Tanoa, gnome tailor's wife
Relationships
History
Ragani and Tanoa are sisters but they had a fairly large age gap between them. Tanoa was hitting puberty about the time when Ragani was born. The age gap made it hard for them to relate to each other but they at least weren't in competition for their parent's time and attention directly. They had an affectionate big sister/little sister dynamic but it gradually eroded as the pair grew older. Their parents of course claimed to not have a favorite child, but Ragani believed Tanoa was the favorite child. When Tanoa got married and found her business niche helping her new husband selling his wares, her parents were thrilled and they elevated Tanoa as a fine example for the rest of the family to follow. Ragani did not want to be a merchant. Partially this was due to Ragani's independent streak and the instinctual desire for the youngest child to stand out as individual in some way, but Ragani felt her values did not mesh with those of merchants. Ragani tended to be direct and blunt (by gnome standards at least) and she did not donning what she considered a false mask of pleasantness and verbal subterfuge needed to make sales. Tanoa excelled at this this aspect of salesmanship and viewed her actions as politeness and common senses, not dishonesty. This drove a wedge between the sisters. When Ragani joined the Fumayan Guardians, Tanoa was one of the last members of the family to support her and Ragani assumed Tanoa was putting on a pleasant front. Relations have soften after Tanoa had some children. Gnomes babies are cute and good at bringing people together. Ragani has little to no interest in being a mother herself, but she likes being an auntie. Ragani moved to an acolyte and scholar to a full priestess of Hallisan. The rest of her family got used to this idea and eventually became proud of her. They were even more proud when she became anointed theurgist The family's pride turned to fear when it turned out she had a great aptitude for Spirit Magic. Spirit summoning theurgists generally do not get assigned quiet temple postings managing libaries or giving heartfelt sermons to Hallisan's faithful, they are sent to front lines on dangerous quests. Ragani didn't just become an adventurer, she became a high level espionage agent working with the king's investigator Kormatin and battling murderous Decadents, a powerful vampiress, and over a dozen enemy sorcerers (and still counting). Ironically, working as an adventurer has recently made Ragani begin to appreciate the social and mercantile skills she learned from her family. Like the rest of her family, Tanoa is proud of Ragani, but is also terrified for her. She has mixed feeling about how much her oldest daughter is looking up to Aunt Ragani.
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