A young Indian woman, Sian is the daughter of a teak worker in the forests of India. Sian and Bram fall in love and are permitted to marry because Bram is the chosen son of the maharajah. Sian is a sweet young woman, innocent in some ways, but she deeply loves and trusts Bram. The two live happily for years until guerrillas invade and take over the village. In the aftermath, Sian is killed. Bram, devastated, finds a beautiful spot to bury his wife
Though Sian's story takes up very little time in the novel itself, it is clear that she is a very important person to Bram and plays a large part in the man he becomes.