Spark of the Everflame Study Guide

Mortal Commander in the Emarion army. Husband of Auralie, father to Teller, and adopted father of Diem. 

He fell in love with Auralie when they were both in the army but was too scared to tell her. When Auralie left for a mission and was gone for a year, he swore to tell her when she returned. They started courting, although he could tell Auralie was hiding something from him. One day she arrived at his door with her daughter Diem in her arms. They were leaving and he decided to go with them. He knew that his place was with the two of them. He just knew. 

When he is conscripted back into the Emarion army, Diem gets into a huge argument with him - telling him he is not her father before running out of the house. 

Wife of Andrei. Mother to Diem and Teller. 

Disappears after an argument with Luther. Auralie made a deal with Luther to ensure that Teller could attend the Descended school in exchange for her serving the Crown. This made Auralie the healer for King Ulther when he became sick. Diem discovers that this deal was made when Auralie found out a secret of Luther's and blackmailed him. 

Wherever Auralie is, she has been there for seven months waiting for Ulther to die. This is the same place Diem was born, but she believes that Diem's father is dead after the last time she was here. She thinks she killed him then. She is enacting her plan now. She is there when Ulther dies, and she knows she can return home in a month's time.

Guardian close to Vance.

Friend of Henri and a member of the Guardians who gives Diem a Fortosian dagger, in exchange for a favor he can call in at a future date. 

Older sister of Teller. Daughter of Auralie and adopted daughter of Andrei. Followed her mother's footsteps and became a healer but has been forbidden by her mother to attend any Descended. 

She has a disease passed on by her unknown biological father that causes her eyes and hair to lose color. Her hair is very pale and her eyes are grey, unlike the other mortals who have brown eyes. She began having visions when she was young, and her mother began giving her flameroot powder to stop the hallucinations that she said were caused by Diem's illness. Just before her mother goes missing, Diem sees Auralie and Luther arguing on the street. She finds out that Auralie blackmailed Luther into allowing Teller to attend the Descended school. When Auralie goes missing, she throws away her flameroot powder and she convinces Maura to allow her to attend to the Descended. She joins Maura when they respond to the Descended school roof collapse. She attends to Lily, setting the girl's arm on her own and somehow healing a wound on her back with a soft glowing light - not even leaving a scar. She saves the girl's life. She begins to attend to the king as well, meeting Luther. She is convinced to become a Guardian by her childhood best friend and boyfriend Henri. She is given a Fortosian dagger by Brecke. While attending a Descended child that the Guardian's poisoned, she finds information on an armory that she passes to the Guardians. She is forced by Henri to take on a mission scouting the inside of the palace and is caught by Luther, but he does not turn her in. Instead he tells her that he hopes she knows what she's doing and that she doesn't betray him like her mother did. When the Guardians bomb the armory, she runs to respond and goes into the armory to pull out victims. She saves Perthe and another Descended man and has a vision of herself and Luther standing together on a battlefield. When she is trapped in the armory, Luther pulls her out with his magic and saves her life, staying with her until she wakes up and entrusting her care to his cousin Eleanor. Just before King Ulther dies, he speaks to Diem and says he knew she would come for him, shatter their stone and lay waste to their borders. He then speaks with a woman's voice, calling Diem "Daughter of the Forgotten" and asking Diem to give Luther their gift. She flees the room and is stopped by Luther who kisses her and tells her that he can feel her magic. She runs away, dropping her Fortosian dagger in the process. She gets home and fights with her dad because he has been reconscripted into the Emarion army. She tells him he is not her father and runs away. When the king dies, the Crown goes to Diem. Both she and her brother see it. 

Luther's cousin who cares for Diem after the armory fire.

Guardian close to Vance.

Childhood friend of Diem and her now kind of boyfriend. His father delivers packages and he has begun taking over his father's route. 

Becomes a Guardian after seeing a Descended trample a mortal child on horseback, killing the child without remorse. He convinces Diem to become a Guardian as well, volunteering her for missions that she does not want to take part in. He is pivotal in the armory bombing and does not share Diem's opinion that Descended children and innocents should be spared. Proposes to Diem and believes she will say yes, despite her asking to think about it first. 

Healer who helps Maura and Diem when they respond to the Descended school collapse. Diem later sees her at a meeting of the Guardians.

One of Auralie's army contact who Diem sees in Fortos. She explains to Diem that the flameroot powder is unobtainable. Even knowing of its existence can get you executed and in order to obtain the powder, the need permission from all nine Crowns. Diem's questions make Leona suspicious. 

Princess of Lumnos, niece of King Ulther. Younger sister of Luther. Has a crush on Teller.

When she is injured in the Descended school roof collapse, Diem heals her. She sets Lily's arm and saves her life by discovering a shard in Lily's back. She somehow heals Lily with a soft light, leaving not even a scar. 

Prince of Lumnos, nephew to King Ulther, and assumed Heir to the Crown. The most powerful Descended in Lumnos after King Ulther. Older brother to Lily. Was blackmailed by Auralie Bellator to allow Teller to attend the Descended school, in exchange she attends to the king. Had an argument with Auralie just before she went missing. 

He is gruff and hard, but is thankful to Diem when she saves Lily's life. He escorts her through the palace to see his uncle, disciplining any guards who mistreat her. When Diem sneaks through the palace to try to get intel for the Guardians, Luther knows where she is but does not catch her - telling her that he hopes she knows what she's doing and asking her not to betray him like her mother did. When Diem goes into the armory after the bombing, he uses his magic to pull her out and they share a vision of standing together on a battlefield. He cares for Diem with the help of his cousin Eleanor until Diem is healed. Before the king dies, he kisses Diem, telling her that he can feel her magic but she runs away from him. When the king dies and he does not inherit the Crown, he knows instinctively that Diem did. 

Healer who worked with Auralie at the healing center in Lumnos. She takes Diem with her to the Descended school collapse and into the palace to treat the king.

Descended in the armory fire who Diem pulls out, saving his life. 

Son of Andrei and Auralie Bellator, younger brother of Diem Bellator. Has a crush on Lily.

Attends the Descended school as part of the agreement that Auralie made with Luther. When King Ulther dies, he is the first person to see the Crown above Diem's head. 

King of Lumnos who is sick and being tended to by Auralie. When Auralie goes missing, Maura takes over his care followed by DIem. Just before he dies, he speaks to Diem. He knew she would come for him, shatter their stone and lay waste to their borders. Then he speaks with a woman's voice, calling Diem "Daughter of the Forgotten" and telling Diem to give Luther their gift. When he dies, many believe Diem had something to do with it. 

Deceased

Father of the Guardians in Lumnos. Diem has a vague memory of him having a conversation with her mother. 

Gryvern bonded to Lumnos who serves the current ruler of Lumnos. She is strangely drawn to Diem and vice versa.