Editing Éléna

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{{Character Infobox
|name = Éléna
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|image = ACD Éléna.png
|birth = 
|death =
|species = [[Human]]
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|affiliates = [[Hidden Ones]]
*[[Hidden Ones of the Great Desert|Central Asian Brotherhood]]
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'''Éléna''' was a [[Hidden Ones|Hidden One]] who operated in [[Asia|Central Asia]] during the mid-8th century.

==Biography==
In August 751,<ref name="Dynasty 9">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[Beacon Fire (Part 2)]]</ref> she led a group of [[Hidden Ones of the Great Desert|Central Asian Hidden Ones]] out along the [[Talas River]] on a hunt for troops of the [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid Caliph]] [[Abul Abbas As-Saffah]]. There, they arrived at the site of the [[Battle of Talas]] just after it had finished and saved the life of a young [[Tang dynasty|Tang]] [[soldier]] named [[Li E]].<ref name="Dynasty 9"/> Through this chance meeting, Li E was recruited into their organization,<ref name="Dynasty 9" /> with Éléna instructing him in [[The Creed|their principles]], martial arts, and [[Freerunning|acrobatics]].<ref name="Dynasty 5">''Assassin's Creed: Dynasty'' – [[The Flower Banquet (Part 5)]]</ref>

At some point after that, Éléna and her companions were besieged by Abul Abbas As-Saffah, and they were killed in battle—only Li E survived to escape.<ref name="Dynasty 33">''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'' – [[The Hidden Ones (Part 1)]]</ref>

==Skills and abilities==
Éléna was fluent in the {{wiki|Persian language}} which she used as a common language of communication among her fellow Hidden Ones. At the time of her first meeting with Li E, however, she could neither speak nor understand {{wiki|Chinese language|Chinese}}, and this language barrier led to the Tang soldier momentarily mistaking her for a hostile.<ref name="Dynasty 9" /> By 754, she and Li E had learned to communicate in a common tongue well enough for her to properly instruct him in the ways of the Hidden Ones.<ref name="Dynasty 5" />

Éléna was skilled at using twin sabers from horseback. When the suspicious Li E attacked her on impulse upon her greeting, she was able to fend off his strikes and disarm him despite being taken aback.<ref name="Dynasty 9" />

==Behind the scenes==
Éléna is a supporting protagonist in the manhua ''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]'', first debuting in Chapter 5 as an instructor to the main protagonist, Li E. Her name is not revealed until her next appearance in Chapter 9 when a flashbacks illustrates how she first became acquainted with Li E.

In the manhua, her name is originally transliterated into {{wiki|Mandarin Chinese|Mandarin}} as 阿蓮娜 (Āliánnà). In the French edition, it is rendered as Éléna instead. The English edition currently only uses the Mandarin form of her name rather than her native name.

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Dynasty]]''

==References==
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