TALA
Family
Raised in Manila by her grandparents, Lelang Conrada and Lelong Crisanto
Middle Child
Childhood
Conflict
Uprising
Father is believed to be an "engkanto" that was in a human form with a human name "Venancio"
Older sibling: Mahalia Younger sibling: Alejandro
Mother (Carmensita) is a dalagita working for a rich family in Hacienda Hermosa in Old Spanish Bataan 
Born during the Old Spanish Era
Left to live with her younger sibling and grandparents in Kalye Escolta
Mahalia (at age 11) ran away from home with a 13 year old boy
Tala stood up as the eldest sibling ever since Mahalia left
She spend her days helping Lelang Conrada in doing chores and taking care of Alejandro.
Carmensita, returns to Kalye Escolta and confessed that she was thrown out of Hacienda Hermosa because of being accused of stealing money from Doña Anita while they were on a vacation.
While Carmensita is now living with Tala, she noticed that Mahalia was not around, she asked where she was and Tala told her that she ran away with a boy that she met in Quinta market.
Prays with Lelang Conrada as a routine
Was given an anklet by Lelong Crisanto to prevent her from "bad spirits"
Never met their father.
Carmensita is filled with guilt for not being around her children, she then confessed to Tala about her father and why he was not there for them.
Confession: Mahalia has a different father, one that is an actual human, while Tala and Alejandro share the same father, who is an engkanto that she met during her stay in Bataan.
Tala then learned that she and Alejandro are half engkanto and half human, which left them with undiscovered supernatural capabilities.
The night after the confession of Carmensita, Tala decides to leave Manila to work for Doña Anita in Hacienda Hermosa to earn a living. She was 17.
She told her family about her decision. Lelang Conrada and Carmensita refuses to let her leave. Lelong Crisanto on the other hand approves of her decision for the sake of earning money for the family.
On her journey to Bataan, she stopped by at a church in Olongapo to pray, she encountered the nuns who serve in the church. She then saw Mahalia, a fellow nun in the church.
Bothered by the encounter, she still went to Hacienda Hermosa and introduced herself as a maid.
During her stay in the hacienda, she never told her mother about her plan to find more about her father in the baletes of Bataan. She also plans study about supernatural beings.