Tartaglia Keres

### Final Words

“If that’s all you’re here to talk about, I’m afraid I’m going to have to ask you to leave.”

### Final Wish

A limbo of everything he had ever wished for

## Characteristics

### Likes

* Money
* Power
* Getting away with lies

### Dislikes

* Being caught
* Being accused
* Seeing Anwir hurt

### Abilities

* Warping
* Venom production

## Relationships

### Family

Ormr Keres (son)
Vivian Keres (daughter-in-law)

### Enemies

Vivian Keres
Ormr Keres

## Other

### First appearance

𒆜 5. Power

**Tartaglia Keres** was a male demon who served as a minor character. He is the father of Ormr and the husband of Anwir He was tranquilized by Vivian, and to protect her from attempted murder charges, Ormr killed Tartaglia and Anwir before either could wake up.

## Appearance

Like Ormr, Tartaglia has short white hair and blood red eyes. Unlike Ormr, his eyes are more slanted and he has a slyer, more deceitful nature about him. He has long, sharp nails that he used similarly to claws and wears a pair of thick, black rimmed glasses. His ears are pierced, and from them he wears asymmetrical black metal hanging earrings. He typically wears casual clothes adhering to a black and red theme.

## Personality

Tartaglia was greedy, manipulative, and power hungry. Toward the end of his life, he showed little to no interest in anything relating to Ormr until it was found that Ormr was instated as an upper demon. He loved Ormr when he was a child, though as his disturbing fascinations with blood, gore and dissection began showing through and causing those around him to shy away from the family, he agreed with Anwir to try and redirect these interests. When that failed, Tartaglia was able to sever his affections for his son and push him away, leaving him (presumably) to his death when he was quite young.

## Biography

Tartaglia was born in Alrasid under Svjetlo's reign. He led a fairly normal life until he met Anwir, a woman he swiftly fell in love with. The two got married and often fantasized about having a family. A few thousand years later, after the two had a reliable source of income, they had Ormr. At first, they loved him greatly and spoiled him. He grew up with two very doting parents, at least until he was five. When they enrolled him in public school, he began displaying disturbing and psychotic behavior. At the recommendation of his teacher, they pulled him out of public school and began trying to homeschool him.

The activities didn't stop. At first, Ormr began dissecting random bugs and plants, then he began bringing home small animals to dissect. The smell was terrible, and he would often refuse to dispose of them. So, in order to rid their house of this, Anwir and Tartaglia agreed to abandon Ormr, either someone else would pick him up and raise him, or he would starve to death. They didn't seem to care either way. After they did so, they relocated from selflessness to confidentiality in hopes that he would be unable to find them.

Following this, they lived a relatively normal life, though they both agreed to not have any more children for fear that they would turn out like Ormr. After a few thousand years, they came to the knowledge that Ormr, who they had discarded, had risen to power due to being an upper demon. They felt somewhat guilty about the fact that they had thrown him away for something they couldn't control and approached him, attempting to make amends. Though in all honesty, they were merely doing this for power and the prestige that came with being valued by an upper demon. Unfortunately, Ormr was slightly bitter seeing as they abandoned him. He refused to associate with them and very quickly had them removed from Koto Palace's premises.

Afterwards, they lived in an unhappy peace. This peace was short lived, though. Not too long after, they were visited by Vivian. She began accusing them of abandoning Ormr and mistreating him, to which they denied all knowledge, stating that they didn't even have children. She lost her temper and attacked them, knocking both of them out with a tranquilizer. Ormr appeared at the scene a few minutes later and dealt the final blow.

In limbo, Tartaglia spends his time relaxing, surrounded by servants, power and wealth as per his final wish.

## Abilities

* **Warping** - Like other demons, Tartaglia was able to warp, though he was unable to warp inter-dimensionally and was required to use portals to transport himself between Ciel and Semayi worlds.
* **Venom production** - As a snake demon, Tartaglia was able to morph into a snake form and produce venom. This venom is nowhere near as potent as Ormr's, though it was capable of temporarily paralyzing whoever it came into contact with.

## Trivia

* Tartaglia was jokingly named after Childe.