First appears in: The Absent Memory
Like Ashi, Ayel is one of the "seven Prime Planets" scattered across the universe. Elven nursery rhymes and legends recount how the Twins "hid a part of their power on each planet," setting Ayel and its sister worlds loose to drift in their own solar systems. It is a destination world in the Great Sending, harboring elven populations tasked with uncovering the mysteries of the Defense Mechanism.