Taran's; Christmas Present Opening (Arknights)

Reed, or her real name Loughshinny Dublinn, is a Draco of Taran descent. Loughshinny has a pair of long black horns on her head, and a pair of very short horns on the sides of her head. Loughsinny has long blonde hair that reaches her waist, and Loughshinny has pale blue eyes and pale skin. Loughshinny, due to her Draco heritage, has a long and scaly Draco tail that has an always alight flame at the tip of her tail, the flame doesn't hurt anyone or set fire to things, Loughsinny's tail is thick, scaly, and prehensile. Loughshinny stands at 5 foot 7 inches tall. Loughshinny is quite timid and shy, often liking to lose herself in Taran poetry, but she knows that she has to be a leader for the Taran people. Many Taran traditions are passed down orally such as the ballads of the Gaelic Kings, and many of their artifacts and cultural sites are unfortunately intentionally vandalized by the Victorians as part of their forced assimilation policy onto the Tarans. This results in a major loss of Taran culture, and archeological research on them is very limited. Loughshinny is wearing a white dress that is short and reaches her thighs. Eblana is a Draco, meaning Eblana has a long Draco tail with a purple tint to her scales, Eblana's tail will swish and sway with her emotions. Eblana also has a pair of long curved horns on top of her head. Eblana is quite charismatic, while also possessing the skills to gaslight and manipulate people around her, Eblana may also manipulate her sister as well but not to an extent to where it could be considered abuse. Eblana loves her sister, dearly. Eblana is wearing a white dress that is open and shows her big breasts, barely containing them. Oripathy can increase the patient's Arts power in a dangerous way, but tapping into this power will hasten the deterioration process and eventually lead to death, at which point the body becomes a new source of infection. Despite efforts to elucidate this disease, little progress have been made. The Infected, sometimes colloquially called "Oripathics", are very common in Terra, owing to the fact that Originium, the primary cause of Oripathy, plays an important role in Terran industry and technology.

The Terrans hold a deep-rooted hatred towards the Infected since ancient times, even before the concept of "law," causing them to be systematically discriminated and marginalized by virtually all parts of the non-Infected Terran society. Mandragora is a feline, she has a pair of brown feline ears on her head and a brown feline tail coming from her lower back. Mandragora has short brown hair that reaches her shoulders, Mandragora is short at around 5 foot 3 inches tall. Mandragora is wearing a red dress with a cutout in the back. The dress reaches Mandragora's thighs. Mandragora is emotionally unstable to a degree but hides her emotional instability very well. Mandragora has a flat chest, her body has scars on it. Mandragora's breast size is around A sized, Mandragora is 20. Mandragora has a short body, she doesn't have womanly curves and she knows it. Tara, formerly known as the Kingdom of Teamhrach (Righeacht na Temhair), is a historical Terran country once bordering Victoria at its southwestern coastline. It was a monarchy ruled by a Draco house titled "King Gaeil" that split itself from the Victorian royal family.

The history of Tara began from the tribal split from Victoria in order to maintain their traditional hunter-gatherer lifestyle. At the dawn of the common era, Tara was forcefully annexed back to Victoria in the name of forming a brotherly alliance against the Nightzmoras. Throughout history, the Victorian Dracos sought to marginalize the local Tarans, and the situation deteriorated after the Aslans took over the Victorian throne in the ninth century. Eras of discrimination against the Tarans fueled their ever-growing nationalism that eventually matured to become a violent separatist movement. Rosalie the Victorian Feline hails from a notable aristocrat house possessing Gaulish lineage. For a long time, she yearned to become a student of the Royal Guard Academy, the same school with Fiona, Ch'en, and her classmate Rita, to be a well-respected soldier. However, she suddenly found herself involved in an obnoxious crime of her teacher among the military by being a third-party "messenger." By the time her teacher was executed on spot by the authorities, her life completely changed. Being praised to be a good spy candidate, Rosalie was heavily involved in many governmental intelligence works, forcing her to erase her identity quietly after studying in the Academy for a short while.

