Matilda stays on the cart and listens to the elves' sad story. She doesn't really say anything - she seems content to let Rannos and Tarrin handle the discussion.

She still has her loaded crossbow close at hand (out of view of the strangers, of course....;) ).
Matilda is a young gnome. She has curly blond hair, blue eyes, and is almost always smiling. She is quite intelligent, but is prone to occasional sillyness.