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Taravangian is an aged man with a wrinkled, clean-shaven face. He has pale grey eyes and an open, kindly face.{{book ref|sa3|24}} He lives with perpetual aches in his body, and has other symptoms of old age.

| Someone must bear the responsibility, someone must be dragged down by it, ruined by it. Someone must stain their souls so others may live. Society offers us up to trudge through dirtlydirty waters so others may be clean.

He is popular among many for providing free access to city hospitals funded by an admittance fee to the [[Palanaeum]].,{{book ref|sa1|7}} Heand he is known to visit the hospitals on a weekly basis.{{book ref|sa1|48}} HeRuling was said to be a kindly if somewhat simple man. Perfect to rule a small city-stateKharbranth with the help of a council.,{{book ref|sa3|12}} All his life he has been quiet and humble, becausefor ofhis thisentire somelife, peopleleading consideredmany himpeople to bebelieve he is slow witted,.{{book ref|sa3|16}} however peoplePeople who knewknow 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 really 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 wakes up every morning with a fluctuation of both. These fluctuations will cause him to spendOn some days, cryinghe cries and havinghas compassion for everyone around him, butwhile unable to have intelligent conversations,{{book ref|sa3|107}} andwhile otheron daysothers he would beis brilliant, but wouldyet easily talkspeaks of killing singing children.{{book ref|sa3|i|5}}

Taravangian is a pragmatic man who considers it his duty asto taking the responsibility of doingdo whatever it takes to havemake a "better world". HeWhen hashe twoposes quotesa thatmoral showdilemma, this:asking "Someone must stain their souls so others may live. Society offers us upwhat to trudge through dirty waters so others may be clean."{{book ref|sa3|86}} The other is when he is asked on what he would do if therethree areof four men and you are sureguilty threeof aremurder guiltyand butone notis sureunsure whowhich is the innocent, he repliessays "To prevent murder to happen again … I must hang them and weep."{{book ref|sa3|28}} He doesn't believe inbelieves religion. He considers religion as something that fills gaps and brings a sense of comfort which prevents understanding. ThisHe istrusts opposed to his trust inonly the Diagram, as thiswhich is the result of his raw intelligence.{{book ref|sa3|i|5}}