Camille was born to a traveling potions merchant and a seamstress, inside Tevinter lands, before her family was off, again, to another country to sell various different concoctions that didn't really work. Camille's parents were.. enterprising people, after all -- they would see an opportunity and take it, no matter where they went, and that opportunity was to free people of their hard earned coin. Some would call her parents swindlers, but they preferred the term business people. And Camille grew up, learning how to be as shrewd as possible when it came to parting people from their money.

But, Camille had a vision -- a way to take money from the truly rich. They all seemed to want something the others didn't have, and for a seamstress like herself, that meant exclusive clothing. Outlandish clothing that would be the laughter of the common folk, but high-fashion to those who were able to purchase her talent. And she had talent, her mother had patiently taught her how to string a bodice with glass to make it look like water rippled down a body, how to weave silver and gold into silk fabrics that would cling to the body and sparkle like the sky under candle light. She worked in all the cities she could, and when she finally returned to Tevinter, a place where people had more money than brains, she fashioned herself as a popular modiste from Orlais, even adopted their funny accent in turn.

And Luck truly had been with her, because that was about the time the barrier went up, and no one could substantiate her claims. All it had taken was running around in a few of the less savory circles for a few weeks, to find a young noble that wanted the "experience" of being around those less privileged, a taste of what life was without money, and she had her first sale, and her foot in the door. Word of mouth spread, and by the time anyone could question her back story, she had already provided dresses and luxurious garments for so many families that they all would suffer the embarrassment by outing her. So she still thinks at least -- there may come a day when her past catches up with her, but for now, she's enjoying the life she hand crafted for herself, her fortune, and her ability to glean information off the rich and powerful alike.