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Tanis Half-Elven, or Tanthalas Quisif nan-Pah, is the
product of violence. His elven mother was raped by a human soldier in one
of the several wars between man and elf and died soon after givin birth
to him. He was raised by the Speaker of the Sun, his mother being a distant
relative of the elflord, but he was never completely accepted because of
his mixed heritage. In Qualinost he met and built a friendship with a dwarven
smith named Flint Fireforge. Unhappy with his life amongst the elves, Tanis
followed the dwarf to the tree-top town of Solace where he built a home
and later met up with the Companions. One day upon returning from a visit
to his homeland he heard a battle in the woods off the trail and found
a woman fighting a hobgoblin. After a small misunderstanding between himself
and the woman, they travelled back to Solace together. This was the beginning
of his relationship with the swordswoman Kitiara. It was also the beginning
of much pain for Tanis because now his heart was torn between the love
of two women: Kit, and the elven princess Laurana.
Tanis lead the companions during the War of the Lance. His decisions were not like those made by a general but rather like those made by a parent for he made most of them with his heart and not his head. He helped in the rescuing of the dream-torn Silvanesti, and he killed the dark cleric Ariakus. After the War of the Lance Tanis married Laurana and they had Gilthas. Tanis died in a battle defending the High Clerists Tower during the Chaos War. |
