Aiela is tall and lithe, with flowing auburn hair and light complexion, quite beautiful. This is a trait she uses very frequently both in her diplomatic dealings and in battle. Many mistake her beauty for weakness in arms. This underestimation rarely lasts, as her strikes and precise and brutal, Earning her the title "Surgeon of the Court". She can cut as precisely with her blade as she can with her words.
Her family were immigrants from the far East and as such struggled to find work in the cutthroat society of Cheliax. Luck found them and her parents landed jobs as house servants for a prominent Rousey family in the Cheliax court. The Rousey family were a good hearted bunch with delusions of bringing honer back to the Cheliax hierarchy. As Aiela grew, she became great friends with Falkir Rousey, the first born son and heir to the estate. He took a particular liking to her beauty and fiery spirit. He let her sit in on all his lessons, including fencing. Even from a young age her skill with a blade became apparent, like that of a prodigy. As such, when Falkir began to attend high court meetings or in business she accompanied him as his ward, thwarting several attempts on his life in the process.
His family had been creating waves in society, attempting to change the tyrannical nature of the royal court from the inside. This ultimately led to the assassination of his family in the night. Aiela had been out that particular night with her family and when she returned to the massacre she was in awe of the brutality in which her adopted family had been killed. As brutal as the scene was, there was almost an art to the strikes. Clearly the cuts were of a blade akin to her own and she realized what had happened here. She was meant to be the patsy for this crime. She returned to her family afterwards only to find them dispatched in a similar way. While outraged and in shock, Aiela knew she could not go down for this, for who would seek retribution against the true culprit with her in prison? With this thought in mind she fled as far north as she could, vowing one day to return to Cheliax to exact revenge for both her families. For now doing good for this frozen land will have to suffice until she is stronger. Using her hatred of tyrants in every strike and the memory of her families in every riposte.
