Nehemia Ytger

Princess of Eyllwe, sent north to the glass castle at Rifthold, where she befriends Celaena and hides her command of Wyrdmarks and the common tongue. She urges Celaena toward the rebel cause, is murdered in her rooms by an assassin, and is buried in Rifthold. Later a vision shows she was sent there by Elena.

1. Nehemia arrives in Rifthold, sent by her father to learn northern customs. source
2. She learns who Celaena really is, forgives her and gives her the name Elentiya. source
3. During the duel with Cain she summons Elena to clear poison from Celaena and heals her wounds. source

1. Nehemia presses Celaena to join the rebels and is upset when she refuses. source
2. An assassin named Grave, sent by Archer Finn, kills Nehemia in her chambers. source
3. She is buried in Rifthold, with her remains due to be sent back to Eyllwe; Celaena is driven half mad with grief. source

1. A witch-mirror vision shows Elena instructing Nehemia to go to Rifthold, and Aelin grieves that Nehemia knew she would not see home again. source

Travels to

Rifthold

Allied with

Aelin Galathynius, Elena Galathynius Havilliard