Jolie Lucine Ruewen

Jolie Lucine Ruewen
Caption	Drawings of her Wanderling
Aliases	None
Occupation	Former Foxfire Student in the Elite Levels(Level 8 when deceased) Black Swan Member and spy on the Neverseen
Foxfire Level	Level Eight (Elite Level) at time of death
Biographical Information
Gender	Female
Age	20, at her time of death
Special Ability	Conjurer
Residence	Havenfield
Physical Description
Eye Color	Turquoise
Hair Color	Light Blonde
Other Information
Important Information	Grady and Edaline's daughter Double agent against the Neverseen for the Black Swan Brant's (former) fiancé.

Jolie Lucine Ruewen is the deceased daughter of Grady and Edaline Ruewen.

She was a part of the Black Swan and worked for them as a double agent in the Neverseen, intending to break the group from the inside.

Around 16 years before the events of the series, she died at the age of twenty in a fire at her fiancé Brant Alger's house. Brant, a member of the Neverseen, had learned of Jolie's involvement in the Black Swan. In his rage, he set fire to his own house, ultimately murdering Jolie. She was only a Level 8 at Foxfire when she died.

She was a talented Conjurer, like her mother Edaline.

She was also associated with Vertina, her spectral mirror (now owned by Sophie Foster), who knew valuable information about her (later discovered by Sophie). Vertina was a close friend of Jolie's and became very sad and secluded in Jolie's room until Sophie moved in with the Ruewens. She was a very faithful friend to Jolie and kept her secret with the password "Swan Song" until Sophie figured it out to crack the code. This code involved her secret diary.

Jolie’s Double Agent Experience

Getting Recruited

Prentice recruited Jolie near the end of her first year in the elite after overhearing her tell a friend that the old ways don’t apply to the present day and showed her how it applies to the entire Council, not just matchmaking over the next weeks. She resisted, and he showed her disturbing bits of intelligence the Council had discovered, including a message written by ogres about an information exchange readers know to be the Neverseen. Jolie continued to refuse, but strangers would bump into her and whisper things like “The fall is never seen before the rising” and “The bold and brave are never seen,” leaving her information on meeting. When she confronted Prentice, they discover the rebels were trying to recruit her too. Jolie then decided to join them as a double agent despite Prentice’s warnings.

Attempting Infiltration

It took months for Jolie to meet with a member instead of finding another note. It took her over a dozen meetings to find out the rebels called themselves the Neverseen. The first time she had a conversation with the Neverseen, it was through a crack in a wall with a feminine voice. When she hears about their cause, and how they could fix her bad match and Brant’s status as Talentless, Jolie has to remind herself she is swearing fealty solely to infiltrate the group.

Following directions to a forest in a forbidden territory, she doubts whether or not the Black Swan had misled her, nearly convincing herself both groups were fighting for the same cause.

She was surrounded by cloaked figures when she arrived, told she must prove her commitment before she could join by a familiar voice that readers know is Brant. He uses pyrokinesis to light a torch and tells her that joining their ranks means accepting their enemies, and enemies had to be destroyed. She is told to burn down a toxic nuclear facility. When she tries to refuse, he gives her a speech about protecting the planet and taking back what was rightfully theirs, begging her to join the side that would win the inevitable war. She tries to push past him, and he burns her wrist before ordering another member to wash her memories. She leaped away with her home crystal.

Desperation

Jolie realizes Brant is the member who was talking to her, and goes home to write in her journal and have a vague yet loaded conversation with Edaline. She writes she knows about Brant’s pyrokinesis, and the secret lessons he had been receiving from Fintan that changed him into a haunted person she couldn’t recognize anymore. She goes to him one last time to try to make him see reason. He believed she had been poisoned against him by the Black Swan and the Council. She dies at his house in a fire.

