[color=00aeef]Sarah[/color]

The young woman sat up with a start. Her face paled slightly but she recovered when she realized the voice that startled her was kindly. An orc, she figured. Her interactions with orcs were extremely limited. She lived on the Ballion border and not many non-humans would risk an encounter with the Ballion Military. She had nothing against them, just no idea how she should address th orc other than as her elder.

Her voice picked up with a slight soprano, but had a firm edge to it. "My name is Sarah, the Smith's Daughter of Levital," she said, gently bowing her head. She the n addressed his question. "Indeed, I seek to travel back home to the east," she gave a sheepish smile to the orc and was about to ask about his travel situation when another stranger approached.

This new stranger appeared as if a noble, catching the village girl off guard. She sat up straighter and her eyes widened. "Indeed madame, I do wish to travel east, however I am not sure for my travel plans as I was hoping to find a company or caravan traveling my direction..." she hesitated to glance at the orc. Who were these people? And just as she was about to politely turn them down when a third soul arrived.

Well if they were all interested... She took a deep breath and started speaking.

"I plan on leaving on the first of Winter. The night of the festival. I chose to travel during the winter to help reduce running into looters and bandits and hopefully avoid troubled roads," she sighed, it wasn't the real reason for her to travel at such a hard time. "I was looking for a group to travel with but haven't had any luck so far," she paused and looked around the small gathering she had. She felt very uneasy, as if something special was expected of her.