Ieleen was a mage and the navigator of the Silver Dawn, a ship she owned with her husband, Jute Hernan. She was a Falaran from Walk and drew upon the warren of Ruse. Sometimes known as the "Seawitch", she was legendary for her "seeming miraculous intimacy with wave and channel" despite being blind. She tolerated Jute's restless curiosity even as she tried to steer him away from dangerous and illegal work, such as piracy. Ieleen had sightless "wintery white" eyes, relied on a cane to walk about the ship, and enjoyed smoking a pipe.