Father Tarlo

(later Bishop Tarlo and ultimately Patriarch Tarlo) was a member of the clergy of the Kirvan Church in Fialta Space during the 5th century A.U.
== History ==
=== Konira ===
Father Tarlo was an ex-Dalthadi resident of the Kirvan Abbey on Konira during the Kirvan Abbey Incident. He replaced Abbess Abby Wesman as head of the abbey in after she was consumed by the eldritch entity summoned by Marius Nemo.
=== Fialta Bishopric and Marivan Patriarchate ===
By , Tarlo had risen to Bishop of the Confederate bishopric. Patriarch Wenceslas of Korinth led a motion to excommunicate Tarlo in , due largely to his Dalthadi heritage, though the move was seen by many as part of an effort to make the Kirvan Church increasingly synonymous with the Shantine Empire. Protestors gathered to demand Tarlo surrender his title and estate to the Korinth Patriarch, while counter-protestors formed a human wall around his palace and sang local hymns.
In , Tarlo was elevated to the newly created title of Patriarch of Marivan by Fialta Emperor Phillip Neptos, and given responsibility for all Kirvans in the Fialta Imperium. As Patriarch, Tarlo was an outspoken critic of what he termed "Shantine Religious Imperialism", and urged Kirvans in the Imperium to swear fealty to the Fialta Emperor before all loyalty to Empress Theoboda. Shantine Kirvans, meanwhile, considered Tarlo's title illegitimate and thought of him as simply a puppet of the Fialta Imperium.
Tarlo was assassinated in a car-bombing later the same year. The assassination was carried out by Grand Admiral Tenebrius, though Fialta authorities at the time blamed the attack on radical Kirvans. Emperor Phillip Neptos's decision to leave the Patriarchate of Marivan empty after Tarlo's death was seen by many as a sign that the Imperium had largely given up on efforts to integrate Kirvans living within their territory.
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