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Wife of [[Verity]], daughter of [[Eyod]], sister of [[Rurisk]], mother of Prince [[Dutiful]]. 4 years older than [[Fitz]]. Wed to Verity before she was twenty.
She is tall and blondblonde. Her badge is the vixen. Kettricken at first has difficulty adjusting to the differences in culture between her homeland in the [[Mountain Kingdom]] and the [[Six Duchies]]; she prefers austerity and is looked at askance by the Six Duchies' folk who expect their rulers to favor opulence. However, she eventually wins the hearts of several of the royal soldiers when she rides into battle during the [[Red Ship War]]; [[Foxglove]] becomes the leader of the Queen's Guard and proudly wears the Vixen Badge. [[Regal]] tries to use Kettricken as a pawn in his struggle to defeat Verity for the throne; after the death of King [[Shrewd]], [[Chade]] and the [[Fool]] spirit the pregnant Queen away from the vicious Regal, although Regal succeeds in hampering their progress. When presented with evidence that her husband lives, she embarks on a quest to find him even as Regal declares Verity dead and is crowned King.