Case in point, look at Sildarin's initiative. And he's fast.
I have a scorpion samurai with a +12 initiative modifier as a replacement for my shugenja in a game. My shugenja rolls so badly, if it was the samurai, he'd be going about 15 most of the time. (I'm just tired of going last and dying. Stupid Ninja.)
I don't really think it's anything you did, Zhure, as it's primarily a problem on this end. I think that, perhaps, the picture of the area wasn't too clear... but that's all I can think of. The rest is just me.
- Lyrique's parents would most likely live in the town, below the academy proper. Serbanas is an instructor, so he lives on campus. Some do, some don't. Non-instructors tend to live in the village.
- Serbanas hadn't charged yet when the orcs routed, he started to, then saw he'd chase them alone, then decided to not continue the chase.
Quick poll: Which player wouldn't mind if his character went through a ... family... tragedy? I don't want to execute this subplot unless I think the player is interested.
Sildarin doesn't have any close family he's aware of, but if you want to execute this manouver on him, any of the teachers will work as Sildarin is a bit of sensitive when it comes to people he knows.