phasma earning her honorary war mask at 10 from the scyre after giving them the nautilis and ensuring the slaughter of her parents and former clan.

phasma wearing her honorary war mask because every time keldo looks at her his face contorts into something like fear and disgust. but keldo decides to side with his younger sister and be an ally as opposed to an enemy, especially since the injuries she caused him during the takeover made him weak and feeble and without a leg. it put him in a position to need her rather than betray her.

phasma realizing that her normal face never invoked proper fear into her opponents so she clung to her war mask to appear fearsome. though she was often underestimated because of appearance, she often made them regret their mocking.

phasma having her first kill at the age of 6, killing a man twice her size within their former clan due to his horrid treatment of her during training at the behest of her parents, especially her father. and when covered in blood that first time, she felt a serenity in taking life, reveling in the warmth of her carnage.

at age 11, phasma learned that poison could be made from the lichen on the planet and she coated her weapons in it. blades, bows, spears. so even the tiniest nick would result in death. this was a tactic used in eliminate the weak in the scyre when she ruled alongside her brother. phasma leading armies and hunting parties against warring clans at the age of 13.