Alba

Lady Alba is a woman of the Merfolk and Elvish communities. Her mother Aurora was a mermaid ambassador to the elves, and therefore nobility among the Merfolk; she had a relationship with an Elvish man at the court of Kynigos that resulted in her two children, Alba and Adrian. After the birth of her daughter Alba, she returned to the land of the merfolk because she was growing old, which meant that Alba grew up among Merfolk and walking the cities of Cruth-Atharraich. She occasionally visited the Elvish court, which meant she got to know Death and several Elvish lords.

Alba grew up into a beautiful, independent woman. She is peaceful and kindhearted but has a fatal flaw: her impatience, which leads to a short temper that matches Rowan's. Often she gives what she can to the Fae communities, given that her nobility grants her the ability to walk between the Human and Fae borders. She has long watched how the wealthy live, how the fellow Fae are treated and that’s the spark that drives her. Rowan is what really gets her started and not soon after they are too close for comfort.

She encourages a blossoming coup in Cruth-Atharraich, which is sabotaged by Cornelia. This failed coup is the reason she and Rowan are forced to depart to Kynigos on her brother Adrian's ship, the Ardinant.