Linh Hai Song

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Linh Song
Foxfire Level	Attended Exillium
Biographical Information
Gender	Female
Special Ability	Hydrokinetic
Physical Description
Eye Color	Pale silvery blue
Hair Color	Jet black with silver tips
Other Information

Linh Song is Sophie Foster's first friend she met in Exillium. She is a Hydrokinetic. Tam Song is her twin brother.

Biography

“She can know the truth, Tam. It was my fault.” She raised her hands and mist swarmed around them, glinting with a million rainbows. “Water pleads for my attention. But too often it’s a trick.”

As she spoke, the mist thickened into a storm that soaked them with a heavy downpour.

“I became the Girl Of Many Floods,” she whispered. “And after too many mistakes, my parents had no choice but to let them banish me.”

Linh Song had a hard childhood. Her parents were ashamed that they had twins (a rarity in the Elvin world) and did not like her or her brother very much.

She was banished from the Lost Cities and sent to Exillium when she almost flooded Atlantis, even though her parents should have known not to take her there since she was still a fledging Hydrokinetic, not yet in full control of her powers. That is why she had difficulty with the underwater breathing lessons held in Exillium even though she is a Hydrokinetic and kept muttering "I can't, I can't" whenever Tam tries to get her to breathe underwater.

Water begs for her attention and sometimes she can not fully control the element of water, so in order to prevent that as much as possible, she looks for "fixed points" i.e. "tiny drops of steady among the chaos". It gives her "something to focus on" and helps her "keep a tighter hold". However, she also added that the more water there was, the more it slips beyond her control.

Tam, her twin, was angry at their parents, who would attempt to pass Tam off as an only child once Linh was in Exillium. He chose to go with her and leave their parents. Linh and Tam both melted their registry pendants, creating silver streaks in their hair. For Tam, it was a sign of rebellion, while Linh wanted a reminder of what can happen if she loses control.

Appearance

Linh has waist-length jet-black hair with the tips dyed silver, due to the time when she had melted down the chains of her registry pendant and dipped the ends of her hair. She has pink lips, a creamy complexion, and her eyes are the palest of pale blue with flecks of silver.

Relationships

• TAM (brother): Tam is very protective of Linh, and although he didn't have anything to do with the almost-flooding of Atlantis unlike his twin sister, he still chose to be banished from the Lost Cities with Linh, foiling their parents' plan to make Tam an only child so they wouldn't have to be ashamed of bringing twins into the world. Tam attended Exillium with Linh before the ban was lifted from them by the Council. He is a Shade.
• SOPHIE (friend/benefactor): Sophie attended Exillium when she had been banished from the Lost Cities. When Linh couldn't keep calm enough to breathe underwater, Sophie helped her by inflicting calm across the water to tranquilize her. Sophie was also the one who told Mr. Forkle about the twin's situation and made him offer Linh and Tam a proper place to stay at Alluveterre.
• FITZ (friend/love interest): Fitz, along with Dex, stares at Linh and says 'Wow' when Linh crosses the river at Wildwood. It is unknown whether he is impressed by her ability to raise up the whole river, or whether he truly has romantic interest for her.
• DEX (friend/love interest): Dex, along with Fitz, stares at Linh and says 'Wow' when Linh crosses the river at Wildwood. It is unknown whether he is impressed by her ability to raise up the whole river, or whether he truly has romantic interest for her.
• MR. FORKLE (benefactor)

After hearing from Sophie about Tam and Linh's situation, he immediately offered them a place to stay in Alluveterre, where they could be safe, and at the same time avoid facing their parents until they were ready. After hearing about their organisation, Linh became interested in the Black Swan, and even took the initiative to ask Mr. Forkle what she could do if she wanted to join the Black Swan, and as of Neverseen, it is still unknown if the twins will be officially joining the Black Swan or not.