Tarin

is a character in .He is the father of Marin.
==Biography==
When wakes up after being shipwrecked, prevents him from leaving the house until he gives his back. He also informs that something else, his , has washed up on the beach. After retrieves his , gets lost in the and is transformed into a after eating a . In his form, he becomes a trickster and uses his magic to change the forest path, preventing from reaching the containing the . can break the curse by sprinkling on him, but says he has no recollection of what happened to him and thinks it was a dream.
After removes his curse, can then be found inside his house asleep. He can later be found eating some inside after clears the , and recommends he visits on if he wants some. After the is completed, is found standing next to an in . He asks for a to knock down the hive, and is subsequently chased off by a swarm of angry . can then pick up the remaining . Afterwards, he tells that he has lost his taste for honey.
In the ending scene, can be seen picking in the .
==Other Appearances==
=== (Fujiaka)===
=== (Cagiva)===
In the , is 's father, with whom he lives. After the shipwreck, wakes up inside their . After hearing 's story, invites him to stay for dinner. While at , tells that has not returned from the . Once there, finds being attacked by a . After being saved, returns to his home.
In volume 2, gives permission to to leave with ; however, they fail to make it out of it. is last seen singing the "" as plays it one last time to wake the .
==Trivia==
*In an developer's interview, script writer Toru Osawa said that Talon and Malon from are based on and . It was intended that players who have played would recognize the reference.
* is intentionally similar to from the . Both sport a similar look, an affinity for , and both transform into a at one point.
==Nomenclature==
's name may be a corruption of "Mario", replacing the first and last letters. It is also similar to his daughter 's name, replacing just the first letter.
==Gallery==
File:LADX Tarin Sleeping Sprite.png| sleeping from 
File:Start.png| inside his house from 
File:Weathervane Photo.png|, , and in front of the from 
File:LADX Raccoon Sprite.png| as a from 
File:LANS Raccoon Model.png| as a from 
File:LANS Raccoon Concept Artwork.png|Concept artwork of as a from 
File:LA (Cagiva) Tarin.jpg| from the manga by Ataru Cagiva