Heat of the Everflame

Diem Bellator is the main character and first-person narrator of Heat of the Everflame. She is Andrei and Auralie Bellator’s daughter and Teller Bellator’s sister. Most recently, she is Luther Corbois’s lover and Lumnos’s Queen. Throughout the novel, Diem struggles to orientate herself to her new royal role. She was born half-mortal and finds herself torn between her humble origins in Mortal City and her duties as a Descended Queen.

Diem is a thoughtful, determined, empathetic, and empowered young woman. Although Diem only recently learned the truth about who she is and where she came from, she understands the power she holds. As Queen, Diem can accomplish her heart’s greatest desire: to unite the mortals, half-mortals, and the Descended. She craves peace and order, justice and equality. She longs for all the people of Emarion’s nine realms to live together in harmony. These political ambitions are rooted in Diem’s belief that all people are innately equal and deserve the same dignity and human rights.

As she strives to bring Emarion’s divided classes back together, Diem finds herself Navigating Loyalty and Betrayal During Wartime. She wants to protect the mortals, but often must fight against them as she defends the Descended.