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===Personality===
 
===Personality===
  
Taryn is generally a reserved, quiet individual who keeps his thoughts to himself. Though he sometimes frequents taverns and other establishments he usually prefer his own company or that of a few close friends over rowdy gatherings of strangers.
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Taryn is generally a reserved, quiet individual who keeps his thoughts to himself. Though he can occasionally be seen frequenting taverns and other establishments he appears to prefer his own company or that of a few close friends over rowdy gatherings of strangers.
  
The midlander has a cautious, watchful nature; something he learned during his later years in Ul'dah and he tends to pay close attention to small details; a habit likewise developed in recent years.
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The midlander has a cautious, watchful nature; something learned from his experiences since since leaving Ul'dah. He tends to pay close attention to small details, a habit developed in recent times; much of which he has spent working as a security escort for trading caravans and individuals ever since leaving Ul'dah.
  
He has no head for saving money, often spending it as fast as he can earn it, though he does not share his fathers gambling ways. As he has something of an obsession when it comes to collecting books and scrolls a large percentage of the Gil he earns ends up being spent on such things. In the past two years alone he has managed to gather a small library worth of texts and buying books to add to his collection is an almost compulsive habit.   
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Taryn is also an almost obsessive collector of books and scrolls, mostly pertaining to the area of Magi-tek development, evidence of a fascination with the subject.   
  
 
===History===
 
===History===
  
Though Taryn was born in the city of Gridania he and his family relocated to Ul'dah when he was roughly nine years old. As a youth he learned how to wield and fight with a polearm, initially learning from his father and in later years from a number of different teachers in his employer's service. Four years prior to the advent of the Calamity he began working for an Ul'dahn merchant who was heavily involved in more than simple, legitimate trading avenues - a choice that was influenced by the existence of significant gambling debts racked up by his father. There are rumors which suggest Taryn's work went further than simple guard duties, crediting him as having acted in some kind of enforcement capacity at various points in time.
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Though Taryn was born in the city of Gridania he and his family relocated to Ul'dah when he was roughly six years old. As a youth he learned the basics of his family's trade from his father though the Calamity prevented him from following through on that career. He is also known to have studied the art of thaumaturgy in Ul’dah and has some significant skill in the art.
  
He is believed to have spent approximately four years in the employ of said merchant, only leaving the city to return to Gridania after the advent of the Calamity. With the disaster taking the life of his father and youngest sister, and following the death of his employer (likewise attributed to the disaster, though some may know otherwise) Taryn and his surviving family members returned to Gridania. There he played some role in helping his sister found her own business in the city; something which she now uses to support both herself and their mother.
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In the aftermath of the Calamity he left Ul'dah with his surviving relatives, making for the city of Gridania where they have since remained. He stayed only a year in that city before leaving again to take up a different line of employment to the trade he would otherwise have inherited. After assisting his elder sister to lay the foundations of her own business in the city (which she now uses to support both herself and their mother) he left Gridania, spending several years working in a protection/security/mercenary capacity for a variety of employers before making his way to the city of Limsa Lominsa two years ago. He has remained there ever since working as a security guard for a small Magi-tek Research and Development company which was later absorbed by the growing XI:7.
 
 
Four years ago he arrived in the port city of Limsa Lominsa and has remained there ever since, working as a security guard for a small Magi-tek Research and Development company which was later absorbed by the growing XI:7.
 
 
 
((There is a lot more to this but in the interests of interesting RP I am keeping it short - the best way to learn about a character is to interact with them))
 
  
 
===Family===
 
===Family===
  
Taryn’s family reside in Gridania where his elder sister runs her own business. His father and youngest sister died in the Calamity.  
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Taryn’s family reside in the city of Gridania where they returned from Ul'dah after the Calamity. His elder sister Alyssa runs her own business which his mother, Marianne, assists with. Taryn’s father and younger sister perished in the disaster. His family once ran a lucrative jewellery business in the city of Ul’dah prior to the Calamity, however the disaster all but demolished the vast majority of their holdings and decimated their finances.
  
