Lasaraleen

Lasaraleen is a character invented by C. S. Lewis and appears in his novel The Horse and His Boy. She is presented as a Tarkheena (a woman of the Calormene ruling class) and is introduced in the Tashbaan palace episode where she is established as a friend and social companion of Aravis. Her role in the narrative is tied to palace life: she helps illustrate Calormene court culture, participates in overhearing palace plots, and proposes practical assistance for Aravis's planned escape.

The primary text and supplied commentary give no detailed physical description beyond social markers: Lasaraleen is a Tarkheena and therefore represented as a woman of the Calormene palace class. Commentators characterize her demeanour as "girly," "silly," or "overdone," but these are interpretive judgments rather than concrete physical details; the sources do not provide measurements, facial features, or specific garments beyond the implication of courtly dress associated with her rank.

Lasaraleen has no supernatural powers in the sources. Her documented abilities are social and practical: she is well-known at the palace and can move about its precincts with relative freedom, she expresses deferential loyalty to the Tisroc in the text, and she devises a concrete escape plan for Aravis by using knowledge of a palace garden that contains a small water-door leading to the river. Commentators also describe variation in readings of her temperament, with some viewing her as frivolous and others noting a form of limited bravery.