Tarak Sigrus

Tarak is soft-spoken, patient, and helpful, content to live a quiet life tending the cloister’s garden plots. An avid botanist, he takes pride in growing herbs, flowers, and vegetables, always eager to share his herbalism knowledge or a useful remedy. His calm demeanor and kind words make him easy to trust, though he avoids personal questions or conversations that drift too far beyond plants and healing.

Physical Description

General Physical Condition

Tarak is a human in his late middle age with pale, freckled skin tanned darker from years of working outdoors. His auburn hair and beard are streaked heavily with gray, framing his face and his piercing gray-blue eyes. Abstract, faded tattoos stretch up the side of his neck, partially visible beneath dirt-stained robes. Notably, a gold hangman’s noose is worked into the tattoo design—a mark of his shadowed past.

Tarak is a human in late middle age. He has pale skin tanned darker with many freckles, auburn hair and a beard that is mostly gray, and gray-blue eyes. Faded tattoos in an abstract design peek up the side of his neck from beneath his dirt-stained robes.

Character Location

Stormwreck Isle

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Species

Human

Plot Hook 1

Tarak frequently visits the sea caves on the island’s southern shore to harvest heart cap mushrooms from the resident myconids. These mushrooms are essential for brewing potions of healing. Recently, a fungus-covered octopus monster has taken up residence at the caves, preventing him from gathering the mushrooms. Concerned but unable to resolve the problem himself, Tarak seeks the help of capable adventurers.

Plot Hook 2

The Lost Fortune: A rogue character (or any with connections to criminal circles) may come to Dragon’s Rest in search of a lost fortune, supposedly hidden on the island by a member of the Gilded Gallows. The story is only partially true. Tarak, a former poisoner for the guild, did betray them, but no treasure was ever involved.
The Truth: Tarak’s final assignment was to assassinate a traitor—his lover. The two tried to flee the guild together, but another assassin caught up with them. His lover was killed, and Tarak barely escaped with his life. The supposed “lost fortune” is merely a guild rumor twisted in the retelling.
Revealing the Past: If the rogue (or another character) confronts Tarak about the Gilded Gallows or presses for the truth, Tarak admits he abandoned the guild and has left the life of crime behind. He urges the rogue to consider doing the same, delivering his advice in a somber, reflective tone:

“A life chasing gold and shadows only ends in blood. I suggest you let go of the past before it claims you, as it nearly did me.”