Mona’s Search for Morrigan

Blood Canticle

Mona’s hope of finding the daughter taken from her changes from a sustaining dream into a painful encounter with loss and chosen separation.

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A Mortal Mother’s Hope A Mortal Mother’s Hope from "Blood Canticle". A Mortal Mother’s Hope A child remembered Mona’s daughter Morrigan was born as a Taltos, a being who matured with extraordinary speed.

A Mortal Mother’s Hope from "Blood Canticle". A Mortal Mother’s Hope A child remembered Mona’s daughter Morrigan was born as a Taltos, a being who matured with extraordinary speed.

A Mortal Mother’s Hope A child remembered Mona’s daughter Morrigan was born as a Taltos, a being who matured with extraordinary speed. Mona loved her and kept the child’s existence as a private, defining part of her history. Separation without answers Ash Templeton took Morrigan away, and the family later lost their trail. During Mona’s illness, the hope of reunion became one of the few ideas strong enough to carry her forward.

The Island Revelation The Island Revelation from "Blood Canticle". The Island Revelation A living descendant Mona finds Oberon, who identifies himself as a son of Morrigan and Ash.

The Island Revelation from "Blood Canticle". The Island Revelation A living descendant Mona finds Oberon, who identifies himself as a son of Morrigan and Ash.

The Island Revelation A living descendant Mona finds Oberon, who identifies himself as a son of Morrigan and Ash. He reports that Morrigan had been poisoned, overburdened by repeated births, and was probably dead before the drug traffickers arrived. Hope collapses The account turns Mona’s long pursuit into a reckoning with what happened to her daughter. Her transformation has given her strength, but it cannot restore the family reunion she imagined.

Choosing Her Own People Choosing Her Own People from "Blood Canticle". Choosing Her Own People Grief without reunion Mona sees Morrigan’s body and must accept Rowan’s judgment that the pair are dead.

Choosing Her Own People from "Blood Canticle". Choosing Her Own People Grief without reunion Mona sees Morrigan’s body and must accept Rowan’s judgment that the pair are dead.

Choosing Her Own People Grief without reunion Mona sees Morrigan’s body and must accept Rowan’s judgment that the pair are dead. The evidence closes the possibility that her search will end in a living reunion. A chosen family She declines to attach herself to the surviving Taltos as a substitute for her daughter. Mona turns toward Quinn and Lestat, deciding that her present belonging matters more than a fantasy of recovered kinship.

Before Mona’s terminal illness

During the rescue on St. Ponticus Island

After the bodies are examined at Mayfair Medical Center