Tharamis

> *"So perfect...let me take your pain away."*
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## Storyline

In a cold, windy landscape the Listener searches for a solution . They find Tharamis who brings them into his home out of the cold. He starts to ask who they are then says that who they are or where they're from doesn't matter, only that they are here with him. He knows that they have been searching for him to escape the cruelties of the world and offers them a cold, dark peaceful place where they can finally find peace, a way to escape the cycle of suffering they've endured.

He asks the Listener to tell him what makes them want to leave this world behind and promises that whatever they won't need to worry about any of it where they're going. He inspects them and proclaims that they will be perfect for his painted world, a place where they can sit and waste away. He tells them not to be confused because that's all that life is, a long wait to waste away. His painting, at least, will allow them to spend their time as they wish, though he warns them not to go "too deep into my work" lest they lose themselves - unless, of course, that's what they want. His painting will be a place of solace for them.

The artist describes his ability as a curse.

> *"I see the rotten soul of man and thus I paint things in their truest form and by doing so I am able to capture their essence and transport the very life of them into my painting so you might shed your physical form and be reborn in the world of my piece. It's the pigment...the soul of humanity is the paint I use. Take the pain of the world, turn it into a sanctuary."*
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He claims to see and feel just how much the Listener has suffered as part of the curse and lives with that pain in every moment of his life. Tharamis says he must hurry because "the paint is drying" but becomes distracted by the Listener's beauty, perfection, and spirit. These qualities will be a blessing to "them" but he doesn't explain who "they" are. He bids them instead to sit so he can paint them into his cold, dark sanctuary. He speaks of children (possibly literal children) who already inhabit the painting that are waiting for guidance and a new life.

The artist reveals his canvas, a landscape of a frozen meadow with unending snow that he says makes everything pure. He chooses this imagery because he hates all mortals. Tharamis's speech deteriorates into a rant about how he hates all beings that cause all the suffering in the world. He raves about being a spirit of vengeance and having the power to end and bring justice to all off the pointless suffering of the world but he is bound "to a vow beyond mortal understanding" that renders him helpless. He has been bound for an eternity and hates who- or whatever has done this to him. He starts to cry, lamenting that it's all a lie, an illusion, and that the gods have turned their back on us - the Listener at the very least.

He calms down and says that now it's their turn to turn their backs on the gods to find a new world, beyond their reach. The painter says he does what he does not bend reality to his whim but to ease the suffering of those he can reach and deserve solace. Tharamis instructs the Listener to sit still so he can paint their essence and apologizes for his outburst. He promises to paint them into the best place he can. His final words are a plea to the Lady of Sin to watch over the Listener, though he knows that she is already watching.

## Personality

Tharamis is a tortured artist burdened by what he claims is the suffering of all humanity. His moods are melancholy and intense and swing from heartbreaking sympathy to an incomprehensible rage. His rambling suggests that he more than a magic mortal but he is less powerful than the beings - gods - who bound him to inaction. He claims that he saw the world when it was first broken and has seen bygone ages go by so he is at the very least as old as humanity.

He claims to feel and understand everything that the Listener has gone through, which gives him unending sympathy.

## Trivia

### Tharamis

* This is the second video that shares art with another character
* His dialogue strongly hints that the Listener is trying to escape from Sarrus ("You poor thing. Journeying through the cruel world unaware of the nature of such a place. Sands. Demons. Purges. And death, so much death.")
* He can't paint himself into a piece, only others
* After much speculation in Discord, Hollow posted this: "Tharamis sits alone. A bastard child of the gods. His paint brush [sic] is one of the few things that bring [sic] him refuge. Destined to be one half of a greater whole, Tharamis rejected that honour. Now he shoulders a burden meant for two alone. A burden that has warped his view of reality. He knows his twin is never far from him though."
* He is served by a mystic wolfsegner who lives inside the painting and calls him a "foolish godling"

### The Listener

* Tharamis repeatedly describes them as a lost soul. They are fragile and carry many needless burdens. They physically resemble someone he once knew, someone perfect that he will never be able to completely capture in his artwork.
* In their essence he sees shades of crimson and violet "like a cold fire against the snow."

### Fan Theories

* Tharamis is the creator of the world of Sarrus (unconfirmed)

* Tharamis and the Listener might be gods in a dying world (unconfirmed)
* Tharamis is a past life of Ortas because he and the Listener are bound to meet again and again across the Sarrus universe (see the Fan Theories for Thalvich and August) (unconfirmed)
* The Lady of Sin is his twin (unconfirmed)
* Tharamis is a god or spirit who lives beyond the known borders of the Northern Realm in Sarrus and his painting is a way to transport those who cross the border into a world of his own making, one of eternal peace and winter where the Lady of Sin reigns. (unconfirmed)

## Audio References

1. ↑ Lonely Artist Paints You Into His World
2. ↑ Sweet Mystic Cleanses YOUR Aura