An Immortal, for much of her life she played at being the revolutionary. At the end of the 18th century, Talia joined the French revolution, after a local Duke had beaten a child who then died. In 1792, Talia with an angry mob behind her, set upon the duke and Talia summarily shot him dead. With the Duke was Amanda, but Talia was not willing to treat Amanda as a fellow Immortal, but confined her with the other aristos headed for the guillotine. Amanda tried to convince her to let her go, that the only class she belonged to was that of Immortal, that she had come from nothing, and at the last moment, Talia decided to save her from execution. Amanda promised to return the favor.