Kyyneleet

Kyyneleet is the sister of Kylma and the late mate of Pyrkimys. She had a son and a daughter, Kaksi and Tulinen, but they are not revealed as characters until The Shifting Seasons. She dies in Flames and Fires'.

Flames and Fires
Pyrtappaa is invaded by Vallata the Conquerer and Vallatappaa. Pyrkimys gets scared and runs away, leaving Kyyneleet and the rest of the tappaa to fend for themselves without guidance.

Pyrkimys does end up coming back, and after killing one of Vallatappaa's generals, Koyhyys, he gains control of Pyrtappaa's land again. However, Kyyneleet still taunts him about his cowardice.

He remarks, "Watch your tongue, tyhmakarhu. Know your place."

Tyhmakarhu mean "stupid bear" in the old language, and, inraged, Kyyneleet screams and swipes at him, scarring his muzzle for life. Pyrkimys snarls, knocks her down, and roars, "if you were not expecting cubs, I would kill you on the spot!" He then promptly declares her as hylkio, which means outcast, and kicks her out of Pyrtappaa.

Kyyneleet is thrown out of the sacred land and has to leave to raise her and Pyrkimys' cubs alone.

In a desperate attempt to get accepted back in to Pyrtappaa, she vows to protect the Boneridge Canyon, as her luulaakso.

Kyyneleet is seen at the Boneridge Canyon, blocking her sister Kylma and her friend Tahtituli's paths. Tahtituli's body gets taken over by the evil spirit, his ancestor Tappaa (the namesake of all the sacred tappaas), and he throws Kyyneleet over the cliff, killing her.

Later in the book, Pyrkimys is asked by a young female named Rauha, his soon-to-be second mate, if he had ever had a mate before. He denies this innocently, and Kyyneleet's kuollut ruumis gets angry and vows to kill Pyrkimys, if it's the last thing she does.

Trivia

 * her name means teardrops in Finnish.