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| name                = Tarina Autio
| name                = Tarina Autio
| image                = [[File:taru_tinypaca.jpg|350px|center]](By [https://x.com/TinyPaca tinypaca])
| aliases              = Taru
| aliases              = Taru
| class                = Bard
| class                = Bard
| occupation          = Storyteller and aspiring Hero
| occupation          = Storyteller and aspiring Hero
| tier_of_play        = Expert
| tier_of_play        = Expert
| ancestry            = [[Established Lore|Fetchling]]
| ancestry            = [[Established Lore#Fetchling|Fetchling]]
| heritage            = Ganzi
| heritage            = Ganzi
| pronouns            = She/Her
| pronouns            = She/Her
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| height              = 1.98m
| height              = 1.98m
| relatives            = [[Taso Autio]] (sister)
| relatives            = [[Taso Autio]] (sister)
| partner              = [[Melfyra]]
| status              = ?
| status              = Alive
| player              = [[User:Unseelie|Unseelie]]
}}
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Tarina Autio, or Taru as she prefers, is an [[Associates|Associate]] of [[the Round Table]], wishing to tell the tales of both heroics she witnesses and those she performs herself.
Tarina Autio was an [[Associates|Associate]] of [[the Round Table]].
 
== Description ==
=== Original ===
Taru is a [[Established Lore|fetchling]] ganzi, the latter granting her a frame taller and more muscular than what is typical for fetchlings. This heritage is further expressed in a line of blue scales over her left eye, mirroring a scar over her right eye she earned in her childhood, as well as a pair of bright orange, fairly small, and not fully material wings, resembling those of a [https://2e.aonprd.com/Monsters.aspx?ID=1262 peri]. Her skin is of a middling grey tone, and her hair a bluish grey. Like most fetchlings, she has glowing eyes.
 
Her usual adventuring outfit consists of a quilted armour, any sturdy pairs of pants and boots she could get hold of, a longsword, a whip, a sling, a dagger, and a lute. However, the last she only carries for merrymaking, relying on speeches and spells to support her allies in combat. She also wears several piercings in both ears, preferring small rings or studs that do not pose too great a hazard in melee fights.
 
Due to usually travelling light, she tends to wear the same things outside of adventuring, only storing part of her weaponry somewhere should she have the option. This may change now that she has a semi-permanent dwelling. She dislikes people staring at her scar and scales, so when not among adventurers she also often dons a half-mask hiding these features.
 
[[File:taru_mask.png|thumb|355px|alt=A blue and gold upper half face mask. It is partially decorated with black-on-white musical notes. | The mask Taru used to wear among people she is not familiar with, especially those who are not adventurers.]]
 
Taru's shadow, while mostly sticking to the same shape as Taru, never stays still, always exploring anything around itself, and completely lacking any concept of personal space. It is very outgoing and usually tries to greet the shadows of other living beings, often leading to disappointment when they do no react. It quickly gets over any such distress, but Taru still tries to avoid it by matching the timing her own greetings of non-fetchlings to those of her shadow.
 
[[File:taru_flattering_portrait.jpg|thumb|355px|alt=A portrait of Taru, mostly as in her original description, but perhaps a bit intentionally flattering. | A very flattering portrait of Taru. Painted by a travelling artist she and her sister saved before arriving in Onadbyr.<br>(By [https://www.reddit.com/user/Roujin_/ Roujin_])]]
 
=== Changes while living in Onadbyr ===
Some months into living in Onadbyr, Taru replaced her old half-mask with a full face mask capable of changing shapes and enhancing her performances.
She also upgraded from her quilted armour to first a custom hide armour, and now full plate, both featuring the emblems of [[Cayden Cailean]] on the front and of [[Desna]] on the sleeves.
Recently she expanded her arsenal, removing the longsword and sling, but instead adding a bastard sword, a kusarigama, a tekko-kagi, and a composite shortbow, with runes applied to the first two. (For a short time she had a greatsword instead of the bastard sword, but it didn't take her long to switch that out.)
 
Taru's shadow is slowly gaining a sort of ethereal substance. As of summer 225, it is able to touch objects enough to interact with them.
 
Around the same time [[Melfyra]] started living with Taru so that Taru could protect her.
 
== Background ==
Taru, together with her fraternal twin sister [[Taso Autio|Taso]], was born in a small village on the material plane mostly populated by fetchlings that had to flee the shadow plane during [[The Collapse]].
 
