Allira was born in the city of Toronto, in Ontario, Canada to her parents, Bonita and Carl Addams. Bonita and Carl immigrated to Canada from England while her older brother was 3 years old. Allira was born 2 years later, and her younger sister was born another 2 years after that.

Though her parents were strict, they were very loving, so Allira and her siblings enjoyed a pretty normal childhood. It wasn’t Norman Rockwell idyllic, there were squabbles among the siblings, angry parents, lots of groundings, but still a fairly happy childhood. Growing up in Toronto, she was also surrounded by many different cultures, learning to appreciate different views and always enjoyed travelling to the different events around the city with her family. She had many friends, although, even being very open and friendly, she preferred her small circle of her closest friends, which included her sister, who she considered her best friend.

She wasn’t a straight A student, but she studied hard and tried to make the most of her time all the way through elementary and high school. Allira did excel at gymnastics, although she was never of a competitive mind, and just enjoyed the athletic aspect and the company of others. Allira was accepted to and attended Toronto University as an undergraduate in Arts, but found higher academics not to her taste and she dropped out after her 22nd birthday.

For the next two years, she worked as a server at a well-known chain restaurant and she started setting aside as much money as she could, for the future. She loved serving. Learning so many new skills, and getting even better at chatting with other people, whether customers or coworkers. At 24, she found her dream job at a nearby gym as a receptionist and novice trainer, and moved out of the family home into her own apartment in a townhouse. Although she was now on her own, she spent as much time as possible with her younger sister, as their older brother had moved across the country to British Columbia the year before. The two grew even closer over the next few years, as they explored the city together, shopping, finding out-of-the way restaurants, and visiting the varied nightclubs.

During those years, although she was not naive, Allira also found out more about the more seedier underbelly of the city. She never experienced them herself, other than the occasional extremely rude customer, but she would hear the gossip or would know people that had experienced the more violent side of society. And then, her life changed forever. That fateful night, on Allira’s 30th birthday, she and her sister were walking down a side street to the nearest nightclub, when they were approached by four men. Allira tried to step in front of her sister as a precaution, but there was no mistake about their intentions. They knocked Allira to the ground and grabbed her sister. All she saw was red, and she let her anger consume her and fought as hard as she could. All she could think of was protecting her baby sister. After the dust settled, she was left half alive and her sister lay dead in front of her, staring at Allira with her vacant, blue eyes.

She tried so hard to stay her normal self, but people could tell that there was a new fire behind her green eyes. She was still warm, accepting, and friendly, but there was a new edge. Allira began carrying a beautiful, silver blue dagger in her small backpack and, through her gym, joined self-defense programs to get stronger, leaner, and smarter against attackers. She promised herself that when faced with numbers, she would use her voice as much as possible to diffuse the tension, and use her new deadliness as a last resort.

Although she loved her home city and her parents, everywhere just reminded her of her sister. The stores where they’d try on clothing, the fun little restaurants, the little hideaway places that they’d found. She decided to move to another country, to move to the most crime-ridden state in the U.S, determined that no one would ever suffer like her sister suffered or to make a new life and find some sort of peace.