Tahras

## **Tahras, The Purifier**

The 6th member of the Satran Sentinels unit, Tahras, is a tall scarred man. Aside of activities like sleep and shower, he almost never reveals a single centimeter of his skin. Even when off duty, he wears his complete protective suit (a modified Guard officer uniform), a cape, leather mask with red goggles and his old brown hat. Under all of these protective clothing his body is covered in countless burn scars he’s too ashamed to show. He is also completely bald.

To complete his duty of purifying the Old Satra he uses the F.S.C.D – a magical device which utilizes an aranite crystal overloaded with pyromantically conjured flames to shoot a stream of fire through a metal pipe. He can control the power of the stream fired by the tool, from a small spark to a blast which covers an entire room. Occasionally he also makes use of inflammable gases he carries in jars.

Personally Tahras is very reserved and shies from social interactions, even celebrations with his own unit. Deeply tormented by the guilt of his past crime, he is strongly focused on his mission he sees as his only chance to atone for his sins. With his self-esteem almost nonexistent he does not hesitate for a moment to save people from imminent danger, even if he has to put himself at risk.

## **Story**

If his current work colleges were told that THE Tahras, the “fire guy” used to be an extrovert history student who aced the tests at the day and got all the girls at night, none of them would believe it. Yet, regardless of the difference between Tahras now and Tahras before the accident, the story was true.

Tahras studied on the Satran Academy, had countless friends, often wrote letters to his family in Derumi, worked as an assistant of a healer and his future looked bright. He dreamed of becoming an archaeologist like his grandfather who started his passion for Greavesoyl and Shraa’Kharr history, he planned to marry his girlfriend and start a family with her. He had so many plans.

He also had a questionable hobby he practiced in semi-secret.

Even as a child growing up in Derumi Tahras was fascinated with fire. Despite being scolded countless times by his parents, grandparents, teachers and even his peers, he played with matches, then torches, and then moved to burning bigger objects like old carts. Even after moving to Satra he still, from time to time, enjoyed finding some trash in the lower city, a decommissioned cart in the outskirts, or even an abandoned hut in the mountains to burn. He seldom talked about his pyromania with even the closest of his friends, and every time he did they begged him to seek professional help. He never did. He knew how to do it safely, after all. Fire was his favorite toy, and he knew it well. What could go wrong, he thought.

Turns out, everything.

One night he brought back a broken chair to the basement of his apartment building to burn. He left the ashes there, not bothering to double check them, and went to sleep. Moments later screams of agony woke him up.

The people he knew, with whom he drank and studied, screamed as they were devoured by the flames and suffocated by the smoke. The blazing inferno ravaged all around him, so beautiful yet uncontrollable and unforgiving. In the desperate attempt to run for his life he broke through the window of his apartment on the second floor. With his leg broken, he could only helplessly watch as the entire building stood in flames. A fire he started turned into a massive conflagration spreading to nearby buildings which, as he later learned, killed 246 people.

Just like that Tahras has incinerated his future.

Shortly after he was arrested and pledged guilty in court. He couldn’t even try to defend himself and the massive guild drove him insane. His judgment was quick, and his punishment… was death.

For his few “last” days in his cell in the Chain Den, where his execution would take place, all he was left with was regret, sorrow, pain and the memories on the screams and fire. When the day has finally came, he was ready. He made peace with his fate. He was taken straight to The Warden, who instead of simply ending his miserable existence, asked him a question.

“*Given how much regret you have, how much do you want to atone for what you did?”*

Tahras agreed without any further question. He followed through even as other people, similar to him were brought to a hearing where their quest was be revealed, despite many choosing to go back to the death row. He agreed, knowing well that if he fails, a fate much worse than deatch awaited him.

The top-secreted unit of Satran Sentinels was formed under the order of The King himself, composed of death row inmates who shown excessive regret for their crimes, verified by the basilisk who lives under the Chain Den. The deal was simple. They would regain their freedom under a new name with a clean record if they perform their duty for 5 years. Everything they needed or the time would be paid for by The King. A team of 14 men, armed with weapons tailored for every one of them specifically, and ironically Tahras received a tool which shoots out a stream of fire, like a dragon.

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A year later, he still plays with fire, but this time for a good cause. He has seen his comrades dying in ways no one deserves, and other hapless souls joining his cursed unit. He has seen the horrors no one else has seen and lived to tell the tale and has burned down things which should not be. He thought about giving up many times, but the memory of the screams of the people who burned to death because of him keeps him motivated. He powers through the suffering, looking to cleanse his guilt with fire. The task is monumental, after all.

His job is to cleanse the ruins of Old Satra infected by the Red Mold.

## **In-game**

Armed with a flamethrower-like weapon Tahras is able to heal his allies and damage enemies at once. Mastering his playstyle requires proper heat management, and quick reflexes with the cleansing Cauterize

Abilities
The flames heal allies by 3 health over time and deal 2 damage over time to enemies, executing those below 3 healt.
Tahras regains 2 heat per seconds.
 Pyroclastic Expurgation
If the gas is hit by Cleansing Flames it explodes, igniting the ground and inflicting afterburn on all enemies within 4 block range.
 Cauterize

## **Trivia**

* F.S.C.D. stands for Fire Stream Cleansing Device.
* The markings on the F.S.C.D represent all of the Satran Sentinels Tahras outlived.
* After the accident which killed 246 people Tahras suffers from severe PTSD.
* In the original draft of his kit, the inflammable has from Pyroclastic Expurgation could be ignited by fire-themed abilities of his allies, such as Cremator’s Heatblast or Polemos’ To Ashes. This was scrapped to avoid confusion and potential griefing.
* Afterburn is the only CC effect which can be prolonged by other players (not counting chaining common CC).