Saldis was born to a labourer family in Karoslund, and spent her childhood helping her parents attend to the fields that form the agricultural heart of Norland. Her parents were already older at the time of her birth and had given up trying for a child, so it was a well-received but shocking day when her mother, Asa, discovered she was pregnant. Saldis was born when her mother was already 44 and her father, Ingunn, was 48. Both Ingunn and Asa were dedicated Fatherists, and after Saldis' birth they took her to a keeper and dedicated her to the Paragon Thoromir 'The Herald' in celebration. Though Asa managed the pregnancy well she suffered from poor health for the following fifteen years before passing due to a winter fever at age 59. Saldis and Ingunn were devastated at the loss and had to learn to cope with increased workload of managing the land they were responsible for in Karoslund without the help of Asa. It was at this point that Saldis began to ask herself what she wanted from her life and the ways in which she could be a loyal follower of the Allfather beyond the fields of Karoslund.
As the years went by, Saldis remained loyal to her aging father and attended to him as his own health began to fail him after a lifetime spent dedicated to Vykk working the fields. Their relationship was warm, but the death of Asa hung over them both as Ingunn became distant and Saldis worked herself to exhaustion to avoid having to consider the past or impending future too closely. When Saldis was 20 and Ingunn was 68, he passed in his sleep after having spent a few days rubbing at his chest and grimacing in pain. Saldis woke that morning to find her father gone and realized that she was utterly alone. She lingered for a month in Karoslund, not truly knowing what to do with herself but growing more restless with each passing day. Finally, as the second month wore on she packed up the belongings that she was able to carry with her, tied her mother's sash around her waist, and set out to Verdegrad where she hoped to find a new path forward in the Allfather's Flame.
