| When Lady Avara Tankreyd left Tanaab, where her husband and their children Rashan and Baska, she was pregnant with their second daughter, Seraphine. Due to threats on her home world, Albaryn and the whole Tainarian system, Avara left her old life behind, keeping her oath to former Queen Tira Starfallen who had taken Avara (nee Kashan) under her wing years before.
By the end of the Civil war, a wounded Avara was nevertheless recognized for her difficult and significant work. She became the new Countess of Bellataine.
The third Tankreyd offspring never knew her father or her siblings, as she was raised on Bellataine. When Seraphine was about 8 or 9 years old, her mother tried to reach out to the rest of the family, but found out her husband had died several years earlier, and that her son had thrown Baska out on the street a while before. Up to this day, Avara and Seraphine believe Baska to be dead.
Seraphine was taught a lot about commerce by her mother, and she also graduated with honors from the Royal Academy. She served in the Tainarian military for a few years, before her mother's health permitted her no more to act as overseer of Bellataine. Seraphine took the responsibility, but chose to retain her military title, with the King's permission, refusing to become Countess as long as her mother is alive.
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