Lotus was adopted by a man who was in the armed forces, john, she always had a fascination with one of john's hobbies, blacksmithing, he made many types of swords and knives from around the world that he learned about during his military travels, lotus was fascinated about the blades, john later died from a heart attack while on duty, when lotus was 13.lotus, who was staying at a family friend's place at the time. Heard the news, she was devastated and wanted to just go and. After that she started to collect the smaller blades her father had made in memory of him, in a satchel she received as a gift for her 9th birthday from her father, she grew older and continued to collect the knives to add to her collection, eventually, once she was 15 she moved out of the family friends house and got an apartment of her inherited money, she was a roommate with someone but later they moved out, so lotus was all on her own, she was running out of money for rent and food so she sold some of the blades she got after all her

father died- she didn't sell any of her father's as a promise she made to keep them as long as she lived, lotus got a job working as a waitress and then as a cashieer at a army supply store

she later moved into a studion appertment to keek up with rent, and thats where she live today