Shiva bin-Latief

Shiva al-Rashid (nee bin-Latief), is a majorly mentioned character in The Wrath & The Dawn and The Rose & The Dagger.

"How does one begin to apologize for robbing the world of light? Words seem strangely insufficient in such a case, yet I fall to their uselessness in my own inadequacy. Please know I will never forget Shiva. For the brief moment that she stared into the face of a monster, she deigned to smile and forgive. In that smile, I sense a stregth and a depth of understanding that I coul never hope to fathom. It tore at what professes to be my soul. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. A thousand, thousand time. On my knees, and it will never be enough."

Shiva bin-Latief was Shahrzad's best friend. Her death at the hands of Khalid is the catalyist that prompts Shahrzad to volenteer to be the King's wife. She plays the largest role of any deceased character, matched only by maybe Ava al-Rashid.