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"Hide your face, get your silly book and go! You know they can't see us."
Tavelin is a tiefling sorcerer who's almost always on the run. His sibling and circus crewmates are his only family, which is alright by him. He's always trying his best, although he can have some fun once in a while, especially with Faru. He's not much of an acrobat, but can always impress the audience with one of his magic tricks.
He's always been blind in his left eye because of his sorcerers blood, also causing the white skin markings coming from his eye. Tavelins horns thankfully are not that large, which helps with his whole goat costume disguise, making people believe he is just wearing an elaborate, well made costume. During his travels, he found himself admiring the moon and stars a lot, feeling himself being drawn to Al-Shikur, searching for forgiveness.
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Likes
- the sound of wind
- fish markets
- the night sky
- performing with his friends
Dislikes
- showing his face
- city guards
- crowded spaces
- wizards
Personality
cursed blood
Due to unknown circumstances, Tavelin was born with magic in his blood, making him a sorcerer. He quickly found out that sorcerers are hunt down in this world, making him pretend to be a wizard, with a makeshift "spellbook".
caution didn't kill the cat
In his situation, one can never be too careful. Being found out will force the circus to flee another city, and constant travel is just so exhausting and unnecessary. He rarely talks to people other than his crewmates and vendors.
silly side
Even though Tavelin always lives quite on edge, he does need some time to be silly as well. His favourite partner in crime is Faru (don't tell him), and they love just going to markets, playing some pranks and just being a bit chaotic. He does not get to be silly as often as he'd like to, but someone has to keep an eye open.
devoted
Tavelin is trying to right his wrongs by praying to Al-Shikur whenever he sees the moon rise, although he does not quite know what wrongs he's trying to abide for. When Tavelin and his sibling came across their first bigger settlement, he immediately purchased an amulet depicting a moon.
fish fanatic
When the circus travelled to a settlement with a port for the first time, Tavelin felt himself drawn to the shore by the fishy, salty air. He loves fish, the way they look, move, smell and taste amaze him. If he could, he'd spend his days at the fish market.
Aesthetic
Summary
wizards apprentice
Tavelin was born with "foul blood", making his parents leave him and his sibling as an offering at the wizards tower as soon as they found out. Since the wizard did not want to kill the two 10 year olds in order to get special "ingredients", he took them in. When Tavelin showed him his powers a bit, saying he "learned from the books" (he did not), the wizard decided to show him his teachings when he had time. Tavelin played along as long as he could, he didn't want the wizard to stop caring for him and his sibling, since they would be on the streets without him. His blind eye and skin marks did make the wizard wonder though, and it did not take as long for him to find out.
moons calling
One day, Tavelin slipped up in front of the wizard. The siblings were around 17 at the time, when Tavelin blundered his casting, accidentally letting a spell loose, one that the wizard did not teach him. The spell was not in the wizards school of magic. Along with some arcane investigation and sneakily picking at Tavelins insides, the wizard realised that he had homed one of the foul ones, a sorcerer, someone with magic in their blood. After years of deception, the wizard saw red, cursing the adolescents, bestowing a "bestial" form upon them, one that would make them never forget what they had done. Tavelin quickly grabbed his notebook and sibling, and ran with them from the tower, until they found a lonely field. He knew it was all his fault, his fault that his sweet sibling was in this situation now. He held them tight, apologising over and over, until the moon was at its highest point.
Here he was, laying in some field, his sibling sleeping beside him, staring at the night sky. He felt a silent calling being carried towards him by the wind, and started silently praying at the moon, apologising to her over and over, apologising that she had to see him like this, that he, a horned creature with cursed blood dared to wander under her blanket of stars. As Tavelins eyes began to fall shut, he heard a single, understanding whisper, and a sense of security. He swore to himself, and her of course, to follow her guidance and devote himself to her, until he could be forgiven, and rid himself and his sibling of these stupid horns.
safe(?) travels
After crafting passable disguises, and earning some coin from a few oddjobs around villages, they got their hands on a small, busted up, carriage, a donkey (they lovingly called her Susie) and some fabric scraps. After a few days of repairing, decorating, optimising and giving Susie some carrots, their little wandering circus (not Tavelins idea) was made! It certainly was not perfect, or even professional in any way, but it was their little thing. So they travelled, did their act until people grew suspicious, and continued the cycle again. They found some new friends, got some new jobs, let Susie try every type of vegetable they could find, and lived their little, yet troubled life. Tavelin seeks Al-Shikur (she told him his name one night, he'll never forget that) every time the moon rises and falls, honouring her every step along the way.
Isaac Execra'an
[ brother ]
His younger brother Isaac. He loves him to death, and would do anything for him if it meant making him happy. They've been inseperable all their lives, with Tavelin being really, really proud of Isaac.
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