Zemaia was born to human parents in the city of Myrefall, capital of the County of Cavelle. When she was born, Zemaia had red skin, horns, a tail and other fiendish traits. It was apparent to Zemaia parents that their daughter was in fact a tiefling. Zemaia’s blood had been tainted with fiendish ancestry, lingering for generations in her bloodline and now on full display in Zemaia. Feeling shame and disgust, Zemaia’s parents abandoned their baby. Zemaia soon found herself in the care of The Little Friend’s Orphanage in Myrefall.

As a tiefling, Zemaia was treated poorly and abused by the orphanage staff. She grew to be a devious child and was distrusted by the other children. By the time she had turned thirteen, Zemaia had had enough and ran away.

Living on the streets of Myrefall, Zemaia turned to stealing to survive. She soon became adept at the art of pickpocketing and burglary, fully embracing her fiendish nature. The young tiefling faced great discrimination from the townsfolk of the city. On a daily basis, Zemaia was condemned as “hellspawn”, “devil” and “freak”. Sometimes the members of the city guard would arrest Zemaia just to give her a severe beating and to hurl abuse at her because of her fiendish heritage.

As she grew older, Zemaia came to greatly resent the discrimination she received because of her demon-tainted blood. She began to despise others, seeing the world as full of cruel people who unfairly judged her simply for existing. Zemaia soon adopted a mentality of, “If this is how people see me, then I guess I’ll prove them right!”