Tea Littlespring

Tea is a young woman from the shores of a massive saltwater lake in the southeast of The Cradle, closer to a small sea than anything. Tea is a very gentle, sweet academic who throws herself wholeheartedly into everything she does. In a way, she’s perhaps a little sheltered, but she adapts easily enough to new situations that it’s not too much of a problem for her.

She’s dreamed for much of her life of going on an adventure of her own, but faced with the reality of how scary a real adventure can be, she feels lost and deeply frightened. The biggest theme of Tea’s arc is self-discovery and finding meaning and stability in a frightening world that doesn’t seem to HAVE any meaning. At heart, Tea is a deeply hopeful character. Through it all, she never lets go of her hope that things will get better.