Pelia was the daughter of a farmer named Balan, based near Athens. They were forced to give crops to the bandit Daptes whenever he visited, and Pelia had long since given up trying to fight him. Eventually they gained a new farmhand in Jason, whom she began to fall for, and whom inspired Pelia and her father to fight Daptes and stand up for themselves. They succeeded in defeating the bandit and he was locked up.