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“The wind–or maybe Keefe–must have thrown back his father's hood. But it wasn't his father facing him. It was Lady Gisela. Keefe's mom.”

—Narration, in Book 3: Everblaze, page(s) 586, Google Books

Lady Gisela is part of the Sencen family and is Keefe's mom, as well as Lord Cassius's wife. She is the leader of the Neverseen, as stated in Everblaze. The name “Gisela” means “oath” or “pledge.”

Appearance Edit



Personality Edit

She is cold and acts with little to no emotion. In Flashback, it is said that she would crack “if she let her hair down or gave a true smile.”[1] She does care about her son, but in a cruel manner, which is shown when she wants him to complete his legacy. Gisela is ruthless but also ambitious, doing whatever it takes to complete her goals. In Flashback, Sophie and Fitz look into Keefe’s memories, she appears cruel and distant to Keefe, along with Lord Cassius. Lady Gisela is also the master of mind games and plans, and knows a special technique to block Telepaths.

Relationships Edit

Abilities Edit

Lady Gisela is a known Polyglot and is very skilled at mimicking, teaching Keefe how to mimic as well. She has a photographic memory, which is where Keefe got his. It is unknown whether she possesses another ability, though it is hinted she might, and as a polyglot, her genes are primed for manifesting twice.


Exile Edit

Sophie informally meets Lady Gisela on page 440 of Exile, at Alden's funeral. Gisela is snipping at Keefe, and Sophie is not impressed by her.

Everblaze Edit

Sophie formally meets Lady Gisela when she and Keefe visit Keefe's house. She notices that Lady Gisela has a scar on her shoulder. Later, they find out that Gisela got the scar when Keefe threw a goblin throwing star at her shoulder in Exile. It is revealed that Lady Gisela is part of the secret (and evil) organization called the Neverseen. At first, Keefe believed his father was part of this group, but later realized it was his mother mimicking his father's voice when the Black Swan and the Neverseen fought on Mount Everest.

Neverseen Edit

It is unknown exactly what happened to Lady Gisela after Everblaze, but it was assumed she was tortured and maybe killed by the Ogres after two gnomes saw her being dragged away by two Neverseen members, one being Brant, in a horribly beaten state. During Neverseen, Keefe regains a memory that Lady Gisela erased about her involvement with a secret plan called the Lodestar Initiative.

Nightfall Edit


Flashback Edit

Lady Gisela leads the Neverseen and follows Vespera's plan at the time of the eclipse. She later appears threatening the alicorns and Linh leading up to where she then blackmails Tam into joining the Neverseen.

Legacy Edit

Lady Gisela appears in about the middle of the book, when Sophie is in London with Fitz and Keefe, looking for a leaping crystal that Lady Gisela was hiding in the Forbidden Cities. After discovering it, Lady Gisela shows up with Tam, and congratulates them for finding the leaping crystal. She also instructs Keefe to "embrace the change", and mentions his legacy several times. This causes Sophie to use her full inflicting and leaves Gisela lying on the ground, twitching. Sophie, Keefe and Fitz attempt to capture Lady Gisela, but Tam uses his shadows to take her back to the Neverseen with him.

In the note that Neverseen send Sophie a note two days after their encounter with them, Lady Gisela writes Bring Keefe, XOXO at the bottom of it.

She is soon seen in Loamnore, and is able to take control of the situation after warping Maruca into protecting her with a misguided forcefield. Once Keefe arrives, she uses her alliance with King Enki to knock everyone but Sophie and Keefe out, and then uses stellarlune to prompt a transformation for Keefe's legacy. Shortly after, Glimmer defects from the Neverseen, and Tam attacks Lady Gisela with shadowflux- however, she is able to get away yet again.

Major Characters


Known Black Swan Members

Known Neverseen Members

Important Bodyguards

Alden VackerElwinLady Cadence TalleLord CassiusEdaline RuewenGrady Ruewen

Secondary Characters

Elves (Category)
Councillors (current and former)

Stina HeksJensi BabblosMarucaDempseyValinLexRexBexDamel KafutaShayda AdelTrellaAudricHuxley



Humans (Category)
Foster (Freeman) Family
Mr. SweeneyBethany LopezEleanor WrightEthan Benedict Wright IIGarwin Chang

Goblins (Category)
Queen HyldaBrielleBunheadCadocCouncillors' BodyguardsLefty and RightyLoviseWoltzer

Ogres (Category)
King DimitarQueen GundulaCadfael

Gnomes (Category)
CallaBarth the ReaperBrierLurMityaSiorGoraGerdaYuriAmisi

Dwarves (Category)
King EnkiErmeteIrjaKrikorKunYegor

Trolls (Category)
Empress Pernille

Animal Characters

BullhornIggyMartySprocketWatsonThe VerminionVerdiSilvenyGreyfellLunaWynnGildieLinh's Murcat

Stuffed Animals


  1. Mentioned on pg. 353 on the hardcover version of Flashback

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