Mary has a fearsome temper, exhibited when Trace and Lady Nora destroyed her front yard in a mock fight in an attempt to impress Saria. Her rage, and her use of magic during it, caused Nora, an old and powerful dragon, to flee. She was a complicated person, shaped by intense experiences, from the discovery that her lover, Euchre, was really a Keidran and her disgust that he had been willing to let his cousin be hanged to protect his own identity. These experiences affected Mary's relationship