Taulsol

Taulsol is Taodal's fisherman, occasional guard and general handyman. Although he's missing an arm, it doesn't seem to bother or impede him.

Background
Taulsol has spent most of his life as a wandering adventurer, problem solver for hire, guide or escort after both of his parents died in an accident shortly after he became an adult. This included guarding something, hunting a dangerous animal or delivering packages. He says he has never done anything illegal, though he does mention that the law is quite loose in some places.

When asked on how he lost his arm, Taulsol explains that a large monster, a Lukumpplar, that he was hired to kill bit a part of it off. He had managed to slay the beast but not without a price; losing blood was a problem that didn't trouble him much - infection had. In the end, he had to get rid of the entire arm. According to his words, he slowly got used to it. While he did not plan on retiring in the quiet village of Taodal (and in fact declined Tornoth's offer to do so during his visit), it turned out that most people didn't want to hire someone without an arm, so he returned and accepted the offer.

Player interactions
The player first encounters him at Taodal's gate where they're told they need to answer some questions for Tornoth, the village's de facto leader. Players can comply, leave, or attempt to push Taulsol away, to which he swiftly reacts by swiping the player's legs. After the interrogation, he can be found during daytime on Taodal's pier where he tends to catching fish using a bunch of fishing rods, in addition to his species already being adept at swimming and hunting (including having developed an air bag under the chin). Here, the player can talk to him and ask him questions.

Players can also learn a new attack move from Taulsol, the same leg swipe he had a chance to show off at the village's entrance. They can also go training with him for a second time during which, after getting tired from the sparring, they fall on each other, Taulsol on top. He can either get up or the player can ask him, in a very blunt way, to have sex with them. If the player is female, the scene is fairly straightforward. If the player is male, a little bit of persuasion happens since Taulsol doesn't consider himself attracted to men and challenges the player for a dare to get him aroused. With an Agility 6 stat check, this is successful.

The next time the player sees him, he asks them to not take the romance seriously and that while he normally makes this clear, he's got caught up a bit then. The player can react both positively and disappointed; but, of course, thinking that sex after asking "You want to fuck?" would be a start of a serious relationship is a bit foolish, to say the least. At this point the player can offer Taulsol the robot arm they've got from Naigad. It doesn't matter if they got it working or not, it's only important that they didn't fry it during the quest. After getting instructions from Bykaas on how to get it working, the arm is successfully attached and fully working, with a small problem - the robot arm is right while Taulsol had been missing a left arm. He doesn't mind and mentions it could actually be useful for carrying stuff around.

Trivia

 * While he does wear armour the first time players meet him, he prefers to keep clothing to a minimum due to Sejan's warm climate
 * Bykaas can tell the female player character a story about Taulsol when asking for bitter water. One time, an Ardub tax collector had come around asking for bitter water, pointing at Taulsol. Before even being served it, another person, a sailor and a regular, comes in, asking for it too. However, they both knew their fling with Taulsol was non-serious, so they didn't mind.
 * Taulsol seems to have a problem with salivating. Whether that's unique to him or an issue of all Ardubs is unknown, though the shape of the species's mouth probably doesn't help.