The deceased former Queen of Norta, King Tiberius’s first wife, Cal’s mother, and Julian’s sister. There is a good deal of mystery surrounding her death. The public story is that she died from suicide, but Julian is convinced that something else happened. There is good reason to suspect that Elara killed her or had her killed. Sara Skonos, Coriane’s best friend, may know something. However, her tongue was cut out by Elara so that she could not reveal anything.
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Queen Coriane Character Timeline in Red Queen
The timeline below shows where the character Queen Coriane appears in Red Queen. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 6
...Queen Elara’s son, Maven, and the crown prince from the king’s previous marriage to Queen Coriane, Tiberias the Seventh. Mare looks up and is stunned to see that the crown prince...
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Chapter 13
...has turned them off. He introduces himself as Julian Jacos, brother of the former queen (Coriane) and Cal’s uncle. Julian, unlike Elara, wants to help Mare understand herself. However, he also...
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Chapter 15
...has never tried to use his power to gain the throne. Nor did his sister, Coriane, who was chosen by King Tiberias to be queen not because of any power demonstration...
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Chapter 18
...was Sara Skonos, and Cal grows tense. Mare learns from him that Sara was Queen Coriane’s best friend. Cal doesn’t remember his mother, and Sara can’t tell him about her because...
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Chapter 21
...decides that helping Mare will be a good place to start his revenge for Queen Coriane’s death, which Elara and others falsely claimed to be a suicide.
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Chapter 22
...pretend otherwise. Julian tells Mare she reminds him of “her,” who Mare takes to be Coriane.
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Chapter 25
...remind Mare of her father. Cal then says that Julian finds similarities between Mare and Coriane. “As much as I hate to admit it,” Mare reflects, “I can’t blame Cal for...
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Chapter 26
...that he never believed Julian before when he said that Elara was responsible for hurting Coriane and Sara Skonos. Mare pleads with Elara not to be distracted and to get Maven...
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