Daisy

As the niece of the queen and a full-blooded elf, Daisy was raised by the entire elven village in her mother's absence. Her father, Elm, gave her all the attention he could, and Queen Ceresbellona cared for her like a daughter.

In a society where elves have few friends of the same age, she found sisterhood in Penny. Even when other elves voiced concern about her being left alone, even when the queen watched over her with a worried look, Daisy was always happy. She knew that everybody defined happiness differently, so she'd simply respond, "I am happy, though."

Daisy had never been outside Arcana Forest. She was curious about the rest of the world, but she didn't want to worry Elm by leaving the forest elves called home. Most elves never stray far from home, so Daisy thought she and Penny would stay together forever in the village.

When Penny announced she was leaving after her father's death, Daisy was shocked. She asked Penny why she was leaving, to which Penny replied, "You can't make money in an elven village." Daisy offered to go with her, but Penny said, "Just stay in your own little world. The outside is too dangerous for you," and left by herself.

Daisy believed Penny's promise that she'd come back once she'd reclaimed her father's bow. But five years passed, then ten, and Penny still wasn't back. According to merchants, Penny was living in a village not too far from Arcana Forest... so, Daisy decided to go out and find Penny herself.

Little by little, Daisy ventured farther from home, just enough not to alarm Elm. Eventually, she made it beyond Arcana Forest.

Delica Plain was full of pretty flowers, and the goblins living there were kind to her. They introduced Daisy to a dish called "curry," and she instantly fell in love with its taste.

She started visiting the goblin camp regularly to enjoy their cooking. Her goal of finding Penny was pushed to the back of her mind, buried beneath her new obsession with curry.

Often, she would go enjoy a bowl of curry with the goblins in the Delica Plain, and seeing the setting sun would remind her of Penny. "I'll go look tomorrow," she'd say to herself as she walked home. The next day, she'd forget about it, distracted by another bowl of curry. Still, since elves live for more than a thousand years, she had no reason to rush.

Ceris, Daisy's mother, was an adventurer who freely roamed the world. Her journeys would take her away for months, sometimes even years.

Even in Daisy's earliest memories Ceris was mostly absent, and the two only spent a handful of days together. Still, Daisy loved her mother and the life she led.

Whenever Ceris returned, she would cradle Daisy on her lap and recount her adventures. Daisy would listen wide-eyed and intensely, completely entranced. Ceris promised that one day, when Daisy came of age, they'd go on an adventure together. Of course, Elm didn't seem particularly keen on that idea.

Ceris left for another adventure when Daisy was just entering her teenage years. It was nothing unusual. But this time, ten, then twenty years passed with no sign of her return. At first, people thought she must have ventured farther than normal. But over time wild speculation started to spread.

After about three decades with no news from Ceris, other elves started expressing interest in becoming Daisy's stepmother. Elm grew more and more irritable, refusing to leave the house. Daisy stopped talking about her mother altogether. Her dream of becoming an adventurer slowly began to fade away.

However, when Daisy went to search for Penny and stepped beyond the Arcana Forest for the first time, she saw the vast plains stretching endlessly before her and felt as though an emptiness within had finally been filled. Maybe she had inherited Ceris's adventurous spirit after all. Suddenly, Daisy felt an urge to see new places. The ever-snowing village and the endless desert of sand from her mother's tales felt like they were within her reach.

Thus, Daisy decided that once she found Penny, she'd tell her that she wanted to become an adventurer, too. Until then, she'd enjoy a small detour eating curry in the Plains Goblin Camp.