Els M. Pieter

The first cousin once removed to the Queen. Lady Pieter most desires to claim what she deems as her rightful place as the Duchess of Slake. When Tallias Salt became king, he convinced Nadia Salt III to grant his brother and Els cousin Vincent the Duchy rather than Els, who believed she deserved it.

The Pieters are the only family to have ruled in their Duchy since before the Nadia's Conquest.

Els is a slim woman of unassuming height. She wears her silver hair back so tight it seems to stretch the wrinkles out of her face. Often wearing very pressed white suits that never seem to get dirty.

She is very strict and stern, but competent. After Robin died, she grew meaner, colder, and worse to be around. She was never a ray of sunshine, but she did literally and metaphorically let her hair down around Brennan, the only man she seemed to like.