Somira Tonuk

Raised underground by her father, Somira grew up just like the other boys in the tunnels. Her father was a captain in the make shift military. The other men in the military helped to raise Somira, a majority of them being Orcs or Half-Orcs as well.

When she was about ten, not far from maturity, her father was a part of the group that went to the surface to see if it was safe yet – him, along with the others, were never seen again. Somira vowed never to go, she couldn’t abandon her community like that, but she knew if she was nominated to go, she couldn’t turn it down. It was thought of as an honour in the military society to be nominated – only the best of the best got nominated, then voted on, to be sent to the surface. This was hard, as Somira was one of the better warriors in the military, and as she grew older, she began drawing more attention, as there were few female soldiers, let alone good ones, like her.

When she was twenty, she learned of her semi-inevitable nomination to go to the surface, and when she was voted to go, she wasn’t sure how to feel. She was conflicted, between the joy of such an honour, and the disappointment of what would likely be a suicide mission. When preparing her things to leave, she found a letter her father left for her, knowing she would also one day have to be sent to the surface. In the letter, he tells her not to be afraid, that this is what she was born for. He tells of how proud her mother would be of her: such a strong, independent warrior.