Emerald Skye

Skye comes of age as an unlikely successor to Aubergine. The image of her mother, Sierra, she holds within herself the darker knowledge of the plot between Tasman and her father. Her actual name is Emerald Skye and her eyes are startlingly blue like bits of turquoise sky. She is in love with a boy from her village whose family runs a grain mill. She is an accomplished lace knitter for one so young and her intricate pattern work is beyond compare. Her intricate designs seem to enhance the magical qualities of the crystal dyed yarns.

Straddling the worlds between village life and the magic of the potluck proves too difficult for Skye at times. Naturally impetuous and brave, she is less easily fooled and more skeptical than Sierra was at her age. Her challenge will be the trial to become what her mother could have been if Tasman had not intervened.