Safra Harisa

## Vital Statistics

### Title

"Sergeant" in the Imperial Army (former; inaccurate)"Captain" of Rally (informal)
Protect of the Forest / "Lizard" / "A Very Small God"

## Character Statistics

### Relatives

Mr. Spinx (Lizard)Haris Alzirun (Father)
Ahdo Harisun (Brother)
Dahzi Harisun (Brother)
"Granny" Rossa (Grandmother)

**Safra Harisa** is a player character in the Rally campaign played by Emily Greymoore. She is a variant-human Ranger. She presents as a strait-laced (and even repressed) Imperial ranger, but secretly indulges in naps, fancy crepes, and (through Mr. Spinx) fancy dresses.

She is of Taniyn descent and was born in the Northern Deserts. She grew up as the only daughter of her tribe's matriarch.

## History

### Forced Nomadism

Harisa's life took shape long before her birth, with the Empire's attempted genocide of the Taniyn people. Driven from their ancestral homes in the Eastern Wealds, the Taniyn took up a nomadic life in the Northern Deserts. Despite their patronymic naming scheme, the Taniyn are fiercely matriarchal, and Harisa was born into the leading family of her small, splinter tribe.

### Early Life

From birth, Harisa was expected to grow into leadership of her tribe and her parents raised her with little patience or tolerance for failure. As a result, Harisa was most close to her grandmother, "Granny" Rossa.

*Proceed at your own risk if you have not yet listened to Episode 7 and beyond.*

When Harisa was very young, a strange traveler appeared on the edge of her village. He asked Harisa for the location of her village's well so that he might find water, and Harisa told him where to find it. Later, we see Harisa's parents arguing about the severity of this situation and invoking something called "sentinels." It is later revealed that this man was probably Commander Nasir Antoni, leader of the Agra wardens, who had been charged with hunting and eradicating Taniyn tribes. Shortly after this incident, Harisa and her family were driven from their home by a military attack. It is unclear as to the fate of her tribe, at large, but it is strongly implied that Granny Rossa did not survive the attack.

### Leaving Home

When she was 14, Harisa ran away from home. It is implied that she drifted through the Empire for a decade or more before eventually taking a low-paying, low-tier guard position with the Imperial Army in a backwoods logging town called Rally.

## Character Statistics

### Born

Western Wealds (War is Disorganized Boar)Harisa's Trance (The Lizard King)

## Mr. Spinx

Over the course of the game, it is revealed that the Taniyn were, historically, protectors of the forests they inhabited. They possess an innate connection to the tree spirits of Ostilla and each Taniyn individual who cultivates a connection to the trees can manifest their "lizard." This "lizard" is a spectral creature (frequently referred to as a "god"), and bears a different appearance for each Taniyn.

Harisa's lizard is Mr. Spinx, a frilled lizard that shares a name, general appearance, and penchant for fancy dresses with her childhood doll. Mr. Spinx is also played by Emily, and acts as both unfiltered emotional outlet for Harisa and chaotic comedic relief for the show. He is considered by the cast to be the best-performed character on the show, and they frequently remark on how they "forget that Emily plays him," and that he's not simply a sixth member of the cast.