Raised in Bree, Tara is the daughter of a shopkeeper and his wife- not a very good shop, she always says, but her father's trying.  She always wanted to go and help out, but her mother had other ideas- thinking that her daughter needed a better life than what her father could provide, she instead forced Tara through several lessons meant to make her appear more charming, more beautiful, and more subservient to a future partner- hoping to encourage interest in her from a more well-off family than her own.

Tara, however, hated the lessons, and as she grew older, she found herself staring at the paths which lead out of Bree and to points west, east, north and south- and wondering just what was out there. But still, nobody ever wandered out past the walls without some kind of weapon... and so, she started saving the pocket money she was given- hiding away gift money, stashing a handful of coppers here or there, and doing her best to swallow her pride and put up with her mother for as long as it took to buy herself something to protect herself with and learn how to use it.

But still, it was a hard road- buying her weapons, learning how to use her weapons, how to struggle into her armor, learning just what would and wouldn't fit under the armor and adjusting her wardrobe... it was a hard road, but as she turned twenty and her mother started shopping around marriage prospects, she simply dressed in her armor, sheathed her weapons, and presented herself to her parents, declaring that this was who she was- not some simple girl fishing for a marriage partner- and if someone was to win her heart, they'd best do it with more than simple words and piles of coin.

Leaving her fuming mother and quiet father behind, Tara stepped out into the world, and has vowed to see everything the world has to offer- dark or light, hard or easy- and maybepeople to share it with, too.