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Scion of the Seventh Dawn
Coinkeeper
Though publicly known as the organization’s receptionist, Tataru also serves as the Scions’ coinkeeper — a role she executes with an enthusiastic cunning that borders on the terrifying.
Born to Ul’dahn merchants, the young Tataru had everything a Lalafell could ask for — until her family lost it all to bankruptcy. Plagued by debt and still smarting from this abrupt introduction to the harsh realities of the sultanate, she apprenticed herself to a lapidary at the age of twelve, and henceforth supported the household with her meager earnings. It was during this period that she met Minfilia — a miner come to sell gems and ore — who would later recruit Tataru to oversee the Path of the Twelve’s finances.
Tataru, in turn, resolved to use her newfound position not only to accrue personal wealth, but also to serve others. Indeed, when the Path of the Twelve relocated to the Waking Sands, and her role was expanded to include secretarial duties, she used her considerable social acumen to build relationships and increase its influence. As the organization slowly but surely grew into an association of like-minded and gifted souls, she was instrumental in seeking out potential members blessed with the Echo.
After the Seventh Umbral Calamity, when the Path of the Twelve merged with the Circle of Knowing to form the Scions of the Seventh Dawn, Tataru continued her tenure as secretary and coinkeeper combined. When the political situation in Ul’dah drove the Scions from their headquarters for a time, she journeyed with Alphinaud and the Warrior of Light to Ishgard, that they might there regroup and rebuild the organization. Later, she accompanied a contingent of Scions to the Far East, where she established ties with the East Aldenard Trading Company’s Kugane branch in order to fund local anti-imperial resistance efforts — one of her many laudable ventures on the Scions’ behalf.
Privately, Tataru has long regretted her inability to assist her comrades in martial endeavors, and thus sought to train as an arcanist. Alas, these efforts met with misfortune, including the escape of her Carbuncle companion, and so she has since resolved to provide financial support through trades such as mining and weaving. In so doing, she has become something of a master artisan — going so far as to establish her own boutique in Old Sharlayan — yet she always manages to find the time to fashion new outfits for her Scion friends when they stand poised upon the threshold of journeys new.