Topics: fantasy worldbuilding, characters, factions, relics, creatures, locations, canon.

Tags: character, witness, public-guide.

Public role: Tavin exists to keep the story from floating above the road. He is not impressed by noble mercy unless it changes what happens to people who sleep near ditches, tollhouses, and burnt farms.

Appearance: travel-worn coat, thin face, road dust in the seams, quick hands, and the look of someone who has learned to count exits before names.

Personality: suspicious, sharp, funny at the wrong time, and more honest than polite. His anger is not decoration; it is a survival tool.

Voice: clipped road speech with sudden precise details. He remembers prices, faces, debts, boot tracks, and who looked away.