As a young cub Zaenna was ethir abandoned or left a lone by a series of events not even she is sure of. Several story's speculate what happened in her early life before meeting Taj'ita, some say she played to many tricks and was knocked out or while asleep abandoned by her parents , another story says her parents died and she was left alone. After living on the street for a year now about 2 she learned archery a bit and learned the art of thievery before being taken to an orphanage where Taj'ita adopted her and a nord named Aela. she was fond of Taj'ita up until he left for a few days because of an incident and she found a body of a bosmer who she thought was Taj'ita she ran away at age 10 to avoid going back to the orphanage.