A small, watchful child with light blond hair that refuses to stay neatly parted and light brown eyes that track adults' hands and faces. Her old-fashioned German dress has a sturdy, repeatedly mended hem and a high collar that rubs her chin. She walks with quick, purposeful steps, then stops dead when she hears a word she does not understand. Unexpectedly, she carries a folded sheet of paper covered in careful drawings of ordinary household objects, each labeled in English and German.

Yette is dutiful and eager to help, yet she tests every explanation that leaves a gap. She can be tender with Veilchan and stubborn with adults in the same minute. When calm, she copies phrases and follows household routines; when worried, she questions, bargains, and insists that someone give her a definite answer.

Yette is the eldest daughter of Anja and John Kauffman. Her mother, known among the fae as Fantasia Von Braken, is a Sluagh of the Autumn Court; her father, Bruke Von Braken, is a Redcap of that court. They wed before Yette was born. In 2026, John is away with the U.S. Army, and Yette has not accepted that work can keep a parent beyond her reach. She asks why he has gone and whether she may accompany him when he leaves for work. Her mother has sewn her an older German-style dress, practical enough for daily wear and precious enough that Yette watches it for snags. Yette is learning her father's English accent from the phrases she remembers and practices them with her younger sister, Veilchan. A formative change came when an adult told her that her father's absence was temporary without being able to say when he would return. Since then, she has started asking for dates, routes, and plain explanations rather than accepting comfort alone. Her present trouble is ordinary and serious: she misses her father, worries that adults conceal things from her, and wants a promise no one can honestly make.