#tahn

Summer reading: The Tahn Trilogy by L.A. Kelly

Volume II: Issues of Heart

a redemption mix - tahn fandom - arranged by ducksbellorum

Tahn is my sweet boy, absolute cinnamon roll. He's technically got 2 versions, because I started playing him in one campaign that I had to drop out of and then revamped him for a very different setting. I like the original Tahn best, though, or rather, new!Tahn isn't at all the same played concept even if he has a similar backstory.

I have his whole pre-campaign backstory attached if anyone wants to read it, but the short form is that he grew up in a "hospital", believing that he was sick, but in reality he was being experimented on, made into a living weapon. He's from a low magic/high tech world but he has innate magic and that's why he was chosen.

He has a boyfriend, Ket, one of the doctors in the facility. Initially Ket was just in it for the science, he absolutely was using Tahn's affection to keep him in line. But over time Ket came to have actual feelings for Tahn, because Tahn is definitely a charisma type, it's hard not to like him. Ket is eventually the one to tell Tahn what's going on, although that doesn't really go well.

I don't have usuable art for Tahn, but eventually I'd like to. He's probably my most "extra" looking character, pearly skin, black sclera with turquoise eyes, tiny little fangs. He's a big guy, if he doesn't talk he might even be able to look scary.

His upbringing means he's pretty submissive, he can get stubborn but he tends to instinctually look to authority and would prefer to cooperate than fight if possible. He's the equivalent of about 20 in human years, but he's also a little immature because of lack of actual life experience, as well as a little mentally damaged from the experimentation so he comes across closer to a teenager. Which definately has some Implications when it comes to his relationship with Ket; this is something he's coming to terms with, now that he's out of the institute.

Inspiration-wise, Tahn is a sort of River Tam/Shilo Wallace mix. His character-growth goal is to find his spine and determine who he really is as a person and what he can accomplish away from outside influences.

Edit: I almost forgot, almost all my characters have Their Song (okay, they all have actual playlists, but there's usually one in particular that's the one), Tahn's is Counting Bodies Like Sheep To The Rhythm Of The War Drums by A Perfect Circle

HW Sightseeing Log #16 - The Aery

"From high atop the Churning Mists, I looked out upon the realm in all her glory. There I saw a sight that will be sung of for as long as songs are sung."