Many years ago, a Silvan Elf patrol wiped out a band of orcs, freeing a human captive. The woman had lost her memory, but was caringly nursed back to at least physical health by the elves.

Ara herself was involved in caring for the human female and grew a strong bond of friendship, teaching her to hunt and survive in the wild, alas.. the human eventually had to leave the domain of the wood-elves. The woman's fate never slipped from Ara's mind, and against the orders of king Thranduil and the wishes of her own family, she has departed Mirkwood to finally find out what has become of her former friend.

With enough years passed to have aged the human, who would now be in her late 30s, Ara knows this search comes late and will possibly prove fruitless, but still she wishes to at least be able to say she has tried, before the growing shadow may engulf all of Middle Earth in darkness.

Due to her search leading her to Bree, Ara has encountered the Ranger called Strider. He has enlisted her to aid the Rangers further, and she is trying to combine these new duties with the search for her friend.
The plight of the Rangers touches her deeply, and she feels greatly honoured to have been asked for help. To have found these new friends, fills her heart with considerable joy, and Ara is doing everything she can to not disappoint. Being ever the romantic, so far she has not fully grasped the true tragedy of war yet, this all more an adventure for her, having lived a rather sheltered existence, despite the wood-elves own struggle in Mirkwood.