Reneian Orthemo

Reneian Orthemo is the wife of Captain Verer Orthema of the Untheileneise Guard.

Appearance
Reneian was much younger than her 60-year-old husband, and “only a few years older than Maia himself, and he thought, from the drape of her soft rose dress, that she might be pregnant.” She could be in her 20s. She had "long and sharp" canines.

Personality
She was nervous at the Marquess Lanthevel's dinner, and “did not look higher than the emperor’s collarbones”. She could also stand firm at times, and was protective of her homeland. She seemed very nervous about women's liberation.

Life
Reneian was born in Vorenzhessar, and was the daughter of the mayor. She also had some Nazhmorhathvereise blood.

Reneian and Verer attended Lanthevel's dinner party, which Maia also attended. When Maia asked why the Ethuveraz had not given the Anmur'theileian back to the Nazhmorhathveras, as it was a cultural site for the latter, everyone at the party was horrified, in part because it would concede defeat to the Nazhmorhathveras, and it would leave "the towns of the badlands as no more than prey". Reneian eventually spoke up, saying, “Your Serenity, you have no stauncher subjects than the people of Vorenzhessar and towns like it.” Maia noted he'd have to think on the matter, and asked about her hometown.

When Maia noted that he did not find a woman's not wanting to be married ridiculous, he realized he was scaring Reneian.