Long, long ago, a family of dark elves where expecting a new daughter. That daughter was Alysha, and she lived a normal life with her brothers and sisters for a few decades. That was, until, her family noticed she wasn't developing any magic powers like the rest of her siblings.
One day, her family put her to the test, to see if she could live up to her name and not shame her family with her shocking normalcy. She was put in charge of defending a small, "sacred" hot spring, located in a small clearing deep within uncharted forests. Her family told her to survive on her own for a week, and that they would be back for her then. Determined to prove herself, she eagerly accepted the challenge! There she would sit, guarding and waiting, living off the land...
...for more than sixty years. It took her sixty years to realize her family had just ditched her there. In hindsight, she probably should've realized sooner. Now an adopted member of the Vanihalla family, she's pursuing doctorates in botany, zoology, and micro-biology. After all, twenty-four years of schooling isn't even a quarter of an elf year!