<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/ba/Female_Swashbuckler.png)</div>Rand (http://www.myth-weavers.com/sheetview.php?sheetid=1125325)<br/><br/>Not unlike the ebony skinned warrior, the petite redhead was buzzing with excitement at the pure diversity assembled around this spectacle.  Unlike many of the foreigners, she fell silent immediately when the elderly priestess called for silence.  Where milk chocolate eyes had once wandered the crowd, dancing, now they looked at her, standing straight and respectful, with one hand at her side and her hat held over her heart with the other.<br/><br/>She payed close attention, both out of respect for the priestess of a benevolent goddess and also in hopes of assuaging some confusion  She'd only been here a few months.  Rand was barely off of the ship when she'd realized her Ossirian was woefully inadequate.  While searching for a group of companions with whom to explore this land—perhaps serve as guides—the redhead found this group engaged in an act of bravery and charity.  She attached herself too them, trying not to be a nuisance 'til she had enough grasp of the language—and culture—too prove her worth to them.<br/><br/>She suspected she hadn't made much of a good impression yet.  That was okay, she was a foreigner, barely come of age, and she'd yet to have an opportunity to speak her mind or draw her blade.  She was just glad they hadn't tossed her bodily out of their presence.<br/><br/>Now that she was confident in her basic fluency in the language, and with this opportunity for adventure on the horizon, she was confident that she would earn their respect.<br/><br/>This wasn't abut her, though.  The whole situation was off.  When it had first been explained to her, Rand had gotten the impression that sellswords were being recruited to put undead to rest.  The tension in the priestess of pharasma, and especially the tension in Salima's body, made it painfully clear to the emphatic young girl that there was quite a bit more going on here.<br/><br/>She reached out to offer Salima a comforting touch on the shoulder, but the dark skinned girl was already starting up to accept their assignment.