User blog comment:Master Shannara/Reyna's Parent/@comment-3498371-20110830183719/@comment-4372259-20110904092244

The dogs were automatons so I'm thinking Reyna's parent is Minerva, Athena's Roman counterpart. Minerva's more of a war-kind of god so I think that suits Reyna, as she claimed to be the praetor (leader, right?) of the twelfth legion.