Kalmia grew up in the slums. Her father helped on the fields when they needed an extra hand and her mother stayed at home with her, trying to teach her the bit of knowledge she had. She was eight when a plague hit her village, people died fast and one day her dad came home with symptoms. It didn't take long for her mother and her to catch it too. They were locked inside their home and nobody even dared to come close to them. Only a few family friends brought them food when they had some to spare. Her parents would always give her the biggest share and really cared for her. Sadly her already weak mother succumbed to the illness and her father followed not long after. She was left alone and thought she would die soon but fate had another plan and she miraculously survived. After weeks of not setting a foot outside, she was shocked by what she saw. The village was dead. Homes where abandoned some even burned down. Only a few people walked the streets. Most of them half dead, some