Appearance

Jolie was described as a slender, blonde-haired girl with turquoise eyes. She is said to have owned numerous laced, frilly purple dresses, and loved fashion and beauty, especially ones that made her stand out and look unique. It is mentioned that she looks very similar to Sophie; Vertina comments on their resemblance but also remarks that Jolie's "hair was shinier than Sophie's" – and she had the most gorgeous turquoise eyes, unlike Sophie's "ugly brown ones".

Wanderling

Elevated on a small hill and silhouetted against the sky, Jolie's Wanderling is a fragile-looking tree with pale bark, dark green leaves, and slender limbs that fan out toward the sun. Soft yellow leaves drape off the end of each bough like Spanish moss, making the tree elegant and wispy. Large blossoms the same turquoise blue as Edaline's eyes blanket the branches, carrying the scent of honey, berries, and sugar.

Relationships

Match Status: Registered, five lists received

Grady Howell Ruewen

• (Father)

Grady is Jolie's father. He cared for her deeply and was heavily impacted by his daughter's death. This caused him and Edaline to seclude themselves in Havenfield until Sophie's arrival and adoption.

Edaline Kelia Ruewen

• (Mother)

Edaline is Jolie's mother. Like Grady, she cared a lot about her daughter, whose death caused her immense pain. From the way she slipped back into the role of a mother and cared for Sophie, it appears that Edaline was very close with Jolie during her life. It was also noted that they were very similar.

Brant Alger (REDACTED)

• (Fiancé) (Deceased)

Brant was Jolie's fiancé. He was an important figure in the Neverseen and one of three known Pyrokinetics. He sparked the fire that killed her, and deep inside was still regretful. He pretended that his sanity was shattered to get others to trust him more, though the truth was his mind must have still had a few splits since Grady couldn't mesmerize his actual mind, only his body. Jolie and Brant had met at a young age and were going to marry, not caring about the scorn they would face because Brant was considered Talentless, even though he was secretly a Pyrokinetic. This meant that he and Jolie would have been a bad match since the matchmakers only matched two elves with abilities or two without. Jolie always saw the good in Brant, and when she discovered his place in the Neverseen, she tried to convince him to change. Unfortunately, he lost his temper and ignited the fire that resulted in her death.

Vertina

• (Spectral mirror; Friend)

Vertina was Jolie's talking spectral mirror and best friend. Jolie told her all of her secrets and would spend time just chatting with her. Before her death, Jolie gave Vertina a clue about where to find a hidden journal of hers and instructed Vertina to only tell the clue to a person who knows the password, which was 'swan song.' Vertina proved to be a loyal friend when refusing to tell Sophie the clue Jolie told her. Sophie eventually figures out the password, and Vertina reluctantly tells her the clue she was hiding and says it was hard to tell her this secret because she had been keeping it for so long.

Juline Kalea Dizznee

• (Aunt)

Juline Kalea Dizznee is Edaline's sister, which means that she is Jolie's aunt. Juline is married to Kesler Ardal Dizznee and was a Bad Match. Brant and Jolie, when married, were going to be a bad match, so Jolie likely talked to Juline quite a bit to handle being a bad match. Edaline and Grady's decision to make Jolie finish the Elite Levels without Brant was based on Juline's parents' decision to do just that when she married Kesler.

Kesler Ardal Dizznee

• (Uncle, by marriage)

Kesler Ardal Dizznee is Juline’s husband, meaning he is Jolie’s uncle by marriage. Kesler and Juline are a bad match, just like Brant and Jolie would have been.

Dexter Alvin Dizznee

• (Cousin)

Dexter Alvin Dizznee is a child of Juline and Kesler, making him Jolie's cousin.

Prentice Endal

• (Coworker)

Prentice Endal recruited Jolie to the Black Swan. He was the Beacon of the Gold Tower and overheard Jolie telling her friend that the old ways don't apply to the new ways. She meant it for matchmaking, but Prentice showed her how her ideas could apply to the Council. At first, Jolie resisted, but after the Neverseen tried to recruit her too, she became the Black Swan's double agent. When Sophie read Prentice's broken mind, Jolie was there with a black swan and told Sophie to "follow the pretty bird across the sky," a line from an old Dwarvish poem. After he was exiled, his son was left with his wife, Cyrah Endal, who soon after died of losing her concentration during a light leap and fading. Prentice's son was adopted by Tiergan.

