it's been really satisfying to nail down how these characters "really" look after seeing them in my head for so long
eleyn occupies a rather curious social status. the only survivor of a flood that destroyed the small kingdom of maes gwyddneu, she was assumed to be the daughter of the noble well-maiden of that city and adopted by the well-maiden's sister and her noble husband. lacking confirmed kinship, however, her status is a noblewoman herself is somewhat in question. this was rather convenient for eleyn, who convinced her aunt and uncle that sending her to university would be a fashionable alternative to the rather difficult task of securing her a suitable engagement.