She majored in history (with an ancient history focus), has an M.A. in American history, and a J.D. She's been involved with "historical archaeology" in the U.S. and helped prove that a local fort was not, in fact, burned by the Iroquois but rather by the Evil Redcoats leading a contingent of Iroquois against Fine American Patriots. She studied computer programming during the Age of the Iron Dinosaurs (in the first college computer programming class taught east of the Rockies and outside of the military) but still needs two more English credits to finish her A.A. in computer science. (Nobody should hold their breath waiting for these credits to be acquired.)

Her interest in writing interactive fiction online has led her to acquire a broad based reference library. Her husband (Mr. Marius) has often commented with some perturbation on her vast array of poison manuals.

Her eyes are green/blue/gray but her hair color, like her avatar, is subject to change without notice.