Mynah Tarragon

> "I have tried to look for the 'best way' as we moved forward. I searched patiently and carefully, but my biggest mistake was to go safe. In exchange for me being safe, I have caused bad things to happen to people around me..." - MYNAH TO THE PARTY
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## Appearance

**Mynah Tarragon** is an average-sized girl around 5'5 ft tall, with light turquoise locks and emerald-colored eyes. Her outfit seemed expensive for its quality, and it isn't that commonly seen in the lands of Faerun. At a glance, Mynah looked like a half-elf, 'coated' with a rather peculiar silver armor. However, after a better look, you'd notice that her 'armor coat' are akin to dragon scales. She does not seem to bring any weapons with her. Her emerald iris glows a dim light, and her pupils are rather narrow like a reptile's. Mynah always carries herself with an air of elegance and stoicism, however, she doesn't seem to be at ease. She claimed to be looking for her older sister in Barovia and does not reveal anything else about herself. Mynah is polite and treats everyone with the same politeness. But whenever she smiled, her smile does not reach her eyes.

 Mynah is aware that the more the curse has influence over her, the more she would look dragon-like. Her earliest changes were shown by new scales surfacing on her body.

## Personality

Mynah is warm, careful, and considerate. She is rather passive, preferring to look up to others for direction and decisions. When left to her own devices, she has the tendency to overthink things. Her views are rather idealistic, her initial goal in Barovia was to bring her sister Carnelian home along with the cure to her family's curse. Before visiting Barovia, Mynah was a recluse due to her depression. Therefore despite her long life, she was rather naive due to her sheltered past, leading her to be hesitant and awkward out of fear of making the wrong decisions or saying the wrong things, especially in a grim place like Barovia.

Despite her being older than her companions, she does not mind being treated as younger due to her upbringing as the youngest in her family. Although she wanted to be dependable as well. She loves her sisters and her companions above herself.

Her ongoing conflict centers around her self-blame for the demise of her loved ones and her fear of descending into madness herself.

After descending further into stress, Mynah became much more reckless out of desperation. Fearful of repeating her own mistakes of being passive, she became overly active and jumped into whatever clues she found. She spent her night training and became careless in regard to herself.

## History

Mynah was born into a royal family, the youngest of three siblings. Some years after Mynah's birth, her mother slowly but consistently degenerated into madness, and the motherhood duties falls into Carnelian's hands - the eldest sister. It was also Carnelian who mentored Mynah in draconic sorcery. Eventually, her mother deteriorated further and became dangerous to those around her, resulting in the two elder sisters having to put her down. Carnelian ascended to the throne and persistently dug for information regarding her mother's degeneration. To the sisters' dismay, the degeneration was an inherited curse. This revelation and the happenings with her family made Mynah descend into depression. She spent centuries of her life inside the castle, in a reclusive manner.

Carnelian's research on the curse over the years eventually led her to a mysterious, unfamiliar location named Barovia. In hopes of finding a cure to save herself and her family, she departed the queendom to seek Barovia, leaving the responsibility of the queendom in her sisters' hands. Carnelian had always been sending letters informing of her condition, until they mysteriously just stopped one day. None of the soldiers sent to find her had ever been back with anything useful, some just disappeared. The two sisters grew concerned, and eventually, Mynah decided that she had to try to look for her eldest sister. She departed alongside Klaus, the queendom's most trusted and loyal knight.

## Relationships

### Jesse

Mynah finds Jesse to be dependable. He is one of her first friends after centuries of self-isolation, thus her fondness and protectiveness towards him. Seeing that Jesse has been troubled by memories of his past, albeit her care towards him Mynah felt that she had no right to pry further than he would allow. She desires to do anything in her power to support him, though that would come after seeking the cure for her sister. After the first confrontation with Baba Lysaga, Jesse helped Mynah from her desperate state - taking his time to listen without judgment and reassured her. Something that Mynah holds close to her heart and appreciates deeply, and she wishes to return the favor.

### Vash

Mynah finds Vash to be the most trustworthy, not only regarding the party's safety but also in believing that he would not try to harm himself. He is one of her first friends after centuries of self-isolation, thus her fondness and admiration towards him. She finds Vash to be a mystery and has many questions regarding him, but she still finds herself trusting him anyway.

While Mynah was prepared to hear about Vash's secret, she was taken aback from how Etherio was very different from him. She had a rather negative perspective on Etherio due to how he brashly revealed the Blood Witch's identity to Jesse, however, she wanted to trust Vash and hear his explanation before further judgment.

### Mjrn

One of Mynah's only female friends, Mynah cares for her. Although, sometimes she can't help but secretly compare her to Soyeon because of her sudden appearance after Soyeon's departure, and for being incidentally 'the only other female in the group' like her former friend. Mynah is protective over her, haunted by the loss of her former companions.

### Aagya

Mynah finds him to be rather eccentric but also sees that he always means well. She empathizes with the fact that Aagya is also seeking his brother and she wants to support his cause. Mynah is protective over him, haunted by the loss of her former companions.

### Soyeon

One of Mynah's only female friends, Mynah cares deeply for her. Even to the point of considering Soyeon like her sister, as Soyeon was 'cursed' just like her. As someone who was Mynah's opposite, her cheerfulness brought some joy that Mynah had lost for a long time. Along with some light jealousy, Soyeon was what Mynah wished she could be, confident and light-hearted. Albeit she did not feel safe with Soyeon, Mynah still cares a lot and wished to find a solution to her issues. It was why losing Soyeon devastates her and filled her with regret.

### Ignavus

Mynah's former companion. She did not know much about him since the two used to keep things to themselves early on. But the loss of Ignavus still saddens her.

### Carnelian

Carnelian is Mynah's eldest sister who was also her mother figure and sorcery mentor. She was the main reason Mynah visited Barovia in the first place. After their mother's passing, the two spent less time with each other because of Carnelian's duties to the throne.  Mynah loves and respects her so much that she refused to believe Strahd's slanders against her. Thus it was heartbreaking to Mynah when she found out that her sister intends to purposefully avoid her forever. Mynah also irrationally blamed herself for not finding her faster, thinking she could have saved her if she had found Carnelian sooner.

### Klaus

Klaus had served the Tarragon royal family for centuries as a military general. Working in the same field, Mynah knows him very well and regards him as her mentor, second after Carnelian. Their difference in hierarchy status formed an invisible wall between them, but she actually cares about him - feeling silently upset at Esmeralda for forcing Klaus to leave. She considers him her remaining past that she could bring with her, someone that kept her together.

### Oliffe

Oliffe is Mynah's other older sister, the middle child. She took over Carnelian's duties after Carnelian left. Mynah had good relations with Oliffe, although Oliffe and Carnelian often argued due to their differing beliefs and Mynah acted as their mediator. Currently, Mynah's goals had slightly shifted into seeking the cure to save Oliffe.

## Trivia

* Madam Eva's Tarokka for her was the 'Paladin'
* Mynah wears a royal signet ring that allows her to draw more powerful Draconic powers. However, she avoided using it, knowing it would make her descend into madness faster. But the recent stress tempts her to make use of the ring more.
* Her hobbies are horse riding, knitting, and ice skating. She had a white mare named Jewel, that died in the prologue.
* Her race is based on the Manakete race from the Fire Emblem series.