Orphaned at a young age and reared by her grandmother, Gammi, Xivian has a rather unique upbringing. Where as most grew up on a farm, or in the city, Xivian's childhood and adolescence were spent in a wagon traveling from place to place, or a campsite where her gypsy grandmother and cousins waited for the locals to come and have their fortunes told by her family. When other young boys and girls were apprenticing to cobblers, tanners, or training to become great mages or soldiers, Xivian was learning how to read palms and read the signs in decks of fortune telling cards, amongst... other things.