The Hierarchy · Character

Sedotia

  • Supporting
  • First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 7

There's a fierce intensity beneath her composed exterior, something sharp and watchful in her gaze. Her presence carries both elegance and danger.

Gender
female
First appears
Book 1 · Ch. 7
Books
1

Sedotia emerges in The Will of the Many as a veiled Anguis operative whose first act is to orchestrate the sabotage of Vis’s Transvect, establishing her as a calculating antagonist. Subsequent glimpses reveal a physical diminishment—wan, smaller, yet no less fierce—hinting at the personal costs of her allegiance. Across the series, her cold precision evolves into a more complex presence, suggesting that her loyalty to the Anguis may be tempered by hidden motives or internal conflict.

Description

Woman with brown eyes, dark skin, and curly brown hair plastered to her cheeks. A few years older than Vis. Well-dressed and prim, half-hidden behind a veil. Smaller than remembered, wan beneath rosy lantern-light.

Story so far

  1. BOOK 1The Will of the Many
    • Appears on the Transvect platform with a drawn bow, initiating the Anguis attack.
    • Is later identified as the agent who arranged the sabotage of Vis’s transport.
    • Confronts Vis while veiled and well-dressed, projecting authority and menace.
    • Reappears in a visibly weakened state—wan and physically smaller—yet remains coldly confrontational.

Key events

  1. Book 1
    Ch. 7
    Transvect Attack and CrashThe Transvect carrying Ulciscor and Vis is attacked with a Will shell, crashes in the Tensian forest, leading to a confrontation with Anguis operatives including Sedotia.
  2. Book 1
    Ch. 19
    Vis Meets Estevan in the SewersVis meets Estevan (formerly Melior), his father's former advisor now leading the Anguis, who urges him to infiltrate the Hierarchy's power structure as a Domitor at the Academy.

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