Adaine and Riz SOMEHOW having reputations as being the more "sane" or "logical" people in the group is so funny to me. They have that repuation because they're the "nerd squad" (canon) so they're smart and bad at social interactions (also canon), but they truly are the most unhinged members of the bad kids (including Kristen!) and you can not change my mind.
This is Adaine "I killed our father so naturally my sister should kill our mother" Abernant. At one point she gets the nickname "bloodthirsty Adaine" (though it's mostly a joke). She's also incredibly kind and forgiving in situations where she needs to be, but she's a wizard whos primary defense is straight up punching someone and repeatedly has asked for a gun. She heard that Kipperlilly hates the bad kids (in part) because she thinks their traumatic backstories give them an unfair advantage in adventuring, and her first response was "why doesn't she just kill her parents?"
This is Riz "cut his head off so he can't come back" Gukgak. He ate the dragon who killed his dad, shot a man's fingers off for fucking with his friends, and offered to bite a mans eye out for Fabian. Riz straight up brought a gun with him to school day one of freshman year, which even FABIAN, raised by Bill Seacaster the pirate, thinks is wild.
Riz was raised by a police officer and Adaine was raised by a pompous politician, so you'd think they would be more turned off of violence, but they aren't. They are both just genuinely a little off the wall and I love them for it. When I call them unhinged, I'm not talking about the Kristen trying to fly with a ribbon or the Fig "Hilda Hilda" way, I mean literally a bit more vicious than the rest of their party. This is also part of the reason I think they're such good friends. Usually this extreme violence doesn't come from nowhere- Biz wanted to kidnap Adaine and has been responsible for the dissapearance of 7 girls, Angwyn had literally just killed Aelwyn in front of Adaine- they both understand that sometimes the thing that makes the most sense or gets the job done the fastest is extreme violence.
Of course, all of the bad kids do. But Adaine and Riz specifically REALLY should not be considered the breaks/voice of reason in the group (funny thing is, a lot of the time that's Fabian, who again was raised by a lunatic pirate. Fabian stops himself from going too far with coach Daybreak, tries to stop everyone in the Biz interrogation, etc)
