QFXEA Friendship

**Quinn Perrine, Ferran Espinoza, Xiomara Espinoza, Elise London,** and **Alia London (QFXEA)** are a group of friends in the Stonekeepers Series universe.

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## Overview

**Quinn****, Ferran, Xiomara, Elise,** and **Alia** are five of the children of Joy and Shannon Caste-Donaldson, as well as Mario Espinoza. All five are in the same grade level at school, and as of 12/31/2041 they are in their first year of college. Their interests differ, but because their mothers are very close, they have known each other their entire lives and have formed a tight clique. Though they attend different universities, they keep in touch.

## Members

### Quinn Perrine

Quinn is the oldest member of the quintet. Laidback and the only non-twin of his friends, Quinn is perfectly capable of busying himself. He's down to try anything at least once, making him the guinea pig of the friend group. Quinn is an excellent swimmer and attends Aitar Provincial University--Niolo on athletic scholarship. Outside of the pool, he has an interest in the theatre arts. Before graduating from Exeter Academy, he always scored one of the main roles in school productions, allowing him to explore his acting and vocal hobbies. He is closest to Alia and Ferran.

### Ferran Espinoza

Ferran is the twin brother of Xiomara. He and his sister befriended the others in their first year of high school, as the Espinoza-Burton household spent the previous years in the United States and Mexico. Like Xiomara, Ferran is an accomplished pianist, regularly winning competitions and accompanying prestigious orchestras around central Kevana, but his main love is horseback riding. Because of that, he decides to attend Pennsylvania State University in the U.S. As an Earthen, Ferran also likes to garden. He is more easy-going than his sister and often has to remind her to loosen up. He is closest to Quinn and Xiomara.

### Xiomara Espinoza

Xiomara ("Mara") is the most reserved of the quintet and the twin sister of Ferran. She and her brother befriended the others in their first year of high school, as the Espinoza-Burton household spent the previous years in the United States and Mexico. Like Ferran, Xiomara is an accomplished pianist, regularly winning competitions and accompanying prestigious orchestras around central Kevana, but she takes the instrument much more seriously than her brother. Though she is also a good archer, she accepts an offer at Juilliard to pursue her love of music. Because she is so career-driven, Xiomara can come across as uptight, becoming visibly upset when the plans she creates in her journals fall by the wayside. She is closest to Ferran and Elise.

### Elise London

Elise is the fourth member of the quintet and the identical twin sister of Alia. High-strung and ready to tumble, Elise often feels like the exact opposite of both her twin and graceful mother. Throughout high school she's proven to be very good with her hands, spending her time playing video games, captaining her rugby team, and even working her way up to second chair cello behind her cousin Morgan and moving into first when he graduates the year before her. When she enrolls at the Disena Institute of Technology to study computer science and game design, she continues to play rugby and cello. She is closest to Alia and Xiomara.

### Alia London

Alia is the youngest and the identical twin sister of Elise. Much to her chagrin, she shares almost no interests with her rough-and-tumble twin. Instead, Alia is interested in things like fashion design and digital art. Thankfully, her cousin Quinn is much more artistic. Together, they essentially run the theatre company at Exeter Academy, a notable feat considering Alia is a trained operatic singer who initially struggled to adapt to musical theatre techniques. She is prim and hates messes, taking after her mother personality-wise the most out of the eight London siblings. She differs in one aspect, though: she elects to attend Veritas College, the rival school of Aspen College, her mother's alma mater. Alia is closest to Elise and Quinn.