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42. Tillall

I have not personally interacted with Tillall yet in the campaign, and in fact, Ive somehow managed to avoid most of the Martians residing in Zonn Zorr, outside of TelokTelar as a member of my villain infiltration task force. Yet in the few scenes weve gotten from Tillall (with Rozetta as a mother figure for him), its completely adorable, and I love watching them interact. Tillall is a White Martian that got picked up in a laboratory alongside several other captives, and the party rescued them and brought them back to Zonn Zorr. Now, White Martians, I BELIEVE, are historically the bad shade of Martians (compared to Green Martians like Jonn Jonzz), so theyre currently doing their best to masquerade as Green Martians, to avoid stoking the fires associated with their seedy past. Naturally, having them in Zonn Zorr, the base from which White Martians nearly defeated the Justice League during campaign one, creates a bit of a wrinkle in the plot.

None of that matters to Tillall though. Hes not one of the adult Martians thats been subjected to the horrors of the world and has the life experiences needed to survive around a largely human population. No, Zonn Zorr was recently attacked by Kobra, and in order to minimalize the threat posed by Martians and their psychic abilities, he tampered with the fire suppression system and trapped then within a terrifying wall of flames. Martians (and Saturnians, as demonstrated by our very own Rozetta), have an ingrained psychological roadblock in their genetics that renders them fully helpless in the face of fire. Again, the adult Martians suffered through this (including one who was subjected to horrific burning prior to his rescue from the laboratory), but for Tillall, the whole experience was new. Im sure he was aware that fire was bad, but hed never had to face it down the way his compatriots did.

As such, Tillall became a recluse, locking himself away in his quarters so that he would never have to risk confronting his fear again. The fire couldnt hurt him if it couldnt get to him, after all. And the contingent of Martians he had with him lacked the maternal instincts and compassion needed to set him right again. Enter Rozetta, who, while Saturnian, still shares some common ancestry, while still holding onto that feminine touch (not to mention her only matronly duties with her adoptive daughter). What we got from bringing these two characters together was one of the sweetest, yet most heartbreaking scenes of the campaign thus far.

Tillall finally revealed his fears to Rozetta, perhaps unable to do so to his male contingent due to fear of weakness (after all, White Martians are considered to be made of sturdier stuff than that). It was just really touching to have Rozetta slowly listen to him and talk him through his feelings, and just generally let him know that things were going to be okay. The pair transformed into fish together, specifically because fish live in water, and when youre in water, you dont need to worry about fire burning you or paralyzing you with fear. But thats just a stopgap solution, and I think Rozetta was able to convince Tillall to take a few other steps beyond just hiding away in his bathtub for the rest of his life.

I really wanna talk to Tillall, personally, but I dont know if theres every going to be a right time. I dont want to spook him, and I know that, on top of the fire incident, humans were very unkind to his people in that laboratory. I think for now, Im just going to have to watch from a distance and let him have more little scenes with his Saturnian mentor. Thats good enough for me, since those scenes are perfectly adorable.

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