Kit lived the first three years of her life at a home in the outer city of Caemlyn. Her father took time off from his Merchant caravan to help raise her. Kit's mother, Kiselle Deranin, had troubles with her pregnancy. Kit is their only child and Kiselle died when Kit was only 3 years old. Kit can hardly remember what she looks like. That is why Kit's small silver portrait locket is so important to her.
Even though Kiselle was sickly after her pregnancy, the three lived a happy life in Caemlyn. Mieron was waiting for his wife to get better before starting back on the merchant caravan. Kit's father inherited the caravan from his father, who died the year after Kiselle and Mieron were married….two years before Kit was born. Kit never knew her grandfather. Kit gets to visit her grandmother every now and then, when the merchant caravan passes through Caemlyn. Mieron's mother and father raised him in Caemlyn…well…as much as they were home and not merchanting…as well.
Kit loves her grandmother and father very much. She writes them both letters from the Tower to tell them how she is and what she is doing.
Her other grandparents are another story entirely. Kiselle's parents raised her in Tear. They are Semi-wealthy. Tairen minor nobility with inherited money. Kiselle was raised a lady and her parents were appalled when she fell in with Mieron…a lowly merchant, traveling and never settling down. Kit's grandparents forbade her parents to marry, so Kiselle left with Mieron the next time he came around with his caravan.
Kiselle couldn't completely keep her parents out of her life, so she wrote letters to them regularly to tell her how she was doing. They all but demanded that Kit be sent to them to be raised in Tear when they heard she was born, but Kiselle and Mieron refused. Mieron felt that it was his duty to inform his Inlaws of his wife's weakening soon before she died. He wrote them a letter, and they traveled to Caemlyn right before she died.
It was a painful meeting for Kit's parents. Mieron thinks that the stress of having her parents there helped kill his wife. That was the only time Kit ever met her other grandparents. They stayed long enough for the funeral and left Mieron with harsh words and a promise that they would never support "his" daughter. Mieron was heartbroken and Kit, being rather young…hardly understood what was wrong.
Soon after Kit's mother's death, they hit the road again, taking over the merchant caravan from a friend who had been overseeing it. Mieron brought his 3 year old daughter with him and she learned all her life from people in the caravan instead of teachers or tutors.
She has a deep bond of love with her father. They both enjoy travel and seeing the world. Kit loves to learn and travel has been a way for her to learn about many places and things. She has learned diverse subjects from the different people she met on her father's caravan. She learned about Herbs, a little bit of defending herself with a staff, and she learned many stories from friends in the caravan.
Her father's caravan was only attacked once by a small band that thought it might be able to take a few of the wagons quickly. Kit hid, clutching her quarterstaff, ready to strike at anything she could to protect herself. She was very scared…but knew that her father and the other merchants would beat back the attack. They eventually did…and Kit was thankful for what little schooling she had on defense. She managed to knock one of the bandits in the head, keeping him from her wagon/home. Her father came soon after to keep the man from getting up and continuing to harass his daughter.
The One Power somewhat fascinated her in the stories she heard and it was her own idea to run away to the Tower to see if she had the spark.
