Thail Shal

Thail Shal (431 or like 61) is the oldest of their family. Son to Itham Ilisys and Edraele Vircan and brother to Hycis Aehana. He is married to Kyalear Phash and in order is father to Lae, Syraen, Fianan, Aeren and Xaer. He is a teacher who teaches the youngest of kids as he has been a teacher for literal centuries. His students are like 6 or 7 so just starting the lessons on common and general history. He enjoys teaching language for the most part, knowing quite a few himself. Still being traditional as being a bit older and looking so deeply into history. He feels more connected to the past, though he isn't totally out of touch which is mostly because he teaches younger kids so seeing how things are changing. His patron is Ryllae Shal, whom he shares with Xaer. He was not super excited that he was a teacher at first, he wanted to go into something more trade like, but he was excellent in schooling. He did try but wasn't his favorite thing. Once he got into the language he started to find more joy in it. He married Kyalear always impressed by her work but I think he was more in love than her. They met through his older sister being in the same section of the military.

Him and his family were close knit. Just having the four of them in relative unimportance. He was very close with his sister being about a decade apart from one another. It did become a tad bit harder to connect when she got her patron and even harder once he got his being a teacher and soldier don't often have much overlap. However they were obviously close enough that Hycis could introduce Thail to Kyalear, with whom he hit it off decently well. He definitely stand back in the relationship

When Hycis died it hit him hard, which definitely didn't help how Kyalear felt about the whole thing. He kind of withdrew into himself for a while with one of the few ways he would be more open being teaching. He still obviously misses her and along with his parents is always super careful to observe their death dates.

Thail loved his kids and their is no doubt about that, especially after teaching had grown on him he was excited to have some of his own. Language being some of his favorite things to teach he made every one of his kids learn Sylvan in addition to Common as a third language. He tried to make sure that they understood each of their lessons when they got home and pop quizzes were come place as they were going through school. He also taught, at the instance of Kyalear, each of their kids Dragonchess for the strategic value of the game, which all in all was not a bad thing.

Thail definitely worried about Lae the most. Being a first time father was \*super\* stressful for him. With Kyalear he definitely pushed him to do his best in school more than the other four. Lae wasn't necessarily bad at school, just wasn't his cup of tea exactly so it was occasionally a point of tension, but now Thail is definitely more worried about him being in the military like he is of all his family that serves. Though having your first kid go right into military training was not go for his stress level.

Syraen always being more of the level headed and well versed in school meant their relationship was not as tense as with Lae, especially considering all the time he had raising Lae and understanding how to be a father. Syraen excelled in languages so that was something they always enjoyed together, and would even help her as she became a cleric learning her fourth. Being a cleric, also was definitely less stressful and means he sees her more often.

Fianan was where the stress of standards set started to be felt. While Thail may not have consciously done it, there was a lot of talking about how well the other two were doing. There was that underlying pressure of not being the first failure in the kids. He didn't do too bad in school but wasn't great and he maybe wasn't the best in physical activities but definitely better. The stress of joining the military again arose but having both his mother and brother there to look after him as well definitely helped ease it.

Now Aeren and her father have an odd relationship. When she was younger it was better, languages were okay-ish for her. Not as easy as Syraen but definitely her best subject. She was trying really hard in school but still wasn't achieving the best marks, which did sometimes mean longer nights trying to help her understand. Thail was older when she got her patron so couldn't really make real trips to the monastery, not that it was encouraged. Once she decided to leave he wasn't like Kyalear but very much that "I'm not made, just severely disappointed". Being more traditional there was an expectation that she would follow him to a tee.

Finally Thail and Xaer were always closer. Being their last child there was definitely a little bit of babying but what solidified it was her interest in learning and teaching. This was increased by the fact that they ended up sharing a patron. Thail took Xaer under his wing. While she was under her learning phase, she spent tons of time with him which was a first for him. They have continued to stay close because of this