Elspeth

Mentioned in Killdeer, but never seen, this woman was the great-great-grandmother of Elspeth Kolesar and Doctor Anton Kolesar. She was the great-grandmother of Olga Kolesar, the grandmother of Olga's mother, and the mother of Olga's maternal grandmother. Her name is given to her great-great-granddaughter, as the latter explains to Nightsinger on their first meeting:

"(Y)our name..."

''"Does it have meaning?" Elspeth finished. "It does, but not like yours. It was the name of my mother's mother's mother, and so it is mine." She lifted one shoulder. "It does not mean ''me."