Cadence Mathis was born in 2022 under tragic circumstances. Her mother passed away during childbirth, and her father, Desmond, blamed Cadence for her death. As a result, Cadence faced neglect and emotional abuse throughout her early childhood. Desmond, emotionally distant and filled with resentment, rarely cared for her, leaving Cadence Read more…
The travelling Vero family, known for their carnival attraction The Vero Sisters, have always deeply valued the birth of twins as a sign of prophecy and fortune. When twenty-odd years ago, Eirini Vero returned home pregnant but alone she was welcomed back amongst them, though only one of her expected Read more…
Zholdin Gregorovich is the heir of Gregor Petrovich, the Russian vodka kingpin. Zholdin’s childhood was a relentless lesson in control, calculation, and cruelty. In his father’s world, loyalty was earned through affection but forged in blood—an expectation Zholdin learned early and learned well. When Zholdin was just eight, Gregor led Read more…
The jewel of the Kao crown, Jia Xin lives like a princess in the Garden City. Every whim, need, and desire is catered for – without her ever having to ask. From grand palatial residences to jetsetting tours of East Asia, she’s accustomed to living like literal royalty, both in Read more…
Zurafai was born to a merchant family in Abunai, a tiny Seander village on the Sea of L’Heye. She was a late child to the Niele family, still small when her thirteen year old sister was condemned during the yearly testings and taken to be damane. Her eldest brother, Chakai, Read more…
Zehuti was born in the 5th Age and lived in the unquestioning service of the High Ones, where he was titled as the low ranking Angel Zotiel. Unlike the Watchers, who oversaw humanity, or the Archangels who presided over all channelers, Zehuti had no significant powers of his own beyond Read more…
Lucien was raised at Rivington Folly, a large and private estate hidden away in the lush green of rural England. He lived amongst other children of varying ages, a rotation of nannies, a staff of liveried servants, and the Mothers. The children were home-schooled and received an esoteric education in Read more…
Faedre was seven when she first killed a man. She was born in Tanchico, to a house that would have been considered nobility before the Seanchan occupation. Instead the only thing she inherited from her mother was the status of a slave, albeit one with the position to serve in Read more…
Kira was born to a Tairin father and Cairheinin woman. Her mother died in childbirth and her father raised her the best he could by himself. Her father was a gleeman, and she took to music and story-telling naturally. Noticing this, her father trained her to be a gleewoman one Read more…
Rudābeh was born to affluence, a princess of Cabul, and daughter to Mehrāb and Sindoḵt. She was a great granddaughter of Aži Dahāka, the most feared of Ahriman’s dread lieutenants, and her family’s reputation was ever blighted by the connection. Indeed, their territory came as a result of Aži Dahāka’s Read more…