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Below is a list of fictional characters appearing in ''[[The Elenium]]'' and ''[[The Tamuli]]'', [[fantasy]] series written by [[David Eddings]].

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==Protagonists==

===Sparhawk===
Sparhawk is the main character in the Elenium and Tamuli series. He is a [[Knight Orders (David Eddings)#Pandion Knights|Pandion Knight]] and Champion of Queen Ehlana. He marries Queen Ehlana and they have a child called Danae, who is the child goddess Aphrael in human form.

===Sephrenia===
Sephrenia is the Styric instructor of the spells of Styricum, also known as the "secrets", to the [[Knight Orders (David Eddings)#Pandion Knights|Pandion Knights]]. She is also the high priestess of [[#Aphrael|Aphrael]], the Child-Goddess, as well as being the older sister of one of Aphrael's incarnations, and a companion of [[List of The Elenium and The Tamuli characters|Sparhawk]]. She is referred to as "little-mother" by the generations of Pandion Knights she taught as well as various members of other orders that have come to revere her. Like all Styrics, Sephrenia has an extended lifespan; although she looks about early middle age, she has lived for at least two centuries, although the appearance around her eyes comes closest to revealing her true age. She is [[illiterate]] by choice, implying that reading may somehow interfere with her magical abilities although it is later revealed that she knows how to read and write in Styric and she simply chooses not to learn Elene because she considered their handwriting "undignified". Throughout the Elenium it is hinted that she and [[#Vanion|Vanion]] are in love; this is stated as a fact rather than hinted at in The Tamuli, and at the end of The Hidden City (the third book in the Tamuli) she and Vanion get married. Upon their marriage the Bhelliom bestows upon them the gift of reversing their ages until both Sephrenia and Vanion look no older than their early twenties.

===Queen Ehlana===
Mentored by Sparhawk since she was little, Queen Ehlana ascended the throne after the assassination of her father, Aldreas. Because of her time with Sparhawk, Ehlana developed a highly assertive personality. Because of this, Queen Ehlana was poisoned by the [[#Annias|Primate Annias]] in his attempt to steal the throne of Elenia—with Darestim, the same poison with which he killed Aldreas. She was cured by the touch of [[#Bhelliom|Bhelliom]], and shortly after her recovery, she married [[List of The Elenium and The Tamuli characters|Sparhawk]]. At the end of ''The Elenium'', Ehlana gives birth to Danae, who is revealed to be an incarnation of the Goddess [[#Aphrael|Aphrael]]; however Ehlana is unaware of her daughter's true identity. It should also be noted that due to her poisoning, Ehlana was struck barren, although she herself was unaware of this fact. If not for Aphrael's "meddling" in the matter, Ehlana would never have conceived a child.

===Aphrael===
Aphrael is one of the Younger Gods of Styricum, and is known as the Child-Goddess, as her preferred form is that of a six-year-old girl with grass-stained feet, known to the knights as Flute. She has three known incarnations: Danae, the daughter of [[List of The Elenium and The Tamuli characters|Sparhawk]] and [[#Queen Ehlana|Queen Ehlana]]; her true form, an adult woman; and the form of Flute, the six-year-old girl, hardly different in appearance from Danae (she takes the form of a child, as people trust children more). Due to her habit of being reborn to a mortal follower, Aphrael's 'Flute' incarnation was a sister to [[#Sephrenia|Sephrenia]]. The fact that Flute is an incarnation of Aphrael is known to Styrics (it is unknown if they are previously aware of this identity or are able to guess(contracted; show full)27;s hayloft to do some "serious persuading" to get him to marry her.  Her love for him is extraordinarily giving; when she learned of Kurik's dalliance with young Elys, she went and met the girl to determine which of them would be better for him.  She liked Elys, however, and fully accepted the existence of Talen.  After Kurik's death, she invited both of them to live on the farm with her and her sons.

===Faran===
Faran is "a great [[Roan (horse)|roan]] horse", the mount of 
[[List of The Elenium and The Tamuli characters|Sparhawk]] in the [[The Elenium|Elenium]] and [[The Tamuli]] series. Faran is infamous for his bad temper and a tendency to bite strangers (such that Sparhawk always has to warn handlers about it). In one of the later books, the child-goddess [[#Aphrael|Aphrael]] tells Sparhawk that Faran only has a bad temper because he is trying to please Sparhawk by matching his personality. Much to Sparhawk's annoyance, Faran has a habit of prancing whenever Sparhawk rides him with his formal armour on. The horse is also rem(contracted; show full)

===Ghwerig===
The first character to be introduced in the series, in the prologue to ''The Diamond Throne''. A dwarfed troll who retrieved Bhelliom, a magical jewel, from its cave and sculpted it into the shape of a rose, infusing it with the spirits of the [[#The Troll Gods|Troll Gods]] as he did so.  Ghwerig is maddened by the loss of Bhelliom, and he devotes most of the rest of his life to searching for it.  He eventually finds it, but is killed by 
[[List of The Elenium and The Tamuli characters|Sparhawk]] and [[#Kurik|Kurik]] at the end of [[The Elenium#The Ruby Knight|The Ruby Knight]] as they wrest it from him.

===Bhlokw===
Bhlokw is a Troll, and serves as the High Priest of the Troll Gods. Introduced in the Tamuli, he was sent to assist Sparhawk and his friends, after Aphrael and the Troll-Gods realized that they must work together to defeat Klæl, he develops a taste for dog after being encouraged to try one by Ulath.

===Adian===
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*[http://www.farris.co.uk/books/archive/elegloss.htm Glossary of Characters in the Elenium and Tamuli]  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704130341/http://www.farris.co.uk/books/archive/elegloss.htm |date=July 4, 2008 }}

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