Sto Helit

A duchy on the Sto Plains, formerly ruled by an uncle of Queen Keli's (then Princess Keli).

The former Duke of Sto Helit managed to successfully assassinate his brother (Keli's father) and would have very nearly managed to kill Keli herself were not for the intervention of Mort. Of course, he does make another attempt in person at the coronation, but his second attempt fails along with the coronation when both were swept along with the changes in reality. He was later killed when his hourglass is shattered during the duel between Death and Mort.

After proving untrustworthy as Death's apprentice, Mort became the Duke of Sto Helit and the title provides Susan's surname now.

Various references to Sto Helit during the events of Lords and Ladies, reveal that the city is something of a centre of haute couture, (to the inhabitants of Lancre at least,) and appears to be the Ramtop-dweller's gateway to the Sto Plains.

• Appears in Mort