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{{Infobox character
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| firstname      = Ellaria
| lastname       = Sand
| image          = Ellaria Sand.jpg
| image_caption  = Ellaria Sand, by Amok ©
| Alias          = The serpent's whore{{ref|ASOS|53}}
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| Allegiance     = [[House Uller]]<br>[[House Martell]]
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| Culture        = [[Dornishmen]]
| Father         = [[Harmen Uller]] 
| Mother         = 
| Lover          = Prince [[Oberyn Martell]] ([[paramour]])
| Issue          = [[Elia Sand]]<br>[[Obella Sand]]<br>[[Dorea Sand]]<br>[[Loreza Sand]]
| Place_of_Birth = [[Dorne]{{Ref|AWOIAF|Ellaria Sand}}
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| Books          = ''[[A Storm of Swords]]'' (appears)<br>''[[A Feast for Crows]]'' (mentioned)<br>''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'' (appears)<br>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'' (mentioned)
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| Played_by      = [[w:Indira Varma|Indira Varma]]
| TV_series      = ''[[Game of Thrones]]'': <br>[[Game of Thrones - Season 4|Season 4]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 5|5]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 6|6]] {{!}} [[Game of Thrones - Season 7|7]]
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'''Ellaria Sand''' is the beloved [[paramour]] of Prince [[Oberyn Martell]], and the mother of the four youngest "[[Sand Snakes]]," Oberyn's [[bastard]] daughters. Ellaria herself is the bastard daughter of [[Harmen Uller]], Lord of [[Hellholt]]. In the television adaptation ''[[Game of Thrones]]'', she is portrayed by [[w:Indira Varma|Indira Varma]].

==Appearance and Character==
{{See also|:Category:Images of Ellaria Sand|l1=Images of Ellaria Sand}}

Although not accounted as a beautiful woman, Ellaria is regarded as attractive and eye-catching, with an exotic, sensuous flair.{{ref|asos|59}} She has black hair.{{ref|asos|38}} She is described as a good woman, strong and brave, with a gentle heart.{{Ref|adwd|38}} Ellaria is believed to worship a [[Lys]]ene love goddess.{{ref|asos|59}} She is described by her paramour, [[Oberyn Martell]], as being sexually adventurous and potentially bisexual.{{ref|asos|38}} Lady [[Olenna Tyrell]], who is angry at Oberyn for having crippled her grandson [[Willas Tyrell]] in a [[tourney]] accident, disparages Ellaria as "the [[serpent]]'s [[whore]]".{{ref|ASOS|53}}

==Recent Events==
===''A Storm of Swords''===
When Oberyn Martell travels to [[King's Landing]] to take the seat on the [[small council]] offered to his brother [[Doran Martell]], [[Prince of Dorne]], Ellaria accompanies him.{{ref|ASOS|38}} Oberyn hints to [[Tyrion Lannister]] that Ellaria wants to sleep with Queen [[Cersei Lannister]].{{ref|ASOS|38}}{{ref|ASOS|66}} 

She is a guest at the [[Purple Wedding|royal wedding]] of King [[Joffrey Baratheon|Joffrey I Baratheon]] and [[Margaery Tyrell]], seated with other [[Dornishmen]] at a place of honor, but away from the [[House Tyrell|Tyrells]].{{ref|ASOS|60}} 

Ellaria is also present at the [[trial by combat]] for Tyrion Lannister, where Oberyn serves as his champion, and she witnesses Oberyn's death at the hands of Ser [[Gregor Clegane]].{{ref|ASOS|70}}

===''A Feast for Crows''===
[[File:Ellaria Sand by elalendi.png|right|thumb|350px|Ellaria Sand, [[Oberyn Martell|the Red Viper's]] widow, by elalendi ©]]
After Oberyn's death, Ellaria escorts his remains back to [[Dorne]]. After Prince Doran arrests the eldest [[Sand Snakes]], Ellaria and her daughters are secluded in the [[Water Gardens]], to prevent them from being used in the plots of others.{{ref|affc|40}}

