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'''Steris Harms''' is the daughter of Lord [[Jackstom Harms]] and the half-sister of [[Marasi Colms]], as well as the fiancee and eventual wife of High Lord [[Waxillium Ladrian]]. Steris often states that she does not fit in well with other people, and she makes up for this by relentlessly memorizing social norms and relevant facts about [[Scadrian]] society and by creating exhaustive lists of contingencies for any and every possible occasion. This led to being appointed as the Disaster Preparations Officer by the governor. She is autistic.{{wob ref|6841}}{{wob ref|11122}}

When they approached the temple, Steris pointed out that someone had to watch for Suit's men and keep a lookout. So Steris, Marasi, and Wayne stayed behind.{{book ref|mb6|23}} While on lookout, Steris showed Marasi a chart of how usefulluseful everyone was on the hunt, with the max score being one hundred. Wax and MeLaan both had a score of one hundred. Wayne was a seventy-five. Marasi was an eighty-three. Steris had given herself a score of seven (originally a four). Steris then told Marasi how she felt about Wax.

A little after Suit and some of his minions entered the temple, Steris watcedwatched Marasi fly away, using the Bands of Mourning, and found it very unexpected because it hadn't made the list or appendix.{{book ref|mb6|28}} Shortly afterward, Steris goes with [[Allik Neverfar|Allik]] to his old crew, and gives them heat medallions as well as rifles, and they attack Suit's men. The Set was defeated shortly afterward.{{book ref|mb6|29}}

Steris and Wax had two children together, Maxillium and TindwilTindwyl Ladrian. Before the discovery of the Set's plan to destroy Elendel, she and Wax were considering trying for a third child, but Wax had reservations about not wanting the two of them to be "outnumbered".{{expand}}

Wayne is the only person to whom Steris does not speak formally, often calling him an idiot. Wayne also does not treat Steris nicely, to the point that Wax asks him to stop. After several years of this banter, Steris and Wayne begin to accept each other, each realizing the talents of the other.{{expand}}{{cite}}

Marasi is Steris's illegitimate half sister by Lord Harms. They are not particularly close, with Steris not knowing about Marasi at all until she was a teenager. Their relationship is mostly formal, but they still share occasional sincere moments.{{citebook ref|mb4|9}}{{book ref|mb6|6}}{{book ref|mb6|24}}

* Steris was based on a friend of Brandon's whom he initially found very abrasive. Part of his intention with her was to create a characterscharacter whom readers would dislike before learning more about her and falling in love with her.{{wob ref|11122}}