The Shades journey: About Welin

Today Welin turned nineteen years old. She has grown to be a young woman now, my little girl whom I have cared so much for. It is strange to think that I was on the same age as her the day I gave birth to her.. I already had experienced a whole lot, too much for a teenager to know.. I had lost my father and my mother, and got abandoned by Welin's father. I also have seen houses burned to the ground and looked at the war in the eye, seeing many wounded and hurt soldiers on the road to find my father.
However, is not all that bad, it has also been many positive stories in my life. I  toured a lot around with The Shades and experienced so much good, and I have received many friends and faithful listeners.
I am glad Welin has been allowed being a young girl without many problems. She has not seen the cruelty of the war growing from the east.. nor has she been without a family, she has been very privileged to grow up in the same people as I did once... I wanted to give her everything, that my father couldn't give me...

I hope she is happy..I am very proud of her. She is a bright young woman, and she seems to have found love in music as I have...She seems to be restless though...Perhaps she has been into much safety and behind too much protection? She spends a lot of time with her friend Asket, and I am glad I don't know everything they are doing...Oh my.. I truly don't want to know. Although I heard she visited the blacksmith the other day that mainly forges weapons, and I need to ask her why on earth she was doing there.. I do not wish that she shall learn the skills of wielding a sword or other items related to warring. I want to explain to her that if she wants to do something good, or she wants to contribute to protect her land. She can do hundreds of other things than prepare for the battlefields.. She has the same fire in her eyes as her Father once had, this scares me so much...


She is a young and beautiful. Her smile can make every men turn their heads..When she runs away with her hair flowing like a black storm behind her..I do get worried. I don't want her to do the same mistake as me..and totally loose head and heart... I cannot regret what I did, because then I would not have had Welin... But it caused me much pain aswell that I don't want her to experience.. I want her eyes to shine and seeing her smile as long as I live. But there is a part of her I don't reckognize in myself, a wildness and fire that I cannot explain..