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'''Taravangian''' is the king of [[Kharbranth]]{{book ref|sa1|3}} and [[Jah Keved]]
== Appearance and Personality ==
=== Personality ===
He is popular among many for providing free access to city hospitals funded by an admittance fee to the [[Palanaeum]],{{book ref|sa1|7}} and he is known to visit the hospitals on a weekly basis.{{book ref|sa1|48}} Ruling Kharbranth with the help of a council,{{book ref|sa3|12}} he has been quiet and humble for his entire life, leading many people to believe he is slow witted.{{book ref|sa3|16}} People who know him better know he had a keen intelligence until his "illness" 5 years before the [[Battle of Thaylen Field]].{{book ref|sa3|21}} The illness is a consequence of a visit to the [[Nightwatcher]] who granted him great intelligence and great compassion, but cursed him to never have them at the same time. As a result,
He is a very manipulative man, always putting up an act in public, especially when trying to gain information or prove his theories.{{book ref|sa1|5}}{{wob ref|8070}} One such act is him putting on a farce of reduced mental capacity due to a nuchal cord all his life, despite that said reduced capacity was never actually present.{{book ref|sa3|i|5}}
Taravangian is a pragmatic man who considers it his duty to do whatever it takes to make a better world. Utilitarian to the extreme, when he poses a moral dilemma, asking what to do if three of four men are guilty of murder and one is unsure which is innocent, he says "To prevent murder to happen again … I must hang them all and weep."{{book ref|sa3|28}} Though he doesn't find joy in sacrificing others, he simply believes that sometimes, such sacrifice is required for the betterment of the whole. He expands on this idea, believing that the law is necessary for order, but that all judges are inherently flawed, therefore innocents would eventually be executed when they did not deserve it. He calls this the burden that society must carry in exchange for order.{{book ref|sa3|28}}
He considers himself a sort of martyr, who bears responsibility and stains his soul so that others don't have to, even if it ruins him. This is what he feels is the responsibility of a king.{{book ref|sa3|86}}
But despite his willingness to sacrifice others, he refuses to let his family and his people be harmed if he could potentially stop it; trying to come to a compromise with Odium that let both survive.{{book ref|sa3|122}} However, on his least empathetic of days, he can often order deaths casually and without a single care, even if it provides no measurable benefit to society.{{book ref|sa3|i|5}}
He believes religion fills gaps and brings a sense of comfort which prevents understanding. He trusts only the Diagram, which is the result of his raw intelligence.{{book ref|sa3|i|5}} ▼
On his most emotional of days, he can be completely incoherent to the extent he finds it difficult to think. During these days, he tends to despise himself for his own self-professed stupidity, enough to bring himself to tears.{{book ref|sa4|113}} He also tends to cry for the sake of others.{{book ref|sa3|107}}
He can be rather judgmental against other nations and cultures, such as considering the [[Marati]] to be little more than barbarians.{{book ref|sa3|24}}
▲He believes religion fills gaps and brings a sense of comfort which prevents understanding. He trusts only the Diagram, which is the result of his raw intelligence.{{book ref|sa3|i|5}}
== Attributes and Abilities ==
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