Jessa Dayeg Betennin

Jessa Dayeg was the daughter of a wealthy family in Asteyyon, the capital of Gelavon. In 1884 she was accused of theft against a clothing industry that rivaled her father's business, but was proven innocent by young lawyer Herran Betennin. Jessa and Herran encountered each other more over the next year and soon fell in love and married. They had two children, Marina and Hayden. Tragedy fell when Herran died en route to visit his sister in 1895, leaving Jessa rich but unable to cope with fending for herself and her children in the city. Herran's family sympathized with her situation and decided to take her to live with Aliana and Alec Bardor in Sanhaivon. She was picked up and driven there by their son, Beldarion. Beldarion and Jessa became extremely close over the next year but when Aliana became pregnant and Jessa realized things would never work between her and Beldarion, she chose to return to the city and live her own life and remain a widow.

Information
Born: 1862; Asteyyon

Family: Herran Betennin; husband, Marina Betennin; daughter, Hayden Betennin; son.

Race: Kanaean

Hometown: Asteyyon, Sanhaivon.

Sanhaivon
Jessa stayed at Sanhaivon from Sveno 12, 1895 to Fivus 24, 1896.

Herran Betennin
Jessa was very close with and supportive of her husband, but also very reliant on him, thus why it was difficult for her to maintain her life after his unexpected death.

Beldarion Bardor
On the journey from Asteyyon to Sanhaivon, Jessa came to admire and became fond of Beldarion, who was seventeen at the time. Both of them had holes in their hearts at the time, she from the death of Herran and he from the loss of his brother a few months previous, and they found comfort in each other's presence. Even after they arrived at Sanhaivon the two remained close and spent time together often, to the slight worry of Beldarion's parents. By summer 1896 it was apparent to Jessa that she was in love with Beldarion, despite the fact that he was the nephew of her late husband and that he was only eighteen while she was thirty-four. Jessa realized that a relationship between she and Beldarion would never work and her presence would only hinder his life and with his family growing again, it was the prefect time for Jessa to set out on her own with Marina and Hayden. Though she remained a widow for the rest of her life, Jessa always remembered Beldarion and how he had impacted her in her darkest days.