Elena Visconti was an Escobaran ensign who was captured by the Barrayaran military during their invasion of Escobar. Only eighteen at the time, she was raped by Konstantine Bothari at the direction of Vice-Admiral Vorrutyer until she became pregnant, and tortured by both Vorrutyer and Prince Serg Vorbarra. She then was given to Bothari, who locked her up, treated her injuries, and fantasized she was his wife. Her recollection of events was wiped by the chief surgeon of the Barrayaran flagship, although she later recovered her memory through therapy. Exactly why she was subjected to that therapy is not explained. Two decades later, she was still seriously traumatized by the memory of those events, which does not speak well of Escobaran theraputic techniques..