Vizrae grew up in the subterranean communities of the Onyx Mali'ker, born to a kind of spiritual leader and a clan warrior. Her mother tended the flame of an ancestral house, providing support and guidance to the community as Vizrae tugged at her skirts and explored every inch of the ancestral house, always trying to discover something new, to learn more about the world. Her father, a clan warrior, was often distant in her childhood - expected to support the trade of goods between the surface dark elves and her people, he spent long years trudging across the surface and fighting wild beasts to ensure that his family far below could access more goods like fine cloths for their clothes. Vizrae's brother, Fameki, tried to follow their father on one of these journeys but became lost in the woodlands of the surface. Starving, he ate a handful of berries which he didn't know were poisonous - they killed him, and his body was found weeks later, only recognisable from the jade jewellery he carried which was common to their family. These early experiences made Vizrae afraid of the unknown, throwing herself into studying the world with even more vigour - now, three decades after her brother's death, it's her time to flee the nest and learn about the surface, proving to her people that the dangers above can be conquered if only they break through the veil of ignorance.
