Tatara Somart

Chaplain Tatara Somart is a Thalosian priestess of Ulthril, the Trynsern god of Death. She is one of two chaplains (three if you count Dylan Ledaine) associated with Timien Griffonmane's legation. Despite being the god of death, Ulthril's worship is centered on comforting the bereaved and guiding the soul to the afterlife. Also, and of particular interest to Tatara, he is responsible for fighting the undead.
Tatara was born and raised in the relatively upscale Thalosian neighborhood in Paytern Hill in Trynser City. Her grandfather was a radical Thalosian underground priest, following the old faiths which are illegal. He was locked down, and her father rescued from that troubled environment as a young child. Later he married a woman, who still Thalosian under the three-quarters rule, wasn't as pure as her grandfather would have preferred. When she was about sixteen, an acolyte just joining the Divine Circle priesthood, and falling in love with a non-Thalosian fellow acolyte, her grandfather was released/ broke out/ got out some sort of way. Strongly disapproving, he cursed the entire family that whomever they fall in love with will perish.
Tatara's mother and father both died soon afterwards, and Tatara's lover at about the same time. Not quite believing it, she explored love one more time, her second man got drunk and violent, and she killed him while defending herself. Now completely despondent, Tatara sought the comfort of Ulthril and became a priest of some stature.
Though not admitting it to herself, she got tired of drinking sour milk at the temple and responded to an advertisement seeking clerical assistance placed by Lyus Sleyden in behalf of Timien Griffonmane's legation. Recruited at the same time as Gina Atakares, the two priestesses quickly proved indespensable to the trouble prone adventurers.
Delving the Crypt of Ulthril, Tatara was infuriated by the lack of respect the church elders were showing the burial places beneath Trynser City, and the sorry state of the Old Cathedral of Ulthril itself. This led her to question other beliefs and teachings she was taught. After several weeks of confrontation, she found herself leaving the official Trynser City sect of Ulthril. She is torn between returning to the general Divine Circle or simply becoming an apostate adventurer of some other profession. The others, liking healing very much, encourage her to remain in the priesthood.
She was attacked by a huge monsterous dog when she was 12, and it tore out her throat. She's been healed, but her voice is now disquietly raspy and quiet, and an ugly scar remains which she covers with a choker.
She is trying to enforce an icy cool demeanor, committing herself to the business of priesthood, or failing that general adventuring. She denies any affection of the heart. But underneath it all, she is deeply hurting and lonely.
Timien, Lyus, Nigel Starseeker, and Raldo Stormfoot are all sympathetic and have promised the full measure of assistance in getting her uncursed. She is appreciative... these guys are the best friends that she's ever had and she is terrified of falling in love with one of them and causing their demise. Despite her chilly demeanor, she's cracked under the pressure of the curse several times. Enyago Silverstone has promised the same, but a practical joke on the whole group involving Philters of Love went horribly wrong when Tatara fell in love with some random dude who promptly banged his head on a bath and died.
Most of the other NPC's keep a wary distance from her, with the exception of Gina Atakares, who as the other priestess works along with her professionally. However, as all the priestesses represent and live for have nothing to do with each other, there is an invisible awkwardness between them.
WORKS
Original Trynser Campaign
Fist of Anneal subcampaign
Category:Thalosian
Category:Original Trynser Campaign
Category:Fist of Anneal
Category:Non-Player Characters