Not much is known about Quin's activities prior to the war, but eventually she learned of a young woman known as Zu Zu, at the time a soothsayer. Zu Zu grew up on the island of Aloft Dagger, an island of soothsayers, who taught her. However, her abilities soon began to outmatch theirs, which scared them, and the soothsayers began to keep her isolated and only feed her little. Eventually, through unknown means, Quin was able to obtain a powerful horn, one of twelve artefacts created by the Elder Gods to aid them in creating worlds.