Esriella was born in the western high-aelvar village of Sylivar to an aelvar mother and a human father she never knew. When her aether manifested, she began training as a priestess of the Goddess of Light. At twenty, still a child by half-aelvar standards, she and her mother crossed the continent to settle near Valmark, where Esriella continued her religious studies even after reaching adulthood at forty.
Thirty years later, King Albric’s forces razed her village and carried its surviving inhabitants into slavery. Esriella endured nearly a decade in bondage before Levak and the Company of the White Wing freed her during a riot at a Westgate slave auction. She later traveled with the company, married Levak, and helped overthrow King Albric. When Levak reclaimed his inheritance and restored Westgate’s former name of Valmark, Esriella became its queen while continuing to serve as High Priestess of Light. She is a distant cousin to Sylr’Ren Navei’Wan.
