Eline

Eline, the wife of Kamin

Eline was a native of Kataan who lived in the community of Ressik. She was the wife of Kamin, the identity under which Jean-Luc Picard experienced a lifetime of memories in 2368 after encountering a probe launched from Kataan.

Eline had been in love with Kamin for quite some time, since she was the age of seven. Kamin's first gift for his wife was a necklace that resembled the Kataan probe.

Eline's necklace

Eventually, they got married and after 8 years had two children together, Meribor and Batai, named after a mutual friend of the same name, a few years later.

Kamin was very fond of Eline's cooking, especially liking her soup. When he was ill, she refused to take him to the hospital but nursed him back to health herself. She tought of him as the best iron weaver in the whole community and always had to put away his shoes for him, as he always forgot to.

She had undergone surgery late in her life and only partially recovered dying a short while later and leaving Kamin to bear witness to the death of their culture. (TNG: "The Inner Light")

Eline was played by Margot Rose. In Morgan Gendel's never produced sequel to "The Inner Light", the Enterprise found Eline in suspended animation. [1]