Quova began his life with the Sura, at Blackrock Castle. How he came to be there is unknown. It is known that he was trained until the age of twelve by a Sura shaman - for Quova bore the Macula, and the promise of great power as a mage.
At twelve, nearly eight hundred years after the death of the God, Quova was taken as apprentice to a powerful Civil Necromancer, Sice Larwan. Sice’s public face was that of a man dedicated to his Theocrat. But he secretly plotted the downfall of Taryn Arkor as High Sage of the Order of the Veil.
Quova was not Sice’s sole apprentice. Mara Valkarin’s only child, Serge Valkarin, also studied under the necromancer. He and Quova soon became friends.