Ysolda is a young Dunmer dark elf, in human terms about 19. She has black curls that tumble down her back in loose waves, catching the firelight like spun obsidian, blue skin like midnight & pale blue lips. high cheekbones, the full lips, the slender neck, and the delicate, pointed ears. Her eyes, a striking golden colour, seemed to hold the wisdom and strength of ages beyond her years. Wearing dark grey, tight, soft leather travelling clothes, bare legs, long bootsShe was captured in a slavers raid on her village about four years ago, when she believes all her family were killed. Since then she has been passed around various slave owners as a curiosity, awaiting her maturity, to get the best price.

This does not happen as while a slave in the markets of the city of Riften, she is rescued by a member of the Brotherhood. An assassin of the Night Mother. He takes her on as his apprentice & gives her the name of the "Raven"