Queen Elara

"'You are now Red in the head, Silver in the heart. . . From now on until the end of your days, you must lie. Your life depends on it, little lightning girl.'"

Background
Elara Merandus is the second person to marry Tiberias Calore VI. She wanted to win Queenstrial, but there was no Queenstrial because Tiberias VI proposed to Coriane Jacos out of love. This upset her, and so she began meddling with her mind. She gave Coriane nightmares, which lead to Coriane's three miscarriages. But she kept her fourth pregnancy a secret, and managed to birth Tiberias Calore (Cal) VII healthily. Shortly after his birth, Elara made Coriane commit suicide.

Elara then won Queenstrial and married Tiberias VI, and together they had Maven Calore, Cal's little stepbrother. Elara also had Sara Skonos's tongue removed, so Sara could not speak the truth of Coriane's death.

When Mare Barrow fell into the arena during Queenstrial, Elara looked into her mind and saw that she had no Silver blood, only red, so they decided to pose Mare as Mareena Titanos. And when she looked into her mind, she saw a chance for Maven to overthrow Cal and take the throne for himself, so she convinced Maven to join the Scarlet Guard.

Elara made Cal chop off Tiberias VI's head when Maven and Mare were caught, and then Maven overthrew him and took the throne. Elara held his leash, although, and kept him in check. But then during the raid of Corros Prison Mare killed Elara and then put her body on display to start a civil war between the Silvers.

Personality and Looks
Elara was cold and unforgiving, willing to use her power and kill to get what she wanted. Although, despite her cold nature she loved her son Maven, just not how usually people love. She had pale skin, and ice blue eyes like Maven. She had blonde hair, and was trained to court perfection from a young age.

Maven
When Maven was little, he was slow to walk, so instead of just waiting for him to learn, Elara got into his mind and made him walk everyday, even when he fell. To the point when he cried when his mother walked in his room. But finally he learned how to walk, but now he was afraid of his mother, so Elara took away the fear as well. She meddled and shaped his mind into the perfect warrior, just like Cal. She took away his love for Cal and Tiberias VI, and tried to do the same with Mare when he fell for her, but he loved Mare too much for it to be removed. Even when Elara died, her ghost still haunted Maven, and her reshaping to his mind did not go away. Even when Cal and Mare searched for a Newblood who could fix him.