Elva Lionhelm

Elva Lionhelm is the only daughter of Tylennald Lionhelm and Wallysa Lionhelm née Riverguard. She has an older brother, Terrel, who lives in Founder's Breach. She doesn't appear in Fatherland though she's mentioned several times, and what her family knows about her is that after she escaped Strongshore, she went to live in Rockfall, in the Rain Lands. Elva never communicates with her family and her parents don't seem to wish to find her either, feeling as though their daughter shamed them.

Appearance and Personality
Lovel Riverguard sees his niece's painting in Founder's Breach when he visits Terrel. She's depicted as a young woman who shares the Lionhelm traits, so chestnut hair and hazel eyes. In that painting, she is holding a little girl Terrel calls Rohais.

The circumstances of her departure are left unsaid, though her behavior suggests her nature is quite rebellious. Both she and Terrel are said to have left their parents because of Tylennald's plot to ascend as ruler of Strongshore but while Terrel does confirm it, Elva's reasons could be different. In the conversation Terrel and his grandfather Lovel have, Terrel implies that his sister doesn't wish to ever marry a man, which could be an additional cause of her departure.

Early life
Elva was born in Strongshore where she probably received the same type of education as the other Lionhelms. Since neither of her parents talk a lot about her, Elva's childhood remains a mystery. Both Tylennald and Wallysa act as though they're not sure if Elva is even alive since she would have had to cross the Fog Lands to reach Rockfall, and she could have been touched by the fog on her way there.

According to the events told in Fatherland, Elva left Strongshore when she came of age, which could have been around her 12th or 13th birthday, supposedly because of an argument involving her father Tylennald and the forged will.