Xarin Elohn was born to Kalia and Faranti Elohn in the small village of Snowguard twenty-four years ago on Descending Air 13. From age 2 she was taught the Violin by her father, Faranti. Snowguard is a town known for its musicians, and Faranti was one of the best. Her mother, Kalia, was an expert craftsman of insruments. She quickly surpassed her father in skill, and went to the Blessed Isle to learn under Exalted masters. Her mother taught her strength of will, and her father, compassion. Her father had always hoped that Creation could be full of musicians -- he felt music was a creation of peace. There were no glorious war songs, only dirges sung for the dead in regret. Tepet Carian tutored her in the ways of the Bow and of Voice at the Isle of Courts, and he too was quickly outmatched i