View source for Canon:Solostaran Kanan

==The Half-Elf==
In 248 AC, Solostaran was extremey saddened to hear word of his brother Keth's death, as reported by his widow [[Elansa Sungold]] who also told him that she had been raped by a [[human]] brigand and was now with child. Solostaran hoped that the child would be his brother's, but as soon as he layed eyes upon the child, he realized that it was a [[half-elf]]. A bastard child such as this should by elven law not have been allowed in the realm, but Solostaran took pity on his brother's wife's son and brought the young [[Tanthalas Half-Elven]] into his family and raised him as his own. Tanis grew faster than his other children due to his human blood, and Solostaran's compassion for the lesser races grew with him. 

Solostaran took a liking to the jewelry and wares forged by a dwarven metal smith from [[Solace]] by the name of [[Flint Fireforge]]. In 288 AC, he sent for the [[Hill Dwarf]] to come to the capital city of [[Qualinost]], thus possibly making him the first dwarf to be invited into the elven kingdom since the Cataclysm. Flint developed a strong friendship with Solostaran, and also with Tanis, to Solostaran's delight. 

Evidence was shown to Solostaran that Tanis may have killed the elven noble Eld Ailea in 308 AC, prompting Solostaran to imprison Tanis. He charged Flint with finding evidence of Tanis's innocence, or he would be forced to brand Tanis a dark elf and banish him from Qualinesti. Flint discovered that Solostaran's brother, Arelas Kanan, was guilty as part of a plot to become the next Speaker of the Sun. The plot was stopped and Tanis was freed. Shortly after that, Tanis informed Solostaran that he would be leaving Qualinesti, to Solostaran's secret joy, for Tanis had become romantically involved with Solostaran's daughter Laurana.