King's Own Herald Shavri was a healer, the mother of Herald Jisa, and the lifebonded lover of King Randale. She refused to marry Randale because it would prevent any chance for him to make an alliance marriage, and because she was terrified at the prospect of having to rule Valdemar-- which she would need to do if she survived him as wife and consort. Shavri desperately wanted a child, and she asked Vanyel to sire this child as Randale health had left him unable to do so. Thus, Jisa was born.