try to manipulate her. This is shown by how she acts dimwitted in order to manipulate [[Iadon|King Iadon]],{{book ref|Elantris|5}}, using his sexist views against him.

Sarene is a political genius and charismatic leader. She is good at reading people and manipulating them to her needs. Sarene is a very skilled fencer. She was able to briefly hold her own against [[Dilaf]], though only with the advantage of a surprise attack. {{book ref|Elantris|62}}

Hrathen eventually got to [[Telrii]], a rich nobleman, and promised to place him on the throne if he converted to Shu-Dereth. When Iadon committed suicide, Sarene realized that the only way to keep Telrii off the throne was to combine her fortunes with [[Roial|Roial's]] through marriage.{{book ref|Elantris|35}} On the day of the wedding, however, Hrathen poisoned her to make her look like she had undergone transformation by the Shaod, and she was thrown into Elantris.{{book ref|Elantris|38}} During her time in Elantris, she studied AonDor with Raoden. Together they discovered that AonDor was tied to the geography of Arelon. After five days in Elantris, when the poison wore off, she and Raoden realized that she was not truly an Elantrian, and she returned to [[Kae]].{{book ref|Elantris|36}} Shortly after Sarene left Elantris, Raoden managed to use AonDor by adding a line for the great chasm. {{book ref|elantris|49}}

Sarene sees Roial as a grandfatherly figure. She believes him to be wise and stern, and when she first meets him she feels desperate to gain his respect.{{book ref|Elantris|11}}

Sarene sees Shuden as a powerful ally because of his honesty .{{book ref|Elantris|11}}. She also believes him to be hypocritical in the way he avoids the women of the court’s attention because she believes he actually enjoys it.{{book ref|Elantris|17}}

Eventeo is Sarene’s father, always trying to make her happy. However, he didn’t understand how Sarene was often shunned and mocked until she enlightened him through seon.{{book ref|Elantris|17}}. Eventeo converted to Shu-Derith after promising Hrathren he would do so if Sarene was healed of her curse{{book ref|Elantris|45}}

Sarene believes that [[Hrathen]] is a bigger threat than the other nobles believe.{{book ref|Elantris|14}}. She thinks that he is finally someone in Arelon that she can match her wits against. She disrupts his plans many times before he poisons her and gets her thrown into Elantris. Despite this, he saves her and Raoden from [[Dilaf]] in Teod.{{book ref|Elantris|62}}. In response to this, Sarene demands that he be treated as a hero, even though he was of the same faith as the Dakhor monks.{{book ref|Elantris|Epilouge}}