Indrani Taktsang

Indrani Taktsang was the Euthanatos representative on the Council of Nine Mystic Traditions prior to the War in Heaven and the Avatar Storm.

Biography
Growing up among the Untouchables in India gave him some perspective on life: namely, "things die." Indrani Taktsang saw his fellows perish around him while he worked toting corpses up into the mountains for disposal. At eight, he had accepted death and impermanence; at 10, he Awakened as his father died in his arms, with a cadre of compassionate Euthanatos surrounding him.

Over the following years, Taktsang spearheaded the Euthanatos' effort to improve the Untouchables' lot, while weeding out the worst of the undeserving castes above them. In the process, he became a teacher and a monk within the Euthanatoic Cult of Phowa (the ejection of consciousness at the moment of death). The renowned bhiksus at the Great Wheel Marabout, Tibet, followed his work and named him Second Lama in 1956. The following year, he was chosen to serve as Lama of Vajra, Horizon's Euthanatos subrealm. Over the next few years, he cultivated a secret personal friendship with Hyemyŏng Sŭnim, the Akashic Council Primus, reshaping Vajra to reflect the wisdom gleaned from Hyemyŏng's influence. Finally, in 1965, the Euthanatos Masters elected Taktsang to the Seat of Entropy.

Taktsang would like to believe in many of the proposals laid before him on the Council Table, but his innate cynicism takes over. The Ambassador Program, he feels, will not work because of the amount of effort, enlightenment and cooperation it requires; it would be nice to have a 10th Tradition, but the Hollow Ones do not have the requisite maturity; and educational reform sounds good on paper, but it risks more than it is worth. As disturbing reports about a corrupt Euthanatos subcult reach him, Taktsang shifts his alliances within the Tradition, learning what he can without exposing his investigation. If the other Traditions were to learn of the Consanguinity of Eternal Joy, it might mean inter-Council war... For now, Taktsang bides his time, working through the ancient Master Sennex to mask his true concerns.

Appearance
This Indian Master stands roughly five and a half feet tall; his shaved head, extremely bony build and stained and missing teeth make him look like an extremely weathered 40. He usually chalks face and limbs as a symbol of his goal of spiritual Ascension, wears a thin white robe and goes barefoot.