Shiro mother was a native of Kara-Tur, her father a visiting diplomat, after falling in love she became pregnant, however the family not knowing of her pregnacy refused to allow her to marry a forgienor. Hence Shinokin mother runs away after her lover, marrys and lives in Sembia with her husband raising there daughter. Shirokin returned to visit her family after her 14th birthday and spends years with her grandparents learning there way and culture. An outcast in her mothers land she travels back and forth but still is caught between the east and west her love for both places. she seeks adventure to see if there will be a home for her.