The reigning household

Duchess Odette von Hiss

The Expelled Swan

She is not dead. They are just done with her.

Odette married Clement in season 31 and entered the royal household with impeccable manners and an alarming interest in organizational charts. In season 64 she circulated a proposed revision classifying ducks as ornamental staff. The king expelled her from court; she maintains that she was conducting a staffing review. Her marriage survives, as does her conviction that the palace would benefit from taller management. The black ribbon was added by her mother-in-law.

The mourning ribbon records the family’s feelings. Odette herself remains in excellent health.

Compare each duck at the same life stage, not the same calendar date. Dates and ages appear with each portrait. These are fictional calendar seasons, not published story seasons.

Hatched

10 before the Sun Crown

Current age

97 seasons