
Mother Blackbeak tracked him down she taunted him, informing him that she had killed his lover and that she would turn Manon into a monster before slaughtering him. Tristan never ceased loving Lothian and his daughter, and he continued to diligently search for them. Manon was told that her mother died birthing her in reality, Mother Blackbeak killed her own daughter after Manon was born. During labor, Lothian revealed Manon's parentage to Mother Blackbeak, saying that she believed that Manon's mixed blood could be the key to breaking the curse on the Ironteeth.


116 years before meeting Aelin Galathynius, Manon's mother Lothian Blackbeak, and Tristan Crochan fell in love with one another, and Lothian became pregnant with Manon.
