Spark of the Everflame

Diem is the main character and first-person narrator of the novel. She is 20 years old in the narrative present and lives in the Lumnos Realm of the country of Emarion. Diem resides in a small village outside of Mortal City with her mother, Auralie; her father, Andrei; and her younger brother, Teller. She works for a woman named Maura as a healer at the healing center—a job that she enjoys and excels at but did not choose of her own volition.

Diem is half mortal and half divine, having been born of a mortal woman and a Descended father with a divine bloodline. However, she is unaware of her own nature when the novel begins. She was born with “brown eyes and auburn hair,” both of which “unexpectedly turned colorless at the onset of puberty” (10), and these physical traits are indicative of her Descended ancestry. Her white hair and gray eyes raise the suspicions of others throughout the novel because she resembles the Descended. However, Diem repeatedly asserts that her “plain face, gangly body, and general mediocrity” are signs that she has not, in fact, “been a Descended child in disguise” (10). However, Diem’s parents have always lied to her about her identity, and her mother has given her regular doses of

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