'''Mother:''' Marianne
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===Skills, Interests and Experience===
  
'''Sister:''' Alyssa
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Though born in Gridania Taryn spent most of his years growing up in the city of Ul'dah. He is relatively skilled in the art of thaumaturgy, having studied with the guild there for many years prior to the Calamity. After the disaster Taryn fell back on his experience with the art in order to survive without the money he had been accustomed too; taking up jobs escorting merchants and guarding caravans up until his arrival in the city of Limsa Lominsa two years ago. Since settling in Limsa Lominsa he has continued to make use of these combat orientated skills, filling security and protection roles within a number of small groups and companies in the city.
 
 
===Skills, Interests and Experience===
 
  
Taryn spent some of his time in the city of Ul’dah studying the alchemical sciences; with arguably limited success. This study was interrupted by the advent of the Calamity, and though he has managed to obtain a small number of texts on the subject which have aided him in continuing his research, he is still relatively unpractised in the art and his knowledge in this area is more theoretical than practical.
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If the Calamity had not interrupted the course of things Taryn would have taken over the family’s jewellery business in Ul’dah. He learned the craft of goldsmithing from his father but the advent of the Calamity means that such skills have never been put too much use. To this date he has shown no interest in taking up his family’s trade or trying to resurrect the family business.

Revision as of 10:09, 10 September 2013

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 Taryn Thorne
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Gender Male
Race Hyur
Clan Midlander
Citizenship Limsa Lominsa
Age 27
Free Company XI:7
Position within XI:7 Head of Security and Internal Affairs

Basics

Taryn is of tall-average height for a hyur and of fairly average build, being not particularly stocky nor overly thin. Appearance is as seen to the right; dark hair, dark green eyes and a tanned skin tone. He has a number of scars; one which is visible the lower right side of his jaw, the rest mostly to his torso and upper arms. Aside from those he also has a fairly distinct black tattoo on the left side of his face as can be seen in the image.

Personality

Taryn is generally a reserved, quiet individual who keeps his thoughts to himself. Though he can occasionally be seen frequenting taverns and other establishments he appears to prefer his own company or that of a few close friends over rowdy gatherings of strangers.

The midlander has a cautious, watchful nature; something learned from his experiences since since leaving Ul'dah. He tends to pay close attention to small details, a habit developed in recent times; much of which he has spent working as a security escort for trading caravans and individuals ever since leaving Ul'dah.

Taryn is also an almost obsessive collector of books and scrolls, mostly pertaining to the area of Magi-tek development, evidence of a fascination with the subject.

History

Though Taryn was born in the city of Gridania he and his family relocated to Ul'dah when he was roughly six years old. As a youth he learned the basics of his family's trade from his father though the Calamity prevented him from following through on that career. He is also known to have studied the art of thaumaturgy in Ul’dah and has some significant skill in the art.

In the aftermath of the Calamity he left Ul'dah with his surviving relatives, making for the city of Gridania where they have since remained. He stayed only a year in that city before leaving again to take up a different line of employment to the trade he would otherwise have inherited. After assisting his elder sister to lay the foundations of her own business in the city (which she now uses to support both herself and their mother) he left Gridania, spending several years working in a protection/security/mercenary capacity for a variety of employers before making his way to the city of Limsa Lominsa two years ago. He has remained there ever since working as a security guard for a small Magi-tek Research and Development company which was later absorbed by the growing XI:7.

Family

Taryn’s family reside in the city of Gridania where they returned from Ul'dah after the Calamity. His elder sister Alyssa runs her own business which his mother, Marianne, assists with. Taryn’s father and younger sister perished in the disaster. His family once ran a lucrative jewellery business in the city of Ul’dah prior to the Calamity, however the disaster all but demolished the vast majority of their holdings and decimated their finances.

Skills, Interests and Experience

Though born in Gridania Taryn spent most of his years growing up in the city of Ul'dah. He is relatively skilled in the art of thaumaturgy, having studied with the guild there for many years prior to the Calamity. After the disaster Taryn fell back on his experience with the art in order to survive without the money he had been accustomed too; taking up jobs escorting merchants and guarding caravans up until his arrival in the city of Limsa Lominsa two years ago. Since settling in Limsa Lominsa he has continued to make use of these combat orientated skills, filling security and protection roles within a number of small groups and companies in the city.

If the Calamity had not interrupted the course of things Taryn would have taken over the family’s jewellery business in Ul’dah. He learned the craft of goldsmithing from his father but the advent of the Calamity means that such skills have never been put too much use. To this date he has shown no interest in taking up his family’s trade or trying to resurrect the family business.