Character Creation Part II (Commoner)

The result of the vote was: 3 votes for Commoner, also 3 votes for Noble, and 2 votes for Titleless. So I decided on a rather unusual way to solve the tie - I am posting threads for both Noble and Commoner, and will decide which one to continue based on people's votes and comments. Here's the Commoner version:

The city of Grevon, south-east Alteria

The city of Grevon is one of the few large alterian cities that have not yet been attacked by the demonic hordes - though it is only a matter of time. Many thousands of people live there, and among them are Diana and her mother Ophelia. Diana's father died of an illness when she was just two months old, so she never knew him.

Diana is a Summoner - a type of spellcaster whose primary ability is to summon various creatures to do their bidding. Though due to her youth and inexperience her actual abilities are rather limited. [Summoning Skill +1, Command Skill +1]

Despite her Commoner status Ophelia's skills earned her a rank that put her above regular soldiers during the Graam War.

Vote 1: What was Ophelia's rank during the war [and what does Diana get from it]?
A1. A Commander [+2 Melee Attack, +1 Melee Defense, and +2 Tactics]
A2. A Ranger [+2 Ranged Attack, +1 Ranged Defense, and +2 Scouting]
A3. A War Sorceress [+2 Magic Attack, +1 Magic Defense, and +100 Max Mana]
A4. A Summoner [+2 Summoning Skill, +1 Command Skill, and 1 extra summon] (if this option is chosen the extra summon will be voted on in the next chapter)

Naturally, Diana was trained by her mother and learned many valuable lessons. In addition, whenever she had enough free time, she trained on her own and read any books she could get her hands on, further improving her skills.

Vote 2: Which skills did she train?
Pick 2 different skills - she gets +1 level to each skill.

Important: Her skills affect not only her, but also her summons. For example, if she has Basic Resource Gathering skill at level 10 all of her Worker Golems will also get +10 to their Basic Resource Gathering skill, making them more effective at gathering resources.

List of skills:
* Melee Attack - increases melee damage inflicted
* Melee Defense - decreases melee damage taken
* Ranged Attack - increases ranged damage inflicted
* Ranged Defense - decreases ranged damage taken
* Magic Attack - increases magic damage inflicted
* Magic Defense - decreases magic damage taken
* Tactics - the skill to effectively command groups of underlings (be they sumons or people) in battle
* Scouting - a skill needed for scouting areas and discovering anything of interest
* Summoning Skill - higher levels are required to create or summon stronger creatures
* Command Skill - grants 10 command points per skill level. The stronger a summon is the more command points are needed to keep it under control. Not enough points and the creature might flee (or worse - turn on its summoner)
* Seduction - with this skill Diana will be able to seduce people. Once she gets suitable summons they too will be able to make use of this skill
* Stealth - allows Diana and her summons to move silently, thus making them harder to detect
* Hide - the skill for any summoner who needs summons that can reliably hide and ambush people
* Basic Resource Gathering - exactly what it says. Improves the effectiveness of resource gathering. Also limits the max level of any specific resource gathering skill (for example, if Diana has Basic Resource Gathering at level 2, then Woodcutting is also limited to at most level 2)
* Suggest another skill (any skill suggested is subject to my approval).

Ophelia was convinced that the demons would soon reach Grevon, and that the defenders would not be able to hold them off for long. She decided to leave the city together with Diana - but simply leaving town would only delay the inevitable. Therefor she chose something a bit more drastic - to leave the world of Karladia and flee to another world. However, doing so would require opening a portal to the other world - something beyond Ophelia's skills. Fortunately, a few people still owed her favors from the time of the Graam War. With their help Ophelia managed to hire a sorceress with the needed skills and soon had a portal ready and waiting to take them to a new world, not far from a small village there. Then things went wrong...

The sorceress had arrived two days earlier than expected – apparently there were quite a few people in Grevon in need of her services and thus she had rushed to the city. As a result the portal was ready before Ophelia and her daughter were ready to leave. Despite rushing as much as they could the two women could not finish packing on the same day and had to delay leaving Karladia until the next day...

The following morning Diana and her mother were having breakfast - the last breakfast they would have in Karladia for a long time, possibly even the last one they would ever have in this world. The plan was to finish packing and leave right after eating... but explosions and screaming from outside interrupted them. Looking through the window of their house's small kitchen the two women saw the last thing they wanted to - demons attacking and killing people. A small group seemed to be headed for Ophelia's house.

"Already? Dammit!" Cursed Ophelia before she turned towards her daughter. "Breakfast's over. They must be just a scouting party sent to check out the city's defenses, but even so there's no time to waste. Take whatever you need most and go through the portal."

"What about you, mom? Are you not coming?" Diana asked, worried by her mother's words.

"I will come as soon as I kill the demons that are about to attack us - I don't want to risk letting them follow us through the portal. Don't worry, I can tell they are all weak and no match for me. Now go!" Ophelia pushed Diana towards one of the doors leading out of the kitchen, then she quickly left through the other door and headed for the small house's entrance.

Vote 3: What does Diana take?
B1. She gets her Summoner's Staff from her room - boosts her Max Mana and all of her current summoning skills. +20 Max Mana, +2 Summoning Skill, +1 Command Skill
B2. She takes a few Mana Crystals from the storage - +3 Small Mana Crystals. Each Small Mana Crystal can store 100 Mana, and regenerates 1 mana per hour. Can be used in the crafting of some items
B3. She takes some Elemental Crystals from the storage - +3 random Elemental Crystals (used to more easily summon certain elemental creatures). Can be used in the crafting of some items, or can be sold for money
B4. She takes a couple of books from her mother's small library - 2 random skill books (used to learn or improve her skills; if you choose this option, please pick a number between 1 and 100 to help determine the books she gets)
B5. She takes the few gems her family owns - 5 small gems that can be sold for money, or used in the crafting of some items, or can help summon certain creatures
B6. Who cares about any of that? She goes to help her mother! - +relationship with her mother and some loot from defeated enemies (If you choose this option, please pick a number between 1 and 100 to help determine the loot she gets)

Vote 4: The portal will bring Diana close to a small village. What kind of village is it?
C1. A snow-covered village in the mountains
C2. A small village in a large forest
C3. A small farming village in the plains
C4. A small village in the hills
C5. A small fishing village on the coast of the sea
C6. Another type of small village (specify)

Results:
A2 - 3 votes
Tactics - 3 votes
Command Skill - 2 votes
B1 - 2 votes
C2 - 2 votes