Lady Tyrin Torralyn d'Sivis is the head a corps of stonespeakers stationed at the House Kundarak island prison of Dreadhold. She oversees three speaking stones and a staff of sixteen gnomes for House Sivis. For the security of the prison, she maintains a permanent telepathic link with the prison's warden, Zaxon d'Kundarak, her aide Sarya, and Baron Odian Torralyn d'Sivis, an influential house-mate in Zilargo. While not working at the prison, Lady Tyrin lives in the nearby village of Gaolgate.