| “ | This is my house and I choose to hear what I want. | ” |
| — Sarima, speaking to Elphaba[src] | ||
Sarima Tigelaar, Dowager Princess of the Arjikis, was the noble wife of Fiyero Tigelaar and mother to Irji, Manek, and Nor.
In the Novel[]
During childhood, Sarima and her sisters were pulled from a caravan so that she could marry the young Fiyero Tigelaar, the Crowned Prince of the Arjiki tribe. Being only children at the time of their first meeting, it is implied that Fiyero did not love her. Later on, when they are teenagers, Sarima stays in the Vinkus while Fiyero goes off to study at Shiz University. After he graduates and returns home, Sarima would bear him three children: Irji, Manek, and Nor.
She is later devastated by Fiyero's death and believes Sir Chuffrey had Fiyero killed because there was a rumor that he was having an affair with Glinda. She is left to run Kiamo Ko as the Dowager Princess and care for her young children and sisters. When Elphaba Thropp arrives, she refuses to hear anything of Fiyero's death, unable to face the truth; she does, however, welcomes Elphaba to stay at Kiamo Ko for the duration of winter out of hospitality. Sarima and Elphaba would go on to develop a trusting friendship. Later, Sarima is devastated again by her son, Manek's tragic death.
When Commander Cherrystone arrives at Kiamo Ko, Sarima's sisters try, and fail, to set Sarima up with him. She and her family are, however, taken away by Cherrystone and his forces, and it is later revealed she is ultimately killed by an unknown assailant by order of the Wizard.