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Darkwind - Japanese version
Darkwind - Japanese version

Darkwind k'Sheyna is a Tayledras scout and mage, originally named Songwind. In addition to his human family, as a child he developed a deep friendship with the gryphons Treyvan and Hydona who settled in the ruins near k'Sheyna Vale.

After an accident with the k'Sheyna heartstone that killed his mother, he discontinued use of his mage powers. He joined the Clan's scouts, patrolling the borders of k'Sheyna's territory. When Elspeth was sent to the Tayledras for training, he discovered her on the outskirts of their lands. He began training her, and was later trained with her by the Healing Adept Firesong.

Darkwind followed Elspeth to Valdemar, and became the Tayledras envoy to the Valdemaran court. Along with Firesong, they snuck into Hardorn, fought Mornelithe Falconsbane and managed to defeat him, throwing him into the Void. With the help of Firesong and the Avatars, they freed An'desha. They also destroyed Ancar and Hulda, eliminating the immediate threat to Valdemar. After she renounced her claim to the throne, Darkwind and Elspeth married in the Tayledras fashion.

Darkwind - French Cover of Winds of Change
Darkwind - French Cover of Winds of Change

After their return, Elspeth founded a mage school as a fourth Collegium on the Palace grounds. As one of the founders, Darkwind was instrumental in training the new generation of Herald-Mages.

During the Mage Storms, he and Elspeth traveled to Shonar and worked with the new King of Hardorn, Tremane, to solve the problem of the Mage Storms.

Darkwind remix by Larry Dixon

Darkwind remix by Larry Dixon

Bondbird[]

His first bondbird was a screech owl, an appropriate choice for a mage who rarely, if ever, leaves the safety of the Vale. They are short-lived. He took a new bondbird, the falcon Vree.

Family[]

Chronology[]

  • Songwind (later known as Darkwind) is born
  • Songwind meets Treven and Hydona when he is eight years old
  • Hydona and Treven's mating flight affects fourteen-year-old Songwind.
  • Hydona and Treyvan's gryphlets are born
        Note: They are "six or seven years old" in 1404 AF.
        Date source: Winds of Fate, Chapter 8
  • Songwind bonds with Vree
  • Songwind is an Adept Mage and helping move k'Sheyna's Heartstone when it shatters
    • He gives up magic and takes the name Darkwind
  • 1404 AF Darkwind is 21 years old.
        Note: He was 14 when Treyvan and Hydona mated, and the gryphlets are now 6 or 7 years old.
        Date source: Winds of Fate, Chapter 8

In the series[]

Darkwind appears in the following books:

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