Qiu's life began with her departure to the Wandering Isle by her brother, Jin'Yue, to protect her life from the battles happening on Pandaria soil. Once settled, she began to be trained as a Monk, her skills thought by the masters there. She chose the path of the Mistweaver as her motivation was to "Soothe anyone in need.". Her teachings grew, along with herself on the turtle isle not long before the end of Cataclysm and the invasion that will arrive in Pandaria.