Acorna's mother ("avi") and father ("lalli") are Feriila and Vaanye of the Renyilaaghe. Her mother is sister to Extraordinary Envoy Neeva ("visedhaanye ferilii"), as introduced to Delszaki Li in "Acorna's Quest". Neeva tells Acorna that she has Feriila's eyes when they first meet. Her father was a scientist who 'had adapted his researches into the topology of space to weapons research shortly before his death'. An unexpected side-effect of her father's weapons technology transported Acorna's escape pod to where the miners found it.