Very few things were generally known about the Briarwoods prior to their arrival in Whitestone. They claimed to be nobility from Wildmount and presented themselves as Lord and Lady, though that might have been a ruse in order to gain access to the royal family of Whitestone. At some point in his life (prior to departing for Whitestone), Sylas Briarwood became a vampire and was killed and resurrected by his wife Delilah .[disputed] Delilah herself was a necromantic wizard, having studied in part at the Alabaster Lyceum in Emon, indicating that she spent time in or might have originally come from some portion of Tal'Dorei.