Warchief Korrara

Appearance
Korrara is a middle aged female orc and the elected Warchief of the Nightswoops. She has ashen grey skin with large yellow eyes and sharply pointed ears. Her tusks are small, and only noticeable when she smiles. Her dark hair is mostly hacked short as she cuts it herself with her hunting knife. She has a stout, muscled build but moves with surprising grace. She is never seen without her spirit-bonded Dire Bat, which she rides into battle. The Bat is grey around the muzzle, with a distinctive slice out of one ear.

Personality
Like many Nightswoops, Korrara is often quiet in mixed company, speaking only when necessary in gruff guttural tones. Unlike some of the Nightswoops she is a confident speaker of the Roth language, having been tutored in the city as a child. Because of this, if someone makes the mistake of thinking that she's stupid or illiterate, she will quickly and quietly prove them wrong.

Slow to anger, Korrara is a calculating leader who weighs every decision against the lives of the people of her tribe. To outsiders this can come across as being aloof or unfeeling as she is rarely swayed by emotional arguments.

Among her own people however, Korrara is much more open. A champion brewer before being elected as Warchief, Korarra is often found in her personal bar in rafters of Calkario Quarry, serving her homemade liquor and getting merry with her patrons. She's even been known to enjoy joining in with a good singing session, though no non-Orcs have ever witnessed such a thing.

History
Korrara grew up under the previous Warchief, who had many ideas about fostering closer communication between the Nightswoops and the people of Amaroth. As such, she was selected as a child for tutoring in the city, learning from both human and Birdfolk masters. At the same time she did well in her Orcish martial training, proving particularly adept with the longbow.

As a teenager she fought as part of the Amaroth holy army as a scout and translator, often acting as an intermediary between Orcs and humans. This led to her quickly rising up the ranks until she became chieftain of her own band of bat riders.

Calling themselves 'The Wingclaws', Korrara's band specialised in covert night work, protecting secret missions and working closely with The Smiling Prince on missions that were too sensitive or dangerous for the general army troops. It was on one of these missions that her bat companion was wounded, fighting a village of fire worshippers who had tried to conquer one of Amaroth's vassal towns. It is said that this is the only time Korrara has been seen truly angry, and there are whispers about the revenge she took on the fire worshippers. The only thing for sure is that after that night they were never seen again anywhere near the walled city.

Korrara's election to Warchief was a popular choice and she is widely supported by the rest of her people. It is under her leadership that relations with the Dwarves have flourished, which has brought in extra coin and new allies for the Nightswoops. Her detractors say either that she is too close to the humans, and therefore unable to properly protect Orcish interests, or that she is too potentially unstable in the face of personal loss, and therefore could be potentially manipulated.