Fair Ellen is Alan-A-Dales one true love, rescued by Alan and Robin from a pre-arranged marriage to Guy of Gisbourne. The Lady Ellen is a Saxon, the daughter of a noble whom suffered under the yoke of Norman oppression. The Abbot Hugo against her will arranged her marriage to Guy; Ellen despises Guy and loves Alan. This situation infuriated Lady Ilene who was truly in love with Guy of Gisbourne, Fair Ellen at that point became the focus of all of Ilene's plots and would probably led to Ellen's mysterious death had she not been spirited away on her wedding day by Robin and Alan. She and Alan now live with Robin Hood and his men.