Originally, yes. ( It's been a while since she talked about the North -- having lost it to the Blight years ago, no one ever seemed to think of it much. Even Jill finds it difficult to recall, her memories overtaken by those in Rosalith alongside Joshua and Clive. Still -- he's asking, and he's been far more generous than she deserves. ) I can recall very little, save the blizzards and the warmth of my father's house and my mother's stories.

( But that was enough. Her father, though feared in the south, was always a gentle, genial man who refused to accept the death sentence the north had been handed. The south had land, the south had a child for a Dominant, and a Mothercrystal they could lose at a moment's notice. Jill cannot find fault in the Silvermane's reasoning -- what has she done, what blood is on her hands, now that she has decided to save the world? )

Though I can't say I remember any sirens in the tales. Just the ice queens of old.