Silverborn: The Mystery of Morrigan Crow

The members of Unit 919 experience challenges in learning to handle their special abilities and gifts—particularly Morrigan, whose status as a Wundersmith sets her apart. As the characters are also in early adolescence, this process coincides with their coming of age, implying parallels between the two. Ultimately, the characters’ journey toward understanding and controlling their abilities echoes a broader process of self-discovery and maturation.

Morrigan longs for the opportunity to learn to handle her special abilities, as she is thrilled by the power she feels using Wunder and excited about what she can create with it. Furthermore, as she impresses the members of the Silver District with her examples of Weaving, she realizes that the exercise of these abilities may mean that she is taken more seriously. Instead of experiencing prejudice, like that shown by Laurent St. James and the Concerned Citizens, she might eventually earn admiration. Learning to handle her special abilities is thus bound up in Morrigan’s emerging sense of identity and agency, bolstering her confidence in who she is and what she can accomplish.

The close association between Morrigan’s skills and the development of her self-esteem implies that nurturing adolescents’ interests and aptitudes plays a critical role in their