Nia was born on a pirate ship, ten months after her mother was taken captive. While Nia spent her days scrubbing decks and mending sails, her mother taught her about her own people at night. When the pirate captain tossed her mother overboard when Nia was fifteen, she took revenge by slitting the throat of every pirate onboard in a single bloody night, freeing their slaves, and claiming the ship. Twelve years later she first set foot on solid ground, discovering a Leviathan shard on the Isle of Dragons.