A mortal, and a wealthy land and gold mine owner, Avery Hoskins first appeared in desperate pursuit of Sara Lightfoot, who had kidnapped his infant son, Jamie, to replace her deceased infant daughter, Aimsha, a child who died due to the mercury poisoning from Hoskins' mines. She had apparently been living with Avery and Jamie since the death of Jamie's mother in childbirth, but the night Avery's brothers Luke Hoskins and Billy Hoskins, argued about Billy's dangerous management of the mine, she took the boy and ran.