She is the daughter of James and Louisa Elliott who, as a child, recovered numerous disposed Worker Drones and repurposed them to be her friends and servants at Elliott Manor, growing especially close to N, V, J and the AbsoluteSolver inside Cyn's body. On the night the Solver plotted to massacre a gala held at her home, Tessa failed to stop it and was spared from the carnage. She escaped Earth just before it was destroyed