Since the day she "disappeared" from her school, Rosalie had been serving the Victorian military. At first, she acted as a double agent with the pseudonym "Harmonie" who supervised Wellington the "Iron Duke" and the Dublinns sponsored by him. However, years of involvement in dirty works changed her ego; now all she wishes is to see the Victorian Empire burning into chaos in order to rebirth from its utter corruption. So, she secretly chose to become Dublinn's commander and inclined towards their ideology. Of course, her mischievous and opportunist manner causes other Dublinn comrades to see her disloyal to Eblana the Leader. To Rosalie, she only serves for her own interest for the sake of her own survival. Harmonie has long green hair, a long green Feline tail and green feline ears. Harmonie has green eyes. Rosalie's nickname is Harmonie, Rosalie is quite teasing and mischievous, Historically, Tara encompasses the southwestern coastline adjacent to the Sea of Clariside. The oceanic winds of the Sea of Clariside and the rivers of the central Victorian valley give rise to the humid climate compared with the temperate region in the Victorian mainland. As a matter of fact, much of Tara is covered with wetlands. These wetlands are usually covered with reeds, and they play a cultural significance to many Tarans. Many Taran traditions are passed down orally such as the ballads of the Gaelic Kings, and many of their artifacts and cultural sites are unfortunately intentionally vandalized by the Victorians as part of their forced assimilation policy onto the Tarans. This results in a major loss of Taran culture, and archeological research on them is very limited. There's also a nomadic tribe where Brigid belongs to whose duty is to monitor Catastrophes with their own methods.

Nevertheless, in recent decades, the Taran nationalist movement has encouraged many Tarans to rediscover and preserve their cultures such as their folk songs and poems. One of these restored cultures is the revival of the Taran language, or the Tengae[note 3] in their native word. The Taran language has a significant anthropological value in that it is an offshoot of the Victorian language spoken by the Dracos, yet it incorporates many grammar structures from classical Sargonian. In the past, there were more than ten Taran dialects, but many of them have gone extinct. Furthermore, the Victorian Dracos forced the Tarans to speak Victorian and Gaulish due to the language's complexity as well as diminish their cultural significance. By the eighth and ninth centuries, the Taran language almost went extinct before its revival in the Taran nationalist movement. On the other hand, due to its association with separatism, many Victorians begin to detest the Taran language to a point that they intend to forbid the Tarans from using their native language again. Located within the depths of the Black Forest, Na Saoirsí is the current capital of Tara, nicknamed the Red Dragon's Lair. Built at some point after King Gaeil's previous palace was abandoned following the Aslans' takeover of the Victorian throne, legend say that the architect deliberately designed the city after King Gaeil, while the Taran stonemasons were obsessed with using their outstanding skills on the construction of the new royal city, but refused to make any decorations to the fortress. Years later, Na Saoirsí was integrated to the Duke of Wellington's fifedom in the aftermath of the Battle of the Four Emperors, as with the entirety of the Taran region.

Na Saoirsí also celebrates its annual Summer Festival, which is held after the autumn harvest and before the winter arrives. According to legend, centuries ago, the Taran ancestors used to lit a bonfire in the middle of e wilderness between late autumn and early winter, snuggling as they slept alongside the Red Dragon —who was breathing those who've risen from the bonfire to the sky, taking a break from his pain and worries. It is said that the bonfire won't be extinguished even when the Tarans woke up. To celebrate Tara's re-independence in 1098, in the aftermath of the Victorian Crisis, Dublinn, planned to host the biggest Summer Festival in Na Saoirsí's hsitory, inviting various high-profile individuals such as their leader, Eblana. Moreover, courtesy of the local blacksmith Chulainn, a giant dragon statue symbolizing the rebirth of Tara and its victory at the end of the war.

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