Tallarus Vescan

**Tallarus Vescan** is a turian pilot and member of the Nortaro Cartel.

## Biography

Born to a large family in the outskirts of a Palaven metropolis, Tallarus is the youngest among his three brothers and two sisters. Like all his siblings, he was mostly raised by his grandparents in Ceran while his parents worked as agricultural engineers on an enormous farming installation far away from Palaven’s population centers.

As a child, Tal had few friends and was instead much more attached to his siblings, which made it especially hard for him as, one after another, they came of age and left Ceran to work at the same farm as their parents did. Only his oldest sister, Rikane, followed a different passion and stayed in Ceran to attend the local navy pilot’s academy. Naturally, she became something of a role model for Tallarus, and as the time to choose a path in life came around, he made the decision to join the same academy and follow in his sister’s footsteps.

During his studies, Tal continuously impressed the higher-ups with his simulator performance, but he wasn’t nearly as diligent with his written tests. Instead of studying, he preferred to spend his time battling in the simulator or watching old sci-fi vids, reveling in the fantasy of being a badass fighter pilot and living life on the edge.

Rikane had since graduated and joined the navy, and while the two stayed in contact through the extranet, she could no longer be the voice of reason Tal needed, and he began failing his theory tests on the regular. In his naivety, he expected his class-topping skills in the simulator to make up for his other shortcomings, but before long, Tallarus was dropped from the academy.

His dreams of flying in the navy had been shattered, and with such a stain on his record, he couldn’t hope to become a pilot in a different sector either, so with a heavy heart, Tal saw his only option in joining the rest of his family in the farming business after all.

Having since relocated to the planet of Triginta Petra to establish a new farm with Hierarchy backing, they readily accepted and welcomed him, but as it turned out, the move to the tiny backwater colony did open up another unexpected option.

News that the large drug cartel operating on Triginta Petra was in need of pilots didn’t take long to reach him, and after a formal introduction and a short series of demonstrations, Tallarus soon sat in the co-pilot’s seat of one of the Nortaro Cartel’s smuggling ships.

As his flight hours rose and his performance pleased the cartel, Tal was soon installed as the main pilot of his hauler, but despite the good pay and his chance to finally fly an actual ship, all wasn’t perfect. He had always dreamt of flying a space fighter to protect the people of the hierarchy, but he ended up here, moving goods that would do nothing but fill the pockets of the Nortaro family and the Blue Suns.

Tal debated leaving the cartel and escaping to yet another planet for a fresh start, but as luck would have it, a new opportunity came up that would be reason enough for him to stay.

A reliable and talented shuttle pilot was needed to safely chauffeur the cartel leader’s daughter around. Tallarus had already secretly grown fond of her during his first meeting with the Nortaro family, but naturally, she had been far out of his reach, not only because of her status, but also her dangerous reputation.

Among all the veteran fighter pilots and long-standing cartel members, the young turian seemed to have little chance to be chosen as her pilot, but in the end, she personally saw the most potential in him.

Tal now works as the personal shuttle pilot of Vanencara Nortaro, perfectly happy with transporting someone he truly cares about, even though he still has not brought up the courage to confess his attraction to her.