Eretria is a character from the Shannara

Shannara

Shannara is an epic fantasy series of novels written by Terry Brooks, beginning with The Sword of Shannara in 1977 and continuing through Bearers of the Black Staff which was released on August 24, 2010, as well as a prequel, First King of Shannara...

series of epic fantasy

High fantasy

High fantasy or epic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy that is set in invented or parallel worlds. High fantasy was brought to fruition through the work of authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, whose major fantasy works were published in the 1950s...

 novels by Terry Brooks

Terry Brooks

Terence Dean "Terry" Brooks is an American writer of fantasy fiction. He writes mainly epic fantasy, and has also written two movie novelizations. He has written 23 New York Times bestsellers during his writing career, and has over 21 million copies of his books in print...

; she appears in The Elfstones of Shannara

The Elfstones of Shannara

The Elfstones of Shannara is an epic fantasy novel by Terry Brooks. It is the first sequel to The Sword of Shannara and the second book in The Original Shannara Trilogy...

and aids Wil Ohmsford

Wil Ohmsford

Wil Ohmsford is a fictional character from the Shannara series by Terry Brooks, appearing in two novels: The Elfstones of Shannara and The Wishsong of Shannara. He is the grandson of Shea Ohmsford and the grand-nephew of Flick Ohmsford....

 and Amberle Elessedil

Amberle Elessedil

Amberle Elessedil is a fictional character from the epic fantasy novel The Elfstones of Shannara by Terry Brooks. She was meant to be the "strong female lead" that was lacking in The Sword of Shannara....

 in their quest to find the Bloodfire.

Pre-Elfstones

Not much is known of the prior life of Eretria, as the only thing about her past life that is stated in The Elfstones of Shannara

The Elfstones of Shannara

The Elfstones of Shannara is an epic fantasy novel by Terry Brooks. It is the first sequel to The Sword of Shannara and the second book in The Original Shannara Trilogy...

is that she is the adopted daughter of Cephelo

Cephelo

Cephelo is a character from the Shannara series of epic fantasy novels by Terry Brooks; he appears in The Elfstones of Shannara. He is a Rover who adopted Eretria as his daughter....

, a Rover.

During Elfstones

See the book summary of The Elfstones of Shannara

The Elfstones of Shannara

The Elfstones of Shannara is an epic fantasy novel by Terry Brooks. It is the first sequel to The Sword of Shannara and the second book in The Original Shannara Trilogy...

, as Eretria is involved in almost every key moment of Wil Ohmsford's journey.

Post-Elfstones

Eretria appears as a minor character in The Wishsong of Shannara

The Wishsong of Shannara

The Wishsong of Shannara, an epic fantasy novel by Terry Brooks, is the third and final novel in the Original Shannara Trilogy, with the other two being The Sword of Shannara and The Elfstones of Shannara. The story revolves around Jair and Brin Ohmsford, the children of the main characters from...

. She is now Wil Ohmsford

Wil Ohmsford

Wil Ohmsford is a fictional character from the Shannara series by Terry Brooks, appearing in two novels: The Elfstones of Shannara and The Wishsong of Shannara. He is the grandson of Shea Ohmsford and the grand-nephew of Flick Ohmsford....

's wife and has had two children by him: Jair

Jair Ohmsford

Jair Ohmsford is a major character in three novels of the Shannara series by Terry Brooks: The Wishsong of Shannara, a full-length epic fantasy novel, Indomitable, a short story that appeared in Legends II, and Dark Wraith of Shannara, a graphic novel....

 and Brin

Brin Ohmsford

Brin Ohmsford is a fictional character from The Wishsong of Shannara, an epic fantasy novel by Terry Brooks.- Biography :She is the daughter of Wil Ohmsford, making her actually 1/16 Elf, and because of his use of the Elfstones gained magic she named the wishsong. She is described as looking like...

. Wil Ohmsford has trained her as a healer and in the Wishsong of Shannara they both travel to other cities in the Southland every year and heal where they are needed.