Tiiras

Tiiras is a character in The Incomprehensible Saxophone

Musical Talent:
He really does not have that much musical talent, or even a talent for showmanship. His “chosen” instrument is the keytar, but he has only had around a fourth of an orbital cycle to practice and familiarize himself with the instrument-- it was a very dedicated period, admittedly, with most of the practice being with a firearm pointed in his direction and a few cultists ensuring he did his utmost to master the keytar.

Description:
The ne’krien species follows a humanoid bipedal body plan, but has some noticeable differences. Their limbs are extremely gangly, and a ne’krien of the same height as a human will have much more of their height coming from their limbs than their chest and backbone. Their heads are much longer and more angular, have an additional pair of eyes above their primary pair, and a complete absence of hair-- there is a shell-like mantle covering the forehead and wrapping around the back of the head, which tends to grow longer for female ne’krien. The mantle also covers tentacle-like hair, resembling a bandana almost. Their skin tends towards blue and purple hues, typically having splotches and dots and occasional tattoos indicative of familial association. Finally, their toes and fingers resemble tentacles, and while they lack suckers are remarkably flexible. Overall, they look like a hybrid between a human and some variety of cephalopod.

Tiiras is a late adolescent to early-adult ne’krien, who was going to a prestigious academy prior to his first abduction. Physically, he isn’t particularly notable-- he is less fit than average, and walks with a noticeable limp, but other than that does not stand out much. He dresses in a fairly average set of clothing-- pants, some variety of shirt, a hooded jacket-- nothing particularly distinguishable. In addition to his keytar, he has a back-pack he managed to hold onto, full of course notebooks, a few textbooks, and a portable computer. His captors, for whatever reason, decided not to confiscate those items.

Biography:
Tiiras was a fairly average ne’krien, going through one of his planet’s academies and studying astro-biology in hopes of securing an acceptable position in the sprawling ne’krien meritocracy. He mostly kept to himself, occasionally venturing out but tending to stick to his studies. Unfortunately for him, a group of musically-inclined cultists captured him and forced him to take up the keytar, claiming that “he was the chosen one to bring our salvation”. Tiiras’ desperate appeals to reason were met with days of forced practice at the end of a flechette launcher.

Just as he was nearing the end of his harrowing escape, having eluded the guards stationed to prevent him from refusing the mantle of the chosen keytarist, Tiiras was abducted again and sent into the Incomprehensible Saxophone.