Born of a Garlean father and a Viera mother, Neo's upbringing was of higher class and always had food on the table. However, she lacked one thing and that was the power to use magic. Either things exploded or no explosions happened and nothing was accomplished for casting a single spell. Neo felt different than other Garleans and those who looked at the young magicless viera questioned what she was to be. Mother and Father were very supportive and worked hard as scientist and engineer to create the perfect Garlean Gem for her. They tested it for five years to make sure it was fitting for their daugther and in the meantime she was taught by a legendary line of Red Mages to balance that destructive magic that she had inside of her. While her parents worked, Neo was kept entertained by the Prince, one around the same age. They were michivious but only managed to get an escape whenever he had the opportunity. That was Neo's best friend growing up.

However, it changed and rapidly too. A manufactured gem was implemented on the forehead centre of a child Viera, a shape of the sharpest, deep blood colored diamond made secretly by her father. But it was merely a secret when a jealous assistant reported it and it wasn't long before it reached the ears of a King. The father knew from the way he was looked upon by the other engineers of his field and quickly destroyed the evidence of the manufactured "third-eye" but that wasn't enough to have his laboratory destroyed and his life taken from him. Neo's mother however made certain that her child was to enjoy a life and made an escape through the shadows of Garlean city, Garldemald. It didn't take long for her to be found though and with her daughter carried on her back she fought off everyone that came her way. With bloody deep wounds she ran protecting her child while receiving more wounds that anyone could handle.

They had made it out barely in one piece but the mother was weak and not knowing how to control her magic rather well Neo was terrified that she would accidentally hurt her mother more than anything. Things were taking another turn bu it wasn't for the worst when a dragon came down to help them. Neo's mother was wary but she needed to find a place warm for the child in the tundra. Without hessitation the dragon carried them both to safety in a cave not so far from civilization. He told the mother that they needed to go there themselves but they were willing to rest. Neo had asked the dragon if there was anyway to saved the mother and truth be told he had lied for the mother was in too bad of a condition that she was sure not going to make it by morning light. Neo's mother also knew but she stayed silent while holding her daughter and slowly bleeding out on the pure white snow. While Neo was asleep, her mother hummed her a lullaby like she always did while tears rolled down her eyes knowing that her end was soon, she held her daughter as much as she could and moved her bangs to the side to touch the daughter's gem with her bloodied hand... "You must survive, you must remember... remember who you once were and remember who you are..."

That was the last breath that she took before finally passing away.

The dragon kept them warm through the night but not long after, soldiers from Ishgard came and assualted the dragon while it slept. It resisted but it was careful not to destroy the cave and kill the now orphaned Neo within the cavern and becuase of that the dragon lost his life. With the remainder of his breath he warned the Ishgardian soldiers. "If you dare to kill this child, the entirity of the Dragon race will descend upon you and make sure that everyone of you is removed from this star. I swear to you..." A final roar escaped the dragon sending out the message in its final minutes. Neo scared and terrified was hugged up against her mother in a smaller cavern. She was traumatized when she saw that the dragon that had protected them for days was killed brutally by the soldiers before her. Neo's ears were pressed back in fright and twitched away hugging her dead mother. A female mage came to her instead and calmly console the small child covered in her own mother's blood. Once Neo felt confident enough she crawled out crying loudly that her mother was dead and that the dragon had protected them from the storm. It was sad and everyone could feel the child's emotion causing even the soldiers to cry.

"Why did you kill him?"

"He was protecting us!"

"He was kind and gentle and you killed him.

"Just like humans killed my mother"

"I hate you all!"

Neo cried loudly all these words. Only for a sudden headache and memories of a past she was not apart of were revealed. People in dark robes and masks upon their faces. It was too much pain and eventually it overtook her and made her pass out in front of the Mage's arm.

Neo couldn't remember much on how she eneded up here at a place and all she oculd do was fend for herself. Living a life of luxury now she was a street rat who was rocked by other children for believing that dragons were good creatures and not knowing what the Ishgardian has done with her mother's body. She didn't know anyone and she didn't have a home. She took to stealing from people to survive and eventually stole from the wrong person wearing a plumed red hat and a coat of red white and black and a sword that only brought memories back from something she had forgotten long ago. X'rhun Tia, was the first person to reach his hand out for her and it was through him that she grew up as a full Red Mage throughout their years of travel.

Neo was now 23, when she came in contact with the man named Solus Zos Galvus when he visited Ishgard on business. It was pure coincedence but that was when she first expirienced the Echo fully. Hearing the calls of an unfamiliar voice of a God but instead the man interrupted that making sure that Neo was ok when he had rudely bumped into her. The voice was gone and she could no longer hear it. It was truly odd as she felt a familiar presence with this man but only noticed the Eye second later making quick reassurance that her thick fringes were covering her Red Eye from his view and noticed that he was being accompanied by the higher temple knights. Neo immediately apologize to the man and scurried off to the Church to find Aymeric, her foster brother who she had grown so fond of through the years that she grew up with him.

Neo had spent sometime with him and eventually a higher ranked Temple Knight came seeking for her as she was requested at an audience with her foster father and the visitor Solus Zos Galvus, however she was to be dressed properly for the evening audience after the dinner with them. Aymeric looked curious and Neo looked sort of worried but it was hard to tell, however Aymeric assured her everything was going to be alright. Neo spent her days being spoiled by the maid even though she despised it and the fact that she had to be dressed like a lady, the dresses were something that Neo often ripped apart especially if she had to get in trouble with the Nuns of the Church. Ater hours of struggling with the hairdresser to let her have her fringes down during the dinner, it was time to meet her father. Neo wore a delicate dress of red to ensure her beauty, not that she care really she was more concerned as to why a Garlean was here.

Dinner was awkward and she didn't speak since it was mainly her Father and Solus speaking among each other until she was mentioned. A grandson, someone of her age, and for a moment Neo froze thinking it was Zenos that he was referring to but she didn't keep her hopes up.