Brenna
Brenna was a member of Tiernan's fianna and his fiancée. After the Aos Sí uprising and riots, 100 years before the events of The Glass Gate, Fiachra was displeased with how Tiernan handled the the Aos Sí (he saved as many as he could instead of simply killing them). Fiachra disbanded Tiernan's fianna and sent them to other units. A month later, Brenna died in an "accident". Leith's parents were killed around the same time.
I winced at the memory and then pushed it firmly from my mind.
“What happened to Brenna was terrible.” Saoirse threw a stick at the fire. “But that was decades ago.[...]"
“You cared about her,” Ella said softly.
“We planned to be wed.” I looked off into the crowd. “I wasn’t Rifhéinní then, just captain of our fianna.” I paused. It wasn’t a time I liked to remember.
“How displeased?”
“So displeased that he disbanded my fianna. All my members were sent to other units. Brenna was killed a month later. An accident, they told me.” I tried to give Ella a reassuring smile but knew that it wasn’t up to what she would call my charming standards.
“You had Brenna killed for me?” I said incredulously. “You ordered the assassination of my best friend's parents—and who knows how many others—for me?”
Introduction to Brenna in the books
“I know why you’ve stalled, Tiernan.” He looked up at me, his good eye filled with compassion. An ever present eye-patch covered the other. “I was there, remember, when they found Brenna.”I winced at the memory and then pushed it firmly from my mind.
“What happened to Brenna was terrible.” Saoirse threw a stick at the fire. “But that was decades ago.[...]"
***
“Yes, I suppose you saw them at Saoirse’s birthday. And Brenna. She was…” I wasn’t sure I wanted to discuss Brenna with Ella.
“You cared about her,” Ella said softly.
“We planned to be wed.” I looked off into the crowd. “I wasn’t Rifhéinní then, just captain of our fianna.” I paused. It wasn’t a time I liked to remember.
***
“Fiachra was…displeased with me.”
“How displeased?”
“So displeased that he disbanded my fianna. All my members were sent to other units. Brenna was killed a month later. An accident, they told me.” I tried to give Ella a reassuring smile but knew that it wasn’t up to what she would call my charming standards.
***
He jerked his head up and looked at me for the first time. “It's for you! Everything I've done has been for you.”
“You had Brenna killed for me?” I said incredulously. “You ordered the assassination of my best friend's parents—and who knows how many others—for me?”
Fun Facts
Basics
Full name: BrennaProfession/Title: fianna member
Age: Deceased
Race: Tuatha Dé Danann
Affiliation: Seelie
Children
Appears in: The Glass Gate
Article by Channon