@Jane_Isidoro Great question. As mentioned in the book, Val lived among the other humans. And since the human population was slowly decreasing, they needed to use the Diarkis flower to hide an artifact, or in this case Val. Val volunteered to be the last human alive and hid in the flower once it bloomed. The magic of the Diarkis flower went back into hibernation and was able to keep her alive for ten centuries. I guess you can say it's almost like a stasis pod. She never aged or anything. To explain her size, some humans were considered mages and cast a shrinking spell on her so she could fit inside the flower. And since she was isolated inside the Diarkis flower for so long, she slowly started to forget everything about herself. Once the flower bloomed again, Val woke up unaware of where she was. Little did she know that she was near Pop Village, which was after the trolls escaped Bergen Town. Branch was nearby at the time and found Val wandering the forest.