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I wanted to include another cohort that would join the Magaambya around the same time at the heroes, and fulfill a variety of potential narrative roles. Rivals, foils, villains a la Draco Malfoy, higher difficulty friendship targets, and warm bodies to fill out the campus. Here's what I came up with:
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Umonar Inageiros
LE | male | Ekujae elf | noble
Emerald Boughs
Classroom Advantage: You don’t get tired after you Cram for Emerald Boughs classes
Specialty Spell: Subtle Command (As Command but loses the Auditory trait)
Notable Skills: Deception, Diplomacy, Society, Occultism
Hobbies: Fine dining, daikada
Most Well Known For: Mistaking a senior staff member as a hired servant and asking them to carry his things
Strangest Quirk: Too proud to admit he’s wrong about anything
Common Associates: Aelwyd (cohort), Dura (bodyguard), Maqrin (cohort)
Umonar is from a wealthy and powerful, but disreputable, family of Ekujae elves. His family abandoned their ancestral clans and moved to Anthusis where they dealt with both Cheliax and the Apsis Consortium, making an enormous amount of money in the process. Somehow they’ve escaped any real consequence for years, and have settled in as a wealth-gained nobility. Umonar has been told from birth that he’s special and without peer, and that it was the Ekujae which abandoned their family, not the other way around. He’s been trained in the skills necessary to navigate the treacherous world his family is involved in, however, in a show of rare independence, he has demanded that he be allowed to attend the Magaambya. He secretly harbors a subconscious desire to reconnect with his heritage, and displays that in his love of the daikada sport which he is very proficient in. He has yet to realize just how awful his parents have raised him to be.
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Dura Homraz
CN | female | Witanji half-orc | mercenary
Emerald Boughs
Classroom Advantage: When you Cram for Emerald Boughs classes, you can Study three times rather than twice.
Specialty Spell: Unseen Message (As message, but don’t need line of sight)
Notable Skills: Athletics, Intimidation, Stealth, Survival
Hobbies: Running, swimming, composing poetry in her head
Most Well Known For: Following Umonar wherever he goes
Strangest Quirk: Doesn’t react to any provocation
Common Associates: Umonar (employer), Aelwyd (cohort)
Dura was hired at a relatively young age by the Inageiros family to be both a minion for Umonar to learn to boss around, as well as a bodyguard. She holds little loyalty to the family beyond her steady wage, but she has personally come to see the glimmers of redeemability in Umonar, and has stuck around years longer than she originally intended. She is a consummate professional, and keeps a healthy lifestyle outside of work. She was surprised to learn that Umonar asked to go to the Magaambya and she took it upon herself to apply as well. To her surprise, she was accepted and now finds herself with the luxury of being able to quit her bodyguard job and focus on school if she gets tired of taking orders. Slowly, she’s been putting pressure on Umonar to change.
Dura is perhaps the most mentally robust student on campus, and sees beauty and wisdom in all aspects of life.
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Maqrin “Qrin” Azril
NG | male | Mauxi human | adventurer
Uzunjati
Classroom Advantage: Treat your successes to Study for Uzunjati classes as critical successes instead
Specialty Spell: True Riposte (As True Strike, but only works for your next Reaction with the Attack trait, lasts two rounds)
Notable Skills: Diplomacy, Religion, Society, Thievery
Hobbies: Cooking, singing, traveling
Most Well Known For: Going out on the town alone and coming back with a wild story that is too weird to be fake
Strangest Quirk: Can’t resist a challenge, no matter the game or sport
Common Associates: Dura (cohort), Umonar (cohort), Aelwyd (cohort)
Maqrin is a bit of a mystery to those around him, but not out of any concerted effort. He was born in the far north of the Mwangi Expanse, near Osirion, to a moderately wealthy couple of landholders. Since his earliest youth he had an eye on the horizon, wondering what mysteries and stories might abound just past the nearest hill. He was born with the soul of an adventurer, and gathered a sword and some coin and left to see the world as soon as he was able. He’s been back and forth across the Inner Sea, spent time in Absalom, plied the seas near Senghor, and travelled the jungles across the continent. He no longer appears to be from any specific place, and always has some tale to tell about a new place he’s been. Some people assume he has been habitually telling tall tales, which is deeply unsettling to him, like people were burying their heads in the sand. He met a wandering Uzunjati alumnus who suggested he go to the school and hear the tales there, and maybe he could back up his tales with the reputation of the Uzunjati lending credence.
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Aelwyd Ryvanne
N | female | human | wizard
Cascade Bearers
Classroom Advantage: Treat your successes to Study for Cascade Bearers classes as critical successes instead, but this doesn’t apply when you Cram
Specialty Spell: Frostfire Flash (acts as either Burning Hands or Chilling Spray at the time of casting)
Notable Skills: Arcana, Crafting, Occultism, Performance
Hobbies: Playing the harp, harrow reading, weather watching
Most Well Known For: Being difficult to approach
Strangest Quirk: Complains about the heat but refuses to wear fewer robes
Common Associates: Umonar (cohort), Dura (cohort), Maqrin (cohort)
Aelwyd hails from the distant north, raised among traveling merchants in the Saga Lands. Her mother was an Irrisen Icemage who didn’t want her raised in that brutal land. Her father tried his best to raise her on the road, dealing in lucrative magical goods and traveling under the protection of hired mercenaries. She gained her mother’s talent for magic, but had no steady home to nurture a healthy, balanced relationship with magic and life. She became obsessed with learning and mastering more, but felt hampered by the environment in the north. She made her way south, always looking for a place to settle and learn. She met an alumnus of the Magaambya who sensed her feeling of lacking a true home, and recommended her to the school, hoping it would provide a nurturing environment for her to take root in.