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Before being Returned, he was '''Stennimar''', an accountant often employed to discover fraud or embezzlement by looking through ledgers to find discrepencies. He died rescuing his drowning niece, [[Tatara]], who fell off the boat ''[[Red Panther]]'' during a storm.{{book ref|wb|57}} He became a Returned with [[Llarimar]], his brother, as his High Priest.

In his early life Lightsong associated with other Returned of the Court, having a seemingly close relationship with [[Calmseer]] - whom he was rumoured to have slept with. Lightsong regarded some of the Gods of this period, including Calmseer and [[Brighthue]], as honourable and he remembered them with reverence, saying they were far better and greater than most of the later Gods.

In his later life his most notable relationship with another Returned was [[Blushweaver]]. Whilst their conversations were highly flirtatious, this relationship never became physical in nature, much to Blushweaver's indignation due to her belief that Lightsong had previously slept with Calmseer. He also became friends with [[Siri]], who saw him as probably the best of the Returned Gods in the Court at the time. He helps her, and gives her advice, and at one point this leads to Blushweaver becoming concerned that Siri liked him, however there was nothing like that between the two.

As a Returned, Lightsong takes care to maintain his apathetic and bitingly witty image, but truly does mean to do more than take advantage of the luxurious lifestyle offered by new position. Lightsong spends much time attempting to better understand himself and what he can do to be a good God to his people. UltimatelyHe feels that he is successfulnot a 'real' god to his people, despite the fact that he is revealed to have the most followers, and recieve the most petitions. This at some points leads to him being more and more lazy to try and prove that he is not the great, mighty person they think of him as. However, he still tries to be the best person he can be, and actually gives thought to the petitions he recieves, feeling bad at having to say no to each person. His brother and High Priest Llarimar also sees him as a god, as if Lightsong, who died saving someone, could become Returned, then surely the Hallandren Gods were worth believing in. Ultimately he proves himself to be a good person, even worthy of being a god, and during the Pahn Kahl rebellion, he dies giving his Divine [[Breath]] to heal [[Susebron]]'s cut out tongue, playing an instrumental role in the prevention of a second Manywar.{{book ref|wb|57}}