Amongst the nearly completed temple Talia looked around at all they had built in the past five years. Remembering how difficult it had been. The onslaught of devastating occurrences started with the death of her father, Ra Al Ghul. Who was murdered out of spite by Slade Wilson, his previous apprentice. Slade became jealous of Damian Wayne, Talia's son and Ra Al Ghul's grandson, who became his pride, new apprentice and new successor.
Slade attacked the League of Assassins with an army of assassins and an air strike that was catastrophic and destroyed the majority of the temple and most of the assassins. The league put up a good admirable fight, however, everyone was doomed to fall. Talia's first instinct and course of action was to get her son to safety, and although she didn't have a chance to save her father, she did not regret getting her son to safety.
When Talia returned to temple, after taking her son to Gotham City and leaving him in the care of his father, Bruce Wayne. With no time to mourn her father Talia started looking for survivors and anything salvageable that would help in the rebuilding effort. When moving away some of the rubble and crumbled up remains of the walls she found a young girl, no younger than ten. She recognised her as one of the new apprentices. As she examined the girl she appeared to be wounded with a broken arm. The girl soon started apologising profusely for hiding and for her weakness and trying to explain that she had been injured. That she was trying to give herself to heal but the ruins collapsed trapping her in the hiding place. Talia quickly dismissed the girl and told her to help her look for survivors or anything salvageable, as she may be one of the last assassins left and there was no time for grovelling or weakness.
The temple had been in progress for five years. Survivors and allies had come in plenty to help replenish the temple to its once found glory. Talia became the leader of the League of Assassins and started rebuilding the trade and finding new allies to make the League great again. As the temple began to grow so did Slade's allies and forces which, according to Talia's sources, was made up of omnipotent forces. As news of Slade's power spread Talia became more anxious and apprehensive of Damian's safety, as he is Slade's main target.
The young girl from five years ago was beneficial to the rebuilding process and soon became a valued member of the League. Her name is Kiara Miles. She is now fifteen years old and has matured into an exemplary assassin. She had impressed Talia with her dedication to the league, and had caught her attention with how her skills had improved and her resolve hardened. Kiara being around Damian's age had made Talia feel closer to her, not that she showed it or any favouritism. Kiara was the obvious choice for Talia's next mission; her age, her skills and her tendency to keep things secret. Talia of course knew all of Kiara's 'secrets', not that Kiara knew that.
It seemed only fitting that Talia chose Kiara to find and protect Damian. Talia knew that if Damian knew that Kiara was going to help protect him he would throw a fit, furiously arguing that he can protect himself. Knowing that Damian would deny all help, and hate her for thinking he needed it, made her uncomfortable, yet the impending threat was too big and serious for her to take any risks if he was going to be the best leader of the League like her father trained him to be he had to be safe.
