Elanee

Elanee is a non-player character and companion in Neverwinter Nights 2. She is a possible love interest for a male PC.

""Slender and graceful, this wood elf wears the earth toned garments of a druid. Attractive and youthful, her high cheek bones, pointed ears and radiant skin give her an almost celestial appearance. At home in the wilderness, Elanee walks though brambles and mud as if strolling across cobblestone. Though she can be intrigued and infuriated, she rarely shows her emotion for long and her face usually has a sober and inquisitive nonchalance. As you size her up she makes eye contact with you and raises an eyebrow.""

History
Elanee is druidess belonging to the Circle of the Mere who shadowed the Kalach-Cha in the early parts of the plot, but eventually offered her help when the party (at the time consisting only of Neeshka and Khelgar Ironfist) was ambushed by bladelings on their way to Highcliff. She offered them a short cut through a druid sanctuary only to find Kaleil, a fellow member of her circle, corrupted and causing unrest in the sanctuary. The group was forced to slay him to bring peace back to the surrounding areas. In his dying breath, Kaelil revealed that the Circle and its elders were lost, and that Elanee and Naevan were all that remained of their circle.

When she first arrived in Neverwinter, she felt out of her element and was rather uncomfortable. But not long after, she met a druid from Neverwinter Wood who told her to go to the Sky Mirror, a powerful scrying device capable of contacting anyone who has touched its waters, and try to contact the other druids in hopes of finding out what is corrupting the Mere. She managed to contact Naevan who tells her not to return to the Mere and that he will send for her soon. (This plot was not continued due to time constraints.)

Elanee stated that she has lived in the Mere of Dead Men for over a hundred years, long before human settlements like West Harbor arrived. She was orphaned over a hundred years ago when orcs came spilling in from the mountains and drove her people, dwarves and human]s deep into the mere, where they were cut down in the fog. There, her wails caught the attention of the Circle of the Mere, who took her in and trained her to be a druidess. As a final test for the Circle, she was asked to live among the people of West Harbor, probably to keep an eye on the Kalach-Cha as he/she grew up. But there was some disagreement between the elders of the circle, and Elanee was never given that final test. Nevertheless, she did check up on the village from time to time, and would occasionally disappear for many months watching the PC from the shadows and within the fog, keeping him/her safe from harm whenever he/she ventured into the swamps. She witnessed the [[githyanki raid on West Harbor and, for the first time in over a century, wept for the village's destruction.

Fate
In Act III, Daegun and Bishop managed to track down the rest of the Circle of the Mere, who apparently were still alive and had Naevan trapped in the form of a tree. The tried to ask them to become allies in order to fight the King of Shadows, but the Circle refused, reasoning that the King of Shadows is merely natural part of the cycle of life, where civilization is destroyed and everything is returned to the land. The Circle then attacked the party. Elanee's final fate is largely determined by the PC's alignment, actions, and influence with her. If the PC is evil or has low influence with her, she will leave the PC after the fight and decide to travel with Naevan.

Here the PC is given the choice of killing Elanee and Naevan or letting them go peacefully. If the PC chooses to kill Elanee and Naevan, after the defeat of the King of Shadows her ghost is twisted by all the negative energy, and she wanders the Mere luring travelers to their deaths as she watches them get pulled into the swamp. If the PC decides to let her and Naevan leave peacefully, she is never heard from again until the PC defeats the King of Shadows, and rumors float around of a sad elven maiden that aids lost travelers through the Mere. If the PC is good and has high influence with Elanee, she stays with the PC, fights the Circle, and frees Naevan from his prison. She then decides to stay with the PC and fights alongside him/her against the King of Shadows, and goes missing along with PC and her comrades.

In Mask of the Betrayer Ammon Jerro recalls that (if stated that Elanee did not leave the group) she was seen by him as he chased the kidnappers of the PC. Her body was under a stone and not moving. This does imply that she at least made it close to the exit of the vale, but doesn't necessarily mean she is dead.

Memorable Quotes
"''Bishop (to PC): "How many enemies do you have, anyway? There's almost more than I can count." Elanee: "There's a surprise.""

""Let us promise to speak no more until the morrow, and we shall enjoy what brief time we have together.""