Jovanna's mother

The Queen Mother of Denvorn was Jovanna's mother, Bastian's maternal grandmother and the former Queen Consort of Denvorn. Although she was married to her husband, she favored the company of women and had a long string of lovers, while giving her husband her blessing for him to take a companion of himself.

The Queen Mother outlived her husband for seventeen years. Even during his lifetime, she did not live with the court in Port Excelsior, preferring the solitude of her estate in the Northern Marshes. She was a patron of the arts and education, and sponsored several schools for girls in the Denvornian Marshes.

She was a very practical, no-nonsense woman, who could be very harsh. When she found out she was pregnant, Jovanna initially didn't want to tell her mother, out of fear she would disapprove of her; however, once Georgia Hatrich convinced her to trust her mother, the Queen Mother immediately concocted a plan to hide Jovanna's pregnancy from the realm, having her give birth to the child in secret in her home. She was among the only people who knew about Seth having been switched at birth.