In "The Will of the Empress", Daja reunites with her three foster-siblings to protect Sandry from the powerful Empress Berenene of Namorn. She comes out as a "nisamohi" (lesbian) and falls in love with the Empress's Mistress of Wardrobe, Rizuka fa Dalach in the primary romantic subplot in the book. While this is the first clearly stated homosexual romance in the Emelan canon, the novel Battle Magic confirms that the close relationship between Dedicates Lark and Rosethorn is in fact a homosexual relationship.