Seiluna Sitpel

Seiluna Sitple was raised in the elf valley, but at an early age she left there following a dispute with her family. She eventually made her way to Val Miran, where she lived a pauper's existence, doing whatever she could find to make ends meet. In time, she found a place as a servant in the temple of light, assisting in whatever needed doing. As she became more familiar with the work in the temple, she began to take on extra duties. She began handing out food to the poor, and aiding in the care of the sick, seeking to make a difference in the lives of others. She so impressed the priests of the temple that they sponsored her into the cleric guild.

In her travels, she made many friends. Among them was a djinni by the name of Nonaros. It was through him that she met an elven woman named Calixta and a human named Sarrundai, a king from a land called Caler- ia, somewhere beyond the sea. It was obvious from the beginning that Calixta and Nonaros were trying to match Seiluna and Sarrundai. After spending the evening together, Seiluna and Sarrundai devised a plan to pretend to hate each other and frustrate their two friends. However, the truth was that they had already fallen in love. Sarrundai pro- posed, she accepted, and they were wed a few days later. At their wedding, Lord Azraeth appeared, and gave Seiluna a black rose, in ill- omened gift that proved prophetic. For a time they were happy, until the occasion of a get-together with several friends on an island in the Dune Sea. Seiluna was amusing herself by summoning Calixta from place to place. On one such occasion, she summoned her just as Calix- ta was telling another friend about her sleeping with Sarrundai. Sarrundai happened to be with Seiluna as she heard these words, and fled her presence, confirming his guilt. She soon divorced Sarrundai and he later killed himself in front of her in the Central Square of Val Miran, begging for one last kiss that she could not find it in her heart to give him.

Sometime later, Seiluna's father became ill, and she returned to the Elven Valley to reconcile with her family and help in his care. It was during her absence that Lord Sirant rejected the light for the ways of darkness, and on her return she sought the details from an acquaintance she had met before; the former Knight Moriath, who had followed his Lord into darkness. Moriath seemed more than willing to talk to the fair healer, even breaking into the palace on occasion to speak to her. She soon discovered that he was only using her to gain information on Athelea, but by then she had become quite attached to the servant of the Dark Lord. Another friend of hers, a monk named Raskin Racaline, noticed her attraction to Moriath, and sought to woo her away from him. Moriath's frequent absences in search of a path to immortality gave Raskin the chance he needed, and he persuaded her to marry him. At the wedding, Moriath gave appeared and gave her a single black rose, a grim reminder of her first marriage of which he was fully aware. In anger Raskin pursued Moriath across the land, leaving his new bride alone on her wedding night.

In time, they reconciled, and Seiluna became pregnant, but great tra- gedy struck when she was killed by a Wyrm shortly before the child was born. In despair, Seiluna decided to leave the royal house and go into retirement. However, the gods had plans for her son, and would not allow his death to stand. A healer Knight named Rhett Hobcaw dreamed of the child, and learned how the child might be restored. He sacrificed his life-force for the child, and Taeloth finally took his first breath. Two things marked Taeloth at his birth: first, he was born with wings, and second, he has been blessed by the gods of Light. When Taeloth grew old enough to be out on his own, Seiluna returned to the court of Val Miran, and has recently been restored to the rank of Duchess. She has also sought a divorce from Raskin, on the grounds of abandonment, as it has been some time since she has seen him.