Taratai

Taratai was a kalaraq quori who led a rebellion against the Devourer of Dreams that resulted in the creation of the kalashtar . [2] She was the founder of the Path of Light . [1]

Personality

Taratai was considered one of the wisest of the quori in Dal Quor . [2]

History

Taratai was a kalaraq quori in the plane of Dal Quor, when she and the other quori realized they had no memory of a time before the Age of Monsters . Studying this, the sages of the quori concluded that the plane undergoes cycles of transformation and rebirth, along with the spirits tied to it. Taratai believed that the next transformation would usher in an age of great light known as il-Yannah, which would replace the current age of nightmare and darkness. However, most of the other quori were afraid of the loss of personality and memory such a transformation would bring, and began searching for a way to prevent this transformation. When Taratai disagreed and instead sought a way to accelerate the change, she and her followers were persecuted and forced to flee the plane of Dal Quor through mortal's dreams. [2] [3] [4]

About 1800 years ago (1 AT ), along with 66 other quori, Taratai eventually found her way to a monastery in the land of Adar . There a monk named Hazgaal and his students agreed to give the quori shelter, by fusing their souls with the quori spirits to become the first kalashtar. As the quori spirit within Hazgaal, Taratai, now known as Haztaratai, developed and began to teach the precepts of the Path of Light. [1] [3] Haztaratai died 150 years later, but Taratai lived on through Haztaratai's descendants for another 550 years after his death. [1]

Death

About 700 years after the creation of the Kalashtar, in 702 AT, the Inspired of Riedra laid siege to Adar's capitol of Kasshta Keep . The Taratai lineage of kalashtar were at the forefront of the defenders against the Inspired and managed to repulse their forces and capture one of the quori generals, but many of the lineage were killed in the fighting. [1] [5] The last remaining members of Taratai's lineage sacrificed themselves to create the shroud resonators that now protect Adar. With her line of kalashtar slain, most believe Taratai to be dead. [1] [6]

Legacy

VoidofTaratai

Taratai's death is mourned annually by those who follow the Path of Light over a five-day period known as the Void of Taratai . [3] [7] [8] [9]

A few kalashtar believe that Taratai still lives on and continues to aid those who fight against the Dreaming Dark. [10]

The Adaran calendar is named the Age of Taratai (1 AT) in her honor, and begins dating from 1800 years ago when Taratai and the rebel quori fled Dal Quor. [11]

Haztaratain Monastery and the Haztaratain monks are named for the first kalashtar of her lineage. [12]

Appendix

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Keith Baker , Scott Fitzgerald Gray , Glenn McDonald , and Chris Sims (2007). Secrets of Sarlona . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 24. ISBN 978-0-7869-4037-0 .
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Keith Baker , Scott Fitzgerald Gray , Glenn McDonald , and Chris Sims (2007). Secrets of Sarlona . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 15. ISBN 978-0-7869-4037-0 .
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Jesse Decker , Matthew Sernett , Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel , & Keith Baker (2005). Races of Eberron . ( Wizards of the Coast ), pp. 64–65. ISBN 0-7869-3658-4 .
  4. Jennifer Clarke Wilkes , Ari Marmell , & C.A. Suleiman (2006). Faiths of Eberron . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 126. ISBN 0-7869-3934-6 .
  5. Keith Baker , Scott Fitzgerald Gray , Glenn McDonald , and Chris Sims (2007). Secrets of Sarlona . ( Wizards of the Coast ), pp. 34–35. ISBN 978-0-7869-4037-0 .
  6. James Wyatt and Keith Baker (2009). Eberron Campaign Guide . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 255. ISBN 0-7869-5099-4 .
  7. Keith Baker , Scott Fitzgerald Gray , Glenn McDonald , and Chris Sims (2007). Secrets of Sarlona . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 22. ISBN 978-0-7869-4037-0 .
  8. James Wyatt and Keith Baker (2009). Eberron Campaign Guide . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 257. ISBN 0-7869-5099-4 .
  9. Jennifer Clarke Wilkes , Ari Marmell , & C.A. Suleiman (2006). Faiths of Eberron . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 129. ISBN 0-7869-3934-6 .
  10. James Wyatt and Keith Baker (2009). Eberron Campaign Guide . ( Wizards of the Coast ), p. 256. ISBN 0-7869-5099-4 .
  11. Keith Baker , Scott Fitzgerald Gray , Glenn McDonald , and Chris Sims (2007). Secrets of Sarlona . ( Wizards of the Coast ), pp. 12, 14. ISBN 978-0-7869-4037-0 .
  12. Keith Baker , Scott Fitzgerald Gray , Glenn McDonald , and Chris Sims (2007). Secrets of Sarlona . ( Wizards of the Coast ), pp. 34, 122. ISBN 978-0-7869-4037-0 .