Skelen is part of a rich family that established itself in New Salem at some point between 1500 and 1800. With her family's fortune, Skelen erected the Skelemoanian, New Salem's first and never-surpassed cemetery. The Skelemoanian, which is always shrouded in shadows, contains only a few headstones and mostly holds luxurious tombs, mausoleums, and underground crypts. The Moanias built their own mausoleum on Skelemoanian grounds too, which more due to a design flaw than grandeur became the most atmosphere-inducing construction around. Due to cracks in the marble, wind passing through is transformed, depending on strength, to anything from a persistent buzz to a faint whisper to a loud wail.