Kahila spent her whole young life in Bloodcove, a bastion of relative peace stuck between the Fever Sea, the Shackles and the Mwangi Expanse. From a very young age she ran through the bustle of the small city's crowded streets, oblivious to the death and murder that awaited the brash around every corner. She always knew this was not her place though as she longed for the open waters the moment she first laid eyes on it.
It wasn't until in her late teens that Kahila came into contact with the dangers of the city. While making her way along the edge of the city she was pulled into the jungle by several Bekyar men. When they tried to tie her up something inside her changed and before she knew it she was standing with a hand in her mouth, the confused would-be kidnapper was left with a bleeding stump. The rest ran, shouting "Ovonovo!" as they went.
Sure that the events would eventually reach town and her twisted nature would be revealed Kahila chose to flee. She fled north, towards the Shackles and the Eye. Her aim would have been to see her ancestral home, the town of Ombo just south of the Eye. Yet she never got that far, picked up by an unknown ship
