#melanthe

Brant marries Melanthe and is Marcela's father/step-father depending on who you believe. Very doting. Marcela is never discovered as a keeper by the public, but Brant trains her to control her powers.

MC is still discovered as a keeper thanks to Patil's intervention. Before the reveal Brant had no reason to interact with them since Sera isn't their suitemate. After the reveal he tries to mentor them and keep them from the worst of NMC politics, but he won't do too much that would antagonize the other major players because he doesn't want to draw scrutiny/have anyone realize Marcela is a keeper. If Lysander and Isabella are MC's parents he has more involvement in MC's life because of his friendship with them.

Melanthe and Roland met when they were working together on the Constellation Project, and immediately hated each other. They formed a reluctant alliance against Julian, who they hated even more than each other, and eventually became friends.

Year -5: Roxana becomes a nymph; Henrik and Melanthe become friends

Year -4: Roland starts working for Nova Labs

Year -3: Isabella starts working at the embassy

Year -2: Lillian and Caiside get married; Melanthe, Henrik, and Julian start working for Nova Labs

Year -1: Isabella is kidnapped by Anetha and leaves NMC; Roxana meets Lucas; Alexa befriends Henrik and Melanthe and marries Julian

Year 0: MC/Aria/Aurelia/Theo are born; Celosia becomes a nymph

Year 1: Marcela is born; Ariana and Michael get married

Roxana and Lysander both loved Isabella. Shortly after Isabella and Lysander became engaged, Anetha made Isabella a subject of the Constellation Project after Lysander found out the true aims of the project and tried to pull funding/support. Isabella left NMC and her child was born eight months later. She had minimal contact with Lysander and her friends from NMC, and feared for herself and her child’s safety. Roxana learned about what Anetha did to Isabella and decided to get revenge, conspiring with the perpetrators of the Delacroix Massacre. She also had a child with Lucas for the express purpose of having her kid be friends with Isabella’s, and as a backup plan to kill Anetha, since Roxana was subjected to the Constellation Project under Anetha’s orders and knew her child might be a keeper. 

Leading up to the Delacroix Massacre, Roxana stole holy oil from Nymph Isle and manipulated Lysander into helping her kill Anetha because of what she did to Isabella, convincing him to break the wards specifically protecting Anetha. Lysander didn’t realize doing this would destabilize all of the wards protecting the household; Roxana didn’t care as long as Anetha died. Roxana compelled Isabella not to talk to protect her, and compelled Lysander not to talk to tie up loose ends. The night of the Delacroix Massacre, Roxana brought her child to the Delacroix party then Nymph Isle. She met with her co-conspirator on Nymph Isle, then was murdered by her co-conspirator after she rejected him. Isabella was shocked and horrified at what happened and told Lysander to get out of her life.