Lano Tacsis

Lano Tacsis is the second son of Thuran Tacsis, one of the wealthiest Sis nobles in The Empire. Raymel Tacsis is his elder brother.

Appearance and Personality
Lano Tacsis is a lithe young man, with Hunska traits. He has much of the arrogance and cruelty common to his family.

History
In the past, Lano has supposely trained at the Tetragode, and can disguise himself like a Noi-Guin.

Red Sister
When his brother is mortally wounded at the Caltess Fight-Hall, Lano Tacsis seeks revenge on the peasant girl responsible, Nona Grey. However, Abbess Glass manages to trick the prison guards into taking Nona, and enrolling her as a novice in Sweet Mercy. Lano visits the convent with a circuit court judge, but the Abbess refuses to hand her over. Then when Lano tries to grab Nona, she cuts his hand with her Flaw-Blades.

Grey Sister
The Tacsis family have become a close ally of the emperor's sister, Sherzal. Sherzal sets the full weight of the Inquisition against Abbess Glass, who is arrested for heresy. On the way to her trial at Sherzal's palace, Lano and his father visit Nona, imprisoned in the Tetragode by the Noi-Guin. Thuran gives her a taste of his intentions. The Harm is a mysterious artifact of The Missing, a disc of black iron set with raised sigils around the edge, that causes excruciating pain. Lano on the other hand likes to leave a mark, scarring her nose with his knife.

Abbess Glass' trial does not go to plan. She turns the table and instead puts Sherzal on trial for stealing the Church’s only Shipheart. However, Sherzal has no intention of facing justice, and her soldiers storm the room. A fight ensues with Arabella walking The Path and unleashing her power. Thuran and Lano flees the banquet-hall back to their rooms. Thuran wants his son to stay and protect him, but Lano insists on leaving to help Sherzal stop the Abbess escaping the palace. He's not there when Nona, having escaped her prison, finds his father and tortures him with The Harm.