Jerle Shannara, King of the Elves, is a fictional character from Terry Brooks' Shannara series of high fantasy novels. A historical figure in the original The Sword of Shannara trilogy, he is one of the main characters of the prequel novel First King of Shannara. Jerle Shannara is also the name of the airship the main characters use to travel across the ocean in The Voyage of the Jerle Shannara trilogy.