Kendra Finian is a Sinlarine witch from the Finian Clan, mother of Xerathas d'Zarnagon and an excellent lutist. She's a prominent member of the Red Sun Coven, holding the title of Mater Suspiriorum, or Mother of Sighs. She manipulated events which led to the defeats of the Magicracy of Alent's Western Army and the Crimson Coalition's First Army in the Battle of the Rivers and later reunited with her son before taking him away from Aison to fulfill the Cause.