Tessa Rendahl was raised by moisture farmers Darae and Brendan Rendahl on Tatooine in the calm and orderly city of Mos Entha. The eldest of two children, Tessa began to notice that she happened to begin being at the right place at the right time. It was as if nothing bad would happen to someone if she were around. She never felt destined to be any kind of a hero, but relatives of her family had spoken with her parents early on about the potential that Tessa displayed at a young age. When she was older, her parents sent her to the Students of the Light to fulfill her destiny in the galaxy.