𝑻𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏 || 𝙾𝚞𝚝𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝙼𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜

Tarven's name may be based on the word tavern, which means a place where travelers can rest and buy supplies from.
Tarven may or may not be a hedgehog, possibly mixed with other species, as indicated by his appearance.
Tarven is currently the only friendly and passive character in the game that is non-playable, as well as currently being the only actual NPC in the game.
During developing periods of the game, his position in the shop was temporarily replaced with sans as a placeholder until his model and animations were finished.
Tarven has since been absent as of V0.2, as his voice actor is no longer on the team, and has been replaced by Faarschnardd. He is bound to come back however. The in-game reason for this absence is that he’s on vacation. To where Tarven went, we don’t know.
Through his story, Tarven would've been revealed to also be Suture, although how it would have come to this is unknown.

Tarven appears as a large, dark creature resembling a hedgehog. He has black quills, a pitch-black face with glowing white eyes, clawed white hands, fuzzy dark grey upper legs, and dark lower legs with horse hooves. For attire, he wears a large goat skull with a large slit in the middle and holes for his eyes to poke out. He wears dark grey fuzzy sleeves with a tan collar and cuffs, along with a large black coat that covers most of his body.

Although he is quite enigmatic, from what can be gathered from his dialogue, Tarven speaks in a polite, soft-spoken tone. He compliments Survivors by describing them as dashing and has been seen using the affectionate nickname "Darling". Although he is quite soft-spoken, he is not afraid to playfully tease the Survivors for not being able to afford cosmetics.
Ignoring his warm and hospitable treatment of the Survivors, Tarven has been mentioned to be resentful and afraid of Suture, due to what the latter has done to his friends and family. This fear has caused Tarven to hide out of intense paranoia; this more paranoid side of Tarven hasn't been explored much.
Tarven is said to come from the same world as Suture, which is a dark and corrupted post-apocalyptic version of Mobius. It is said that a large planet-wide catastrophic event, possibly caused by Dr. Eggman, had shaken the world to the brink, leaving the survivors separated into different tribes, mainly the Hedgehogs, Foxes, and Echidnas.

Not much is known about Tarven himself or how he got into Outcome Memories, although what is known is that Suture did something devastating to him and his bloodline, likely eating most of them. This caused Tarven to fear and resent him, trying to hide away from Suture out of intense paranoia. He now resides in the enigmatic shop, selling items to the Survivors and seemingly aiding them.