Jehanna Motters¶
Governess Jehanna Motters, Lady of Blackbush, is the "mentor and friend" of Princess Ewe Tugard of Alghert and the "de facto leader of the Alghert Coven, though she often defers to Ewe" (S181, S182). A witch of forty-seven in the Fifth Age, she keeps the coven's quarrelsome lords in order.
Appearance¶
"Hair in a bun. Brown hair with a bit of grey. Black dress with white and gold" (S181, S182).
The Alghert Coven¶
The coven is the secret heart of the Tugard Dynasty: King Baellin Tugard and his daughter "head a coven of witches and serve Demonlord Adramycos" (S181), in a kingdom whose laws forbid all magic but that of Kalar's priests. Beneath the royal pair Jehanna holds it together. Its other witches are Lord Radulf Erkenger and Lord Emory Tiebald, Master of Coin, who managed the Hollow as "proxy Hollowlord" and was Adramycos in disguise. "Not exactly always a happy witch family, Jehenna keeps Radulf and Emory in line. The Coven also has almost two dozen goblins in its service" (S181, S182). The witches moved between the Hollow and the castle at Pemeril by a "travel point" (S182). The coven's practice is described under Witchcraft.
Radulf Erkenger¶
Lord Radulf Erkenger, Lord of Gaverat, is a witch of the coven, forty-one years old, who "manages much of the handling of refugees" (S181, S182), a charge of some weight in a kingdom that turns refugees away at its borders.
Earlier accounts¶
The first note on the court leaves Jehanna's and Radulf's lordships unnamed ("Lady of ??", "Lord of ??") and gives the witches' strengths as levels (S154).
Gap
No source records Jehanna's origin, how she came to the princess's household, or her fate after the Hollow.