Tiffany Vandergraff-Imari was born to Reginald and Canary Vandergraff on Velmor. Canary was sister to Hyacinth Janick and first in line to inherit the Velmorian throne. However, Canary fell in love with a down and out entrepreneur, Reginald. The royal family did not take well to the courtship and, when Canary decided to marry him, they cast her from the palace as a princess in exile. Soon afterword, Reginald established the Vandergraff Company, which began manufacturing ship parts. The business began to grow until he was manufacturing full size cargo and civilian ships. Using this opportunity, he built a small fleet of ships and began a local cluster shipping business. All of this grew exponentially due to his extremely keen business sense, quickly turning into a large business Empire.