Donning a disguise to conceal her half-elven heritage, Nina traveled extensively between Koben, Song-lu, and Linhythe. The proudest moment in her early days of adulthood may have been when she helped to foil a train robbery with Stitches.

Nevertheless, Song-Lu remained her home and she was present for both attacks on the city during Mutiny and Firefall. Seeing war upfront and in person inevitably erased some of her more romanticized notions about it, but also boosted her sense of admiration for the "heroes" of legends. Her dream of accompanying a hero to chronicle their journey never wavered, but seeing healers hard at work to help people in need (where she was only able to help in very, very small ways) weakened her desire to follow in her mother's footsteps and become a troubadour herself. 

As a result of the violence and blood she experienced, Nina began spending some time in small clinics for the poor and needy to improve her healing basics and to help where she could, mostly in the form of physical labor. Due to whirlsprouts during Storm Tide, her workplace saw an influx of injured sailors (many smugglers) and the elderly healer in charge simply could not handle the number of patients who required care and sent a formal request to the Circle of Wreaths for aid. An elf named Karan arrived soon after, taking over much of the care required and Nina's tutelage. Once the job was completed, the healer requested that Karan take Nina with him back to Estraude so she could explore more options as to what kind of healer she'd want to be there and further her studies.

The two soon traveled together south and encountered an injured man named Rayne on the way to Estraude. They patched him up but then became caught up in the Whelcliffe/Orgo situation, finding their path now barred. Rayne, in return for their services rendered, offered the pair a lift to the Elven capital on his airship. 

Upon arrival, Nina was accepted as a new member of the Circle of Wreath. It did not take long for her to realize that reading and research did her absolutely no good, and she once again became wracked with doubt over her own abilities. Nevertheless, with the brewing war and determined to never again feel helpless in the presence of anyone who might need her help, Nina plowed on and committed to her studies. While on holiday, she briefly traveled once again to Linhythe to bid farewell to her mother, who was leaving Koben for good and making her way to Amedra and there, she reaffirmed the path she'd chosen.

Having made up her mind to become a Cleric, she returned to Estraude to ask Karan if he would like to become her teacher so that they could travel and do what they did on their way to Estraude as she felt that had been the most educational experience she'd had as a healer. After training for a few months with Karan, she accompanied him and the rest of the Pristis crew to Nisalvini as part of Estraude's effort to aid the sinking island. Convinced that she had won the mask of Mareus' breath as a sign of fate, Nina decided to dive down to the island as it vanished from view. However, she gradually lost that conviction and panicked once she found herself surrounded by the darkness of the ocean's depths and soon after found herself washed ashore near Valevo, where she stayed to recover and also help the survivors from Nisalvini who had washed ashore.

Not one to be shy in the presence of strangers, she soon became friends with a local woman named Tyra and her family. As Tyra seemed to be struggling with her pregnancy, Nina took it upon herself to monitor her health and promised that she would give birth to a healthy baby. As the days passed, Nina began making plans for traveling back to Estraude to resume her studies under Karan after Tyra gave birth but then found herself dragged into the events unfolding in Cantor before any of her plans could come to pass. Determined to help those who had offered her shelter and care in recent weeks, she joined their efforts in locating totems of protection under the guidance of Elen and while successful, found herself trapped underground... once again, in darkness. 

Days blurred into each other as she was given only but one way forward - to continue underground in the presence of the mysterious golems into Telurea while seeking out Therras. It was in the company of a kindred spirit, Anya, that Nina at last found some relief. The two girls soon found themselves under the watchful eye of Tyr, Tyra's prickly brother, as they journeyed north, full of hope to find the earth father at the end of it... and to become free from Tyr's ever-judgmental gaze. 

After witnessing Anya save Tyr from being crushed by a boulder, Nina became convinced that Anya must be some sort of super special being, and whatever ballad could be written about their journey must feature her new best friend. While humming out possible melodies for this epic song (and also searching for clues as to how to actually wake up Therras), she found a lonely root baby in the forest. Asking the others if this could in fact be Therras reincarnated, she was met with a resounding "no" but she decided to keep the creature in her company anyways and named it Yggdrasil (Yggy for short).

As it turned out, Yggy would not be her only new friend from her time in Telurea. A song played on an ancient lyre awoke a sentient golem in the ruins deep beneath the earth, and Nina found herself mistaken by it for its guardian from eons past. A brief vision shared of its memories was more than enough to convince Nina to befriend the golem, as she could not bear the thought of abandoning it to the dark and lonely ruins once again, and with Tyr's suggestion, bequeath to it the name of Aegis (nicknamed Eggy). 

With the golem's aid, she and the rest of the refugee eventually found their way through Telurea and arrived at their intended destination of Delverne, where as Nina understood, Therra's child was waiting to be reborn. Feeling conflicted as this was the home of her mother's family, Nina found herself deeply drawn to the beauty and people of Delverne and spent much of her time immersing herself with the Delvans while the mission progressed. Could this have been her home, had her mother stayed here? 

It did not take long for her to realize the reason behind her mother's departure, but even so, it did not dull the pain she felt as she watched Delverne's destruction from the skies. Feeling she'd made a mistake somewhere along the way, she confided in Leo, the only other half-elf she knew, and asked if they'd done the right thing. If it was indeed the right thing, then why did it hurt so much? Finding some solace in Leo's steady reply, Nina swallowed her doubts and instead found herself being pushed forward, once again, on a path seemingly chosen for her by the Gods as she and her companioned journeyed to confront the being known as Dunor.