Kaltain Rompier

A wealthy Adarlanian noblewoman who schemes her way to court and rivals Celaena for Dorian. After a plot to drug Celaena backfires she is jailed, then taken by Duke Perrington, who binds a Valg demon to her. She burns the demon out, hands a Wyrdkey to Elide, and destroys much of Morath and herself with shadowfire.

1. In the spring before the series Kaltain meets Duke Perrington and gains a place at court in Rifthold as lady-in-waiting. source

1. After plotting with Perrington to drug Celaena before the Cain match, she is thrown in the dungeons when he blames her. source

1. Celaena gives the half-mad prisoner a cloak against the cold. source
2. Perrington removes her from the dungeon under the pretense of marriage. source

1. Manon finds Kaltain in Morath, lifeless and bonded to a Valg demon. source
2. She kills the Valg inside her, gives Elide a Wyrdkey for Celaena, and burns much of Morath and herself away with shadowfire. source

Partner of

Duke Perrington

Enemy of

Duke Perrington, Aelin Galathynius