Shyriath was the only child of Shemrath, an Unchosen woman who lived on an isolated homestead, and Haazrath, a Chosen water elementalist. Shemrath is now deceased; although Haazrath was still alive at the time Shyriath left the Citadel, his deteriorating mental state meant that father and son had drifted apart by that point. Shyriath has not seen him since.
As both parents were not on speaking terms with their families since before Shyriath was born, he has never met any relatives. He has no wife or children.
Prior to his departure from the Citadel, Shyriath worked in a kind of psychiatric care facility staffed by mentalists. Though he was not a very social person, for a time he bonded quite closely with a girl who also worked there.
More recently, he has become involved in Evrith's quest to prevent the future heralded by the figure in white and the group centered around it: