"I want to inspire people. I want someone to look at me and say, 'Because of you, I didn't give up.'"

Origin

D'andala was born to Thavnair's large Sun Seeker D tribe. Her mother was a farmer and her father a Nunh that retired when she was seven years old. Although she has many siblings on her father's side, she is her mother's only child. Growing up, she enjoyed helping her in the kitchen, learning the culinarian arts from her. Her mother was very warm and loving towards her, and always affectionally called her her Dandelion - a nickname she still uses in their correspondance nowadays.

When D'andy wasn't helping her mama with dinner or out in the farm, she would spend all of her time devouring books about history and adventurers, fictional or otherwise. Other than reading, dancing was her second greatest love; she had been fond of it ever since she'd first learned how to walk. She and the other kitties in the tribe would often put on shows for the Nunh - she came out of her tribe already a Dancer.

She also extensively trained in archery to provide for the tribe. By the time she was seventeen, she was one of the best hunters they had. Besides skilled, she'd grown quite pretty during her teenage years too, and had a lot of luck with the other ladies in the tribe. The Nunh at the time showed interest in her, but she didn't care for him and did not want to settle down so young, instead yearning to go out there and live adventures like the ones she'd been reading about for so long. Indeed, by age twenty she had read every single book the tribe had at their disposal. She wanted to write stories of her own now, and what better than travel to inspire her? Her mother fully supported her decision, although her father protested and wanted her to stay and become one of the Nunh's wives. In contrast to the love her mother had showered her with growing up, all her father ever had to offer her was a cold shoulder and unwanted opinions.

D'andala was able to slip away from the tribe at age twentyone, her deep resentment towards her father ensuring she'd likely never go back, and that she'd do her damnest to make a name for herself. It wasn't long after she first set out that she started gaining popularity as an adventurer by helping anyone in her path. She quite liked being praised, thanked, and rewarded after a job well done.

Nearly a year after leaving Thavnair, as she approached the city states, she started to hear Hydaelyn's voice. Hear, feel, think. She knew at once she was on the right path, and that she was indeed meant for greatness - suck it, dad. After a few more months of traveling around, she heard about bards from a young couple she'd helped and, interested in learning a discipline that combined art and archery, as well as fascinated by the idea of being able to perform her own stories, she made her way to Gridania. Unbeknownst to her, she sat in a cart with people she would come to love in a not so far away future - the Leveilleur twins and the Keeper of the Moon Leih'to Jakkya. Once in Gridania she kept running into the latter, as the Echo guided them towards the same places. After the fourth time, with thinly veiled annoyance, she jokingly accused him of stalking her. He didn't think she was funny.

The rest, as they say, is history.