Thinking about her life up until this past year, Elyana had it hard. She was a freak amonst her own kind; The Elders would tell her that she was special and an asset to them when it came to negotiations with other races and factions, but she could see how the others looked at her, the fear and hatred in their eyes. Her gift of languages was something she was born with and she began to see it as more of a curse than anything.
A few decades passed before some travelers passed by and saw what she could do and convenced her Elders to allow her to go with them, explaining her potential of becoming a great Oracle of Tongues. Not having a choice, she followed them as they left to their home, relief filled eyes watched her as she left with her meager possessions.
The group of Oracles gladly took her in and trained her in weaponry and magic for a few more decades... until they learned of the power that she held. That's when everything changed. She became a freak amongst them as well. She learned that they were not her friends, her equals; that what they couldn't control, they destroyed.
After many attempts on her life had failed, as a group, they inprisoned her until they found a way to be rid of her forever. A ritual was performed and she was sent out of their plane of existance and into another realm entirely.
When Elyana next awoke, she was assulted by sights, sounds, and smells she had never encountered in her long life. This strange new land had buildings made of stone, metal, and glass that reached to the Heavens; most were taller than any castle she had ever seen. Humans were everywhere, walking in large packs, wearing strange clothes; some were inside metal carriages being pulled by nothing that made horrific noises in her sensitive ears.
She hid away from it all, finding a hole in the hard ground and this is where she made her new home.
For sixty years, she studdied the human's habits, their society, and customs for they were so very different from the humans of her home realm. She learned and kept up with the technology as it developed and began to push aside the thought of ever returning to her realm. She had nothing there to return to. As the years progressed, she trained herself in what the Oracles had taught her, expanding her mind and abilities, even incorporating the ways of this land as she encountered them. She accumulated many things in her home and began to see the darker side of the city she resided in.
She started with small things, stopping robberies and muggings when she encountered them, testing her skills and training herself harder when she lost control or did something wrong. As technology changed, so did she, adding tech and hacking her way into computer and video feeds so she always had a watchful eye on her new home, New York City.