oooh, let's see...I think she was probably raped by Thranduil (too lazy to look spelling up right now) while she was in an Elvish orphanage in Mirkwood. Yeah. That's it! And when she was six, her parents were tragically killed by giant spiders in the forest. And then she was slapped around by the Elves because she was tragically different (oh, man, those hobbit feet really stand out)....*wipes tears*