Relm was born as a loner at Firefly Lake but not by any normal circumstances. Agria as her mother and Kefka as her father was actually an incest pair, Kefka being both her father and her brother. Kefka hating his own mother, Agria, he waits until Relm is old enough to wean and then kills Agria. This is one of Relm's very first dramatic memories and she carries it for the rest of her life. Right after Kefka's deed is done, he and Relm move to the northern lands to join Lurid.

Relm knew better than to question about Agria and what the meaning behind her death was, but one day she takes the chance and Kefka tells her about how Agria was her mother, but not that Agria was also his mother as well. Relm senses the hidden tension that Kefka feels for her, but doesn't understand that he is scared that he will hurt her like he did Agria if he lets her get too close to him. He rejects almost any physical contact and it leads to a large part of her personality feeling like she will be rejected by anyone she wishes to be physical with in the future.

Relm continues to dwell on how she resents her father and the upbringing that he gave her. Sure freedom is nice and all but she starts to believe that he doesn't care much for her because of the amount of freedom and lack of control he provides for her. They move down to Auster like Relm wanted after nearly a year of living alongside Lurid for no good reason in the bitter north. But it is not where Relm wants to live in Auster and she makes a big deal out of it internally. She starts to plan to run away, but is almost scared to because of what Kefka had done to Agria.

After coming across a like minded individual, Rhaegath, she chooses to run away to be alongside him and evading her father for hopefully the rest of her life. She does believe that she is at risk if Kefka ever finds her after watching him kill Agria. She even goes back north to suffer in the freezing lands she hates so much, but it is the perfect disguise to mask herself from Kefka.

Over time Rhaegath disappears and Relm is once again on her own. Relm does run into her uncle who she discovers is not in cohorts with Kefka, and she does stick around The Armada for some time. During the events of The Long Night, Relm is confronted by Agria who tells her all of what Kefka had done to her up to her demise. This scares Relm beyond belief, the illness she has infecting her mind with fear. Unbeknown to her, her uncle passed front the effects done on his mind from the ooze. Realm comes out of the almost endless moon with the danger of Kefka at the forefront of her mind, running into Alastor and taking a place in his family’s band.