According to Steven Brust and Tiassa, Devera's father is Kieron the Conqueror; she is conceived in a constructed node that is both the Paths of the Dead, and modern Dragaera, possibly Verra's Halls. Devera is apparently a shapeshifter of some sort, and she might therefore be the cat that appears in Verra's Halls. In Phoenix, the cat leads Vlad Taltos to Verra's throne room; later, Devera climbs into her grandmother's lap in what might be meant to be a somewhat catlike manner.