• Sal, Mars, and Pluto are born to Heather.
• Sal has an accident trying to protect Mars that results in a severe head injury.
• Sal is unconscious for 5 days. When they wake up they experience difficulties with their speech and understanding.
• It takes 7 months for Sal to recover, all 7 months are spent glued to Mars’ side. They make what is determined as their fullest possible recovery at 10 months.
• Pluto dies for reasons Heather won’t tell them.
• Sal and Mars are trained to work in Heather’s business which is shady at best. Sal is used as Heather’s first contact and Mars handles the organization of gained materials and payments.Sal confesses to their childhood friend Lily, the two begin to see each other.
• Lily asks Sal to run away with her and her family, knowing how hard their home life is but Sal says they can’t.
• Heather punishes Lily, causing Sal to curse themselves for her sake. Lily leaves without Sal at their insistence.
• Sal begins to assist individuals in leaving Heather’s colony and influence.
• Mars curses himself to be able to see possible futures, giving up half his life in return.
• Sal and Mars start to have conflicting views on their work.
• Sal allows their mother to choke to death.
• Mars accidentally kills Sal when he confronts them.

When Heather had Sal, Mars and Pluto it was obvious they were her pride and joy. The kittens were well taken care of when they were defenseless but as they aged and could occupy themselves more Heather got distracted with other things. They lived in an old barn surrounded by the forest and near a few other colonies that Heather had under her influence. The trio were a very curious group however and would often sneak out and explode, making pretend bases and playing like any kids would. But one day Mars got cornered by a snake and while Sal was successful in scaring it off they unfortunately slipped off a steep drop and it resulted in a nasty head injury. With medical attention from a family friend Sal managed to survive but they had a lot of trouble speaking and moving. Mars felt responsible and grew very protective of their sibling and with their help Sal made a good recovery. They would always have difficulties with their speech and memory but by the time they turned 10 months old it was really only noticeable when they tried to do complex thinking or when they were exhausted. They grew to be a very charming young individual and had no trouble making friends, often dragging Mars with them to help them make friends. Mars was shy and only grew more withdrawn when Pluto died. It hit the two hard but Mars internalized a lot of it as being frustrated they couldn’t prevent tragedies from happening. It didn’t help that Heather refused to tell the two what happened.

After Pluto passed Heather decided the two needed to gain life skills and started training them to join her business which she framed as offering protection to the colonies around them by using connections to keep trouble at bay, however most of that trouble was caused by Heather to create a demand for her protection. This was grueling for the both of them but Mars got a harder treatment as Sal was naturally stronger than him. The two were still incredibly close but it was hard on the both of them to be pitted against each other. Sal eventually started fighting with their mother in Mars’ defense but that only frustrated him more. Sal began to slack off and mess around outside of the family business while Mars devoted himself to it fully.

Sal was a natural flirt and attracted the eyes of many of the local girls while Mars pushed everyone away. No one treated Mars badly as Sal typically didn’t allow it. Sal knew they didn’t want her to do that for them but couldn’t stand by either. In their free time to deal with their frustration with their family Sal learned to swim. Their childhood friend met them often at the river they enjoyed the most and the two grew close again. Soon they started meeting at night too, during the summer on a night that was spent firefly hunting Sal confessed to her. It was mutual and the two were inseparable, much to Heather and Mars’ annoyance. After an explosive argument between Sal and Heather, Lily begged them to leave but Sal couldn’t leave Mars.

The pressure from Heather on Lily’s family became too much and the family tried to leave the colony’s bounds but Heather wouldn’t allow it. Lily wasn’t allowed to see Salamander but they quickly found a way to her, and as soon as they heard what was happening they confronted Heather. Heather gave the conditions that if the family was willing to kill for their freedom she’d let them go, entrusting her second in command, Jack, to be the one to die. Sal stepped up and said she’d do it, while fighting with Jack they knew how underprepared they were to do this and cursed their self in order to win. When they did they made Lily leave without them, knowing that their mother wouldn’t let them have peace otherwise. From this point on Sal spent her time helping others leave the colony in peace.

After months of avoiding the family Sal and Heather have dinner, fish that Sal caught. Heather chokes on a fish bone and Sal watches, doing nothing to help. They’re relieved when it works and hope that Mars won’t know, telling him their mom went to do business elsewhere. After she doesn’t return for a few months Mars finally confronts Sal, he had known it was a possibility but believed Sal wouldn’t do that to them. Sal argues that they were protecting Mars but he can’t understand them. In his anger and grief he shoves Sal into a bush but it ends up being a sharp drop.

Cause of Death: Broken neck.