Introduction:
Tansy was born in Cyrodiil in the city of Bruma to Nordic parents Havardr and Sylvi who were in the Fighter's Guild. Her parents encouraged her to play with the other children in town, but whenever Tansy tried to join in their games she was ignored and avoided. She would often sit by herself and sing songs she had made up.
An older woman heard her one day and she immediately went to Tansy's parents telling them that they needed to keep track of her better and take her to the temple more often because of all the dark and horrible things she would sing about. Her parents disregarded the woman and encouraged Tansy to sing. She was always singled out and labeled 'different', and 'strange'.
She had a very healthy appetite for a young girl, she ate more than some of the men in town. She was definitely more active than the other children, she would stay out playing long into the night when other children were asleep in their beds. Parents trained their daughter how to fight with sword and shield, on her own Tansy learned how not to be seen and how to get to places she shouldn't be. Late at night she would sneak into shops and steal shiny trinkets from their display cases. She had a secret area in her bedroom where she would keep all the treasures she had found.
At the age of 16, her parents were slain by bandits who thought they could sneak into the castle and kidnap the Countess. Tansy had been outside the city gathering herbs when she saw the fires. She raced back to Bruma to find her father mortally wounded in the road. He told her that she needed to get to her mother who was trying to stop the bandits. Tansy fought alongside her mother with the sword and shield that the blacksmith had helped her forge in exchange for her working for him. She fought with a ferocity that the bandits had never before seen in an opponent. They soon lie dead before her. She turned to celebrate her victory with her mother, but saw that her neck had a large gash across it. She dropped beside her mother and stared at her for long hours.
She joined the Fighter's Guild soon after and did odd jobs for them. When she was 18 she left her hometown for the Imperial City. She performed odd jobs there as well. She also loaded her pockets with valuables from the city's residents. A few years later she returned to Bruma with intent on passing through and going to Skyrim.