Elizabeth was born a commoner, the daughter of a farmer, and would have been no one of any particular note had she not, on a routine trip with her father to the capital of Caladane, Stonebrook, defied the current King himself when the King's party asked her and her father to stand aside while the King and his knights paraded down the street. Rather than execute her for impudence, the King was amused, and offered her father a generous sum if he could train her when she reached her teenage years. Elizabeth's father accepted, who then proceeded to train her in the use of simple spears and tree branches as best he could, preparing her for the life that lay ahead of her.

When she turned 13, the King came to collect Elizabeth, and her father was paid the due amount, and more. While she was glad her family would not want for anything perhaps ever again, she quickly became homesick after her training began. For many long years, she learned the ways of the palace guard, of both blade and command, to see unseen threats and put down insurrections. During this time, the old King passed, and his son and heir, Peter Caladane, became King. The only woman on the Royal Guard, Peter was drawn to Elizabeth, and the two formed a close bond, seemingly able to confide in each other with just about anything. This was much to the chagrin of Peter's wife, a woman named Alice, although there was little she could do given Peter's authority. However, the two never acted on any of the feelings that lingered, knowing the trouble it would cause for Peter in particular, and so Peter went on to have two sons of his own, Calvin and Carrin, which left Elizabeth two-parts joyous and regretful, as she herself was still unmarried and childless, even late into her twenties.

Still, their close relationship persisted, but one day the men of Oban declared war on Caladane, hiring vicious mercenaries from the Savannah, which combined proved to be too great for Caladane to handle. In one large battle near the eastern edge of the Cairou River, Caladane's forces were destroyed when a flanking force of Aberassai Cavalry gave a surprise charge to their line while the cavalry were away, causing them to rout and summarily be destroyed. Caladane's knights were then encircled by Oban's forces, who, unable to escape, fought to the death. Among them was King Peter, who perished. Elizabeth, who was commanding one section of the infantry on Peter's orders, was trampled during the rout, taking a few horse hoofs to the head, knocking her unconscious but alive. Hours later, she would awake to find that Oban's forces had already moved to Stonebrook Keep, which she knew would be impossible to save. She knew that, in time, Peter's children and the Queen would both likely perish.

After making one final stand at her home village of Gwynning, she eventually surrendered under fair terms to the Oban commander, who allowed her to keep her life under pain of exile. As such, she now wanders the continent wherever her feet will take her, mourning the loss of all that she once possessed.