From an early age Valara was a perceptive and sharp child, both with her eyes and her words. She would often get in trouble with the authorities of Craftworld Iertare, prying where she wasn't wanted and speaking out against her elders at any occasion she would get. Proud of her own haughtiness and rebelliousness, she took pleasure from standing up against the elders. As she grew older however, Valara felt the urge to focus herself into some direction. She soon grew fond of the Eldar artists. She was taken as an apprentice to one such Eldar and learned to closely analyse her surroundings and environments, while growing her passion and appreciation for art and beauty. Focusing on what is without rather than within she followed the Path of Awakening for most of her adolescence. This experienc