Jareth Takida
Jareth Takida is a Weapon Master, a natural-born Venusian Treasure, and a member of the Takida Bloodline. He is one of the triplet sons of Kaleb Pradesh and Hestor Adom Kedanza, alongside Kuzu Takida and Tomo Takida.
Jareth specializes in weapon summoning and control and can shift into a Mau feline. He is observant, strategic, loyal, protective, and methodical. The Takida Bloodline directory identifies Aldebrand Pradesh as his significant other.
Appearance
Jareth has short silver hair, blue eyes, and a lean, athletic build. His feline traits include spotted ears and a long, spotted tail. Dark spotted markings also appear on his arms and shoulders.
His clothing combines black fabrics, gold ornamentation, spotted trim, gloves, and a blue-lined cloak. Star-like geometric tattoos decorate his back and side, while a blade-shaped pendant reflects his association with weapons.
Mau Feline Form
Jareth can assume the form of a Mau feline. His shifted form has pale silver fur patterned with dark spots and rosettes, blue eyes, and a long tail. Its appearance echoes the feline traits visible in his humanoid form.
Personality
Jareth is observant and strategic, approaching situations with methodical attention. Loyalty and protectiveness are central to his character. His approach to martial skill emphasizes discipline and deliberate intent:
Discipline creates freedom. A weapon is an extension of intent.
Biography and Heritage
The Triplets
Jareth is one of the triplet sons of Kaleb Pradesh and Hestor Adom Kedanza. Hestor carried and gave birth to Jareth, Kuzu, and Tomo during a year-long deployment in Stella.
Before completing the dangerous trials of the Hall of Two Truths, Hestor arranged a custody pact providing for the triplets to enter Kaleb's custody if he failed to master the Hall before his twenty-third birthday.
Stellan and Boscan Heritage
Jareth's profile identifies his heritage as half Stellan and half Boscan. His Mau feline ears, tail, and other animal traits originate through Hestor's Stellan bloodline and priestly connection to Anubis, rather than Kaleb's genetic inheritance.
Venusian Treasure
The Takida Bloodline directory identifies Jareth as a natural-born Venusian Treasure. This aspect of his identity accompanies his role as a Weapon Master and his feline shifting abilities.
Magic and Abilities
Weapon Summoning and Control
Jareth's principal magical skill is weapon summoning and control. His reference depicts multiple bladed weapons suspended around him within a luminous magical formation, illustrating his ability to summon and direct weapons.
Weapon Mastery
Jareth holds the role of Weapon Master. His martial identity emphasizes discipline, strategy, and the relationship between a wielder's intent and a weapon's use.
Mau Feline Shifting
Jareth can transform into his Mau feline form. The transformation gives full expression to the feline characteristics inherited through Hestor's lineage.
Relationships
- Sarah Pradesh and Nijel Pradesh: Younger siblings.
- Kaleb Pradesh: Father.
- Hestor Adom Kedanza: Birth parent and the source of Jareth's Stellan animal-trait inheritance.
- Kuzu Takida: Triplet brother; Anubian summoner and High Priest of Anubis.
- Tomo Takida: Triplet brother; identified in the Takida Bloodline directory as a Keeper of Shadows.
- Aldebrand Pradesh: Significant other, as recorded in the Takida Bloodline directory.
Frozen Roses (unpublished)
The following material is drawn from Frozen Roses, an unpublished story concerning the second generation of characters. It will be published at a later date. Events here belong to the manuscript's chronology and may depict younger stages than the later profiles elsewhere on this page.
Training and interests
Jareth has abundant physical energy and benefits from demanding training. His early preparation includes running and sparring with temple monks, followed by further work with Austeel Fairstar. He is careful about using summoned weapons in ordinary sparring with siblings and cousins because of their power and magical cost.
He becomes close friends with Aldebrand Pradesh, who can keep pace with him and enjoys watching his training. They also build elaborate sandcastles together during a family beach visit. Jareth often seeks comfortable company, including napping beside Kittar Blaise.
Fashion is a significant interest alongside weapons. He attends shows and expresses a desire to study at a fashion school in Eurssian territory, a path Hestor welcomes as a pursuit beyond military training. At Eventide, he also helps welcome Delilah into the extended clan by bringing her a pearl.
