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Also called ''Starling Birdsong'', and ''the howling bitch'' by [[Nighteyes]]. Both the wolf and [[the Fool]] suspected her motives in befriending [[Fitz]] , but the two she and Fitz still maintained over a relationship as occasional, casual lovers for more than a decade long "friends with benefits" type of relationship.

A victim of the raiding that took place during the [[Red Ship War]], Starling was raped and became pregnant with her attackers attacker's child. Not wanting to keep the baby, she went to an apothacry apothecary to buy herbs that would cause her to miscarry. However, the herbs given to her were not succesfulsuccessful, and on returning to the apothatryapothecary, was told that it was best to simply carry the baby to term. Starling was unhappy with the idea, and went to another, who supplied her with a stronger drug that managed to terminate the pregnancy — as well as make her unfertileinfertile.

She witnessed Fitz' s attempt at finding [[Verity]] and the awakening of his Verity's dragon and ; after returning to [[Buckkeep]] , she remained at [[Kettricken]]'s side helping in the [[Cleansing of Buck]]. Later she also tracked down [[Fitz]] and visited him various times a year, bringing him new tales and songs , as well as more practical things such as inks and paper. The other side to these visits was that she kept [[Chade]] informed about Fitz. She also found [[Hap]] and brought him to live with Fitz.

Starling married [[Dewin]] sometime during the reign of Queen Kettricken while Fitz was still living in his quiet cottage: as [[Tom Badgerlock]]; the knowledge of this her marriage made Fitz cut off their sexual relationship despite Starlings Starling's protests.

She is first described as being a '"typical Buck woman' " - dark -haired, with dark eyes and being about the height of Fitz' s shoulder.