Roxane no Eglantine was born to an Eglantine mother, Analise nó Eglantine and Erik, a minor lord of House Mereliot who had taken Analise as his consort. Initially raised within Erik's household, when Roxane began to show signs of a rather precocious musical talent, Analise requested Erik's permission to deliver Roxane to House Eglantine in the city of Elua, so that she might find such instruction and training as to harness her full potential. Roxane would not see her parents again until the night of her debut. But if the girl felt the sting of the loss of her parents, the letters they sent to her, once a year on her birthday was a balm on the young girl's wounded heart. But a child's heart is a resilient thing, and time, and the delights of Eglantine quickly took the sting of the loss. Ensconced in the Salon, Roxane showed a distinct talent for voice and stringed instruments. Brought to the salon too young to begin her training as a courtesan, she was able to devote herself to her talent for music for nearly three years, before she began her training in earnest. The choice to remove her to the salon proved to be both a happy one for the girl, as well as a boon to her talent. Quick of mind and perceptive, she excelled at the intricacies of the voice and the instruments she was exposed to, not only the instruments popular in Elua, but the instruments which the salon acquired for her from other kingdoms. As she grew, she selected the cello as well as her voice as her primary instruments. She practiced often, and slept little, driven to perfect every song or melody she was given, even taking to writing her own compositions. More importantly for her place within the salon, she learned to use her natural empathy to sway and engage her audiences. Learning the instruments was not enough, however, and what free time the girl was allowed, she spent at the luthier who supplied and maintained the salon's instruments, apprenticing to him once her mother saw that she would not be dissuaded.
Upon her debut, Roxane came into her own in the salon, and with greater freedom, she continued her studies, in performance as well as crafting, her talent earning her gifts which allowed her to complete her mark by the age of eighteen. Though she now had the power to manage her own contracts, Roxane was wily enough to continue to consult her mother, and through her mother, her father, in order to find such assignations for performances which allowed her to continue to learn her trade as a luthier, and to grow her name in the craftsmen's circles. in the years since her debut, she found assignations as a companion, a performer, and a teacher of voice and instrument. As a craftswoman, she proved endlessly inventive, experimenting with materials and design in order to perfect the art of imbuing particular instruments with character and spirit, each unique to the instrument or the person for whom she was crafting it. Believing that music, both as a listener and as a performer, so often reflect the inner emotions of the ear of the listener or the hands of the performer, Roxane learned to use her place as teacher and entertainer to learn the intricacies of those who visited the salons or those who resided within the homes of those she met on her assignations. As her reputation and her curiosity grew, Roxane began to travel the world, seeking out new vocal techniques, finding new instruments, bring back either samples when she could or drawings when she could not. Knowing, without, perhaps, wishing to admit that she knew, that she could not remain in Elua forever. Finally, she began to put a plan in place to find a new home, one which would afford her more access to rare song and rarer instruments. Over the course of three years, Roxane purchased for herself a small workshop in Marsilikos, and spent time traveling to establish trade relationships, and to familiarize herself with the city, its visitors, and its denizens. She has only recently moved to Marsilikos fully. She seems to have settled on an equitable arrangement with Philomene nó Lis d'Or, to provide services as an instructor for those who wish to learn, as well as acquiring the contract to provide and repair the Salon's instruments. She does not restrict her services to a specific class, but will take clients from the nobility as well as the common folk. Music and the skill to both appreciate and perform it, after all, is not the demesne of any one level of society, but should be encouraged in all.