Aiveän Zemerin

Aiveän Zemerin is the adopted mother of Tarazho Zemerin and resides in Amalo.

Appearance
Aiveän wore a fig-brown dress for the funeral of Neshevis Pazhilavar, as it was respectful and wearing black would have implied a different kind of relationship to him. She also wore "the fig-brown jacket that went with the dress". She put her hair up as plainly as she always did, with the tortoiseshell combs and the ten-earring set of brass with blue cloisonné beads she inherited from her mother.

Personality
Aiveän was a very methodical and compassionate woman, if restrained. She enjoyed teaching.

Life
Aiveän was learned (for a woman, by her father's standards). One of her sisters married into the Silesada, and her other sister was a governess in Paravi.

Neshevis hired Aiveän to teach Tarazho, and she resided at the Pazhiiavada family home in Tenemora for five years. After Neshevis' death, Aiveän attended his will reading, and knew he had not written Tarazho into his will. Knowing the girl would be turned out to a foundling school by her grandmother, Aiveän bundled Tarazho up and went to a Witness for the Dead, Thara Celehar, to discover what Neshevis' intentions for Tarazho were. Aiveän knew she would also be fired without Tarazho around, so she had nothing to lose. After learning Neshevis planned for her to become a novice of Csaivo on her thirteenth birthday, Aiveän was satisfied (as much as she could be in the circumstances), and arranged to take Tarazho to the Sanctuary of Csaivo.

Since she had nowhere to stay, Thara suggested she go to Ulmavonee and seek out the help of Veltanezh, who would help her. Merrem Culivinaran, the Pazhilavada housekeeper, was friendly and sympathetic, and suggested Aiveän go to the Airmen's School, to teach ashenoi, which Aiveän was interested in. Aiveän took Tarazho to the Sanctuary, and gave Tarazho her new name, making Tarazho her adopted daughter, and promised to meet with her in a month at the Glass Phoenix. Then Aiveän headed to the School to see if they'd take her as a teacher.

Cladeän Pazhilavin
Cladeän was critical of Aiveän's decision to bring Thara to Witness for Neshevis.

Merrem Culivinaran
Culivinaran was friendly and supportive to Aiveän.

Lideän Pazhilavaran
Lideän greatly disliked Aiveän for being connected to Tarazho, and wanted to turn her out at the earliest opportunity.

Neshevis Pazhilavar
Aiveän didn't see Neshevis much, but she didn't care for him.

Tarazho Zemerin
Tarazho cared for Aiveän, and Aiveän cared for her.