Over 2800 years ago, Iinileh Silkhair began her life with her mother in Silvermoon in Quel'Thalas, as proud members of the Quel'dorei, the Highborne. Her father was one of the few skillful mages who traveled to Strom to teach the selected humans the art of magic, though when back home and calling in the rain of fire his position as one of the elves on the very front endangered him and eventually led to his death to trolls in the end of the war agains the Forest Trolls. Iinileh's mother, who were a member of the Council of Silvermoon, later became a part of the Council of Tirisfal.