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    Elantris is Brandon Sanderson's debut fantasy novel published in 2005. It focuses on three main characters - Prince Raoden who is transformed into an Elantrian, Princess Sarene who arrives to discover she is considered married to the supposedly dead prince, and Priest Hrathen who is tasked with converting Arelon to his religion. The characters' stories intertwine as Raoden works to improve life for Elantrians, Sarene helps the common people and stabilizes the monarchy, and Hrathen engages in political maneuvering.

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    Elantris is Brandon Sanderson's debut fantasy novel published in 2005. It focuses on three main characters - Prince Raoden who is transformed into an Elantrian, Princess Sarene who arrives to discover she is considered married to the supposedly dead prince, and Priest Hrathen who is tasked with converting Arelon to his religion. The characters' stories intertwine as Raoden works to improve life for Elantrians, Sarene helps the common people and stabilizes the monarchy, and Hrathen engages in political maneuvering.

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    Elantris is Brandon Sanderson's debut fantasy novel published in 2005. It focuses on three main characters - Prince Raoden who is transformed into an Elantrian, Princess Sarene who arrives to discover she is considered married to the supposedly dead prince, and Priest Hrathen who is tasked with converting Arelon to his religion. The characters' stories intertwine as Raoden works to improve life for Elantrians, Sarene helps the common people and stabilizes the monarchy, and Hrathen engages in political maneuvering.

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    Elantris

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    Elantris is Brandon Sanderson's debut fantasy novel published in 2005. It focuses on three main characters - Prince Raoden who is transformed into an Elantrian, Princess Sarene who arrives to discover she is considered married to the supposedly dead prince, and Priest Hrathen who is tasked with converting Arelon to his religion. The characters' stories intertwine as Raoden works to improve life for Elantrians, Sarene helps the common people and stabilizes the monarchy, and Hrathen engages in political maneuvering.

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    The passage provides an overview of the fantasy novel Elantris by Brandon Sanderson, focusing on the three main characters of Raoden, Sarene, and Hrathen and how their storylines intertwine. It describes how Elantris went from a place of magic to a cursed city after a cataclysmic event.

    The three main characters are Raoden, the prince of Arelon who is transformed into an Elantrian; Sarene, princess of Teod who arrives in Arelon to discover she is considered married to the supposedly dead Raoden; and Hrathen, a Derethi gyorn who arrives in Arelon with a mandate to convert the country to his religion or face invasion. Raoden works to improve life in Elantris, Sarene tries to help the people and stabilize the monarchy, and Hrathen maneuvers politically and struggles with his beliefs.

    After the 'Reod' event, Elantrians got dark splotches on their skin and lost their hair, could no longer die but felt continuous pain from injuries, and did not need to eat but felt hunger. They were treated as dead and sent to the now cursed ruin of Elantris.

    ELANTRIS

    Elantris is a stand-alone fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson. It was first
    published in April 2005 by Tor Books and is significant as Sanderson's first widely released book.
    Elantris used to be a place of magic, and the Elantrians were gods in the eyes of people, able to heal
    people with a mere wave of the hand. But after a cataclysmic event, known as the "Reod", the
    inhabitants of the city became "cursed" and the city was sealed off from society. Anyone affected by the
    "Shaod", the random turning of a person into an Elantrian, is thrown into the city, to stay there for all
    eternity. Elantris has also been licensed for localized release in Russia, France, Germany, Thailand,
    Poland, Netherlands, Brazil and at least five other markets. The book gained generally positive reviews
    The book focuses on three principal characters whose stories intertwine. Much of the book occurs in
    groupings of three chapters, one for each of the three main characters.
    Raoden, the prince of Arelon, is transformed into an Elantrian at the beginning of the book.
    After the Reod, Elantrians got dark splotches on their skin and their hair falls out, and cannot
    die or be killed (except by drastic measures, such as burning or beheading) Their bodies do not
    repair themselves, so they continue to feel pain as minor injuries accumulate, those who suffer
    too much pain, known as the "Haod", are unable to move and can only repeat one sentence,
    whatever it was that they said right before turning into a Haod, over and over. Elantrians do not
    need to eat, but they feel hunger pains when they don't. Raoden is immediately sent to Elantris once the wonder of the world, now a cursed ruin. Persons transformed into Elantrians are
    treated as dead by those outside Elantris. Raoden's storyline centers on his efforts to improve the
    Elantrian way of life beyond the anarchy to which it succumbed when Elantris fell. He does this
    by getting the Elantrians to focus on work, rather than their pains, and by getting rid of the
    gangs which were beating up new Elantrians upon their arrival.
    Sarene, princess of Teod and Raoden's political bride-to-be whom he has never personally met,
    arrives in Arelon to discover that they are considered to have been married if either of them dies
    before the wedding. Widow of a supposedly dead prince and a new member of the mostly illsuited Arelon nobility, she struggles to find out just what is going on, and to help the
    downtrodden common people - even those of Elantris. Sarene's storyline deals with her attempts
    to stabilize and improve the monarchy, which encourages nobles to mistreat the peasants, and to
    prevent Hrathen's intended revolution.
    Hrathen, a Derethi gyorn (high-ranking priest), arrives in Arelon with a mandate to convert the
    country to the Shu Dereth religion within three months' time, or his religion's armies will come
    to wipe out all of its citizens. Hrathen's storyline focuses on his efforts at political maneuvering
    to sway the Arelene aristocracy and place a converted Derethi on the throne, and on his
    struggles to come to terms with the religion he is supposed to believe.

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