


As part of the treatment, Vivian had her affected organs and limbs replaced with state-of-the-art cybernetic ones. Her case eventually caught the attention of Elaine Esat, a doctor pioneering a highly experimental treatment for Vivian’s disease. Her parents had gotten her interested in military strategy from a young age, so she spent hours reading books and playing strategy simulations while recovering from various surgical procedures. Born with a rare, terminal auto-immune disease that caused her body to attack its own organs, Vivian spent much of her childhood and teenaged years in and out of hospitals. Vivian Chase grew up in a small, tight-knit Toronto neighborhood, the daughter of ex-military parents.
