Tsara'Kii-Vo

Sister - Karave’Kii-Vo

Hane Brother - Gulnava’Kii-Sen

*"The Black. A sea of discovery and the very essence of possibility. When I was but a hatchling I would gaze into the stars and wonder what incredible things rested just beyond the horizon, but everything changed with the arrival of the Gnomes. Now I spend my days travelling the place that was once a dream to me, learning everything I can wherever I can. I will answer all mysteries. I will unravel all secrets. I will discover all truths. I am Tsara'Kii-Vo, Child of she who Flows Like Gentle Rivers, Born of the Third of Eight Clans of Kings. I am a scientist, one who learns and so creates. I will see my journey to its end, and no one can stop me."*

## Personality

Tsara'Kii-Vo is a very distrusting serpent. Brought up in the death world known as Vauros, He spent his early life fighting for his very survival in the Clan of Clouds, The Third of Eight powerful clans that held near ultimate power in their homeland of the jungles. This has made him violent and survivalist, due to the very different moral codes he grew up around. He is a pragmatic individual first and foremost, taking great care to ensure his own survival over all else, whether that be by making loyal allies, or manipulating other hapless fools to do his dirty work for him. He is not above inflicting violence on those around him to gain favorable results, as results are in many cases, the only thing that truly matters to him in a situation. It is for these reasons that many steer clear of the serpentine being after getting to know him, if his unsettling appearance doesn't do the job for him.

Despite all these deeply troubling aspects, he is someone who craves companionship deep down. He is the great beast of the forest, powerful and yet alone. It is rare he meets someone who is not afraid of him off the bat, and ever rarer that it stays that way once they know him better. It is for this reason that once Tsara has gained someone as a true friend, he will go to the ends of the 'Verse for them, no matter who gets in his way. He is violent, crass, and cruel, but he is full of love to give if he can simply find someone to trust with it all.

## Lore

### What You All Know

Tsara'Kii-Vo is a scientist and inventor turned spacer after his mentor, Ozymanas, was kidnapped by a group of people who he wishes to track down. He met Set first on a Maw station and they did some investigating together before they crashed on one of the moons of Cyprex for flying without proper identification. From there he met up with Eyes and Ohm and hired them to help him find his mentor in exchange for his engineering prowess in taking care of their ship, The Element. He spends much of his free time trying to create a new form of 'True' AI that is sapient like a real person, and has thus far been making great strides of progress.

### Actual Backstory

Tsara'Kii-Vo was born on a death planet known as Vauros, a place that has been deemed 'unfit for living' for almost all except the hardiest species in the 'Verse, and raised by the Third greatest of Eight Clans known as the Clans of Kings, Eight clans of Serpinians who held near ultimate sway over Serpinian culture in the now blooming first decades of civilization in the Vaurosan Jungles. It was first discovered by the Gnomes around sixteen years ago, and they made first contact two years after, when Tsara had just gained his tenth scale of passing. Though many of his people took to the new visitors with suspicion and hostility, The young Serpinian took to the newcomers with awe and curiosity. He spent two years working alongside them as part of a program to help socialize the Serpinian cultures with the outsiders from across The 'Verse, only stopping to take part in his Hane'Kul with his now Hane Brother Gulnava of The House of Whispers.

Soon after that he departed with the Gnomes to explore the other areas of Vauros, meeting entire other species' such as the Toruga, the Lizaasi, and the Fro, all of who lived on his own world without him ever knowing. It baffled him that entire other cultures could live so close to him without him ever knowing, and he decided he had to know more. After careful calibration of the ship's gravity systems, he joined the Gnomes on their flotilla to continue his quest for knowledge. He took to the many STEM fields like vent tape to a broken pipe, and found himself enraptured by it all. He branched out into many different fields that most people could only follow one of at a time, and it was soon discovered because of this and other Serpinian flotilla goers that Serpinian brains filed and sorted through information differently than many mammalian species', allowing them to near perfectly recollect and retain information at almost three times the rate of a mammalian brain. Many of the serpents when presented with problems that took most hours to solve could figure out the solutions in minutes. It was astounding, and soon more and more joined the Gnomes in space.

