A favorite pupil of Proctor Harkenov, Adra was an otherwise unremarkable Initiate who no one had expected to live long enough to see graduation, let alone survive it. She surprised many with her quiet but fierce tenacity, taking down a classmate many believed would go on to become a Level 1 dreadlord. Despite her victory, Adra graduated at only a Level 4 and has remained at that level ever since.

The third daughter and fourth child within the minor noble House Cortez, Adra had nothing to look forward to on the front of inheritance of power and so was convinced to be married off to a rising minor noble family of House Eden. No one expected her to amount to much of anything even then, but somehow Adra was betrothed to Jodeth Eden, the heir to his House, and has enjoyed her station at his side while House Eden continues to rise in power and notoriety among those who serve the greater House Sirl.

Adra has spent her years in marriage working for Lord Eden as a Solicitor of sorts, assisting him in the running of his many holdings with her eye and mind for details, though for those that know her it was never a secret that she was unhappy. Adra and her husband maintain a relationship of tension where her failure to produce any heirs of their own is considered. She has not been able to carry a single pregnancy to term, but not for a lack of trying or intervention on her part. Adra sought outside Medical help shortly after the Revolution, which is where she ended up meeting ex-Archon Gilram and shortly after found herself involved in his machinations.