Danladi Catallen, the former Princess of Ossetia, was born as the only child to Lord Diy and Lady Milla Catallen in the year 737. Lord Catallen worked as the manager of the local theatre, and Danladi (nicknamed "Dani") grew up watching plays. She loved to listen to the singing voices of attending actors and actresses, and aspired from a young age to become a singer. Her parents encouraged her, and for years she had singing classes with a local teacher. She even starred in minor roles in a small number of plays in her teenage years. During her third year of studying economics at university, she was offered the chance to make an album and took it, taking a year out of university to do so. The album, containing mostly folk songs, did moderately well, but she did not follow up on this success.