Anne Simmons was born Yavni Telean, daughter of the outcast sorcerer Nari Telean, in the Northwest of Meirenn. Her ancestors, as with most Meirennians, were from the Earth, most probably slavonic. Nari fled to Northwest after falling into conflict with the local nobility, and place he chose for his dwelling was filled with similar outcasts, some of them desperate enough to think of coming back to Earth (or The Dark Home, as it was called among those Meirennians who remembered their Earthly origins). The place was called Narval (Dark Forest) and of uniformly evil repute. Portals were being said to open to Earth and even darker places. The Lizardmen, another race of Earthly origin that, after millenia of wandering through different otherworldly places, came to Meirenn, were rumored to wander the forest in the employ of even more sinister being, referred to only as the Dark Queen of Witch-Queen. She was said to keep a harem of slaves of both sexes, and to worship the Darkside of Kamadora and the spirits of Darkside. The Lizardmen were rewarded for their service by partaking in fleshly pleasures with the kidnapped slaves. Her captain, Marak, was said to have his own throne room in the palace, where he was served food and drink by the nude and beautiful daughters of nobility, the youngest of whom were said to be only fourteen - or so the rumors said.

Anyway, as Nari bided his time waiting for the opportunity for vengeance, his daughter Yavni blossomed into a beautiful teenager with long, blond, flowing hair. When she was thirteen she was already allowed to roam free through the forest, where she met a daugther on another outcast. The name of the girl was Lian, and her mother was something of a female counterpart to Nari. Lian was of the same age as Yavni, and her mother already introduced her to the pleasures of flesh, in which Lian gladly partook. She was even more delighted to find a beautiful girl of her age with whom she might share what she've learned. The girls became lovers for about a year, when Lian's mother found about their affair. Jealous and possesive of her daughter, once she caught the girls together she dragged them both to her hut, where she stripped them naked and forced to confess the truth about their relationship. Both were whipped; Lian was collared and led, naked as she stood, through the forest, as her mother decided to leave Narval; Yavni, likewise naked and pained (but her body unscathed; the whip employed was the one that causes pain but doesn't do any harm to the body, hence can be used to inflict almost indefinite torture), fled towards her home.

Now, even since Lian awakened her to the fleshly pleasures, Yavni fantasised about the only man she knew - Nari. Her father was likewise attracted to her, but too bitter and consumed by the thoughts of vengeance to heed these urges. That is, until the night when he was awakened by pounding at the door, and when he opened he found his beautiful fourteen-year old daughter, naked and in tears. She quickly relayed to him what happened and begged for him to share his bed with her. Nari was more than delighted to find that Lian was indeed a good teacher. He began to think about staying in the Northwest. He was already old, about hundred years of age, but looking about sixty years younger due to his sorcery and the power of Kamadora. But with a lover such as his daughter Yavni he felt he could have stayed there for another century.

This idyll lasted for another year. Narval is a forsaken place, and it was not before the Lizardmen came. A virile man such as Nari would make a pleasant diversion in the Queen's palace, and Yavni they would keep for themselves. But Nari still remembered the words of power, and he shared with his sensual daughter not only his body, but also his knowledge. They resisted the Lizardmen for the entire night, when at last memory failed both of them. The creatures had them dragged out of their hut and stripped naked, and then bound and driven to the North.

The cold was perpetual here, and bitter, and the land was in the grip of a perpetual winter. The Palace rose before them like a giant, icy mountain. The prisoners were presented to the Queen, whose face was hidden in shadow (it was said that her beauty, rather than ugliness, would strike down every person who looked at her, and drive them insane), and the Queen decreed that Nari was to join her consorts, willingly or not, and Yavni was given to Marak as a fee for performing well. Hence Yavni joined the host that served Marak. The Great Lizard, as he was known, was, however, too spoiled by the pleasure to properly secure his slaves. During the day they had to pleasure him in every way he desired, but at night they were free to do anything they desired, provided they didn't leave their pens. It was not unusual for them to give themselves to fleshly pleasure to forget their daily, humiliating toil. That's where Yavni met Lanan, a Lightside priestess, whose teenage son was also kept captive in the palace.

The two shared their sleeping-mat and plans for escape. They already employed a help of Duruk, a Marak's trusted cook, whom they used to invite into their pen. One day the cook put a herb in the wine that put the Great Lizard to sleep. The two then fled into the regions of Palace where Theyak, Lanan's son was being kept. They set him free, and the three fled the Ice Palace. The three eventually fled to Bhani, where they joined the Lightside Temple. Lanan and her son were already lovers before their captivity, and now Yavni was invited to join them. They formed the bond of Kainian.

It was in Bhani, inhabited mostly by the descendants of Asians, Hindu and Himalayan people, that Yavni learned more of the Earth. She was terrified to learn of a place where so many restrictions placed on the pleasure. She learned of Kamadora's footholds on the Earth and said that the Darkside is about to threaten the innocent people there. She was chosen to join a small force of priests and magicians who opposed it. At twenty-five, she was already something of a veteran, with vast magical and erotic experience, and experienced in fighting the Darkside. She was famed for being able to keep the secrets of Lightside Temple stretched naked on the rack and subjected to the infamous Needle Torture; to have brought Naik Ulus, the evil Darkside sorcerer, and his teenage daughter and lover Marai nude and in chains before the Priestess. She was also known for her sensuality: she had an array of consorts within the Temple and fought in Faeru matches for men with women and girls who'd in turn become her lovers. However, she longed for a son and a lover such as the one Lanan had. So one night she shed her clothes before the statue of Kamadora and prayed for one.

She got what she wanted when she crossed over to the Earth. She gave birth to her son in Vordavia, from where she was directed to go to America. During the fifteen years of her stay there she was a sleeper agent; she fought the minions of Darkside much more cunning and resilient than those she knew in Meirenn. She often had to move from place to place, took odd jobs which were actually a cover (the Temple provided for her, and as a sorceress she could have easily provided for herself). The only stronger emotional and erotic bonds were those she formed with the other members of Diaspora, as the Meirennians living on the Earth called themselves. All the while she kept her son, Adam, innocent of everything, which wasn't that easy since her habit of coming home naked (either because she lost a game against another member of Diaspora, or she lost a fight for a lover of either sex, or - in rarest of cases - narrowly fled Darksider's captivity) persisted. As Adam grew into a hansome teenager she often fantasised how it would be to draw him into her world; to see her in a nude peril, or even better, get stripped naked alongside her, then flee in the nude through the night, and end up in her arms. Once, ensnared by a minor, but very cunning Darkside witch she had her take pictures of herself, naked and tied to a crude totem of one of Darkside spirits. She found herself assuming the most erotic poses she could strike, given her restraints, thinking of how her son would react to them. After said witch took her place at the totem Yavni, now Anne, collected those pictures and took them home, for her son to stumble upon them, by accident, and awaken to the pleasure of Apkamai. Already she saw how he looked at her and knew he chastized himself for his thoughts.

It was soon after that she learned of another Darksider living in the vicinity: Beth. Whoever Beth was, she was said by Diaspora members to be in the employ of Dark Queen... Anne remembered the Witch-Queen and the Great Lizard, and her father, who was probably still a consort to the Queen, and realized she has a score to settle, and that time has come to reveal to her son who they really are.