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Basic Information
Song
Members
Quan Song • Mai Song • Linh Hai Song • Tam Dai Song
Residence(s)
Choralmere
Mai Song is the mother of Tam and Linh Song, who are twins, to her disappointment. Her middle name is unknown. She is the wife of Quan Song. She is first seen in Lodestar, when she attends Exillium training with Quan in the Ambi Hemisphere. Her name, Mai, means blossom of the apricot tree. In Nightfall, when Linh and Tam go home, they notice paintings of themselves done by their mother, except there is no silver in their hair. And it is conveniently painted so that she can see them alone, one on each side of the canvas (by flipping the painting with telekinesis). Biana later paints silver tips on the portraits. Mai belongs to a family of elvin song composers and creates pieces based on natural elements as her career.
Appearance[]
Mai is described to have jet-black hair and silvery-blue eyes, like her children Tam and Linh. She is said to have slender fingers as well.
Personality[]
- Remorseful
In Lodestar, Mai grabbed Tam’s arm, pleading to talk the banishment over, and was hurt when he rejected her.
- Prideful
She seemed proud of her children when she heard of their various accomplishments.
- Loving
It was noticed that she cares for Quan, her husband, very much.
History[]
Pre-Keeper[]
Mai and her husband Quan were both disappointed after learning that they were having twins. It is unknown whether she agreed to claim that Tam and Linh were a year apart rather than twins like Quan. However, when Linh flooded Atlantis, it was said that she was unwilling to move away from her beach house as a way to help her and instead chose to let her be banished. That may have been a way to be able to finally pass off Tam as an only child and forget about Linh. To her surprise, Tam chose to go with Linh when she was banished.
Book 5: Lodestar[]
Mai admitted that she did not handle Tam and Linh's banishment well. This suggests she is not self-righteous, but she wants to correct her ways so that Tam and Linh might accept her as their mother again. She whispered that they looked so much older, showing that she still thought about her children.
She also seemed proud of Tam when she heard that he had used his ability to break Fitz and himself out of Ruy's force field so that they could take the Neverseen down and escape from Valkonian Hideout, as she asked Tam if it was true that he was a hero.
Book 6: Nightfall[]
Mai took care of Alvar after he was found unconscious. She was shown to have changed since Tam and Linh left, as she didn't seem to care that a mess was being made in her favorite room.
Relationships[]
Quan Song[]
- Husband
Quan is Mai's husband and the two seem to care for each other a lot. He is typically protective about her, defending her whenever necessary and shielding her from things he believes will hurt her.
Tam Song[]
- Son
Tam and Linh are Mai and Quan's children. Mai did not seem to like the idea that they were twins, trying to convince them that they had their Inception Dates wrong starting from a young age and presenting them as siblings. She left Linh in Atlantis knowing that she was a Hydrokinetic and allowed her to flood the city multiple times, eventually leading to her banishment. When they first encounter each other again in Lodestar, Tam and Linh told their parents that they have to wait until they are ready if they want to be part of their lives again and has since repeated this many times. When Tam brings Alvar to Choralmere believing that it is a place the Neverseen would never anticipate, Mai lets them use her room. It seems Mai wants to reconnect with her children.
Linh Song[]
- Daughter
She left Linh in Atlantis knowing that she was a Hydrokinetic and allowed her to flood the city multiple times, eventually leading to her banishment. Mai also had a painting of Linh in her studio, showing that she missed her.
Quotes[]
“Please. I never asked for the situation that was handed to me. I've never claimed that I handled it well.”