Kloe was born eight years before E-Day, and grew up with the threat of the COG, UIR, and later Locust being able to crush her village in the South Islands at any moment. She wanted to fight, but her brothers wouldn't hear of it. Tai was especially set against her becoming a Gear, believing a woman shouldn't be subjected to the war, and knowing how the Cog treated women. When it came to a head, Kloe ran from home and joined the COG.