# The King of Elfland’s Daughter — Character guide

> Key figures in The King of Elfland’s Daughter by Lord Dunsany.

- [Alveric](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_of_elfland_s_daughter_se/characters/alveric.md): Alveric is the lord of Erl who gathers a small, strange band — a lovesick lad, a shepherd, a moonstruck boy, a witless horse-tender — and rides past the fields we know to demand a bride from the King of Elfland. His love
- [Lirazel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_of_elfland_s_daughter_se/characters/lirazel.md): Lirazel walks dazzling onto the lawns of Elfland and, hearing Alveric tell of harvests, roses, and how to thatch, longs for a life that passes beautifully. She is bound by her father's ancient commands and by the silent 
- [Orion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_of_elfland_s_daughter_se/characters/orion.md): Orion grows up at the castle of Erl with hounds that speak to him in tails and paws and eyes, and with a mother whose blood is elvish. When he stands at the twilight boundary, the call of Elfland and the call of the chas
- [Lurulu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_of_elfland_s_daughter_se/characters/lurulu.md): Lurulu belongs to Elfland's older, stranger order, a creature at home among its timeless lawns and singing towers. Where the elves and the King move by ancient law, Lurulu observes the doings of mortal folk with a curios
- [Ziroonderel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_of_elfland_s_daughter_se/characters/ziroonderel.md): Ziroonderel counsels Alveric before he rides, warns him plainly that her craft has no power over Elfland, and takes Orion into her care when his father departs. She is the practical, sorrowful anchor of the mortal world:
- [Oth](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_of_elfland_s_daughter_se/characters/oth.md): A leather worker who speaks of the elfin mountains.
- [Vand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_of_elfland_s_daughter_se/characters/vand.md): A character associated with the parliament of Erl.
- [Niv](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_of_elfland_s_daughter_se/characters/niv.md): A member of the parliament of Erl.
- [The Freer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_of_elfland_s_daughter_se/characters/the_freer.md): A religious figure who comments on magic and the elfin realm.
- [Zend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_of_elfland_s_daughter_se/characters/zend.md): A character from the parliament of Erl.
- [Narl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_of_elfland_s_daughter_se/characters/narl.md): A member of the parliament of Erl.
- [Erl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_of_elfland_s_daughter_se/characters/erl.md): The lord of Erl, father of Alveric.
- [Guhic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_of_elfland_s_daughter_se/characters/guhic.md): A character from the parliament of Erl.
- [Mother Witch](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_of_elfland_s_daughter_se/characters/witch.md): An old witch who appears in the story.
- [Thyl](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_of_elfland_s_daughter_se/characters/thyl.md): A minor character mentioned in the narrative.
- [Gazic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_king_of_elfland_s_daughter_se/characters/gazic.md): A minor character from the parliament of Erl.

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