Cottie Cooperson was a refugee from Nesmé after the two-headed troll Proffit allied his forces with the orc king Obould Many-Arrows to overrun the small town. In the original battle over Nesmé, Cottie Cooperson lost her child and husband and was forced to flee the town alone with only a small group of survivors. They fled to the safety of Mithril Hall, where she met Delly Curtie.