Northstar Vale i used to know, but i'm not sure now

Her name from his lips froze her in place. She looked him over, lips slightly agape, trying to find some semblance of familiarity in his features.

You know me, she said rhetorically, obviously in wonderment. Are you. . .from the Empire that was here, when I was born? Or—

Family. But who? Related to Ibis, or Akavir? Lilitu steadied herself, tail swaying slightly behind her, and prepared for the answer.