Seressa Surnath is the only child of Lady Vaelora Surnath, raised within a respected tiefling house beyond the island of Aranthaes. Young, striking, and carefully trained, she carries the outward polish of high birth, but beneath her composure is a restless curiosity and a desire to choose more of her own future than tradition may allow.
Unlike her mother, Seressa has not yet mastered stillness. She tries to carry herself with Vaelora’s severity, but feeling often shows through: interest, frustration, admiration, irritation, and courage all appear in her face before she can fully hide them. This makes her seem warmer than her mother, though no less proud.
Seressa has been trained in court etiquette, languages, blade work, and the obligations of noble conduct. She is not a seasoned warrior, but she is far from ornamental. The chain beneath her white cloak is real, and so is her skill with a rapier. She has been taught that beauty may open doors, but steel keeps them from closing behind you.
Seressa Surnath
Medium Humanoid (Tiefling, Fighter: Level 4), Neutral Good
Hit Points: 38
Speed: 30ft.
12 (+1)
16 (+3)
14 (+2)
13 (+1)
12 (+1)
16 (+3)
Skills: Acrobatics: +5, Athletics: +3, Insight: +3, Persuasion: +5, Perception: +3
Damage Resistances: Fire
Condition Immunities:
Senses: Darkvision 60ft.
Languages: Common, Infernal, Elvish
Challenge: 2 Prof Bonus: +2
Special Abilities
Infernal Legacy: Seressa can cast Thaumaturgy at will. She can also cast Hellish Rebuke once per day. Charisma is her spellcasting ability for these spells.
Second Wind: Once per short rest, Seressa can regain 1d10 + 4 hit points as a bonus action.
Action Surge: Once per short rest, Seressa can take one additional action on her turn.
Dueling Style: When Seressa is wielding a melee weapon in one hand and no other weapons, she gains a +2 bonus to damage rolls with that weapon.
Noble Composure: Seressa has advantage on saving throws against being frightened while she can see an ally within 30 feet.
Multiattack: Seressa makes one attack per round with her rapier or dagger.
Equipment
Rapier, dagger, fine chain shirt beneath her white cloak, silver pendant, travelling gloves, Surnath signet token, small purse of foreign coin
Her fascination with Aranthaes began through stories of the city’s tiefling founders, its immense mercantile houses, and above all the Church of the Mother. To Seressa, the Aranthaen religion feels unlike the faiths of her homeland: grand, practical, civic, ambitious, and deeply woven into trade, power, duty, and public life. She is drawn to its confidence and its sense that devotion should shape cities, not merely private souls.
This interest has become more than passing curiosity. Seressa has begun to wonder whether her future might lie in Aranthaes itself – perhaps as a student, a courtly attaché, a Church-aligned retainer, or simply as a young noblewoman seeking a wider world than the one her family has prepared for her.
Vaelora is aware of this interest and watches it carefully. She does not forbid it, but neither does she encourage it blindly. Aranthaes is a city of opportunity, but also of old families, sharp contracts, and political currents that can drown the naïve. Seressa, for her part, is determined not to be sheltered forever.
She is proud, brave, and more idealistic than she would like to admit. She wants to be useful. She wants to be taken seriously. And though she respects her mother deeply, she is beginning to understand that inheriting strength is not the same as discovering who she is.