| Talmage Wyt Vanside | |
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| Gender | male |
| Race | human |
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| Death | {{{death}}} |
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| Role | Scientist, daector |
| Location | Wornspire, Linsingram College, Cirya |
| Education | Linsingram College |
| Family | Enther Wyt Vanside |
| Features | yellow synthetic skin |
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| Appearances | Wornspire, Path of the Outrider |
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Daector Talmage is a genius polymath (scientist, physician, engineer) who oversees a clandestine facility known as Wornspire where he conducts medical experiments on humans that are found to be fertile for reproduction (among many other things). His work is funded by High Emperor Vralius, and much of the studies and experimentation is thought to be executed while under duress of orders from Vralius.
He managed to escape the complete massacre of everyone at Wornspire by the Seen-and-See Cult with only one test subject, Serika Swiftmaker. After placing her under the protection of Edulon Dane, an Outrider, he was captured by Captain Bor Lerich and his Vurg companion, Sleika. Sleika, a torturemaster by trade, interrogated Talmage and was ordered by Vralius to "instill in him a lesson that will forever be etched on his soul". Sleika then skinned Talmage alive and forced him to endure the dramatically more painful process of being fitted with synthetic skin.
History
Talmage hails from the Scurnish city of Cirya. He attended the prestigious Linsingram College in Letania City, where he first mastered physicianship, then went on to gain full engineership and philosophyships; he also claims to have excelled at poetics and mathematics, but left before gaining full mastership certifications in them. The only mastership certification that has been substantiated is the physicianship one, however. After graduating from Linsingram, he became a physician for a brief time in the city of Umstrad, where he met and befriended the Arkaeni Niril. In 1321.6, Talmage was given Wornspire for creation of an advanced laboratory under the patronage of Vandor of Brant, who was then the Daeken of Konor. He had saved the Daeken's life in Umstrad after he contracted Scurnish Flu on a voyage. Talmage would later give Niril access to his laboratory in 1322.6 to continue his work investigating the drug adoxipham. During Niril's time there they collaborated to develop the synthetic hormone phyrocinin.
Notes
- The synthetic skin Sleika "installs" on Talmage is yellow, the color of dishonesty, which Vurg never use.
- Talmage wears a one-of-a-kind 3A-11 model bracelet, which provides a number of extra features, as opposed to the 3A-17 model worn by test subjects and staff.
- Talmage's identification number is 8A394H1T604.
- Talmage's real skin was stuffed and put on display in a hallway at Victurus Palace.
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