===''A Dance with Dragons''===
Ellaria is present at the feast in honor of Ser [[Balon Swann]]'s arrival at [[Sunspear]], where he delivers the skull of Gregor Clegane to Prince Doran.{{ref|ADWD|38}} 

Ellaria is later summoned to Doran's private chambers for a conference between him, his daughter [[Arianne Martell]], and the eldest Sand Snakes. She becomes distraught when she hears [[Obara Sand]]'s statement that Gregor's death "is a start". With [[Tywin Lannister]], [[Robert Baratheon]], [[Amory Lorch]] and now the Mountain dead, everyone who was part of the death of [[Elia Martell]] and her children, Ellaria wants it to be an end. Ellaria fears for her own daughters, who admire Obara, [[Nymeria Sand|Nymeria]], and [[Tyene Sand]], and fears where the quest for revenge will lead them. Doran comforts Ellaria, and tells her to go to her girls while promising no harm will come to them, and then continues the conference without her.{{ref|ADWD|38}}

===''The Winds of Winter''===
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Doran sends Ellaria to her father [[Harmen Uller]]'s seat at [[Hellholt]], along with her youngest daughter, [[Loreza Sand]]. Ellaria's daughter [[Elia Sand|Elia]] is one of Arianne's traveling companions, [[Obella Sand|Obella]] is sent to [[Sunspear]] to serve as a [[cupbearer]] to the wife of its [[castellan]], [[Manfrey Martell]], and [[Dorea Sand|Dorea]] remains at the [[Water Gardens]].<ref>''[[The Winds of Winter]]'', [[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]]</ref>

==Quotes by Ellaria==
{{Quote|[[Oberyn Martell|Oberyn]] wanted vengeance for [[Elia Martell|Elia]]. Now the three of you want vengeance for him. I have four daughters, I remind you. [[Sand Snakes|Your sisters]]. My [[Elia Sand|Elia]] is fourteen, almost a woman. [[Obella Sand|Obella]] is twelve, on the brink of maidenhood. They worship you, as [[Dorea Sand|Dorea]] and [[Loreza Sand|Loreza]] worship them. If you should die, must El and Obella seek vengeance for you, then Dorea and Loree for them? Is that how it goes, round and round forever? I ask again, '''where does it end?''' I saw your father die. Here is [[Gregor Clegane|his killer]]. Can I take a skull to bed with me, to give me comfort in the night? Will it make me laugh, write me songs, care for me when I am old and sick?{{Ref|ADWD|38}}|Ellaria to [[Obara Sand|Obara]], [[Nymeria Sand|Nymeria]], and [[Tyene Sand]]}}

==Quotes about Ellaria==
[[File:Ellaria Sand.png|right|thumb|350px|[[w:Indira Varma|Indira Varma]] as Ellaria in ''[[Game of Thrones]]'']]
{{Quote|[[Shae]] had told her that this Ellaria worshiped some [[Lys]]ene love goddess. "She was almost a [[whore]] when he found her, m'lady," her maid confided, "and now she's near a princess." Sansa had never been this close to the [[Dornishmen|Dornishwoman]] before. She is not truly beautiful, she thought, but something about her draws the eye.{{Ref|ASOS|59}}|thoughts of [[Sansa Stark]]}}

{{Quote|Even weeping, she has a strength in her.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}|thoughts of [[Areo Hotah]]}}

{{Quote|'''Nymeria''': I know she loved [[Oberyn Martell|our father]] well, but it is plain she never understood him.<br>
'''Doran''': She understood more than you ever will, Nymeria. And she made your father happy. In the end a gentle heart may be worth more than pride or valor. Be that as it may, there are things Ellaria does not know and should not know. This war has already begun.{{Ref|ADWD|38}}|[[Nymeria Sand]] and [[Doran Martell]]}}

==Family==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Ellaria_Sand Ellaria Sand] on the [http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Main Game of Thrones wiki].

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