Tarny

**Tarny**, a former workcrew member from Fel Sadanis, is a founding member of Ascension.

## Bio

Tarny is a young adult, has dark hair, and has recently taken to sport a sparse beard to look more distinguished.

### Tarny as Rain cultist

He was, together with Yott, a member of Vanna's workcrew that originally accompanied Rain into the sewers of Fel Sadanis to solve a blockage. After having seen what Rain could do with Purification, Tarny hugged Rain when they parted ways. The same workcrew worked overtime to dig out the entrance into The Fells to free Rain later. Tarny especially pushed himself further than his coworkers did, desperate to free the Night Cleaner and save the city. He was first fearful of Rain's oversoul, but then started to become overly reverent of the man, to a point where Rain feared he was mixing him up with a god.

Tarny was a main recruiter for Vanna's workforce in distributing the water supplies in the bathhouse. For some time, Rain feared he would start a cult in his name. Contrary to his first feeling when exposed to it, Tarny later reported he liked the feeling of Rain's soul leakage.

When Ascension began its journey, Rain considered Tarny to be a brown-noser and even called him out, over calling him and Ameliah "lord" and "lady", as well as for giving effusive praise over anything. At some point, he threatened to exclude Tarny from the purify list for being a zealot.

### Lost chance for Awakening

Tarny originally intended to spend his awakening on a support class of a beacon, i.e. aura mage, probably to take after his idol Rain. He then drew the shortstraw in an impromptu drawing that determined which of the eight assigned unawakened party members would not become awakened. This experience challenged his worldview of being a Chosen significantly, and he might have done something reckless in desperation, had Rain not sought him out after collapsing the dungeon, and handed him the dungeon's accolade. The accolade from the Essed lair bound to Tarny with a "provisional" interface, allowing him to shoot Ice Bolts as per the skill.

Tarny practices his Ice Bolt spell: He could get off an Ice Bolt against Hegar who thus mistook him for an ice mage, and he also took part in the testing of Rain's new armor.

### Adjutant to Ascension

Tarny has become an adjutant to Vanna and Rain within Ascension, often seen with a clipboard and doing errands. When not assigned to other tasks, he tries to be at Rain's disposal to do whatever needs doing. However, his fervor mellowed over time in the company. Tarny has become less fanatical and even learned to oppose Rain - for example, he argued that coffee should not be drunk black. He was not detailed enough when he passed instructions to the teams that Rain wanted to find Lana in Vestvall. So instead of covertly observing her, Fredek and Gigs brought Lana to the camp of Ascension so Rain would be able to speak with her.

He still operates on one rule he deems most important: *The captain is always right.* He was disappointed when said captain didn't use his veto on a rule change that Rain opposed.

Tarny joined the Guild in Eastspar.

### Awakening and Build

Tarny was finally awakened in the Sale family lair in early 3061, and he gained a Level Cap of 9 from being part of the team that harvested the Core. He was still devoted to become a beacon, which tied him irrevocably to Ascension. Through hard leveling in all seasonal auras (which have low mana cost and are hard to level), he managed to take the Fall aura sooner than Rain expected. On *Temerity*, Tarny has Fall on at all times.

Tarny is a Logistics Beacon (choosing from the Utility Aura tree) of Level Cap 9. On Rain's instruction, he chose as his skills: Spring, Amplify Aura, Extend Aura, Summer, Winter, Fall, Channel Mastery, Aura Focus, and... (two more)

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 164
2. ↑ Chapter 11
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 95: PoV
4. ↑ Chapter 96-99
5. ↑ Chapter 98
6. ↑ Chapter 115
7. ↑ Chapter 122
8. ↑ Chapter 124: PoV Chapter
9. ↑ Chapter 134
10. ↑ Chapter 140
11. ↑ Chapters 127, 128, 135, 136
12. ↑ Chapter 133
13. ↑ Chapter 173
14. ↑ Chapter 211
15. ↑ Chapter 175