The Eating Woods · Character
Elowen
Also known as Crone Witch, The Crone
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 2
Elowen is a supporting character in The Eating Woods, first appearing in Anathema (Book 1).
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- Gender
- female
- Age
- elderly
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 2
- Books
- 2
Elowen first appears as a wizened, cane-wielding crone whose cottage shelters the prophesied Maevyth and the feverish Zevander; she reveals herself as the Banishing’s witness and a former accomplice of Cadavros, then succumbs to the woods’ corruption and attacks Maevyth, dying by her hand. In the second book her legacy shifts from living antagonist to posthumous mentor: Maevyth studies her healing notes, recalls the blood-binding that once altered her own eye, and wrestles with guilt over the death that may have broken that spell. Across the series Elowen transforms from enigmatic protector and traitor into a spectral influence whose knowledge and demise continue to shape Maevyth’s path.
Description
An elderly, pudgy woman with white hair, pronounced wrinkles, bushy white brows, and one milky white eye with a scar beside it. She hobbles and leans on a wooden cane. She has long, yellowing, overgrown nails and a burn-like scar on her arm; she wears simple cottage-dweller clothing. An old human woman.
Connections
Friends & mentorsRivals
Aleysia Bronwickcaptor
Once confined and attempted to kill Aleysia; after Elowen’s death, Aleysia recalls her only as the hostile “Crone Witch.”
Cadavrosformer accomplice
Once traded a boy’s life to Cadavros for safe passage, an act she later recounts with lingering regret.
Maevyth BronwickProtector-turned-enemy
Begins as Maevyth’s protector and informant, later becomes her infected attacker whom Maevyth must kill; after death, remembered as a mentor whose blood-binding and healing notes continue to affect Maevyth.
Zevander Rydainntemporary guest
Offers Zevander shelter and nursing during his fever; he initially distrusts her but questions her about Nyxterosi and the gods.
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Morsanarecipient of her goddess's gift
Received Morsana’s last rose from the priestess, tying her to the prophecy she awaited.
- TB
The Banishing Manwitness
Observed the Banishing Man emerge from the woods with Aleysia, an event she alone survived to recount.
Story so far
BOOK 1Anathema
- Shelters Maevyth and Zevander, providing information and care.
- Admits sacrificing a village boy to Cadavros for passage.
- Reveals she witnessed Moros emerge with Aleysia after the Banishing.
- Transforms into an infected creature and attacks Maevyth.
- Is killed in self-defense by Maevyth.
BOOK 2Eldritch
Appearances
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