Description
Eilonwy is described having long red-gold hair, bright blue eyes, and a melodic, youthful voice. Far from being just another stereotypical damsel-in-distress princess, who needs the hero to save her, she is hot-tempered, stubborn and resolute. Although having been trained as a sorceress and not a warrior, she is quite capable of using various kinds of weapons, particularly the sword, bow and spear. Even when unarmed, she will fight like a wildcat (i.e. scratching, biting, and kicking) until incapacitated.
Eilonwy is notable for her use of unusual similes and metaphors, such as "If you don't listen to what somebody tells you, it's like putting your fingers in your ears and jumping down a well." She is also sharp, snippy, strong-willed, and sarcastic, but at the same time talkative and often scatterbrained. She often gets angry with Taran, usually for reasons he does not understand, though in secret she does care for him. However, while she is more sure about her growing feelings towards him than he is about his for her, she is content to wait until he confesses to her, which he does in the end.
In the Disney animated film The Black Cauldron, which is loosely based on The Chronicles of Prydain, Eilonwy is voiced by Susan Sheridan. Eilonwy is portrayed with long blonde hair and light blue eyes. Despite the character's status as a princess in a Disney film, Princess Eilonwy is not considered part of the Disney Princess franchise most likely because of the film's box-office failure. However if she does join the franchise she will be the youngest Disney princess, an honor which currently belongs to Snow White.
In The Book of Three she wears a white robe and sandals. In The Castle of Llyr, Dallben describes her as having "skinned knees, torn robe and unshod feet."
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