Tamako Darktail

Corr Darktail (son)

Philip Darktail (son)

Jacob Darktail (son)

Tamako Darktail was a Scaleling that lived in the village of Pantano. He's Toboe's great-grandfather. He was the husband of Julia Darktail and father of Tomoe, Corr, Phillip and Jacob.

## Background

*He was famous for his strong character and quite volatile temper. Despite these flaws, he was a good father and husband. He was the best beast tamer of his time; his beast was a Venavis whom he called* Ashwing*.*

## Biography

### Early Life

Tamako was born in the town of Pantano, in the Scaleling homeland Forethyne. At some point during his youth, he tamed a male venavis whom he named Ashwing. The two would become lifelong companions. He had a friendly rivalry with Damien Marglow.

### Marriage to Julia

One day, while patrolling around the swamps with Ashwing, he aided a traveling caravan of fellow Scalelings being attacked by a wild venavis. To his surprise, a woman had tried to fend the creature away with a stick and found himself attracted to her courageous nature. A few days later, he encountered the same lady in the inn after she accidentally dropped a pint of beer on top of him. Far from being angry, Tamako was amused by the event and learned her name was Julia Valara. After two years of dating, Tamako proposed to her.

Over the next decade, he fathered three children with Julia: Tomoe, Corr and Philip.

### Marital Problems

While he was a good, respectful husband, he was raised the old-fashioned way and wanted Julia to stay at home with the children while he provided for the family. This became a constant argument between him and his wife, who wanted to help bringing money to the household by getting her old waitress job back. Besides, Julia didn't like that he often left home for days on mercenary jobs and insisted that he get a simpler job, to his chagrin. Their relationship deteriorated over time, as Tamako's experiences killing and fighting took a toll on him and he became standoffish, distant and his already-volatile temper worsened. While he never hit Julia or his sons, when he shouted he could often be heard from miles away. Eventually, he realized that he was driving his wife away with his attitude and resolved to save his marriage. He kept his temper in check and tried to be more loving towards Julia.

This led to their reconciliation and the birth of their fourth and final child, Jacob.

### Discovering Julia's Affair

Unbeknown to Tamako, Julia had started an affair with his lifetime friend Damien Marglow over his emotional abandonment; while he began to grow suspicious after noticing how Julia seemed to be on edge most of the time, he did not bring up the matter as he had no real proof and didn't want to sour things with his wife again.

A few days later, however, she went missing alongside Damien; the latter's wife, Coral, revealed to him that Julia and Damien had had an affair for over three years. While disbelieving at first, soon he began to connect the dots over Julia's past indifference and nightly escapades. Later that day, Damien was found injured in the swamps, but Julia was nowhere to be found, which Tamako attributed to her not wanting to face him over what she did. Despite his grief and anger over the betrayal, though, he couldn't bring himself to tell his sons what their mother had done.

A few nights later, Julia's body was found inside a cart at the bottom of the swamps. Despite being pissed at her, Tamako suffered her loss greatly. He went to confront Damien over the betrayal, and his former friend told him that he and Julia were going to elope together out of spite. Tamako nearly killed him when he brought Jacob's paternity into question, but decided it wasn't worth it. It wouldn't bring his wife back. However, he warned Damien to stay away from his family, especially Jacob.

After burning his marriage tree alongside Julia's belongings, Tamako had no choice but to reveal the truth to his older sons. From that day forward, he forbad any mention of Julia within his earshot or in his house; unsurprisingly, the boys agreed. They'd never learn that Julia had ended the affair and Damian had been taking her against her will.

With his wife's death, Tamako had to retire from being a hitman to take care of the children, especially Jacob.

### Joining the Elite Corps

Once Jacob married Cassandra, Tamako decided to join the Elite Corps to do something useful now that his sons were grown up, though this meant that he had to move away from his hometown. He'd still visit Pantano from time to time to meet his grandchildren, though.

His teeth were coated in Callypsium Alloy alongside his bones, making his bite even more powerful. He'd be known by the public as 'Azure Fury' due to his temper and bloodlust when in the battlefield.

