At the Kings request her tongue was also cut from her head and she remained dumb evermore.
The King and Queen believed the twins to be evil for their gift of communicating with spirits.
Following the demise of Akasha, Mekare becomes the new Queen of the Damned upon consuming the heart and brain of the old Queen. The tribe from which the twins originated having the belief that a deceased person lives on through being eaten and so preserved by close friends and family members.