The attack, known as the Proving Massacre, killed many of the participants, including Sona’s daughter Vala. The year that Aloy became a Brave, members of a secret cult of a splinter tribe from the Carja, known as the Eclipse, attacked the Proving, the tribe’s rite of passage for of-age Nora youth to become Braves. Due to her age, it may be presumed that Sona fought against the Carja during the Red Raids. Her children followed in her footsteps Varl became a Brave under her command, and Vala was on the same path before events that threatened the tribe took her life. Presumably, she was widowed during the years before the Nora Brave Aloy became an adult. At some point, Sona had an unnamed mate, with whom she had two children: Varl and Vala.
