Tamen

Tamen is a main character in *The Land of the Outcasts*. She is originally an atagonist in Seasons 1, and later becomes a controllable character and protagonist in the later seasons. Her fate at the end of the series, however, is fixed and cannot be altered.

#### **Pre-War History**

Tamen was born and raised in Newport City while it was still under government control. Her family were incredibly poor and she had four other siblings, and her parents struggled to make ends meet and care for them, while also feeding their own drug addiction. In order to feed herself and her siblings, Tamen often spent her days hunting in the forests outside the city walls. Tamen immensely disliked her parents for their addiction and their weakness when standing up to the city guards. One day, when Tamen was thirteen-years-old, she was caught wandering the streets past curfew, attempting to return home after her hunt. The city guard who caught her appeared quite interested in Tamen, and offered to buy her off her parents for a small sum of money. As her mother was pregnant with their sixth child, her parents agreed, and Tamen never recovered from the betrayal.

While kept as a pet by the guard, Tamen quickly learnt how to manipulate her new 'owner' in order to get what she wanted. One day, while he slept, she killed him and stole all his belongings and escaped into the forest. She almost died to the mutants in the forest, having never stayed there overnight, until she was rescued by Chief Odark (Amaia's father). Odark offered Tamen a place in his tribe, but she refused and fled back to the city. It was there that she met Lupin and the Red Jackets, who were intrigued by her bravery and combat skill. Lupin forced Tamen into one-on-one combat with his second-in-command, and Tamen narrowly won the fight. As a reward, Lupin offered Tamen either freedom, or she could replace his second-in-command. Tamen chose the latter, knowing that the Red Jackets was her only chance of survival in this world, and enjoying the power she had over those weaker than her.

#### **Season 1**

Tamen is first encountered when Amaia was travelling through the forest and spots the woman being attacked by a group of stray mutants. Amaia aided Tamen in fending off the mutants, and two became fast friends while travelling through the forest together. Tamen revealed to Amaia that she was running away from her family in the city due to the excessive abuse she faced, and wanted to find a new home amongst the tribes. In return, Amaia revealed that she was tasked with delivering an ancient pre-war artifact to a fellow tribe in the mountains, who had scientific knowledge about the item. Although Tamen initially promised to lead Amaia to the mountains, they end up at the entrance to Newport City. Tamen then reveals that she had a group of guards following them ever since their meeting, and that she initially came into the forest to take over Amaia's tribe for the Red Jackets, however, she ended up finding something better in Amaia's artifact. Tamen then shoots Amber in the head, seemingly killing her.

After taking the artifact from Amaia's body, Tamen returns to Lupin and the Red Jackets with the artifact. Lupin is initially displeased that Tamen didn't follow through with her task of taking over the tribe, and becomes somewhat aggressive towards her but never makes any phsyical attack. However, it is shown that Tamen was hiding a knife behind her the entire time, in case she had to defend herself. After calming down, Lupin appears appreciative of the artifact, but still instructs Tamen to take care of Ruby as punishment. Tamen and Ruby dispise of each other. Ruby instructs Tamen to take her down to the lakes, where they encounter Brandt, who is doing gardening. Despite being pregnant with Lupin's child, Ruby shows extreme interest in Brandt, who is the tyrant's brother. Tamen doesn't share the same feelings, and gets into an arguement with Brandt, before soon using his shock collar against him, revealing that he is just another prisoner.

#### **Trivia**

- Tamen is extremely opposed to drug use, due to watching it consume her parents while growing up. While she doesn't show this immense dislike while with the Red Jackets, she later expresses it freely with The Outcasts. Unlike with Brandt and Danny, the player can never make Tamen partake in drugs.