Quiet • Confident • Curious

Ilyrana Lightshiver spent most of her happy childhood in a small village of Woodelves like herself, where her father was the chieftan of the lands known as Ambo-O Kal. The young elf spent her days frolicking in the lush greend fields and hunting with her father as well as others within the shelter of the trees. As she grew, so did her curiosity for all things natural, including the mysteries of the ocean that surrounded their island home andfurther up the coast, the sparkling white city of the Elves. Despite the cheiftan's wishes, the young girl could often be found at the beach, playing in the waves and practicing the magic passed down from the Elders when she wasn't helping out within the village itself or hunting with her father.

As time passed and the child came to her adolecence, so did the world around her change.The normally peaceful people became forcefully engaged in a war with an invading armyof Orcs, trolls and other viscious creatures led by the formidable Adar -o gurth or Father of death. It was then that the village of Wood or Copper elves as some called them were forced to the glistening city of the elves to seek refuge. One village out of hundreds that had separated themselves and once lived in harmony with the Earth and nature around them now sought shelter within the marble walls, though even this would not last long.

As one last push, Adar -o gurth attacked the city, felling the walls and infiltrating the kingdom but the High Elves were already steps ahead of them. Having sent ships of their own people as well as refugees out to the ocean in order to spread them out and send them to new homes within their own realm and without. On one of those ships, looking out toward the home that she once loved and adored and watching as, due to one final act of magic and perseverance by those wishing to keep Ambo o- Kal a secret, the terrain around the mythical city crumbled and fell into the ocean, leaving only a single white spire behind.

With the final memory of her home and a heavy heart, the ship that carried Ilyrana and many others, none of which had been within her village before, crossed the veil into the realm of humans and drifted ashore, depositing the refugees into a new land where magic like theirs was seldom seen and often sought after. Using her skills as a hunter, the Fea bestowed upon her from birth and a small arsenal passed down from her father consisting of a Yew or Elven Bow, a quiver of arrows, her hunting knife and her bo staff, the young woman set out to make a place for herself in this mysterious new world.

At first, she stuck to the forests, but the more contact she began to have with humans, she began to realize that there was more to this place than she had thought. However, that did not stop her from remaining in the forest, moreso for her safety than anything else. It was while she was living there that she met a little girl that had gotten lost within.

After having calmed the girl and made sure that she was taken care of, she helped the young woman back to the entrance. It was there that she met the young woman's father and while she was a little confused as to the way she felt about him, never really explored such feelings before but the more time she spent around him and Katie, the more the bond seemed to grow. She was happy, happier than she had been upon first leaving her home at least.

While the woman did have her own reservations, especially when it came to invading personal space that didn't stop her from growing ever closer to Will and Katie. Eventually, she did find herself allowing their relationship to become intimate. It was shortly after this, however that she was approached by the King of Elves who ordered her home. The young Silvan elf didn't have a choice, she didn't have the opportunity to tell her new found partner about what was going on, instead having to disappear into the night in order to return to her own realm.

The young woman was used to being looked down upon, what she was not prepared for Thranduil to berate her, forbid her from seeing Will again, assuming that he was 'mortal'. It was around that time, while they were preparing for one final stand in order to attempt to take her home land back that it was discovered that she was pregnant. Instead of allowing the woman on the front lines, she was given a role with the officers, planning their movements and assisting them with whatever they needed until the baby was born.

It was then that Ilyrana found out that Thranduil had planned to take the baby and raise it in the Silver City. At first she had thought nothing of it, accepting it for what was presented. An opportunity for a Silvan elf to be adopted into the Royal family but as time went on, it became evident that Thranduil wanted nothing more than another serving boy. By that time there was nothing she could do about it, the young man was already a part of palace life and though she had always been close to the Prince, that didn't seem to help her or her son much.

Finally, the war came to a head and Ilyrana joined the front lines. Bow and daggers in hand, the young woman fought for her home in hopes to reclaim at least what was left of her home. It was all for naught, however. The Orcs were too many and the elves, not enough. They failed in their mission and when all was said and done, Ily was allowed to return to the human realm. She begged and pleaded to be allowed to take her son with her, but Thranduil would not allow it.

The Elf returned, finding herself heartbroken and afraid of what she would find after being gone so long. It didn't help that she had become attached to a Dwarf that reminded her so much of Will, when the man had died she found herself mourning him as one would mourn a lover. She remained in the forest once again, until Will came across her once more while she was hunting.

She nearly ran, the woman terrified of what he might think or say but upon seeing him again, her feelings for him came flooding back and she found herself running straight into his arms. She knew it was rather uncharacteristic for her, as was the fact that she cuddled into his arms when they finally got home and made sure that Katie was okay. She's been living with him ever since, every now and then returning to the forest for a night or two when she began to feel too crowded.