Ishmerai was born among the pale-skinned Easterlings, a bird-worshiping people blamed for every misfortune that struck the city of Sankt Doloresburg. When the Iron Regent seized power, his family was forced into crowded districts, their traditions outlawed and their names erased from public records. 

As soldiers swept through the streets, Ishmerai escaped with only a worn pendant and fragments of his people's history. Years later, he wanders the realm as a rogue storyteller, gathering and preserving forbidden tales of his people. 

Though scarred by loss, he refuses to surrender hope, believing that memory and truth are stronger than fear and tyranny.