Faralin’s mother was a Gondorian noblewoman who married below her station, choosing to abandon court life to be with Faralin’s father, a blacksmith and (mostly) reformed thief from Osgiliath. Her mother died when Faralin was six years old. Soon after, her father’s health began failing. Though he himself distrusted Court life, he sent his daughter to Minas Tirith at fourteen, to be educated by her mother’s old friends, in hopes of giving her a better life. Faralin enjoys the bustle of city life, but is homesick and worries about him often.

After being instated at court, Faralin met Lady Emeldir of Gondor. Their mothers had been close, and the two themselves became fast friends. When Emeldir married the young Lord of Rohan, Faralin went to Edoras with her, as a lady-in-waiting.