Dedra
Names: DedraMary-Dedrathe farspeakerFarspeaking LadyExalted LadyMaribeth Kelly-Dakin
First appears in Book 2: The Golden Torc, chapter 7 (7)
Appearances
What you know
Book 2: The Golden Torc
- Ch 7Gold-torc human farspeaker, pregnant with a Tanu child, delegated by Mayvar to shepherd Stein; she reveals Sukey is at Bybar's for fertility restoration.
- Ch 7Dedra explains that no one in the Galactic Milieu has ever made a true mother out of a male.
- Ch 7Dedra is a farspeaker who helps Stein get past the Redactor Guild by posing as an Exalted Lady while he plays her gray-torc esquire.
- Ch 7Dedra is not skilled at heavy mental screens, and warns Stein to relax so he doesn't break through her shielding.
Book 3: The Nonborn King
- Ch 13A gold-torc human woman, once a confidant of Mayvar, now Elizabeth's personal attendant.
Book 4: The Adversary
- Ch 5Mary-Dedra is a Black Crag retainer who welcomed and fed Anatoly, then chased him when he charged upstairs.
- Ch 10Formerly Maribeth Kelly-Dakin, a gold-tore protégée of Mayvar Kingmaker, now executive housekeeper of Black Crag; she insists on the experimental treatment of her son Brendan.
- Ch 10She says she would rather die than give up her tore and its metapsychic powers.
- Ch 30A human farsensor and chatelaine of Black Crag Lodge, she reports twenty-two unwelcome petitioners, nine human and the rest Tanu, arrived at the lodge.
Connections
- ally ofMayvar Kingmaker
- member ofFarsense House
- related toElizabeth Ormepersonal attendant
- inBlack Crag Lodgeexecutive housekeeper
- family ofBrendanmother and son
- leadsBlack Crag Lodgechatelaine
Key moments
- Book 2 · Ch 7Stein breaks free of Dedra's coercion
Enraged that Sukey's mind-call has stopped, Stein breaks Dedra's coercive hold and threatens her. She reveals Sukey is at Bybar's; Mayvar orders Dedra to take Stein there.
- Book 2 · Ch 7Journey to Redact House
Dedra and Stein ride by calèche toward Redact House, stopping at a fountain where Dedra tidies up and explains Tasha-Bybar's role.
- Book 2 · Ch 7Stein kills Tasha-Bybar
Dedra brings Stein to the Redactor Guild tower to see Sukey. In her recovery room, Tasha-Bybar taunts him with a bell dance and he kills her with his sword despite Sukey and Dedra's attempts to restrain him.
- Book 4 · Ch 5Friar Anatoly bursts into the conference
Brother Anatoly evades the retainers and barges into the salon. Minanonn freezes everyone, and Anatoly announces that Amerie Roccaro sent him as Elizabeth's spiritual adviser. Elizabeth lets him go, and he leaves.
- Book 4 · Ch 10Anatoly's prayer and exit
Anatoly argues with Mary-Dedra over the experiment, is rebuked by Elizabeth, then, bolstered by Minanonn's mental touch, recites a prayer and leaves with Dedra to the spring.
- Book 4 · Ch 16Brendan's redaction completed
Over a night, Elizabeth and Marc finalize Brendan's brain redaction. Elizabeth cannot handle the boost, Marc seizes control, forces her subordinate, and completes it. Brendan becomes operant and healed.
- Book 4 · Ch 30Creyn reveals his idea to Elizabeth
Creyn shared his idea for Marc's new work; Elizabeth, horrified, made him promise never to speak of it, then prepared to meet the petitioning mothers.