Elspeth Kolesar

Younger sister of Doctor Anton Kolesar, and daughter of the late "K-Docs", Elspeth Marilena Kolesar (eighteen years old at the beginning of Killdeer, and five years orphaned) is the primary protagonist of the novel. She was named for her "mother's mother's mother". She has long dark hair, kept in a barrette, and brown eyes.

Timeline (this only covers the events chronicled in Killdeer, or which are known to precede it)

0 - Elspeth born to Drs. Zachary and Olga Kolesar, already parents of Anton Kolesar.

(Between then and Y13) The Doctors Kolesar take many students. Anton Kolesar becomes a doctor as well, and feels that his parents favor their students over him. Mikala Kenneth Xiao is one of their many students, and Anton's biggest rival.

13 - The "K-Docs" die in a supposed accident, leaving Elspeth an orphan. Elspeth is injured, but rescued by the First Responders. Anton, to his annoyance, is forced to take custody of his "minor-child sister until such time as she ceases to have that status."

18 - The events of Killdeer.