Tatianna: Character Story: Take One

Tatianna, whom most people know better as Tatianna the Fallen, could not have had a more blessed, if somewhat humble beginning. Born to D'Mitri Coraclescraper and Annalia Netweaver of the Yenpoh fisherfolk of Majikku Island, Tatianna possessed singular beauty, intelligence, singing talent, stubborn will, and insatiable curiosity. If anything could be said of young Tatianna, she praised the heavens with her vibrant love of life. All that changed when her curious nature led her to an exploration of the Dark Side, and a meddling specifically in the affairs of Barak, Father of Darkness.

Born under the sign of Perinne in Troval 16,(not sure of proper century), Tatianna was looked up to by all the village children, despite the fact that her various escapades frequently got them into trouble. While her friends often paid the penalty of harsh parental discipline for these
doings, Tatianna did but seldom. Her parents, and indeed all the fisherfolk of the Yenpoh village were too much besotted by Tatianna's beauty and charm, and could not bear to punish her, however richly she may have deserved it.

As she grew in beauty, so Tatianna grew in cleverness and curiosity. She found it gratifying to know things that others around her did not, and once she fastened upon a new mystery she could never let go until she had extracted every last kernel of knowledge about it. Some might have used such information to help others, or possibly to rule over them, but this was never a part of Tatianna's rationale. For her the mere knowing of anything was sufficient.

It was in mid-Tropsy of her seventeenth year that Tatianna first came to consider the puzzle that would lead to her undoing. She and her aging parents were attending a ceremony of worship, the local shaman leading the congregation in the age-old plea to the Mother, begging Their protection against the depredations of the Fathers. No other Yenpoh maiden would ever have dreamed of questioning the inherent goodness of the Mothers, much less the Dark Nature of the Fathers, but for Tatianna questioning was as natural as breathing. At this moment she determined to learn all she could of these deities, with particular regard to the Fathers of whom she realized she knew very little.

As might have been expected, the villagers were horrified at this new direction taken by Tatianna and her queries. Even dim-witted old hags, customarily shunned, would only mutter "Mothers good, Fathers bad" before shrieking at her to depart and leave them alone. Her well-meaning parents, frightened at the change in their beloved daughter, threatened to lock her in her room if she would not desist. All of this left Tatianna feeling at first very frustrated, and eventually terribly angry. However, her resolve was far from shaken, and she doggedly pursued her chosen quest.