Character from From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Blood Queen of Solis — ancient, terrifying, and Poppy's biological mother, who built a kingdom of lies to harvest the blood of gods.
Isbeth wears the name Ileana like one of her many masks. She is not merely Ascended — she is a demis, half-Atlantian, old beyond reckoning, and driven by a grief and rage that has curdled into empire-spanning cruelty. She created the Ascended, built Solis on a lie, and orchestrated the Rite to feed her children on mortal blood. She is Poppy's mother — and that revelation reframes every horror in the story as maternal obsession twisted beyond recognition. She wants Poppy not dead but claimed, not destroyed but controlled.
Breathtaking and ageless — dark hair, pale luminous skin, full lips curved in a smile that never reaches her eyes. Radiates power and menace in equal measure. Favors blood-red gowns and the Crown of Solis.
Also known as: Isbeth, The Blood Queen, Queen Ileana, Queen of Solis