![]() The cursed cannot die or be killed except by drastic measures, such as burning or beheading. After the Reod, Elantrians were cursed with dark splotches on their skin and hair falling out. ![]() ![]() *'Prince Raoden', the prince of Arelon, is transformed into an Elantrian at the beginning of the book. There are three main point-of-view characters in the story: The majority of the story takes places within the country of Arelon. Much of the book occurs in groupings of three chapters, one for each of the three main characters. The book focuses on three principal characters whose stories intertwine. Anyone affected by the Shaod is now thrown into Elantris to stay there forever, still immortal, but cursed with unquenchable hunger and unhealable pain. ![]() ![]() But ten years ago, a cataclysm known as the Reod somehow destroyed the magic of Elantris, the inhabitants of the city became "cursed," and the city was sealed off from society. Anyone in Arelon had the potential to become an Elantrian through a magical transformation known as the Shaod. Elantris was once a place of magic, and the immortal Elantrians were gods in the eyes of people, with the divine ability to create and heal with a mere wave of a hand. ![]()
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