When she was born, she lived with her father until her father passed away from circumstances she was too young to even remember. Eveliina was then placed in her mother's care, but using the word 'care' here is quite inappropriate. However, she didn't know that her mother's behavior was toxic or odd. So, one day, when they traveling to a city, Liina didn't think much of it. She had her backpack on her like always, and a skateboard in her hand.
But soon, a crowd came and separated her and her mother. So, she spent the next few years homeless but optimistic that her mother would come back for her. She tried to remember her father's advice to be happy, and though it was hard, she really tried very hard. She tried to stay in the same city, skateboarding around in hopes of finding her.
She ended up becoming something of a local legend within a very short time, and she ended up getting nicknamed 'Pyrstökala' (lit. 'Tailfish') for her style of riding. Since she didn't interact with kids during the day, her style of skateboarding was different than usual. Though she met a lot of kids in the skateparks, they would always leave her for dinner when the sun went down. That would be her cue to find somewhere safe for the night. It was especially bad during winter, when she didn't have protection from the frigid Finnish winter. Even now, seeing a storm or blizzard reminds her of incredibly unpleasant days against mother nature.
Things looked positive for a while. Pyrstökala was offered a contract with a magazine -- not many girls skateboarded, and definitely not that many were talented as her at such a young age. Liina was young and homeless, and so anything would have appealed to her. While she did get to see Europe (and some of America), the company -- and people -- soon manipulated her nearly nonexistent literacy and easygoing nature. All of the money that should have been hers from advertising or from winning a competition were never seen by her. But because she didn't know any better, she accepted it.
It wasn't until she was entered in a Street League when one of her fellow skateboarders noticed and told her that what was happening was wrong. So she quit that magazine and lived homeless again. It dumped her back in Finland, and eventually things came full circle. It was night when Liina realized that the situation she was in was dangerous to her life, and she remembered hiding and just knowing that if only she could wait...if only she could wait until the dawn, then she could get someone to help her! Unfortunately, time ran out.