Almost 800 years ago, there was a mass sacrifice that killed off her entire town, Coreon, in the Claustrine Mountains. It's unknown who the sacrifice was for, but there were theories it was to one or more of the Anointed. Jalon wakes up surrounded by skeletons, overgrowth, and ruins, with no other signs of life. She heard a woman's voice, that of the Victim, telling her she was saved from the pain of death that found her people. All she had to do was go out and help others.
Jalon didn't know her presence would eventually be a curse, such as towns being wiped out after she left them because of the fear that necromancy was around. The voice always tells her when to go.
She has no idea she's being used to sew chaos.