Chronicles of Light vol 2 Y'shtola Story Info:
Y'shtola's story, "Private Reflections" finally gives us some insight into her family.
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The 12 Daughters of Gleaner Y'rhul Nunh, in birth order:
1 Adebh - Forum Member
2 Sumbla - Labyrinthos Engineer
3 Ranmaia - Navigator (sailor), Talhdi and Raigoh's full sister
4 Shtola - Sorceress, Scion of the Seventh Dawn
5 Talhdi - Painter, Ranmaia and Raigoh's full sister
6 Mallibo (twin) - Scientist Archaeologist, Sons of St Coinach, Shtola's full sister
7 Mhitra (twin) - Arcane Archaeologist, Sons of St Coinach, Shtola's full sister according to this, contradicting previous lore (Summoner trainer)
8 Raigoh - Musician, Ranmaia and Talhdi's full sister
9 Sohnjin - Agora armorshop proprietor, her mother was a sister of Shtola's mother making them "sister and cousin both" (image below)
10 Nazqha - Gleaner and Rhul's apprentice
11 Jhimei - Arcanist Adventurer (Limsan trained)
12 Napa - Student at the Studium, enjoys the Far Eastern hobby of suiseki (actual Japanese art/hobby)
Not long after the events of Endwalker, Y'rhul passed suddenly of contagion while working in Nagxia, Y'nazqha forced to have him cremated there due to the nature of his death, and his ashes spread in the Ruby Sea so he might continue traveling the world via the ocean currents.
His specialty was in literature, and at his direction, Y'nazqha brings her sisters rare books their father had found, pertinent to each woman's interests and work, despite the family being so very scattered physically due to Y'rhul's occupation and the emotional distance between most of them.
We don't get any of the mothers' names in this one, as it's more about the various sisters and how well their oft-distant father knew them.
His gift to Y'shtola alone shows how much he thought of his children, and reaffirms her promise made in Shadowbringers and which she has pursued since.
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Y'rhul did apparently have children with two sisters, given the comment about Y'sohnjin. The twins' difficult births apparently caused frailty in Y'shtola's mother (another reason she was placed with Matoya at age seven). It's not unheard of in reality for men to wed their late wives' sisters, and even if Shtola's mother did live, these are Seekers we're talking about. They don't exactly do monogamy.
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It looks like we'll get to meet another sister on Phaenna in a quest, checking the gamesconsole wiki for their names.
The armor vendor in Sharlayan's Agora:
No wonder we didn't catch the family resemblance. Shtola does say this sister's "an unusual character even among this unusual company." Even in the family meeting, she wears her full plate.
Y'nazqha is probably this gleaner in the next variant dungeon, who they said in the live letter is a relative of Y'shtola. In the story she received a book of Corvosi fairy tales, which is likely the book we go inside for the dungeon.
