 They once lived on Dread Mountain, where they lived and bred prosperously, but were driven out by the Dread Gnomes who hunted them for sport and enjoyment.Now all that are left of them live at the enchanted Dreaming Spring, where they are gradually dwindling.In the fifth book of the first series, "Dread Mountain", Lief, Barda and Jasmine encounter the remaining tribe of Kin at Dreaming Spring and save their only young, an energetic youngster named Prin from a pair of Grey Guards.