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Tavenlan "Tav" Myani

BASICS

NAME: Tavenlan "Tav" Myani
AGE: 56
HEIGHT: 5'10"
GENDER: Masc-presenting non-binary (he/they)
RACE: Half-drow (human mother)
CLASS: Bard - College of Swords
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Neutral (Act 1) | Chaotic Good (Act 2/3)

CANON: Baldur's Gate 3
CANON POINT: Entirely flexible
STATS/SPELLS/ETC: Click here!

PERSONALITY

cautious ✦✦✦✦✦✧✧✧✧✧ curious
efficient ✦✦✦✦✦✦✧✧✧✧ careless
outgoing ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✧✧✧ solitary
compassionate ✦✦✦✦✦✦✧✧✧✧ critical
confident ✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✦✧✧ nervous
A charismatic, opportunistic, and often duplicitous half-drow who moved to Baldur's Gate from Prastuil with his parents fifty years ago. Considers himself Baldurian and holds the memory of his now deceased mother very close to his heart. Tav did very little in his early years to make his parents proud and ended up falling fully in with the criminal elements of Baldur's Gate after his mother passed away and his father subsequently returned to Dambrath.

Loyal and compassionate to his friends and with a vicious streak that will see him stick a dagger into anyone who causes those he cares for to come to harm. He has a soft spot for children, particularly Mol's group of tiefling thieves (as they remind him of his own childhood). Often gets himself into trouble but is very good at talking himself out of it. During the Absolute crisis he made several deals with very powerful people along the way and stabbed almost every one of them in the back to get closer to his own end goals.

Though he can often be selfish his tadpole adventures altered his mindset from doing the right thing because he can get something out of it to doing the right thing because it's the right thing to do.

Plays several instruments and often hums to himself when distracted or bored. Will not hesitate to verbally eviscerate anyone who has it coming.

PREFERENCES/PERMISSIONS

SHIPPING: Tav is Very Pansexual. In terms of canon I prefer to pair him up with Astarion, Gale, or Shadowheart, but I'm pretty open to any (except Minthara, sry). He is very devoted to his partner and goes all in with a relationship
PHYSICAL CONTACT: Go for it! Just keep an eye on your valuables if you get too close
CONFLICT: He is a bard possessed of a sharp wit and a sharper tongue, you'll get as good as you give
VIOLENCE: While he'd prefer not to, he can take care of himself
MIND CONTROL/MIND READING: Please ask me OOCly about this first
KILLING: As above, please ask first!

WRITING STYLE: I can match what I get, though I tend to write brackets first
BACKTAGGING: I will backtag forever
THREADHOPPING: Please don't
FOURTH WALLING No
SMUT: He's 100% down for it and so am I

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Tav Lore

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Noted here - Tav lore that comes up in the course of RP. All years taken with the assumption that BG3 takes place 1492 DR.

Personal History
➥ Born in Prastuil approx 1436 DR
➥ Moved to Baldur's Gate approx 1442 DR as his mother hated the Dambrath weather
➥ Both parents musically inclined, taught Tav to play several instruments
➥ First instruments he learned to play were the piano and violin
➥ Well-educated in literature, religion and history
➥ Primarily speaks Illuskan & Common (Calant dialect)
➥ Taught to speak Drowic as a child as his mother thought it important that he stay connected to drow culture in some way. Tav mostly uses it for swearing
➥ Was unable to find much honest work due to his obvious heritage and the prejudice levelled against it, so inevitably fell in with the Guild at a young age engaging in petty theft etc. much to his parents dismay
➥ Still owns family home in Baldur's Gate but has not been back to the city in three years before events of Baldur's Gate 3
➥ Writes to his father a few times a year but has not received a response in 15 years

Family
➥ Human mother (Reina Myani (b. 1408 DR, d. 1477 DR)), drow father (Senzen Myani (b. 1367 DR, assumed still alive))
➥ Mother the daughter of a merchant who disowned her when she married a drow
➥ Father in the pearl trade in Dambrath and very wealthy but frugal in his personal life
➥ Father is an Eilistraee-worshipper
➥ Mother died approx 1477 DR from winterchill fever (or possibly the herbs used to try to treat it). Thereafter his father moved back to Prastuil and left (then 41 y/o) Tav behind in Baldur's Gate

Personality Quirks
➥ His first instinct when meeting someone new is to adjust his personality to become what they need to see in order for him to gain their trust - it takes a while for the facade to drop
➥ Reflexively corrects people when they call him a drow ("half-drow") because he will not stand for the erasure of his mother
➥ Tends to keep his level of education to himself unless he can use it to his advantage
➥ Following the resolution of the Absolute crisis he develops an uncharacteristic quick temper that occasionally results in explosive outbursts particularly when he is frustrated or feels backed into a corner. This is 100% due to trauma and all the things he doesn't talk about after everything is done
➥ Takes his tea with cinnamon. Refers to it as 'tea crimes'
➥ Prefers not to use magic during intimacy (particularly relevant for Gale romancing)
➥ Is a mine of random, often useless facts he picked up out of books
➥ Owns a surprisingly large number of bookmarks because he hates dog-earing pages in books
➥ Puts his hands behind his back when nervous/uncomfortable/defensive instead of folding his arms

Physical Traits
➥ Has sensitive ears (ticklish/erogenous depending on the situation)
➥ Received the small scar on his chin in a drunk scuffle in a bar
➥ Received the larger scar over his eye/cheek while adventuring, during a fight with a group of gnolls
➥ His hair looks like he cuts it himself because he does
➥ The freckles go all the way down

Favourites
➥ Colour: blue