Wil Tashi'ne

Chowilawu was a therapeutic musician among the ChanceFolk who was featured in UnStrung. He was engaged to Una, an apprentice guitar maker. He toured Lev around their tribe's rez (reservation) after he ended up there while looking for a safe place to stay in. Playing beatiful music with his guitar, he was constantly asked by everyone around him to play for them. No one applauds him since they say the true musician is the instrument, and accepting applause would be vanity, although this makes him slightly scornful. At one point, he realizes that he wants appreciation and decides that, someday, he will leave the rez and play outside as a musician.

His grandfather, Tocho, was dying because of a heart condition; since his spirit-guide was a lion, his heart must also be replaced by it. Long before they even found a mountain lion, he has accepted his fate and had wanted Wil to play for him to soothe him to death. When they retrieved a lion heart, he asked them to give the heart to a dying, young girl instead. He unwillingly plays for his grandfather before his death.

Tocho's dying wish was to have Wil accompany Lev on his communal quest to find his spirit-guide. On their fourth day, however, a group of parts pirates found their way into the rez and were hunting for underage ChanceFolk. After a while of convincing, Wil volunteered himself in exchange for the safety of the others. Before leaving, Wil got his first and last applause.

He was later unwound in a private hospital. It is then revealed, since Roberta was present during his unwinding, that his musical talent, and hands, may have been given to Camus.