In the rolling hills, rich deep valleys, cool clean water, and magical forests of Misthaven; there is a small hamlet called Dearga. In this hamlet dwelled the werewolf Grubbs Grady, the most powerful werewolf in all of Misthaven.
His father Dervish had never approved of the Beast within him, and the two were not close.
After many moons had passed, Grubbs left Dearga one day, leaving behind a tiny baby girl named Kikua.
Kikua Grady was told that her father was dead, and that her mother had died in childbirth. Her grandfather Dervish raised her, delighting in her cooking as she quickly learned that she had a knack for baking.
At age thirteen, Kikua had long dark hair kept in pigtails, wore a white sundress with a red apron, and had big blue eyes. Her skin was a tanned caramel, and she had grown into a hard worker, especially around the kitchen.
Kikua was in the henhouse gathering chicken eggs one moonlit night when all went black.
Kikua heard a growl in her throat and the screech of the chickens. She smelled blood and eggs. She awoke covered in feathers, blood, and egg yokes.
"Gramps, I think I'm losing my mind. I might have killed the chickens and spoiled the eggs! But worse I was a monster!" Kikua began to cry.
"There's nothing at all wrong with you. Go on to sleep now." Dervish said.
Late that night Dervish had a visitor, a magician named Beranabus.
"I heard you would have need of me." Beranabus said.
"Yes it's true. The time has come." Dervish said. "Tell me, can you help her. Can you save my Kikua?"
Beranabus drew out a red cloak. "I think you should call her Red."