Human Taarakian Champion

Runi Taarnak, daughter of Thielicris (thee-YELL-eh-kris), is a human warrior serving the role of her bloodline in the Order of the Gauntlet.  The Taarakians descend from the legendary heroine Taarak of the now-ruined city of Myth Drannor in the Cormanthor forest of the Dalelands to the east.  This honorable lineage upholds the creed of the Order of the Gauntlet, and their own motto:

To defend: this is the pact.
But when life loses its meaning
and is taken for naught,
then the pact is to avenge!

Members of the bloodline carry a birthmark on their neck, which is also a source of power. Once inscribed as a tattoo upon Taarak by a powerful archimage, the mark is reborn generation after generation with one gaining the mantle and obligation to use it at the passing of the prior generation.