### Death and Confronting Julia

> **Julia**: *T-Tamako, please, just let me-! He meant nothing to me! Nothing!*
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> **Tamako**: *So what?! You were lying to him those three years too?! Quit trying to play me for a fool, woman!*
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> **Julia**: *It's the truth, I swear on-!*
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> **Tamako**: *\*grabs her by the throat\* Don't you dare swear on my sons' lives, woman.*
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> **-Tamako and Julia's confrontation in the Afterlife.**
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## Personality

Tamako's most characteristic trait was his terrible temper. Those who knew him well knew not to cross him unless they wanted to face his wrath. He was known to tear apart whatever thing's around him during one of this times; in fact, upon learning that his wife had an affair for three years right after she died, he left for an entire day and didn't return until he destroyed a considerable area of the swamps to vent off his anger and grief. This temper made him quite the reputation after he joined the Elite Corps, who dubbed him 'Deadly Cobalt Wrath'. The harsh life conditions for Scalelings at the time made him distrustful and wary; this, combined with his dangerous lifestyle, during his youth, hardened Tamako up considerably.

Tamako did have a softer side, though. He cherished family over everything else, putting family first and personal interests last, and was willing to do whatever was necessary to keep them safe; this motivation became stronger after he was left to look after his four sons by himself. Despite his temper, he never raised a hand at his wife nor any of his children, instead choosing to vent off with furniture and objects. He was quite fond of children and was dismayed at the fact that most kids found him scary because of his size.

Tamako was madly in love with his wife Julia, but he wasn't very good at showing it. His traditional upbringing regarding a woman's role and his earnest nature often came into conflict with Julia's strong-willed, independent and nurturing views. Being a prideful man, Tamako often refused to accept whenever he was wrong (even if he *was*) and always had to have the last word. He was completely unaware that his actions could bring lasting consequences unto the family he tried so badly to protect, such as when he didn't realize that his killing of the Furling assailants in front of Julia would make her afraid of him; he saved his wife, *period*.

## Abilities

* **Beast Taming**: Tamako was thought of as the best beast tamer of his time, as he was able to tame a Venavis, which no Scaleling had been able to do before.
* **Hand-to-hand combat**: Tamako was able to stand his ground on close combat due to his large size and strenght. He got better after joining the Elite Corps.
* Weapon expertise
* Strenght:
* Endurance
* **Harmonica playing**: During his free time, Tamako would play the harmonica. He'd play lullabies for his children when they were inside the eggs, and even made up a song for Julia when they were dating.

## Quotes

> *"It's quite obvious! She doesn't want to face us, she won't face what she did!"*
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>  **-Tamako replying to Tomoe's question about his mother's whereabouts.**
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> *"Why... Why did you do this to me, Julia? What did I do wrong? Wasn't I good enough? Frankly, I don't really care by now. Wherever you are now, just know this.*
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> *I'll **never** forgive you for this."*
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>  **-Tamako's thoughts as he watches the marriage tree burn.**
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> *"You leave Jacob out of this! He's my son, MINE!!"*
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> **- Tamako snapping at Damien after the latter puts Jacob's paternity in doubt.**
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> *"I might have understood a single-night slip even if I wouldn't have forgiven you for that either. But you cheated on me for THREE GODDAMN YEARS AND YOU HAVE THE NERVE TO CLAIM THAT HE WASN'T YOUR LOVER?!"*
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## Trivia

* Tamako had a terrible temper, and had the habit of taking off is belt and hit the object of his anger (except his wife, children, and women); this habit passed on to his granddaughter Sora. Despite this, he was a family man and put his children first and personal wishes last.
* He had strong anti-Furling feelings, like most Scalelings during his time.
* After Julia's death, he took all of her belongings and pictures to their marriage tree and set it ablaze, forbidding his older sons from even mentioning her again.
	+ Despite this, he was deeply saddened that Jacob had to grow up motherless; in fact, Jacob was the only person he didn't snap at for bringing up Julia, instead changing the topic.
* He was a big eater.
* He *is* Jacob's father; he would have still loved him as his own even if it turned out that he wasn't, given that he was the one to see him hatch.
* Tamako *was* the type to hold a grudge.
* After joining the Elite Corps, his teeth became black due to the exposure to Callypsium Alloy. His tail was coated on it too.
* Despite his rather brutish appearance, Tamako was fond of children.
* Despite loving his sons, he wanted to have at least one girl.
* At one point in his life he bickered with a blue feline furling over the last snack in a restaurant while their respective wives watched on.