Tashanira Yen

First description in book
''Tashanira Yen Unvesal lay intertwined with Jenshi Runso in her quarters aboard the Foundra Ascension. With a big yawn and ridiculous stretch, the Uri finds herself even more tangled with Jenshi, the Huzien watching her with enjoyment. Covering most of her body was very short white and black fur, her mixed coat sleek and shiny with catlike ears a peppered white. She pushes her petite yet ample breasts into Jenshi, her yellow feline-esk eyes locking with his in half-closed slits, a devilish smile on her lips, hinting at her desires.''



''           Neven catches sight of black and white fur as the woman sitting next to Zun gets up and walks over, seductively sliding into the seat next to him. The action allows her fur to brush up against his skin, sending a tingling sensation throughout his body. Neven immediately recognized her as an Uri, her yellow eyes looking him over with a playful smile etched across her face. Her black tail comes to rest in his lap, her sense of closeness causing an uncomfortable tightness in his pants. Jenshi nervously fakes a cough into his hand as Tashanira backs off slightly.''

Personality
Tashanira can be considered very brash and straightforward; she is very up front with her feelings and does not hide them in any way. If she is unhappy with a current situation or does not like a person she makes it well known, a lot of this comes from the Uri Culture and how they interact with each other. Uri are a very emotional species and pride their culture on expressing true emotion at all times. Although very emotional, Tashanira can focus extremely well in critical situations and focus on the task at hand. Tashanira has been rated as a high level genius but refuses to admit it to anyone and when called out on it has even been known to deny it. She is also highly sexually expressive, a defining trait of Uri culture.

Biography
Tashanira was conceived by a matron in an Uri Luriam and thus did not directly know who her father was. As this is fairly common in Uri society it never had any direct impact on her. She spent the earlier portions of her life learning the ways of her people. She was singled out by her mentors as being gifted. Tashanira was able to quickly learn advanced material with little to no effort. She showed a passion for combat and quickly learned combat techniques and advanced strategy. With help from her tribe was admitted into the Alliance military and drafted into a specialist unit of gifted personnel. There she excelled in both martial combat, small weapons combat and tactical strategy. Although not always getting along with her superiors they admired her capabilities and the genius that she possesses. Although not in the military for very long Tashanira’s advanced progress caught the attention of Lanrete. She was recruited into the Founder Elite and has been with Lanrete for 2 years.

Motivation
Tashanira has an unrivaled curiosity of all things, although her highest area of interest is combat she delights in all knowledge and has a lingering hunger to always know more.

Goal
Tashanira's ultimate goal is to return to Peshakana after a lifetime of adventure and spend the last years of her life imparting her knowledge and experiences onto the future Uri generations.

Conflict
In Uri society it is rare for someone of Tashanira's age to not have at least one child. She suffers with a constant self inflicted guilt due to the fact that she has no real want for children anytime soon. She sees this non want of children as a weakness and subconsciously puts herself in situations where the prospect of pregnancy is a possibility. She also has a hard time admitting that she is a high level genius to people she meets. Put into situations where it is brought to light she tends to outright deny the fact. In her society she was brought up to not single out people based on things such as intelligence or mannerisms, so the act of being singled out because she is a genius causes her to feel ashamed.

Epiphany
Tashanira learns from Lanrete's current mate Uhare, who is an Uri in the final stages of her life, that not wanting children at her age isn't something she should feel guilty for. With the help of her team she comes to terms with accepting that she is who she is and that her mental capacity doesn't make her any more or less of a person. Neven in his own ways shows her that it's easy to accept one's circumstances regardless of how it makes you feel.