Councillor Oralie (Keeper of the Lost Cities)

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**Councillor Oralie** is one of the twelve Councillors in the Lost Cities. She is an Empath as well as Sophie Foster's strongest supporter on the Council. She is Sophie's biological mother.

## History

The exact time of her election remains unknown, although it could be assumed she was a Councillor for many years.

## Appearance

Oralie has rosy cheeks, long golden-blonde ringlets, and azure (blue) eyes. She is described to look like a fairy princess.

## Personality

Oralie has a gentle personality. She seems thoughtful and wise, and has incredible patience. Unlike many of her other fellow councillors, she doesn't lose her head in fraught situations, nor does she lose sight of what is right and wrong. She is a very loyal supporter of Sophie Foster and her friends.

Oralie seems to be willing to set old ways and traditions aside for the good of her world. She also is able to make the necessary sacrifices, such as giving up Kenric's cache. It was mentioned she was given less Forgotten Secrets to take care of, because Empaths supposedly shatter easily. However, as noted by Mr. Forkle, she actually possessed firm strength.

## History

### Book 1: *Keeper of the Lost Cities*

She was one of the three Councillors to meet Sophie Foster (the others being Kenric and Bronte) in the Lost Cities. During that time, she proceeded to vote in favor of Sophie being allowed to stay in the Elvin world and attend Foxfire.

### *Book 4: Neverseen*

Oralie gave Kenric's cache to Sophie and became her contact with the Council while Sophie was living with the Black Swan. She was demoted to pointless tasks for the council because she gave Sophie Kenric's cache without the Council's permission, but as of Legacy, she seems to be off probation. She gave Exillium the funding it needed, and she also implemented other changes, such as Exillium Coaches and Waywards using their names, and masks and hoods becoming optional. Both Sophie and Fitz have access to her Imparter.

She knows quite a bit about the Black Swan, and out of all the Councillors, currently has the most personal connection with Sophie. This is shown particularly in *Neverseen, Lodestar*, and *Legacy*, during the various times that Sophie shares secrets with her and she helps Sophie out. In *Lodestar*, she arranges a meeting for Mr. Forkle and Sophie with Gethen. She also tries to save Mr. Forkle's life after he is seriously injured by Gethen and stays with him when he died. She seems to feel guilty for his death and says that it was her fault, which the other Mr. Forkle denied–although he implies that Oralie blames herself for Kenric's death. In *Legacy*, Oralie is one of Sophie's Councillor contacts for Team Valiant, along with Councillor Bronte.

### Book 8: *Legacy*

Oralie helps Sophie fix her enhancing with a countdown exercise, and she is revealed to be Sophie's biological mother. During the last chapter of Legacy, she offers to open her cache to discover information on stellarlune to pull Keefe out of his coma, which Sophie reluctantly accepts.

### Book 8.5: *Unlocked*

In Unlocked, she and Sophie access the forgotten secret in her cache.

## Relationships

* **Councillor Kenric (love interest/Former coworker/Deceased)**

Councillor Kenric seemed to have a crush on Oralie, and Oralie seemed to reciprocate those feelings to an extent. Sophie often suspected that they were in love, but couldn't be publicly involved or they would have had to step down as Councillors. Fallon Vacker implied that he once told Oralie to step down from the Council and choose her love over her job, but she didn't listen until it was too late and regretted her decision. In *Unlocked*, it is revealed that Kenric tried to convince Oralie to resign with him but she refused, and that he knew about Project Moonlark, but wiped Oralie's memory so that she would not know that he knew. Kenric was her number one on her matchmaking list and Oralie was Kenric’s number one too.

* **Sophie (biological daughter/coworker)**

Throughout the series, Sophie and Oralie work together quite often, from official projects to breaking major laws. Oralie is Sophie's favorite member of the Nobility, because she often take her side and is caring towards her.

In Legacy, it is revealed that Sophie is Oralie's biological daughter. Because of this, Sophie resents Oralie both for donating DNA to the Black Swan and for keeping it a secret, since it makes her Unmatchable, which means she and her eventual children will be shunned by their peers if she chooses to marry. She treats Oralie as if she was only her DNA donor. Oralie and Sophie work together to open Kenric's cache in Unlocked, but the two of them are still not on good terms. Oralie attempts to apologize to Sophie several times, claiming the teen will understand her later, as it was her only way to conceive, because she chose a career that forbid her from doing so without toppling the order of the world.

* **Councillor Bronte (friend/coworker)**

Oralie and Bronte seem to be friends. They both support Sophie and they are both Councillors. In *Legacy*, Bronte tells Sophie not to look for her biological parents and this may be because he knows Oralie's secret and is trying to help her. Oralie and Bronte are also very snarky to each other in a way that neither of them are with other characters.

(Credits to the Kotlc wiki)