Taqwill grew up with his uncle Grynathean Mar Adeuss and mother Tilchia. His father (Fyrmin) was old when he was born and died while he was still very young. Tichin, his sister, was older and left to serve as a Tree Whisperer for the Soul Trees of Ynth in the lands bordering the Vale Kiranym 30 years before he was born. His uncle was an adventurer who had retired and served as an emissary between the lands of mankind and those of the Elves of Ynth. He spent half his time in the great library at Port Town, along the Beyne river in the North Merchant Cities. His primary job was fact checking human history against the annals and memories of Ynth. Port Towne and the community of scholars, scribes, sages and mages were one of the few places that his race mattered little – though his trips home on missions of knowledge-seeking often exposed him to the uglier side of humans and their prejudices. He spent years all total on two different occasions as captive of the elves of the Pale Plains, learning of their culture and ways as well. During his time in Ynth, he would train his nephew in the ways of a generalist magus – as he had to learn in difficulty when he left home.