Black Swan

• (Associated Organization)

Jolie worked for the Black Swan deep undercover, finding information about the Neverseen to help them.

Neverseen

• (Associated Organization/Enemy)

Jolie was a double agent against the Neverseen, spying on them and giving the information to the Black Swan. It is speculated that she could be using her ability as a Conjurer to transport light in and out of the void.

Sophie Elizabeth Foster

• (Adopted Sister)

Sophie would have been Jolie's sister by adoption if Jolie hadn't died before Sophie came to the Lost Cities. It is said that Sophie and Jolie looked a lot alike. They most likely would have liked each other if they knew each other. They are very similar, in looks and personality, and they both are/were part of the Black Swan. Jolie probably would've thought of Sophie as a sister. Sophie speculated that Jolie may have been her mother, but Mr. Forkle assured her that her theory was incorrect.

When Prentice's mind was still broken in Book 5: Lodestar, Sophie communicated with him telepathically, and he spoke to her through the image of Jolie because he couldn't figure out who he was.

Trivia

• Jolie means "pretty one and lovely" in French
• Lucine means "light" in Latin
• In Book 5: Lodestar, it can be noted that her favorite color is pale purple/lavender.
• Jolie owned a lot of dresses and was "a big shopper".

Book Mentions

Book 3: Everblaze

Page 77

Edaline considers making Jolie’s room a conservatory since she always loved gardens.

Page 87

Jolie's room has Raven Lovely Locks and Liquid Amber Eyes.

Page 109

Vertina tells Sophie that Jolie used Glimmer Dust for her dark circles.

Page 163

For the annual Solstice Gala, (it's implied that the Ruewens hosted this until she died) Jolie had a dress with every other thread made out of Lumenite. The color switches between silver and teal.

Page 193

Jolie had "stacks of sketchbooks, too, filled with gorgeous renderings of landscapes, and creatures, and other prodigies at school." She also owns a book called "The Elemental Guide to Conjuring and Translocation", which is how Sophie discovered she was a Conjurer. Sophie describes Jolie’s handwriting as loopy.

Page 194

According to her match list, Benesh Vacker was Jolie's 24th match, Ollie Heks was her 37th, and Harlin Vacker was her 77th.

Page 199

Edaline said "'[Jolie] was six, and we were in a pet store in Atlantis, and they both wanted the same gremlin. Brant offered to let her have it, but Jolie suggested they share, and that was all it took. Instant best friends-completely inseparable.'" and that "'Brant's family was in the Nobility"'.

Page 200

Jolie and Brant's wedding decorations included "flower garlands" Grady and Edaline gave Jolie a "fragile headpiece-swirls of gold and silver set with amethysts and pearls and diamonds" the day they blessed her marriage. It's also described as a circlet. Jolie was known to "yell at the matchmakers" over her and Brant's bad match.

Page 201

Grady and Edaline made a deal that even though Brant couldn't go, Jolie would still take the elite levels.

Page 395

Some wedding decorations Jolie had been "tiny silver butterflies" that "spring to life" when someone snaps their fingers.

Page 468

Jolie wrote her "slim lavender journal" using the Black Swan's Cipher Runes." It was titled Reflections.

Page 528

Sophie finds out the Black Swan's Cipher Runes have to be read using a Human mirror.

Quotes

“Jolie had Grady's light hair and Edaline's bright turquoise eyes. She was striking and graceful and smiling, with rosy cheeks and gleaming white teeth.”

—Narration, in Exile

“If you found this journal, it’s too late to stop him.”

—Jolie's Notebook, in Everblaze