Isla



Isla Granjera is Dionn's mother. She is a self-initiated witch with a fair amount of impassion & empassion like her son. It probably began at puberty with her first attraction towards her twin brother Gael then later her younger brother Evar along with the three El Guapos (the aspirantes Baroc, Noah, and Paul) at her Ostara Great Rite. There are hints that she was also romantically and sexually involved with Condesa Avril and Dama Fatima.

When Dionn is seven, Isla is put on trial for rape, torture, and blood-drinking. Five young men gave verbal testimony against her, including Evar. Condesa Avril sentenced her to a public whipping and branding ceremony at the Freich Outpost in the condado of Jewell during which she was repudiated by her mother, Magdalena, and then Avril herself. Then she was escorted by two soldiers across the bridge separating the outpost from Fort Superior in Eastern Delamaize.

Isla was adopted by a nomadic coven, adopted the craft name of Bloodsnake and wandered with them slowly eastward. She became acquainted to witches who were likewise acquainted with Princess Sheba Stormdancer and brought to Sheba who attempted to use Isla as a way to gain custody of Dionn. Isla and Dionn had a very tempestuous relationship for much of Book 2 before finally making peace with each other following the tornado that devastated the farmland just southwest of Des Moines.