The empire's celebrations were cut short by tragedy. It was as if someone had snuffed out the light. Citizens wept for the loss of their Empress and her little girl. Little did the mourners know but the baby was placed at the room at the top of the highest tower in the palace. No one knew about the child's existence except a select few palace servants who valued their lives too much to spill the secret.
The lonely room at the top palace of the palace is where Yzma grew into a young woman. Soon she was all but forgotten except by the servants who slid her daily rations through the door. Emperor Cuntur soon remarried a noblewoman from a neighboring tribe, named Cava, who became the new empress. Within a year of the matrimony they had a beautiful baby girl and the empire rejoiced.
All the while Yzma remained in her prison. She had only two links to the outside world. One was the servants' hushed whispers she heard through the wall. Yzma taught herself how to speak by mimicking their whispers. Her other link to to the outside world was a small window above her bedside table.
One night Yzma was gazing up at the full moon, she heard a noise that startled her. The door to her room had been opened. Yzma let out a yelp and jumped down, hiding in the corner. For as long as she could remember the door had been shut. She thought it was a permanently closed fixture.
A feminine voice called out from the doorway. "So it's true then? You actually are imprisoned up here. I wasn't entirely sure you were real. The servants start loads of ridiculous rumors. Had I known you were really up here I would have knocked."
Yzma pushed herself up against the wall. Who was this stranger?
"You don't have to be afraid. I'm not going to hurt you. We are sisters. My name is Urpi. What's your name?" she smiled.
Yzma shuddered. She didn't know how to respond. As far as she knew, she had no name.
Urpi continued. "Sorry for barging in here. I realize this is all a bit much to take in. I've never discovered a long-lost sister before so I'm not sure how to approach this kind of thing. The scribes don't make guidebooks for this sort of thing." Urpi took a deep breath. "I can see that I'm overwhelming you. I will come back tomorrow night. That way we will both have a chance to process everything. It was so nice to meet you."
Quickly as she had come Urpi left the room once again leaving Yzma all alone.
"Sister" Yzma mumbled. The girl said she was her sister. She had said it with such enthusiasm in her voice. Yzma had never heard the servants use that word. Yzma didn't know what a sister is but she had a feeling that she would soon find out. And for the first time in forever she had something to look foreword to.