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Childhood

Taurn's childhood was primarily spent being trained and educated in the ways of war and tactics by his father's word. While his mother and sister were often very kind and affectionate towards him no matter what, he failed to gain the warmth of his father unless he excelled. And when he failed, he met his wrath.

Taurn dedicated his life to becoming strong enough to do what he believed an emperor ought to do: protect and serve the people and defend them from anyone who dared to threaten them. The only problem is that he also felt he needed to do all of this himself.

Culture and Homeland

Taurn's country of Bovent is one in the rugged, warm mountains. It's entire culture is built around being strong, skilled, or knowledgeable enough to support the empire and fight in their honor. In a perfect world, anyone would be given the tools they needed to be able to achieve these goals, but...that's not the case. The strong hold most of the power, and they use that power to push down the weak. Fun times.

In addition to trying to conquer its neighbors in the past, it's also been seen using slaves or underpaid workers in order to mine a powerful metal they've dubbed "blacksteel" which makes up a majority of their weapons. This process is incredibly dangerous and cruel, and yet the nobles done often care. After all, it allows them to be stronger.

Past Developments

His original story was about him going to an East Asian inspired country, meeting the locals, and stopping his dad from colonizing it. His arc was centered around controlling his anger to not hurt his loved ones. Also, his dad... wasn't even an emperor OR abusive. He was just... a dick ig.

Actually, in some iterations, his father was cowardly? For some reason??

"Taurn" used to be the name of the country he was from. His original name? Taur. Yep...just the same name without the N.

He used to have a peace loving younger sister who dies in the story to help him learn to control his rage.

Other Details

Since it's pride month, ig I should say that Taurn is bi! I dont actually currently ship him with any male main characters, other than Leon, but uhh... yeah!

Taurn is based on Hector (Fire Emblem 7), Diamant and Alfred(Fire Emblem 17), Isabeau (In Stars and Time),Akihiko, and Kazushi (Persona 3), as well as a few other characters, maybe.

He's a bit too easy to fluster when it comes to receiving affection. He gets really red in the face. It's because he's not really used to it.

He’s really warm. Both his hands and body are warm to the touch.

His pockets are usually filled with snacks for his friends.

Paladin/House Emblem is the head of the bull with the sun in the middle of their horns.

In the Persona AU version of him, he would be named Taiyou. His persona would be Samson,Heracles, and/or Atlas.

In DND/Pathfinder, he would be a Paladin/Champion.

Statistics

Taurn is a strong physical unit focusing on dealing high amounts of burst damage to the enemies around him, and increasing the damage output of his allies

His skills revolve around doing high damage, getting critical hits, sustaining himself on the front lines, and buffing the strength and critical hit rate of his allies. He is an excellent frontline unit who can serve as a sort of off-tank if necessary.

His major weaknesses are his low magical resistance, his mediocre speed, and the weakness to arrows and wind magic he gains when he promotes, as he becomes a flying unit.

Descendant Powers

As a descendant of the great Warmaster, Hjördis, Taurn's physical strength and skill with swords is boosted. At any time they feel is right, a descendant will be able to boost the power of their strikes by invoking the power of their ancestors.

The power and amount of times one can use this power is determined by a brand; a sort of birthmark that appears on the body of those who have the blood of a champion in their veins.

The brand also allows them to wield a special weapon.

Weapons and Fighting Style

Taurn primarily uses swords and axes in battle, and his fighting style ranges from refined and powerful to brutal and aggressive. He could best be described as...a rushdown character in a fighting game... but in an SRPG.

His signature weapon is Moralltach,Sacred Brand of The Warmaster. It's a powerful, blessed longsword that was used to fend off demons and evil, cleaving through them with a divine flame.

Taurn's other big hobby is cooking. He's like to cook ever since he was around 10-11. His father, Atlas, disapproved because he's kind of high-key sexist and believes that things like cooking and cleaning are for women, blah blah blah. Taurn doesn't care. This is the one thing that he will not budge on. He likes to cook and doesn't care if his father is mad at him for it.

Good food does more than taste good. It can connect people, bring them joy, and help heal the souls of the wounded and scarred. It's one of the many ways that he can forge bonds and make friends with everyone he meets and unwind when things get stressful.

