Tanis
Tanis, Oracle of Apsu is a gnomish child, played by QSDragonLord. The prophesied child oracle of Apsu, Tanis was brought to the temple in Corvosa when she was still a very small child. Because of this, the majority of her life has been in the temple, and she thinks of those pillared halls as her home.
Description
Appearance
Tanis is an adult by years lived, but never matured physically beyond that of a preteen gnomish girl. For this reason, she is only eighteen inches tall, and is often misjudged by those who don't know her. She has kept her head shaved as part of her order, and generally uses her sleeves of many garments to ensure that she is always properly dressed for the occasion.
Personality
While being viewed as a child has sometimes encouraged childishness on her part, Tanis has a very deep loyalty to her faith and her friends. She is concerned with the plight of her city, and this is revealed in the moments when she lowers her guard among friends, or with her 'baby sitter' Mukan.
Biography
Background
Tanis spent many years happily at the temple, basking in the glory of her unique position, and the reverence with which the common people treated her. She was the "child Oracle of Apsu", and that came with a long list of perks she enjoyed. Things changed with the sudden death of the king, and when she was asked to join the queen's service to help stabilize her city, Tanis never hesitated. She remained loyal to the queen, working to foil the plots of the chief inquisitor and his allies.
With the death of the inquisitor and the revelation of the queen as a green dragon, Tanis has been cast upon a doomed road where she feels the intense need to eventually stand against the queen, but also a knowledge that it would be suicide to even try. This has put her in a place where she has decided to seek out deep magics, and ancient powers. She will travel as far as she must, and barter with what entities she can, to procure the strength to depose the tyrant queen.
