Ubnara's tribe for the most part occupied a wooden fortification not far from a trade route between Bharhairk and Belgrath. This Orc settlement took advantage of the proximity to frequent trade caravans to sell or barter not only fresh meat, furs and other by products of game, but other commodities, such as the herbal products produced by Ubnara's mother. It was in this trade-minded environment that Ubnara was raised to both hunt and learn her mother's herbal craft.

While traditional orc values and skills were indelibly carved into the young orc woman, including warfare, survival, endurance and independence, Ubnara's keen curiosity about the world of the traders that passed through stirred her desire to learn more.

This desire to learn language and the ways of other places and races only exacerbated more inherent traits that earned Ubnara harassment from peers. Her maternal grandmother was human, whose blood left telltale features in the she-orc. violet tint to her hair, lighter skin and more delicate facial features made Ubnara different enough to earn harrassment. Far from knuckling under the haranguing of others, Ubnara only became more determined to be herself, to prove herself.

Barely an adult, Ubnara began to travel with the passing caravans. First as an escort (even a female orc is a formidable deterant to bandits), which gave her the ability to start learning the Common language, as well as others. She watched traders, learned how to haggle, learned the nuances of different races. She began to trade her own goods, furs and herbal concoctions, or even escort services, learning the game and plants of a local area so she could work in a variety of regions.

Fate brought her into the company of a group of rouges leaving Amol-Kalit to sail to Alliria. A storm blew the far off course, and they shipwrecked near Cerak At'Thul. They work to survive, and thrive, in the dark city.