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Childhood

Lake's childhood was rather unhappy to begin with. Her father left when she was very young, leaving her mother to raise her and her two older siblings alone. Presumably because Lake looked the most like her father, her mother took out all her aggressions on Lake and basically used them as slave labor. Her siblings would do the same, ordering her around and mistreating her constantly.

Shockingly even in this environment Lake managed to remain kind and empathetic. This was more due to the other villagers she would constantly help out, as she was willing to do anything to keep her from home for as long as possible.

When Lake was eight she was drawn into the forest, finding that she ended up in front of a nearby tree of life. She was surprised to find out a demon was already there, seeming to use earth magic to nurture the tree. At this point Lake didn't know much about demons, and was very curious about the new arrival.

After introducing herself to the demon (who's name was Katari). The demon was very warm, almost motherly towards Lake. Katari was the one who helped Lake find out she was an earth elemental. Over the next four years Katari and Lake lived in the forest in secret, Katari knew enough magic to keep them well hidden. They'd train with earth magic everyday, alongside daily meditation at the tree of light, sun, rain, or snow. 

One day Lake and Katari woke in the middle of the night, feeling a great disturbance in the earth beneath them. They ran to the tree of life to find another demon there, they'd covered the tree of life in some type of goop Lake had never seen. Katari seemed to know exactly what it was, and tried to silently back away with Lake, but a stray branch beneath their feet gave them away.

The demon was on them fast, Katari through herself in front of Lake, and was sent flying into the dark goop. Lake could do nothing but watch helplessly as the goop consumed her caretaker. The demon told Lake she was next as they approached, stating that "Earth elementals must be purged." But before they had a chance a surprise hero came to Lake's aid, quickly beheading the demon.

This stranger turned out to be a Dawn Seeker, a somewhat new organization dedicated to fighting "The Blight" that was being spread by demons. They made the choice to bring Lake to their headquarters in Landsmeet, where she would join two other children under the mentorship of an air elemental named Roxy.

Teen years

After being brought to the Dawn Seekers Lake and her fellow children would end up being put under rigorous training regimens. The three would alternate between training with weapons and their elemental abilities every day. Of course, Lake was an earth elemental, the other elf named Akari was a water and air elemental, and the human Riley was a fire elemental. 

The three grew very close over the years, even referring to themselves as siblings despite there being no blood relation. Lake was finally in an environment where she received praise and support from multiple sources, which proved to reinforce her kind and caring nature. 

All their training was restricted to the base of the Dawn Seekers, they were forbidden from actively seeking out sources of the blight and demons on their own. However they could see the blight for themselves as long as there was a graduated member of the Dawn Seekers there to supervise.

Young adulthood

Finally in her 20s Lake and her new siblings were full fledged members of the Dawn Seekers. All three were now seen as skilled warriors, and would be able to access all the resources bared off to them before. The three took a lot of small jobs with rumors of demon or blight sightings but weren't having much luck. That is until one night, while Lake and her siblings were heading home Lake felt a scarily familiar feeling in the earth beneath them. She ran to find the source of the disturbance, with her siblings close behind.