Ardee West

Collem West's sharp-tongued sister, Jezal's lover, and later Glokta's wife.

Last updated 27 October 2026

Ardee West is the younger sister of Major Collem West, a clever, outspoken country girl from Angland who comes to Adua to live with her brother. Scorned by polite society and bored by what is expected of a woman of her station, she drifts into a secret romance with the young nobleman Jezal dan Luthar.

Quick Facts

Culture: The Union (Angland)
Brother: Collem West
Husband: Sand dan Glokta
Daughter: Savine dan Glokta

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Background

She grew up with a violent, drunken father after Collem left for the army, and in the capital she often drinks to dull her disappointment. When Jezal is unexpectedly made High King, the two part, since she cannot be his queen and refuses to be his mistress.

During the Gurkish siege she stands by Sand dan Glokta, helps him kill the traitor Practical Frost and suggests he find a third patron, richer and more powerful, to destroy the other two. Pregnant with Jezal's child, she marries Glokta. In the Age of Madness she is Lady Ardee dan Glokta, mother of Savine, who tells her daughter the truth about her father, and later retires to the country with Glokta.

Source

Text adapted from Ardee West on the First Law Wiki (Fandom, CC BY-SA 3.0). Page history: contributors. Codexery summarised the page, and this entry is shared under the same licence.