Tiara was born the youngest child of a poor family. Believed to be the result of an extra-marital affair, her father abused her regularly as a youth. Her only relief to a cruel and difficult childhood were periodic invasions of the local Jedi temple where she would meet with her older brother Archaen Fel. His kindness to her made the rest of her life bearable until he vanished, at which point Tiara ran away to Corellia.