A half-elf by birth, you grew up splitting your days between being groomed for a high-status position in an Elven mageocracy and as the son of a human tavern owner at a popular crossroads. The conflicting environments you were raised in are represented in the conflicting and diverse skill-set you have developed.
The greatest tutors in the hidden elven enclave of Evereska taught your earliest lessons in magic, as well as the agility and grace inherent to their people and how to display it as easily with a sword as with a dance partner.
Your time spent amongst the motley assortment of travellers who passed through your father's tavern each night taught many lessons as well: how to spot a lie (and so prevent yours from being spotted), how to give and take a punch, and how to pocket a coin-purse while receiving said punch. , and most importantly for you - how to use music to reach into the heart of even the most grizzled mercenary.