totenkinder was born a beautiful girl into the fog mountain tribe and grew up there, apparently during the paleolithic era. once she reached puberty, she began to experience premonitions, initially weak, but growing in strength and accuracy, until the tribe made her their shaman. she became romantically involved with aurac, the son of the tribe's chief who expected to marry her, until another nearby tribe invaded their lands. to avert war, the chief's son was married to the daughter of the other chief, leaving the newly pregnant totenkinder alone. if it had become known that the two had slept together, both would have been banished, so aurac denounced her, accusing her of consorting with demons, which led to her banishment from the tribe.