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Romulus's sister and finest wartime captain, a lean, droll veteran of guerrilla war against Octavia.
Vela au Raa is the sister of Romulus and was his favorite captain during his war against Lysander's grandmother Octavia, her mech units waging hell across Jupiter's smaller moons and earning even the young Lysander's respect for guerrilla warfare. She greets the returning Diomedes and the captives at the hidden Ionian fortress with withered patience and a droll, methodical calm, and stands among Romulus's small loyal coterie. When Dido's coup breaks upon the fortress, it is Vela who takes tactical command—ordering Pandora's krypteia to stall the attackers and the bodyguards to protect their Sovereign—before the fight forces her to lay down her weapon at her brother's word.
A lean Gold woman of mature years with withered patience, a pinched mouth, a droll methodical bearing, and short, apparently self-cut hair.
Romulus's sister and ablest captain; the veteran tactician who steadies his loyalists when the coup strikes.