Line #63 Characters/FarscapeLeviathans


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3	[[folder:Talyn]]
4	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FSTalyn_2319.jpg]]
5	->'''Crichton''': Open the door, you soulless pinheaded adolescent pig!
6	-->--''Crichton gets a bit fed-up with Talyn.''
7
8	The son of ''Moya''.
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10	* AxCrazy: Not at first, but after repeated traumatic events and the mental stress of his Peacekeeper modifications he becomes extremely trigger-happy. By the end even Crais can barely control him.
11	* {{BFG}}: Described as "covered in weapons," but we only see one main gun mounted on a turret, which seems capable of one-shotting just about anything else that comes across him. Even as a newborn, a "low-level blast" was enough to cut him free of Moya's womb, and there was legitimate concern a full-power shot would have outright destroyed her.
12	* BilingualDialogue: Talyn, who lacks a Pilot to speak for him, communicates through trills and bloop noises.
13	* BreakTheCutie: The kid was practically born insane.
14	* EmoTeen: Oh so much. Crichton even calls him out on it when Talyn becomes too bratty and petty (brattiness includes: locking doors on John, stealing his stuff, trying to separate him and auntie Aeryn, and trying to throw him out (into ''space'')). The problem is that he's a [[TeensAreMonsters bratty teenager]] with a ''really big'' {{BFG}}.
15	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Voluntarily activates Starburst while inside Scorpius' Command Carrier to destroy the ship and all of the wormhole research contained within.]]
16	* LeeroyJenkins: He can get a ''little'' carried away in engaging the enemy, forcing Crais to start playing the voice of reason.
17	* LivingMacGuffin: Several plotlines involve Peacekeepers trying to capture him so they can study his modifications.
18	%%* LivingShip
19	* MeaningfulName: He's named after Aeryn's father at her suggestion. Moya asked her to choose as thanks for helping to soothe Talyn when he was distressed shortly after birth.
20	* MommasBoy: A positive example, as despite his emotional problems, Talyn is shown to care deeply for Moya. [[spoiler:At the end of "The Ugly Truth", it's revealed that Talyn ''willingly'' destroyed the Plokavian ship because they carried material that could've posed a threat to her]]. [[spoiler:And if there was ever any doubt before, Talyn agrees to the HeroicSacrifice because Crais tells him, "Moya will soon be enslaved."]]
21	** He also appears to have something of a soft spot for Aeryn as she was the first person to approach him after his birth and helped him to make sense of his Peacekeeper modifications.
22	* ShipperOnDeck: In "Green Eyed Monster", it turns out that Talyn has been conspiring to get [[spoiler:Crais and Aeryn]] together, doing weird stuff like cranking up the heat in whatever room they're in. As someone correctly pointed out on the main page: "weirdest example ''ever''". However, since [[spoiler: Aeryn]] is a surrogate mother-figure, as well as [[spoiler: Crais]] being his ''Pilot'', you can see why.
23	* SoProudOfYou: When Talyn [[spoiler: sacrifices himself to destroy Scorpius' command carrier]], his mother and Pilot watch at a distance. It is clear that, aside from sorrow, Moya feels extremely proud of what her son has managed to do.
24	%%* TriggerHappy
25	* WetwareCPU: The Peacekeepers attempted to remove the need for a Pilot in favour of a system that allowed direct connection between a Sebaccean and Talyn. This resulted in the "neural transponder" implant that connects to the back of a humanoid's neck. It's eventuallty discovered that despite the Peacekeepers' attempts, Talyn still formed a vestigial Pilot den which Crichton compares to an appendix. The den is functional enough for Stark to temporarily bond with Talyn.
26	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: He's the only Leviathan in the universe that's armed with any sort of weaponry, but [[spoiler: it turns out that whatever the Peacekeepers did drove him crazy]].
27	** [[spoiler:While his biology likely made him unbalanced, the poor kid might have stood a chance if not for being under constant threat since birth. Crais theorized that it was the Peacekeeper Retrieval Squad hunt that finally pushed Talyn over the edge.]]
28	** [[spoiler:That and the fact that Crais (not exactly stable himself) was Talyn's first captain.]]
29	** [[spoiler:And that time he had Stark (a complete nutjob) for a pilot probably did him no favours either.]]
30	** [[spoiler: It's almost certainly his unfortunate "selection" in Pilots. In one alternate universe where D'Argo was his pilot (and he was named Lo La), he was much more stable.]]
31	[[/folder]]
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33	[[folder:Rovhu]]
34	A Peacekeeper prison ship, last assigned to hold a specific passenger...
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36	%%* CapturedByCannibals: Not exactly living the high life.
37	* GhostShip: She's become this by the time Crichton and co. find her.
38	* PrisonShip: She originally housed criminally insane prisoners. This didn't go well for her.
39	[[/folder]]
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41	[[folder:Rovhu's Pilot]]
42	->'''Played by:''' Sean Masterson
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44	[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Rovhu's Pilot]], found by Crichton while exploring the remains of Rovhu.
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46	* CapturedByCannibals: The degraded Peacekeepers that used to be his crew have been cutting off his limbs to eat. GoodThingYouCanHeal is proving to be a major downside for him.
47	* DeathSeeker: Having your regrowing arms constantly cut off and eaten will do that.
48	[[/folder]]
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50	[[folder:The First Pilot]]
51	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MelissaJaffer
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53	Moya's Pilot preceding the one we know. [[spoiler: She was killed by a Peacekeeper firing squad when she wouldn't cooperate with Crais's experiments.]]
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55	* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: She never yielded to the Peacekeepers]].
56	* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: She was killed several years before the start of the series to make way for the current Pilot.]]
57	* WalkingSpoiler: For Pilot's backstory. [[spoiler: As well as Aeryn's]].
58	[[/folder]]
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60	[[folder:Kaarvok]]
61	->''Played By:'' Shane Briant
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63	A former Peacekeeper prisoner of unknown species, with the ability to turn one person into two. After taking over the ship Rovhu, he's been largely using his power [[ImAHumanitarian to get food]] and turn his former guards into savage monsters.
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65	* ExpendableClone: He asserts that the twinning process makes two equal versions of a person... that he's using to make more food for himself and the Xarai.
66	* FauxAffablyEvil: Acts like a pleasant conversationalist and not a brain-eating, cannibalistic sociopath.
67	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His twinning power and cannibal family are the end of him.
68	* ImAHumanitarian: "All I need is more.... what, Food? Family? Is there a difference?"
69	* NothingIsScarier: Everything about him, from his origins to his crimes to his cybernetic parts, are left unexplained.
70	* SmallRoleBigImpact: Killed in his only appearance, but his actions hang over Season 3 and the relationship between Crichton and Aeryn for most of the show.
71	[[/folder]]
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73	[[folder:Elack]]
74	A dying Leviathan that rescues Crichton after he's marooned in his module in the season three finale.
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76	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:It deliberately crashes into the Eidolon homeworld as part of Crichton's plan to escape from Commandant Grayza.]]
77	[[/folder]]
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79	%%[[folder:Elack's Pilot]]
80	%%[[/folder]]
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