Sioned is the fictional heroine of Melanie Rawn's fantasy books in the Dragon Prince Trilogy and Dragon Star Trilogy. (Pronounced 'Sh-ned ' ) Sioned was born in the year 677 to the Lord and Lady of River Run in the Princedom of Syr. She was named after her grandmother, Siona, who was the Princess of Kierst by marriage. She had an older brother named Davvi, who was twelve years her senior. In 679 Sioned and Davvi's parents died and left him the young Lord of River Run. In 687 he married Wisla of River View. Wilsa took a quick dislike to the young Sioned, for Sioned was an odd child, ungainly, and had unsightly red-gold hair. Three years after their marriage Wisla convinced Davvi to send Sioned to Goddess Keep, the home of the faradh'im, or Sunrunners. It was soon evident that Sioned was in