Lieutenant Elehayym Van Houten (Elhaym Van Houten in the English localization), nicknamed Elly, is the deuteragonist and a playable character of Xenogears. In the beginning of Xenogears, Elly is the young skilled Gebler officer of the Solaris Military. She is the lieutenant of Ignas Army's Third Assault Division and lead a squad. After much persuasion by Fei Fong Wong, Elly leaves the military after realizing it is nothing more than a psychopathic violent death cult of serial killers and endless murder.