Backstory
Ivory grew up in Mancora, Peru with her mother and father. Her father was a man with generations of wealth running in the family, a kind and content person who doted equally on his wife and daughter. Her mother married for the money, and Ivory's conception was a plan to keep her father attached to her forever. She was a vain and spoiled woman, the subject of unending gossip among the maids and housekeepers due to her distasteful personality. In fact, she hired tutors and nannys to care for Ivory, a kid she wanted nothing to do with. Due to work, her father was often away on business trips, so he didn't know of the dynamic between Ivory and her mother. As a child, Ivory was still very happy, told she should love both her parents even if they aren't always around her, not that she noticed her mother deliberately avoiding her throughout the years. Over time, Ivory's beautiful mother began to age, watching as Ivory looked very much like a younger version of herself in contrast. Despising her, thinking she's hogging up all the affection from her husband, potentially the heir if he passes, her mother wanted to get rid of her. Whatever had compelled her drove her to attempt to take Ivory's life when she was a child, stabbing her in the abdomen, but the abundance of workers in the household made the discovery quick. Ivory was taken to the ICU, her mother arrested, her father immediately returning in disbelief.
From there on, Ivory's father moved her to Europe where he gradually had more work anyway, wanting to stay with her more after the terrible experience. She was always able to get a lot of support, therapy and so on, but she simply preferred to be by her father for security. He permitted it, taking her along for his work, during meetings, etc. When she met his wealth advisor, it was a person who assured them security and talked kindly to Ivory, making her figure she could do a job like theirs one day. It paid handsomely and she was open to having some independence eventually, knowing she shouldn't always rely on her father in life. Studying business and economics kept her mind busy, always away from her thoughts when she was alone. As she grew up, she repeatedly dyed her hair, let it obscure her face, tending to avoid mirrors. The thought of looking like her mother disgusted her, wanting to be far from that. Former house workers that she grew up with always assured her that she had a kind visage and demeanor her mother never wore, but Ivory could never bear to look at that face regardless. If hers was a kinder version, what she imagined her mother having during her childhood, it was still painful.
As life continued, Ivory was able to adopt both Juillet and Belot. Juillet came to her doorstep during the worst night of his life, finding out the mother that raised him was a killer, so terribly afraid. Ivory took him in naturally, a driving force in his recovery after going through a similar stained relationship with her own mother, Juillet viewing her as a parent promptly. With Belot, they were adopted at an early age, taught to open up and love because of Ivory's unconditional love towards them. Of course, now her kids have grown up and are facing adulthood, glad they have someone to rely on. Ivory is grateful she can rely on them likewise, and her own father even, feeling that those around her not only heal her, but fortify her resolve to become stronger.