The day the Gnomes made contact with The Eternal Dragon was the most significant moment in their lives for many of the various Vaurosan species' living on the flotilla, Tsara included. The being slumbered in the core of the system's sun, and when he awoke, travelling to the flotilla's ships stationed in system space for first contact, many bowed in reverence, he included. This was their deity, the great beast who slaughtered the demons millennia prior and kept their people from the brink of extinction. When it spoke, it projected such force that the ships shook even through the vacuum, it's magic and might empowered by thousands of years of belief. It turned Tsara's mind upside down, to think that the being they had worshipped for so long was there and real and not simply caught in glimpses as it stepped from its nest in the sun. It only drove his now somewhat dangerous curiosity ever further, and he found himself apprenticed to a Gnomish inventor named Ozymanas Liberas. The man was considered unhinged by many, but as Tsara took looks across his notes, he saw real potential and vowed to help the man with his projects.

It wasn't to last, though, as just as they hit a major breakthrough on controlled void jumps, Ozymanas was taken. In the dead of night, men had snuck onto the flotilla and kidnapped him, leaving barely any trace except a single security feed. Tsara took it and began his journey as a spacer, packing up his research and setting off fully on his adventure.

## Notable Equipment

### C2M3 Hexnoct Rifle "Black Betty"

A heavily customized C2M3 Rifle manufactured by Hexnoct, with advanced concussion charging and an overcycle loop installed. For when you absolutely need to kill someone.

*"She's always ready (Bam Ba Lam)"*

### M19 Arcmire Pistol "Snake Eyes"

A modified and custom-built M19 Pistol manufactured by Arcmire Productions to Tsara's specifications. This pistol has a modified one-handed grip for his claws and an overcharged nova pulse emitter in the prismatic chamber. Efficient, quick, and perfect for one-liners.

*"Oh, unfortunate, seems like you rolled snake eyes. Ah well, everyone runs out of luck eventually, don't feel too bad."*

### P1M1 Heat Sword "Enma"

A custom-built Prismatic heat sword with unique energy stabilizers built in to allow for a more curved blade, mimicking old shows and cartoons from Terran cultures that Tsara has taken a liking to.

*"I like the way you die, boy; why don't you show me a second time?"*

### Flow Casket

The casket that holds the foundation of the future of AI. Flow's casket is a mechanical marvel which holds the necessary equipment to transport a realized sapient artificially designed consciousness. Unlike even the most powerful magitech AI, Flow is unique in her fully mechanical status and her grasp on sapience, even if currently limited. Tsara dreads the discussions with ethics boards about creating a fully artificial life, but he can't stop now, not with her 'soul' on the line.

## Relationships

#### Eyes

*"A fine man with a strong sense of loyalty. Though I do not know him well, I am very aware of certain truths about Eyes. He is, in many ways, a closed book, but he is open about the parts that matter. He is trustworthy, even when angered, and I could not imagine having a better captain, even if we argue quite often."*

#### Ohm

*"Ohm is wonderful, simply put. She is sweet and kind and everything that Vauros could not abide. If she had grown up where I did, there is no doubt it would have been snuffed out before ever being lit, but I am happy to have met a fellow scientific mind, especially one so optimistic in the face of the Black. I simply hope it can survive the challenges yet to come. I worry for her, but I hope I can become kinder by her presence."*

#### Set

*"Set, the priest. It is strange to interact with those of the church in a meaningful way, as I have quite literally seen my God in the flesh. It is hard to conceptualize how one could worship anything else when you have a glimpse of true power. The gods are not infallible, though, and I am well enough aware that the same is true for mine, so his presence is a good one. He is the one who first reached out to help when I started my journey, and he continues to be a calming presence and a sense of normalcy for me...even if sometimes he acts a bit of a fool."*

#### Andric Merze Aidriss

*"I have never been more frustrated with any being in my life than I am with the presence of Andric Merze Aidriss. This absolute bastard has no respect for my property, work, ship, or crew. He infuriates me! I wish I could just eat him, but unfortunately, Ohm likes him, and I can't bring myself to see her disappointed in me often."*