Some lingering fragment of chaos came into contact with her mother during her pregnancy, apparently only affecting Taru and leaving her sister a normal fetchling.
While Taru's unusual appearance certainly drew glances and whispers, she was generally accepted in her village, staying there until she finished an apprenticeship as a bard and decided to experience adventuring herself rather than just telling stories about it. (An anecdote she loves to tell is that she earned herself the nickname of "Butcher of Legends" at that time—occasionally she will also reveal that it was for her absolutely atrocious first attempt at retelling legends before an audience.)
 
Her sister, wishing to learn more about crafting techniques around the world, decided to tag along. The two of them have a rather strange relationship, getting along famously in letters and occasional meetings, but mostly bickering whenever they spend more than a day or so together. Somehow they made travelling together work anyway.
 
They split up soon before Taru arrived in [[Onadbyr]], Taso staying a while in a workshop they came across to learn of their methods. The two still regularly exchanged letters and a few month later Taso joined her sister in the city.
 
== Life in Onadbyr ==
Taru greatly enjoys living in Onadbyr and being an Associate. She joins missions as often as she can, as long as she believes she will be more help than hindrance.
 
She spends most evenings in taverns telling tales of heroes and adventures, both for fun and as a secondary source of income.
 
== Religion ==
While Taru is not deeply religious, she follows the teachings of both [[Cayden Cailean]] and [[Desna]]. One could argue that she respects the latter more as a divinity, but she looks up to Cayden as a person and even became one of his champions.
 
== Pet ==
In autumn 225, Taru [[Samara Slitherslimes Shifting Slime Shop | received a frost ora]] as reward for… training said frost ora. She is still unsure what Samara got out of that deal.
 
The frost ora is named Aeve, after a legendary slime whose story Taru has heard. They are trained to orate tales backwards for an audience and to collect rewards after.
 
== Etymology ==
Taru's names are based on Finnish words. Her first name, [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tarina#Finnish Tarina], means "Story" or "Tale", aggrandised in her nickname [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/taru#Finnish Taru], which means "Epic" or "Legend", symbolising her own aspirations.
 
[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/autio#Finnish Autio], her last name, translates to "Desolate" or "Uninhabited", referencing large parts of the Shadow Plane. It is a very common last name in her culture.
 
Aeve is named after a Magic: The Gathering card, the legendary slime [https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=522224 Aeve, Progenitor Ooze].
 
== Expeditions ==
=== Spring 227 (July 2024) ===
* [[Snakes in the Grass]]
* [[Crab Rave]]
 
=== Winter 226 (June 2024) ===
* [[The Second Hellmouth: Early Signs]]
* [[Bustin']]
 
=== Autumn 226 (May 2024) ===
* [[Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)]]<ref name="log taso"/>
* [[Clear Cut Rules]]
 
=== Summer 226 (April 2024) ===
* [[Karkalicious]]
 
=== Spring 226 (March 2024) ===
* [[Bring Your Brain]]
 
=== Winter 225 (February 2024) ===
* [[A Grave Danger Returns]]
* [[The Legendary Funeral]]
* [[Love-and-Loss Day]]<ref name="log"/>
* [[One Bad ___]]<ref name="log"/>
 
=== Autumn 225 (January 2024) ===
* [[Samara Slitherslimes Shifting Slime Shop]]
* [[The Weathered Slab]]<ref name="log"/>
 
=== Summer 225 (December 2023) ===
* [[Weird Wolves]]
 
=== Spring 225 (November 2023) ===
* [[It's Demons (Trainee)]]
* [[Welcome to the Star Pit | Welcome to The Star Pit]]
* [[Kelek, Remastered 1]]
 
=== Winter 224 (October 2023) ===
* [[Let the Music Move You]]
* [[The Statue Garden]]
* [[Eclipsing the Night]]
 
=== Autumn 224 (September 2023) ===
* [[Malicious Intent: In the Wind]]
* [[Onadbyr_Arson_Investigation#Second_Expedition_(Onadbyr_Arson_Investigation_Redux)|Onadbyr Arson Redux]]
 
=== Summer 224 (August 2023) ===
* [[Fall Into Rune]]<ref name="log taso">Log transcribed by Taso, as told by Taru.</ref>
* [[Spa Spies]]<ref name="log"/>
* [[Malicious Intent: The Search]]
* [[Buried Treasure 5]]<ref name="log">Log written by Taru.</ref>

Latest revision as of 15:38, 10 November 2024

Tarina Autio
ClassBard
OccupationStoryteller and aspiring Hero
TierExpert
AncestryFetchling
HeritageGanzi
Alias(es)Taru
PronounsShe/Her
Age33 (born 29th of Desnus 196)
Height1.98m
RelativesTaso Autio (sister)
Status?


Tarina Autio was an Associate of the Round Table.

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