Tarin is a tall, muscular human with short, dark brown hair and hazel eyes. He has a rugged look with a few days' worth of stubble and a scar on his left cheek from an old injury. Tarin wears practical traveling clothes – a sturdy leather jerkin over a simple tunic, with worn but well-maintained boots. He carries a short axe of his own design at his side.
Tarin grew up in a small village where he worked as a blacksmith's apprentice. After their village faced economic hardships, he decided to seek better prospects elsewhere. Tarin is skilled with his hands and hopes to find work in Fairstead, possibly at the blacksmith's forge or in construction. He is married to Liana Balemoore.