Growing up in Coruscant, Kara had a troubled childhood due to her father, Domalin Neros, being a serial killer in secret. Traumatized by his arrest and her mother's following breakdown, Kara frequently attempted to run away from home, constantly threatening to kill herself or even Nataya, her mother. Esvald Magnaside, the Jedi Investigator who helped arrest her father, would help Nataya locate Kara and bring her back home.