Oh my gosh, that is incredibly sad, Gulgalogos!
Leah had quite the opposite childhood. Had it been up to her parents, Leah would have been the first of an entire hut full of tusklings, but complications during childbirth nearly killed her mother, and so it was decided that she would be an only child. As such she was doted on her entire childhood. Life wasn’t easy on the Darkspear Isles, but it was good.
Leah’s mother Ayi’da was a hunter, and she taught Leah how to shoot a bow and how to track game, and how to forage during lean times. She also taught Leah how to skin, clean, and cook her kills, as well as to never let anything go to waste by creating clothing and armor from hides and tools from bones, etc. She taught Leah to always to show gratitude to the land that provides. “Your blood for the Loa, your body for the Darkspear,” Leah’s mother would say to her kills (she was very traditional). Ayi’da was firm, but loving. Sternly instruct, but gently chide was kind of her motto for child-rearing (even though gently chiding was sometimes a smack on the back of the head for a stubborn tuskling). Leah most certainly inherited her tenacity, focus, and tendency to smack people that annoy her from her mother.
Leah’s father Zin’Taj was about as easy going as mon could be. He loved his mate and his child, and was highly affectionate to both. He had a loud, boisterous laugh, which could be heard often. He was a big mon - taller and broader than many other Darkspear males - he always told Leah that the males in his family were big, as they were descendants of Gurubashi dire trolls way back in the day (Leah still doesn’t know if this is true or one of her dad’s many jokes). As a fishermon, Zin’Taj taught Leah the ways of the water - how to swim, how to fish, how to watch weather patterns to know when it’s time to head back to land. He also taugh Leah how to dive for pearls and how to make jewelry from shells, pearls, and bone. He would do this on occasion to supplement their family’s income, things like this could be bartered for things they needed.
After moving to Durotar, Zin’Taj went out fishing one day and strayed too close to the Echo Isles, where he was captured by Zalazane’s minions. Ayi’da went off in search of her mate, and herself was captured and turned. Leah was away at training in the Valley of Trials at the time. When she returned home, she looked for her parents. She found her mother, who because of Zalazane’s voodoo, no longer recognized her and attacked her. Leah had to put her own mother down. She buried her at the cemetery in Sen’jin Village. It wasn’t until after the Darkspear retook the Echo Isles that she was able to find her father’s remains and give him a proper burial next to her mother. Leah still misses her parents greatly, even though it’s been years since they both passed. She still strives to do what she thinks will make them proud, and often goes to their graveside to talk with them, particularly her mother, whenever she has a problem.