Therapon is a black-scaled Dragonborn from Phalygos and a clutch-mate of Xanthos. The two were especially close as children and spent much of their youth practicing swordplay, reenacting stories of clan heroes, and exploring the mountains around their home. During one such excursion, Therapon saved Xanthos from falling after a juvenile roc surprised them near a cliff-top nest, an incident that left Xanthos with a scar across his snout.
As they grew older, the two developed different ideas about duty. Therapon hoped to join Phalygos’s defenders and protect the clan directly, while Xanthos increasingly wanted to travel abroad and eventually join the Aegis Regnum. Therapon regarded Xanthos’s decision to leave as a rejection of obligations closer to home and tried to persuade him to remain. Their disagreement did not erase their shared upbringing, but it marked the point at which two childhood friends began following substantially different paths.