Yes. Let's say a male wizard that died, and in mechanics terms she might still be recovering from the level drop.<br/><br/>(Some DnD guys suggests that when a wizard dies but the familiar survives treat the familiar as though it was with a wizard two levels lower. I like that idea.)<br/><br/>So she was the familiar of a now dead wizard and used to be more powerful. He wasn't a very good wizard though, not much for common sense.