Saoirse Mackenzie (pronounced Seer-sha Muh-ken-zee) was born in Torridon village, Scotland. She was the middle child of Angus and Leana Mackenzie, and she had two brothers, Ramsey and Carrick. Her father worked as a doctor, and her mother helped as a talented healer. Saoirse would often help her mother in the herb garden, or went along with her to forage for wild herbs, and as she got older her parents began teaching her their trade. It’s from them that she inherited her knack for healing, and a passion for helping others.

As she got older, she began to fall for a boy in town, named Duncan Patton. Unfortunately, Duncan was a flirtatious boy, and one of the other girls and a long-time friend of Saoirse's (named Maisri Ross) became possessive of him. The boy drove a wedge between the two girls and they would argue over the boy. They became bitter rivals, so when one of the women in the village suffered a miscarriage, Maisri jumped on the opportunity. She told the pastor of their church that Saoirse confessed that she and her mother had cursed the woman, so both of the women were captured. (Read this solo here)

The two women were held in a jail cell. They had their bodies examined, and the birthmark on Saoirse’s right hip was used as evidence that she was a witch. Each woman was interrogated so they might confess or provide the names of the other members of their coven, but they were stubborn women and refused to do either. Leana was tied to a ducking stool and taken to the shore for further interrogation in front of the other townsfolk. While everyone was distracted by the public torture of her mother, Saoirse's older brother Ramsey came to her rescue. He tousled with and overpowered the man guarding her jail cell before freeing her. Ramsey chose to stay behind long enough to tie up the guard and buy them more time, but he never caught up with his sister. Saoirse was forced to flee for fear of being recaptured and tried for the false charge of witchcraft. What was almost as difficult to bear as her time imprisoned, was surviving on her own while on the run until arriving someplace safe. It wasn't until after making it to safety that the full weight of her loss hit her. Her entire world had been turned upside down.

These days, having fled from persecution and living in almost constant fear of being sent back to Torridon, Saoirse uses the fake surname of Cameron, and claims to come from Glenelg. She claims that all of her family has died of illness, and that her true purpose of fleeing her birthplace was to avoid becoming sick herself. Being on her own for the first time, she’s forced to find her own way in the world, and she works as a healer, doing the one thing that she knows best.

She is trying to move on from the traumatic events of her past, but she often thinks about her family and wonders what has become of them. She believes that her mother has most likely been executed, and she wonders if the rest of her family managed to avoid persecution or if they have been executed for the same false charges. She often lies awake at night, dwelling on all of the possibilities, and wallowing in guilt for the role she played in the situation.