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== Appearance and Personality ==

Steris has blond hair{{book ref|mb4|2}}, which is usually pulled up into a bun. She often wears a stern or cool expression. Steris carefully crafts her outfits so that she keeps up with the current fashions, neither ahead of or behind the curve{{book ref|mb4|4}}.

As a result of her autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Steris often feels disconnected from those around her. She often describes herself as boring{{book ref|mb6|12}}, and mentions several times that others find it difficult to spend much time with her{{book ref|mb6|2}}. As a member of Wax’s close circle, Steris often feels as though she has nothing to contribute to their heroics. Near the end of Bands of Mourning, Steris gives herself a 7/100 usefulness rating{{book ref|mb6|23}}.

 

Steris is given to moments of deep reflection and poetic expression, as well as moments of surprising honesty{{book ref|mb5|8}}. She speaks formally most of the time, except with Wayne, whom she does not respect at all.

 

== History ==

===Early Life===

Steris was raised in Lord Harms household, with Lord and Lady Harms. Steris’s parents were not emotionally close. Lord Harms remarked that Steris is much like her mother{{book ref|mb4|4}}. Steris was aware of Lord Harms’s extra-marital affairs and views them as normal, to the point where she wrote a clause for affairs into her original marriage contract{{book ref|mb4|2}}.

===Alloy of Law===

Steris is introduced early in Alloy of Law, when she makes a visit to the Ladrian mansion to discuss arranging an engagement between herself and Wax{{book ref|mb4|2}}. This was the first time Steris and Wax had met in person, although they had been exchanging letters regarding a house union for several months. Steris presented Wax with a “thorough” document of at least 20 pages that outlined each stage of their courtship and engagement, as well as the terms of their eventual marriage, an arrangement that Wax agreed to. In this scene Steris also met [[Wayne]], in the guise of Wax’s fictional Uncle Maskil.

 

 

===Shadows of Self===

Steris appears at the beginning of the novel on a cordial visit to Ladrian Mansion to do some wedding planning. Her main goal of the day is to decide who to invite to the wedding between her and Wax. Steris reveals that she has been reading the public records of Wax’s arrests in the Roughs in an effort to discover more about his life. They decide to invite [[Douglas Venture]] in an effort to control the chaos that Steris knows will inevitably appear at any major event in Wax’s life before Wax is ushered out the door by Wayne to chase down their latest prey, the [[Marksman]]. Before he leaves, Steris asks Wax to take care of Marasi.

 

==Relationships==

===Waxilium===

Steris began her relationship with Wax with a touch of desperation, as her efforts to secure a future for herself and her house had come to a stalemate{{book ref|mb4|20}}. However, after Wax rescues her from her captivity by the Vanishers, she evidences some affection for him{{book ref|mb4|20}}. By the time Wax goes to search for the [[Bands of Mourning]], Steris has fallen deeply in love with him{{book ref|mb6|24}}, even though she regards the emotion as foolish.

 

At the beginning of their relationship, Wax regards Steris as an inconvenient necessity, and even enjoys needling her until she loses her temper. As their relationship progresses, however, Wax finds himself becoming protective of Steris’s feelings as well as her person{{book ref|mb6|12}}. Eventually Wax realizes that he not only cares for Steris, but that he loves her. Since their first wedding was ruined by Wayne, Wax surprises Steris with a private wedding after their return from the Seran Mountain Range, delighting her with the one thing she had never expected - a marriage marked more by love than by duty.

 

 

== Notes ==