Role

Chapter 5

Ioniyeh was born in Eryn Galen to a cousin of the owner of the music
store there. She was always encouraged to choose her own way through
life, her parents meant this career-wise but Ioniyeh interpreted it a
bit differently. Ioniyeh chose to follow the family tradition of
song anyway. Her family is quite large and close. Dinners with them
are like celebrations, filled with music and motion. Each of the
children (Ioniyeh has 4 sisters and 3 brothers, by the way) was
expected to aid in the meal preparation from the time they could say
"supper" and because of this, Ioniyeh has some talent with food.
Though she was never unhappy with her home, in her adolescent years
Ioniyeh felt a great need to leave home and discover the intricacies
of the world around her. As she bid her parents farewell she vowed
to them that she would follow her own will and spirit exclusively,
enjoy everything about being alive, and do and see and learn all
she is capable of. This made them feel better about her leaving home
but it was also a vow to herself.