Born in Suramar five hundred or so years before The Sundering, the Kal'dorei known then as Tari Shadowsong, daughter of Malethis and Sharisti Shadowsong, experienced a deeply traumatic event in the destruction of her home and slaughter of her parents by the Burning Legion. Believing herself to have died despite being saved just in time by the assault of the local Sisters of Elune on the demon-held town, the adolescent Kal'dorei swore the life she believed she had lost only to be given it again to her rescuer, Tyrande Whisperwind.