Dana MacArthur was a young witch who was killed by the vampire Edward out of revenge for the death of his wife Natasha who was killed by the Nast Cabal. Dana's father is Randy MacArthur, who works for the Cortez Cabal and due to his job in the Cabal, traveled a lot, and being a divorcee Dana and her sister Gillian lived with their mother. Eventually their mother got involved with a man who had no care for children, their mother become so infatuated with him that she pretty much allowed him to chase Dana out of her mother's house.