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==Background==
Erin was born on the 21st of June, 1996, which was the day of the Summer Solstice that year. Due to her family surname being 'Solstice', her parents claimed that her birth was a sign, and gave her the middle name 'Summer.'{{ref|7.28}} She lived in Grand Rapids, Michigan.{{ref|6.32}}
Erin was a child prodigy at chess, reaching an ELO of 2000 as a kid. She went to many tournaments, studied and played chess late into the night.{{ref|1.27 (Archived)}} She won many local tournaments and also was invited to some big ones where she never won first place. She only came close once in Havana.{{ref|2.06}} She once played a female Grandmaster, but lost because of her excitement.{{ref|1.20 (Archived)}} She travelled to tournaments all around the world at a young age, casually learning local customs and languages (among them Spanish, French, Dutch and Japanese at the very least) there but doesn't speak any of them fluently aside from a few words. She also failed her French classes.{{ref|3.27 M}}
When Erin was younger, she dreamed of being an astronaut. Then, when she’d been slightly older she’d wanted to be a legendary chess player, someone who could beat even a computer in chess. And then she’d wanted to be a chess commentator, someone with a huge following or even a YouTube channel.{{ref|3.16}} At some point during her youth, she became fed up with chess, rebelled and and left the game for a few years. She later returned to chess, though as a casual player. Erin once calculated that she could have had a 2400 ELO if she had kept playing constantly. She later didn’t enroll in college, preferring to work as a chess tutor and tournament contender to save up money before going on to study.{{ref|1.35 (Archived)}}
Erin had a close relationship with her loving parents. She had two boyfriends,{{ref|6.56}} but the relationships never progressed to the point of her losing her virginity.{{ref|2.21}} She once had an online relationship with ''mysterio_Gamer12'', whom she met during online chess games. She had been certain he was a handsome guy until it transpired during an awkward Skype conversation, that ''mysterio'' was a Polish girl who thought ''Erin'' was a guy.{{ref|Interlude - Mating Rituals (Pt. 1)}}
