


The twins were among the few people that knew who Sturmhond really was: Nikolai Lantsov. Tamar and Toyla volunteered to go up against the Darkling and his Grisha, unlike the other people in Sturmhond's crew, who drew straws. Both twins were raised in the church and learned to read liturgical Ravkan. After their mother's death, the twins left for Novyi Zem with their father so they would not get drafted into the Second Army. The twins wanted to join the Priestguard as children, but since they would not allow a woman in their order, Tolya also did not join. Her mother was a Grisha stationed near the Shu Han border and her father was a Shu Han mercenary.
