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Mamie Rila is Elias Veturius' foster mother, who took him in after his mother, Keris Veturia, abandoned him.

Personality[]

Mamie Rila is strong and loving. She is devoted to her people.

Physical Description[]

Mamie Rila has dark skin and thick, curly hair. She is plump, with a round face, full cheeks, and long-lashed black eyes. When she speaks, her voice is a song.[1]

Biography[]

Mamie Rila is Tribe Saif's Kehanni, which is a tale-spinner. Mamie Rila raised Elias as if he were her own son. When the Augurs came for Elias, her brothers had to hold her back as she shrieked for the Augurs to leave Elias with her. Her brother, Akbi An-Saif, is the Zaldar, or chieftain, of Tribe Saif.

An Ember In The Ashes[]

Elias recalls the stories Mamie Rila used to tell to help him fight the creatures attacking him during the Second Trial.

A Torch Against The Night[]

Afya Ara-Nur brings Mamie Rila to her tent so that she can speak with Elias. Elias has not seen his adoptive mother in six and a half years, when he was a Fiver. She tells him that "as long as you fight the darkness, you stand in the light."[2] Elias tells her everything that has happened to him since he was taken to Blackcliff. Before leaving the tent, she tells Afya that if she or her people betray Elias, it will be considered an act of war by Tribe Saif and they will course the blood of seven generations. Mamie Rila helps Elias escape Nur by causing a riot. She tells Elias' life story. She describes him as a "tribesboy ripped away by the Empire and forced to kill."

A Reaper At The Gates[]

Mamie Rila and other members of Tribe Saif are held prisoners in a ghost wagon. Laia, Darin, and Afya Ara-Nur come to rescue them. Upon freeing the prisoners, they learn from Shan that Mamie Rila was taken by the soldiers when they stopped for the night. Upon entering the village, Laia finds Mamie Rila in a cottage. she is tied to a chair. Mamie Rila is "a gaunt shadow of her former self. Her dark skin hangs loosely on her frame, and her thick, curly hair has been shaved off."[3] After being rescued, she goes into hiding to recover from her injuries.

A Sky Beyond The Storm[]

Mamie Rila offers to be the foster mother for Zacharias Marcus Livius Aquillus Farrar.

Relationships[]

Elias Veturius[]

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References[]

  1. A Torch Against The Night: page 156
  2. A Torch Against The Night: page 158
  3. A Reaper At The Gates: page 13
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