Description: Rangy height and limbs combine to give Tiago a coltish, unfinished look. He is long and lanky, built not entirely unlike a rake or other farm implement-- broad shoulders, narrow hips and thin waist, taut abdomen with a slightly underfed look that just emphasizes the slender lines of him. He has strong, raw bones, a bold nose and fierce chin that suggest rugged good looks for a future Tiago who finishes filling out, assuming that ever happens. His hair is an aureole of dark fluff around his head, his eyes wide and dark and bright, and he is rarely still for longer than a minute a time, which lends to the general impression of high speed, high impact, high energy that is almost inevitable.

Personality: Tiago is young. He's just-- he's really young, even for his age. Easily excited, a little hyperactive, maybe even at times a little manic; he's easily led, not hard to manipulate, wistful and open-hearted, but with a reckless hothead's temper to go with his brash youth and his earnest hope. He still itches for thrills, for the gambling risk that got him into trouble in the first place, and he can be a little anxious when undirected, with a kind of restless leg what-next-what-next-what-next.

Background: Tiago's mother was a woman who worked hard for a living, and his father was someone, probably; that is, everybody has a father, so Tiago certainly had one. He was born in poverty, one of many children so born, and educated -- well-educated, even, when he showed aptitude -- by the men who served the House of Tyde. Useless, castoff children frequently become serfs or thralls, because what else is there for them to do? And Tiago was well-meaning but not very useful. He was good with his hands and quick with his eyes, but there was only so much that a young man of poor beginnings could do.

He never went hungry. He was never beaten. He was never abused. But he had few choices. He worked as a sailor aboard a large ship, doing what he could, scraping to get by. He trained to build cabinets when he was ashore, and then apprenticed as a shipwright and carver, woodworking and living quietly. Every silver he earned ... well, first it went to food and board, but that's a sad, dismal little life, and eventually, it all ended up going to his gambling debts. And finally, he was without any ability to pay, and he was adjudicated the property of his master, who put him to work as a thrall.

Two years passed, gloomily and without choices. He was not beaten. He was never abused. Yet his whole life was in eclipse, and he saw no way out, for he could never earn anything as a thrall that would have enabled him to live free. And then a miracle happened, a miracle of charity.

Tiago's debt was purchased by Aleksei Morgan and the Liberators, and he was suddenly freed. A new, fresh start. A new beginning!

With this new beginning, he decided that his best pathway was to take advantage of the Liberators' offer of transport to Arx, where he could start a new life, maybe find a new job, and volunteer every spare instant of his life to give back the gift that was given him for Skald and the Faith.