Also some foods are very healthy and good for improving your strength. That's neat.

Once he promotes/ gets a wyvern, Basalt, he also gains an interest in animals. He cares for his wyvern a lot, and does his best to make sure he stays healthy by learning everything he possibly can about taking care of mounts.

The People

The Gilded Guardians are a group of people from all over the world dedicated to bringing peace and prosperity to all the continents of the realm, bringing together to people from all countries, classes,backgrounds and races.

Taurn is a prince from a foreign country known for its strength and its feats of conquest. Many people see him and all people from his country of Bovent as powerful, honorable warriors. Though many others see them as power-hungry fiends who take the lives of many people around them.

Taurn sort of fits both of these descriptions. He is a powerful man who uses his strength to protect the weak. But his obsession with getting stronger is often seen as a fault, rightfully so. And he holds his father in high regard. Despite the everything about him.

Taurn's passion for protecting and helping his friends is a prominent part of his character, and he often is willing to push past his limits and sacrifice his health to do so. He is a reliable ally to his friends. Just like he wants to be.

His Family

Taurn has three family members. His Father Emperor Atlas, his mother, Empress Theresa, and his younger Princess Scarlett.

He deeply admires his mother and sister. His sister may not be as strong or battle-hungry as him, but she is just as dedicated to defending her country as much as he is, and is more skilled when it comes to tactics and politics.

His mother has always been there to care for the two of them and has held many people's lives together with her kindness and intelligence. Taurn does wish that she would dote and care for him less. Like any of his relationships, he tries his hardest to be the leader and the one who cares for others.

The one he had a more complicated relationship with is his father. He deeply admires and respects him but also fears him. In the beginning, he is liable to go against his own morals if his father demands it, holding him up as a gold standard for moral judgment because of his might (and the trauma that Taurn experienced)

But as the game goes on, and he's surrounded by those who help him dismantle these views, he learns to defy his father's expectations and be his own man.

Best Day

Taurn has a lot of these. But it he had to pick, it's probably be the day he met his best friend and confidant, Prince Leon Alrone. During his time at an officers academy, he trained and studied the ways of war. The academy would often hold mock battles to test the might of the students. And in every mock battle, Taurn and Leon were put against each other.

They fought like crazy and formed a bit of a rivalry. In all honesty, they probably hated each other at first.

But then they were put on the same team for once. After putting aside their differences, they fought together. And they kicked serious ass.

After that, they became the best of friends (and briefly lovers before deciding to break up), and they were always at each other's side, training together. He was the first person who he felt like he could trust to have his back if, for whatever reason, he couldn't measure up.

Worst Day

One day, when he was 16, Taurn was entered into a tournament. His father, Emperor Atlas, saw this as his chance to prove how strong his heir was, and Taurn saw this as his chance to be praised by his family and his people.

In the beginning, he was doing well despite being young compared to the competitors. But as the battles grew harder, and the pressure built, his heart seemed to be as pained as his body and soul were starting to be.

Near the end, he suddenly stopped, feeling a searing pain in his heart, and his breathing got heavy. He collapsed and was unable to continue the tournament.

He failed.

Emporer Atlas, was furious. Atlas had spent years training him and his sister for greatness, and had taken a special interest in Taurn do to hia major connection to his ancestors. And ij his first outing, his first chance to show off the might of the royal family he lost in such a pathetic manner. He could not have that.

Taurn remembered little of what Atlas actually said. But he remembered him shouting at him when they got home. He remembered his father shaking him. He remembered tears, he remembered being struck to the ground. He remembers feeling like a disgrace and promising to the world that he would never let that happen again.

It turned out that Taurn had developed a heart condition. When he was under too much physical stress, his heart and body would start to ache, and he would have a reaction similar to what happened at the tournament. It took him time, but he eventually was able to continue his training, with the added caveat that he now couldn't train as hard or for as long as he did before. Doctor's orders.

The whole thing made him hate feeling vulnerable. He hated being treated like a burden by his father, or being doted on by his mother and sister. He hated how they worried for him. That was his job.

He swore never to let an incident like that happen ever again. Never again would he ever be weak. He'd be strong. He had to be. Or else.

So... yeah, that's how he got his complex of needing to be the pillar or rock in most relationships. Also, that's why he's so reckless and headstrong.