Kiara Ptolmai is the daughter of Atlantean Ambassador Menos Ptolmai, who has been stationed in the kingdom of Chungkuo on the Western coast of the Lemurian Sea, and Viera Ptolmai, her natural mother and a hands on healer from the small mountainous region of Caucasus, which Menos Ptolmai had been stationed previously. Unlike most Atlanteans, Menos and Viera remained a married couple and raised Kiara, who decided to pursue an education in jurisprudence in Atlantis. Kiara Ptolmai had already been trained in the hands on healing traditions of her mother and grandmother, and meditative techniques well known in Chungkuo. Taking after her mother she has fair skin and red hair, so she is an obvious minority in Atlantis.
Her limited finances upon her arrival necessitate sharing her basic room and board with another person, who turns out to be Elisha Grey...and despite her desire to be able to focus on her studies uninterrupted, she finds that Elisha Grey asks for her assistance and accompaniment on his various cases, which she chronicles in the Casebook.
Her limited finances upon her arrival necessitate sharing her basic room and board with another person, who turns out to be Elisha Grey...and despite her desire to be able to focus on her studies uninterrupted, she finds that Elisha Grey asks for her assistance and accompaniment on his various cases, which she chronicles in the Casebook.