and used it to follow him to the Black Swan (and totally attacked her own son during those ambushes).
She even rigged his Imparter so she could eavesdrop on him.
She also loves to talk about Keefe’s “legacy,” like she has this huge master plan for him—even though she also used to claim that she never experimented on her son. Turns out Keefe was part of something she calls stellarlune. I don’t know the specifics yet, but it seems like it had to do with exposing herself and her husband to shadowflux and quintessence before trying to have a baby—and then exposing Keefe to a whole lot more in Loamnore to “transform” him. We won’t know more until Keefe wakes up.
So she’s basically the worst mother ever—and someday I’m going to make her pay for every horrible thing she’s ever done. I don’t know how or when yet. But it will happen.
Things I know about Vespera
She’s one of the Ancients.
She’s an Empath (but it’s made her go numb).
She spent several thousand years locked away in Lumenaria’s dungeon because of the experiments she was doing on humans, trying to understand their capacity for violence and learn how elves could effectively be more ruthless.She’s the real reason the elvin-human alliance fell apart. But the Council covered that up.
She’s a master of creating illusions and worked with Luzia Vacker to design the tricks that keep the Lost Cities hidden.
She wears a headpiece that’s kind of like a really strong thinking cap and blocks everyone from being able to use their abilities on her.
She took my human parents and used them for her horrifying experiments because she wanted to figure out why the Black Swan chose them for Project Moonlark.
She shoved Biana through some of her mirrors in Nightfall, intentionally trying to give her scars so she’d “never be the same.”
She made Alvar open the gates to Lumenaria and made Umber open the hidden troll hive as some sort of vendetta to expose Luzia Vacker—and had no problem cowering under a force field and then fleeing to safety when the newborn trolls turned everything bloody.
Basically she’s psychotic—and I don’t think sending her back to prison is going to be enough to stop her.
Things I know about Fintan
He’s Ancient.
He’s a Pyrokinetic.
He created Balefire.
He used to be a Councillor—until he tried to teach five of his Pyrokinetic friends how to call down Everblaze, and it turned into an inferno that killed everyone except him. Pyrokinesis was banned after that, and he had to step down, since Councillors can’t be Talentless.
He trained Brant in pyrokinesis—and managed to keep Brant’s identity secret during the memory break the Council ordered.
When I tried to heal his mind, he called down Everblaze and killed Councillor Kenric (and destroyed half of Eternalia).
He faked his death and only revealed that he was still alive when he thought he was winning with the gnomish plague.
He overpowered Lady Gisela and sent her to an ogre prison, becoming the new leader of the Neverseen.
He keeps a list called Criterion, which seems to have something to do with emotions, because he made Keefe help him with it during their training sessions (when Keefe was trying to infiltrate the Neverseen).
I don’t know if he’s the one who tortured Wylie, or if it was Brant—either way, I know he fully supported that disgusting interrogation.
He showed up to the Peace Summit in Lumenaria because he knew the Council would put him in the dungeon and he could help Gethen knock down the castle and set Vespera free.
He let Keefe think he was stealing his cache—and Kenric’s cache—when Keefe fled the Neverseen. But the caches were actually fake.
He was captured by Grady while trying to sneak away from Vespera’s version of Nightfall, and he’s now being held in a special prison designed to make sure he’ll never have enough heat to escape.
He’s training Marella in pyrokinesis—which could be a really bad idea. But he’s the only one who can help her truly learn to control her ability.
He might be willing to help us with other things, since he doesn’t seem all that loyal to the Neverseen now that Lady Gisela’s in charge again—but his help never comes free, and I’m not sure what we can offer.
Things I know about Brant
He was engaged to Jolie (who loved him more than anything).
Everyone thought he was Talentless. But he was secretly a Pyrokinetic.
He joined the Neverseen because he hated the Council for banning pyrokinesis and forcing him to be Talentless, since it made him a bad