Sparrow Redhouse was born and raised in New Mexico, moving around the state with her mother when she would loose a job and try a new city hoping to find something that might keep her settled in one place for a while. Her childhood might have seen hard, moving from place to place, but with her mother's love, it was tempered and turned into an adventure.
Throughout her life, Sparrow was taught about the history of her mother's people, the Zuni, or the A:shiwi, as they call themselves. She was taught the language and the traditions and culture, giving her a quiet respect for the blood that runs in her veins. Learning more about the art of the Zuni, the young Sparrow seemed to pick it up eagerly - from the sketching, to the pottery, and even some sculpting. Especially as she learned the gift given to her by the Earth Mother herself - the ability to control the elements of earth. Terrakinesis, if you want to be proper about terminology. She learned how to carve stone using it, to shift sand in art, to create true works of beauty. Art would always be important to her as she grew up, graduating from high school, and attending some community college classes.
Her gift was one that her mother made sure she controlled. It was a gift, given to her, and she should use it for 'good'. Subtly, of course. As Sparrow got older, she found herself helping rescue crews, construction crews, even her own people on their farms and in their homes.
Life would take an unexpected turn with the death of her mother. It would leave a hole there in her life, a certain disconnection from things around her for a short time. It was during this time, that the grief channeled into her ability, leaving a small earthquake to rock the town where they'd been leaving, truly causing confusion in geologist who couldn't figure out why it happened - there was no fault line near it! But grief was soon controlled, and to honor her mother and all she taught her, she got a tattoo on her shoulder, the same one that her mother had on hers of a Zuni Sunface fetish,a symbol of Prosperity and Happiness. It joined the tattoo she already had of a pair of tribal 'sparrows' on her forearm.
After a brief time of grief, life picked up, but would never be the same. First, in an attempt to make up for the trouble she caused with the earthquake, she made sure to go in and donate blood near the reservation. Unluckily, this blood would be picked up and tested by Chandra Suresh, and the marker would be found in her blood that would mark her as one of those with special abilities, getting her name on the List. The List.
The bomb would go off in NYC, and things would change further, the Evolved would come out, be known. It left her uncertain whether or not she should come out herself about her own ability. Was this what Earth Mother would wish of her? Or would she rather Sparrow keep it to herself?
And then would come the contact received through her phone from someone calling themselves R.Ajas. The messages didn't make sense at times, and certainly left her feeling a little uncertain about what to do. Deciding to trust the last one led her to leave home before DHS arrived to pick her up and take her in.
Yet, they weren't the only ones who arrived, and perhaps lines of communication truly got mixed up when Knox and Rickham showed up as well. The meeting didn't go well. At least for them. Sparrow took a level of fun keeping them off their feet, turning the ground to almost quicksand beneath them while pelting them with rocks and gravel as they tried to convince her to come with them. She wasn't having any of it.
In the end, they left, and Sparrow went in the opposite direction. But, something they said, got through to her, and she's decided to make her way to NYC to check on things for herself. What she found was worlds different from what she knew back home. This is where the fight was, where things were really happening. Within a few days of arriving, she was involved on the sidelines of a showdown between the Triad and the police, trying to lend a hand to the officers who were getting mowed down. At that time, she met a man who caught her interest. But, things weren't to be then between them beyond just a casual friendship.
She'd later meet Cat and Cardinal, finding out that she might be able to lend a hand against White, another with the same ability that she has. Plans were made for her to try and help take White out. But sometimes, even best laid plans have a way of changing. Before the final showdown might happen, she was called back to New Mexico to tend to some family business that kept her away for over four months.
Upon her return to NYC, it would seem that she's decided to move there for good. She arrived in the midst of the worst winter weather ever, her plane allowed to land during a break in the blizzard that had heaped feet of snow on the city. Unable to reach what few people she knew in the city, her call went to Magnes who helped her find an apartment for herself. She also found out that he was a 'free agent' as far as relationships went. Who knows where things might go there.
For now, Sparrow is seeking out old contacts to see what might be going on, and to figure out just what side and which team, she might put herself on for future fights.
