1) At this moment there is nothing she really loves. Her most important object is her father's sword and she cares about people, but there is no one she loves right now.
2) She does. In particularly dwarven drinking songs, or any sort of rousing battle song.
3) I want to say some sort of predator, like a wolf or a large deadly cat. Something that strikes fast and hard with a killing blow.
4) Opening up about herself makes her uncomfortable. She's so used to not talking about it that even when she decides to it's hard.
5) Countryside over city no doubt. She thinks cities smell and is used to a small village lifestyle.