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Eleni Cooper is a healer and former priestess in the Temple of the Mother in Corus. She's the mother of George Cooper by an unknown father, and the wife of Myles of Olau.

Biography

Initially a priestess of the Great Mother Goddess, Eleni became pregnant through ritual sex and left the temple to become a healer in the Lower City, raising her son, George, alone. George introduced her to Alanna of Trebond when Alanna was a page in disguise who needed to hide her menstrual cycle, and Eleni became her ally, taught her ladylike manners and provided her with a pregnancy charm. Eleni was introduced to Myles of Olau (the adoptive father of Alanna of Trebond) by her son George when a rival of his broke the Rogue's code and attacked her (under the code non-combatants are left alone) worrying George enough to place her under Myles' protection. Myles and Eleni subsequently married, making her Baroness of Olau.

After her marriage, Eleni continued to serve as a healer in Olau and Pirate's Swoop. She has three grandchildren by George, and three great-grandchildren by Aly, Rispah is her niece by an unknown sibling, and Beka Cooper is her ancestor.

Family

Appearances

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Terrier (electronic edition) "From the Journal of Mistress Ilony Cooper".
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 It wasn't clear who the father or fathers of Beka's younger siblings was or were, but her father died when she was very young, so it was not possible for him to father children born when she was 3+ years old. Mastiff.
  3. 3.0 3.1 It was inferred that Beka's uncle and his wife existed because Phil did. It was also possible that he was the son of her aunt, but male descent for names was usual. Random Buzzers thread as archived at Words of Tamora Pierce "Royal University, Archaeology, Neal’s Family, and Carthak". April 21, 2009. Archived at the Wayback Machine January 20, 2010. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  4. Mastiff.
  5. Terrier (electronic edition) "Wednesday, April 1, 246".
  6. It was possible Diona Cooper was also Beka's half-sibling, but she was old enough for it to be plausible that they shared a father. Terrier (electronic edition) "Cast of Characters", Mastiff.
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Bloodhound (electronic edition) "Saturday, September 8, 247".
  8. It was possible Phil was a more distant cousin, or that the term was a simplification of a more complex relation.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Terrier (electronic edition) "Thursday, April 2, 246".
  10. 10.0 10.1 Terrier (electronic edition) "March 18, 406".
  11. 11.0 11.1 It was inferred that Eleni's brother and his wife existed because Rispah was known to be George's cousin, but the relation could be more distant or complex.
  12. Lioness Rampant (electronic edition) Epilogue.
  13. Alanna: The First Adventure (electronic edition) Ch. 2.
  14. 14.0 14.1 Trickster's Choice (electronic edition) Ch. 9.
  15. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (electronic edition) Ch. 8. Her exact relation was not specified, so the simplest possibility was shown here.
  16. Lioness Rampant (electronic edition) Ch. 7.
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