Amberle Elessedil

Amberle Elessedil

Shannara character
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name=Amberle Elessedil
nickname=
race=Elf
gender=Female
hair=Chestnut auburn
eyes=Sea Green
loyalty=Her grandfather, Eventine Elessedil, Wil Ohmsford and the Elves
appearance="The Elfstones of Shannara"
magic=None
birth=Unknown
death=She technically does not die, but instead morphs into a new Ellcrys

Amberle Elessedil is a fictional character from the epic fantasy [cite web |url=http://www.terrybrooks.net/novels/index.html |title=Terry Brooks' official website|accessdate=2008-05-02 |last= Speakman |first=Shawn |authorlink= |year=2008 |publisher= ] novel "The Elfstones of Shannara" by Terry Brooks. She was meant to be the "strong female lead" that was lacking in "The Sword of Shannara". [cite web |url=http://www.terrybrooks.net/novels/shannara/elfstones-note.html |title=Author's note--"The Elfstones of Shannara" |accessdate=2008-05-02 |last= Brooks |first=Terry |authorlink=Terry Brooks |year=1991 |publisher= ]

Biography

Amberle is the daughter of Aine Elessedil and the granddaughter of Eventine Elessedil. She was one of the Chosen selected by the Ellcrys to tend to her needs. She was the first female Chosen that had been selected in 500 years.

Her selection as a Chosen was quite controversial at that time, as the Ellcrys rarely selected any female Chosen. It was revealed later in the novel that the Ellcrys only selected female Chosen when she thought that she might be dying, as a female was needed if a rebirth of the Ellcrys to take place. Thus, when the Ellcrys felt that she was beginning to die, she chose Amberle to help "give birth" to a new Ellcrys. However, in their conversations, Amberle became quite frightened by the Ellcrys, as she felt that she was losing her identity to the tree. As a result, she fled from her duties as a Chosen. When the demons started breaking through the Forbidding, they slew all the Chosen except for Amberle.

Allanon sent Wil Ohmsford to protect Amberle while she traveled to the Bloodfire to renew the seed of the Ellcrys. In addition, they were aided by Crispin and half a dozen Elven Hunters. During their journey, a Demon named the Reaper stalked them in an attempt to kill Amberle and therefore stop any attempt to renew the Ellcrys and restore the Forbidding.

After defeating the Reaper and placing the seed of Ellcrys into the Bloodfire, Amberle and Wil returned to Arborlon with the aid of Perk, a Wing Rider-in-training. In order to save the Elves, Amberle became a new Ellcrys and shut the Demons away once more in the Forbidding.

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