Character Sheet for Tahiru
Nickname(s)
The Steward, Oathbreaker, Kinslayer, Accursèd One
Character Description
Tahiru is a winged, non-anthro western dragon, about 2m high at the shoulder. He is intelligent and capable of speech. He can fly (though doing so requires magic in addition to physical strength).
His mother was a gold dragon and his father, a black dragon.
Tahiru's hide is a mottled black and gold. Dragons in his culture view a hide that's not a "pure" color as a deformity. Non-dragons tend to find it aesthetically pleasing (though confusing in a world where dragon personalities are color-coded for your convenience). Tahiru is very self-conscious and ashamed of his coloration, but refuses to cover it up with illusions or cosmetics.
Personality
Tahiru comes from an AD&D-inspired world where Good and Evil are concrete, objective forces. His parents embody those forces. Thus, his own personality is conflicted. In his rational mind, he wishes to be a good person, but he often struggles against his baser nature and instincts.
He believes that dragons are part divine, and naturally superior to all other mortal creatures -- but that this means they have a responsibility to help, protect and uplift other thinking beings who do not share dragons' natural gifts.
He carries tremendous burdens of grief and guilt (about things for which, objectively, he is not really to blame).
Likes/Dislikes
He loves other dragons, to a fault, and will put the greater good of dragons above all else. He enjoys flying, hunting, reading and listening to music.
He has seen -- and done -- too much killing, and is working to re-make himself as a healer.
He deplores pointless cruelty, and those who act merely for the sake of the pain it will cause. He does not like to lie or keep secrets, and dislikes those who do so without need.
He also really hates werewolves. There was An Incident.
Background/History
Tahiru is a character from a tabletop role-playing game that started some time in 1990 and continued in one form or another until May 2010.
He's got plot-convenient amnesia and remembers nothing of his early life. He was shapechanged, raised as human, and only discovered his true nature years later. His age is an estimate based on physical attributes in the present.
He killed another dragon in a fight. (Self-defense; Tahiru was trying to use minimal force, and slew his attacker through sheer bad luck.) His grief and guilt nearly destroyed him, and he will always struggle with it.
He was also forced to sacrifice a dear friend in order to stop Tiamat claiming his world. She was later resurrected (through divine fiat) and forgave him. Tahiru views his actions as a terrible betrayal, and has trouble understanding why his friend doesn't hate him.
Tahiru was captured and horribly tortured by Tiamat, but she was eventually forced to make him whole and sane, and to release him. (This was apparently the result of the fine print in some divine contract between Tiamat and Bahamut.) Tahiru carries some terrible memories of the Abyss, though he never speaks of them.
Relatives/Family
Tahiru's adoptive human parents perished in a natural disaster years ago. They were kind, and he misses them.
His mother (and old, wise and pure gold dragon) chose to pass from the mortal world. Tahiru loved her fiercely, mourns her terribly, and (somewhat unfairly) blames himself for her passing.
Tahiru has never met his father, and would probably fight him to the death if they did meet.
Tahiru's grandfather is black dragon: old, powerful and full of malice. They respect one another but do not see eye to eye. They mostly stay out of each other's way.
World/Setting
Tahiru comes from a tabletop roleplaying game using (heavily modified) AD&D 2nd ed. rules and an original setting. Many of the dragon-related details are derived from Cory Glaberson's Dragons (Role Aids #721).
Body
Tahiru is a "classic" western dragon with four legs and two wings. His hide is covered with overlapping armored scales that vary in size from huge plates on his chest to tiny dots on his hands and face.
He has no fur, hair or feathers. His wings are bat-like, with a leathery membrane stretched between bones.
All four paws have five digits that end in sharp, curved claws. His forepaws have opposable thumbs and are capable of surprising dexterity. His hind claws can grasp large objects (or snatch prey) but are not adept at fine manipulation. The "thumb" of the wings is also clawed.
Clothing
Tahiru wears no clothing. (Dragons of his world typically don't. There are exceptions, but those mostly involve either ceremonial garb or the whim of an eccentric.)
Accessories
Tahiru wears a silver amulet of Bahamut (the dragon god he worships) around his neck on a fine chain.
