Baronette Mercedes Sofia Esperanza Juana Paloma ghem Estif Arqua, commonly called "Pidge", was one of the elder siblings of Tejaswini Arqua Vorpatril, and an heir to House Cordonah. The Baronne always called her Mercedes, while the Baron had dubbed her "Little Wisdom", as a play on Sofia. But as soon as her siblings made the discovery that Paloma can mean pigeon, her nickname was set (except when eldest-brother Erik altered it to "Pudge", which was usually successful in getting a rise out out her).