Talon Sciathán

The only son of the Sciathan family in the City of Summer, Talon seems odd compared to the rest of it's denizens, given the dark aura around him, which has caused him to take up adventuring as a means to distance himself from the city and perhaps find out more about what may be giving him his strange new powers.

## Appearance

Talon is ever rarely seen without his armor, a suit of full plate with a helm in the shape of a bird's head, and adorned with feathers and a cloak. With the helmet off, he's a rather scraggly young man with moderately long black hair and blue eyes. Often he can also be seen in the appearance of an oversized raven, about 3 feet in height with an eight foot wingspan.

## History

Talon was born to Fithich and Ingne Sciathán 20 years ago. His father spent most of his upbringing away on house business, and he spent most of his time in the care of his mother. However, both parents spared no expense in his education, making sure that he had the best tutors, especially in history. When his father did have free time, he instructed the young Talon in his own personal fighting style, involving the use of armor and the greatsword in combination with fencing techniques normally reserved for lighter weapons, which can surprise many opponents and open them up. When he came of age, his father granted him the gift of a suit of full plate that seemed to almost merge with his body, like it was a part of him. Along with this came dark powers of death and trickery, the kind that were mostly the purview of the fey of the Eagallach Court. Concerned about his new powers, and knowing that the City of Summer could banish him or worse if he did have such lineage, Talon began an adventuring career in order to distance himself from his home.

## Goals

Talon strives to find out where his powers come from, and to this end, to find out more about his lineage and the Eagallach court. Inspired by his father's work on behalf of the City's less fortunate, he also desires to help the common man in anyway he can.

## The Sciathán Family

The Sciathán Family is one of the oldest noble families in the City of Summer. While most of the noble familes of Khodovia were content to express their revelry through simple partying and drinking, the Sciathán family made a point of going on Great Hunts in the Baslands, in order to gain great glory from curtailing the evil fey. These hunts, attended by the entire family and their retainers, were successful in exterminating them and reducing the severity of invasions during the Witch Moon, at least until the last of them occurred a quarter of a century ago. During this, the entire family was massacred, except for one Fithich Sciathán, who managed to make his way out of the Baslands, barely alive. The retainers at the Sciathán manor noticed that the young Fithich's demeanor had clearly changed from the bright, happy man he originally was to something much darker. Of course, such was to be expected from the stress that he had went under, and he still seemed to be much the same man he was before. Regardless, he was driven to continue the family line, and as a result took another noble woman known as Ingne as his wife, and together, they had a son, who they named Talon. While raising young Talon, Fithich established himself in two seemingly contradictory positions: First, as an integral part of the secret Hands of Ladir organization, organizing much of their undercover operations, and Second, as a man of the people, encouraging them to push for greater consideration from the king. The latter activities have caused his colleagues in the Hands of Ladir to be concerned about where his loyalties lie, but Fithich insists that he's merely attempting to root out possible dissenters. In the meantime, he has also gained a prominent place at the side of the King himself, where he has been pushing for the him to deploy all of the City's military forces into one final Great Hunt.