Keli

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Princess Keli
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Name Princess Keli
Race Human
Age over 40
Occupation Princess
Physical appearance
Residence Sto Lat
Death
Parents King Olerve the Bastard (d)
Relatives Duke of Sto Helit (d)
Children
Marital Status
Appearances
Books Mort
Cameos Soul Music, Going Postal.


Princess Keli appears mainly in the book Mort. She is about sixteen years old when she becomes the Queen of Sto Lat after her father, the King, is killed by her uncle.

Mort, who is Death's apprentice, falls in love with her when he first sees her. That is why he spares her life a short time later on his first solo mission. Instead of taking Keli's soul, Mort takes the assassin's soul to the realm of the dead.

This deed has grave consequences. Even though Keli is alive, nobody seems to notice her. The reality in which Keli is dead is slowly taking over again. And Mort is fighting against time, with the help of Ysabell and the young wizard Cutwell.

In the end, Death, impressed by their stubborness, changes reality for them; Keli remains Queen of Sto Lat. Or, to be more specific, Her Supreme Majesty, Queen Kelirehenna I, Lord of Sto Lat, Protector of the Eight Protectorates and Empress of the Long Thin Debated Piece Hubwards of Sto Kerrig.

Although people of the Sto Plains like to think of themselves as having the most civilized history, Keli's distant ancestor had in fact been a barbarian raider who led a tribe and conquered the area now known as Sto Lat.

Queen Keli is also referenced in Soul Music and Going Postal, but makes no personal appearance.

It is interesting to note that while Keli was 16 years old when she first became queen in Mort, twenty four years later in Going Postal the mayor of Sto Lat, Joe Camels, refers to the queen as a 'nice girl' when she should be about 40. Perhaps she has just aged well. Or possibly this is some after affect of her life ending and then restarting, and she has remained ageless for a long time...