The Gifted Child — J.B. Trepagnier

Has the burden of being The Spirus driven Lisana mad?

In “The Spirus-The Lord's Uprising”, we learn Lisana's youngest child, Auris, has a destiny similar to her mother. Esylle ends her rule and Lisana must do what she's never wanted to do and take the throne. In addition to teaching Auris to use her gifts, Lisana must rule the people and the tribes while also making her other children feel special. A mysterious illness befalls Lisana that appears to have driven her mad that she can't heal herself. With her life in the hands of a human healer, a Theran healer, and seven-year-old Auris, her family struggles to figure out what is wrong and how to heal her while keeping it from the humans, less they try to hurt her while she can't fight back. Everyone is thinking, but denying to themselves that her gifts and everything she's done have finally turned against her and driven her mad due to her human blood. Her life rests in the hands of the seven-year-old next Spirus