Miryam
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Overview
Miryam is an immortal woman whose transformation predates Feyre's. She was granted long life without being remade into a new body.
Born in the Black Land as the half-Fae daughter of a human slave, Miryam was denied any rights from her Fae heritage. She escaped slavery and became a healer among Jurian's rebels before settling with Drakon and their children on a secret island where humans and faeries have lived together peacefully for centuries.
Her immortality has a hidden origin: struck down in the War’s last sea battle, she was brought back on Cretea by a concealed Cauldron-made object rather than by any remaking.
Miryam and Drakon share responsibility for keeping the sleeping Cauldron concealed on Cretea.
Appearance
Miryam looks more human than High Fae, with only subtle half-Fae features and a broad, warm smile.
Relationships
Mor was Miryam's friend during the War and accompanied her back into the Black Land to free the slaves Miryam had promised to rescue.
Jurian was Miryam's lover while she served with his rebels. She ended their relationship before beginning one with Drakon.
Drakon is Miryam's mate and husband.
Jurian gives an embittered account of their former relationship, blaming Miryam for leaving him and declaring that he intends to draw her out of hiding and make her regret it.
Jurian says he does not want to kill Miryam and instead wants to ask her forgiveness.
Abilities and Skills
Miryam is a healer who served among the human rebels during the War.
Important Events
Miryam and Drakon faked their deaths while liberating her people, allowing them to disappear and establish a peaceful hidden life.
After Miryam was mortally wounded in the final sea battle, Drakon carried her to Cretea and used a hidden Cauldron-made object to resurrect her and grant her immortality.
After freeing her people from the Black Land, Miryam personally led nearly fifty thousand freed people across the desert. At the sea crossing she refused to leave until every last human had reached safety, was skewered during the attack, and survived because Nephelle turned back for her.
Miryam and her people emerge from Cretea to reinforce the armies fighting Hybern. She joins the battle personally and confronts Jurian alongside Drakon.
Because Miryam bore children fathered by the winged Drakon despite having no wings herself, Rhys travels to Cretea seeking information that might help Feyre survive her pregnancy.
Miryam's experience offers no solution for Feyre: her children inherited flexible Seraphim-like wings rather than the rigid Illyrian wings that endanger Feyre during childbirth.