Tarak is a minor antagonistic character of The Owl House. He is a tall, bearded witch and Titan Trapper whose goal is to kill the last remaining Titan, King.
Appearance[]
Body[]
Initially, Tarak appears to be a large demon bearing a resemblance to King. After he is unmasked, however, he is revealed to be a dark-skinned witch with a long brown mustache, thick eyebrows of the same color, and a long gray beard. He has red eyes with yellow sclera.
Clothing[]
To resemble the likeness of a Titan, Tarak wears a cracked Titan skull with long, curved horns, a nasal cavity that looks like an upturned version of King's, three sharp molars, two flat front teeth, and very long canine teeth. Additionally, he wears gloves that resemble a three-clawed Titan hand, a furry dark gray pelt draped around his neck and on his upper arms, large dark gray wings, and a bushy gray tail with a light gray tip. As for his other articles of clothing, he wears a mustard yellow shawl-like garment over his shoulders with light brown trim and holes for his wings, as well as sleeves on his forearms of the same color, ending at his wrists, upon which he wears a purple gem. He wears three large, dented brown tassets with light brown trim over a long, ragged black tunic.
Additional features[]
The right side of Tarak's face is painted or tattooed dark blue, with a star of the same color on the left side of his forehead, and a jade crescent moon on the right.
Personality[]
Tarak is a formal figure possessing a strong passion for his people's ancestral conflict with the Titans. Like the rest of the Trappers, he is somewhat old-fashioned in his mannerisms, evidenced by the fact that he hand-delivers a letter to King's mailbox by way of introduction but does not see King himself.
Tarak is strongly intolerant of Titans and is boastful about the Collector bringing glory to the Trappers. He holds this to a nearly zealous degree. Despite his ambitious side, Tarak is not selfish in this regard, as he hesitates when Bill accidentally lets slip that he wanted glory for himself rather than the tribe. In addition, the fact that Tarak refers to the other Trappers as his "brothers" and "sisters" shows that he sincerely considers them as his family and is unwilling to do anything that would bring him some personal gain, but also his people would harm. In another instance, when he meets King, under the impression he is a Trapper, Tarak is very kindhearted toward him and responds delightfully to his eagerness over his "kin". He tried to teach him about the lives of the Titan Trappers even if he was a little clumsy.
However, once it is revealed that King is a Titan, his friendliness turns to hatred, and he throws the bond away and tries to kill him without hesitation. He also scornfully dismissed King's suggestion that he thought he was one of the Trappers, showing that Tarak considered it an insult that a Titan could have any friendly bond with a Titan Trapper.
However, while Tarak is fanatic and ruthless toward his enemies, his mind is not free from doubt; while happy at the thought of the Collector bringing glory to all Titan Trappers, he becomes suspicious and angry when Bill accidentally reveals that he wanted all the glory for himself. Upon Luz and Hooty inquiring if Titans were even evil and Bill couldn't come up with a convincing answer, Tarak became suspicious of him, showing that he recognized the possibility that Bill might have lied to the Trappers in the first place.
Background[]
Somewhere in a remote part of the Boiling Isles, Tarak parked a caravan and watches Eda's livestream on Penstagram from a scroll. At the end of the livestream, he sees King's message to his father. Tarak was amazed by the livestream, but he didn't realize that King was a real Titan, instead suspecting that he was the son of another Titan Trapper. This prompted Tarak to contact King.[1]
Tarak travels to the Owl House, where he happens upon Hooty, and requests the house demon to deliver a letter to King for him. He then leaves, failing to notice Hooty accidentally eating the letter moments after because he got distracted by a bug crawling atop it.[2]
A month later, Tarak welcomes King, Luz, and Hooty when they travel to Titan Trapper Island and shows them around. Once Bill tells him that King is a Titan, he takes him to be killed at the "ritual", which is used as a means to summon the Collector. When Luz and Hooty help King escape, he chases them with the rest of the crowd and removes his "skull", revealing that he is a witch. When Bill accidentally reveals that he wants the glory all to himself when the Collector is freed, Tarak becomes suspicious of the elder.
Sometime during the Collector's reign, he and Bill were turned into puppets and were later used to taunt King in his nightmares. It's presumed that Tarak, alongside Bill, was transformed back to normal after Belos' defeat, but it's currently unknown what happened to them.
Relationships[]
King[]
Tarak was taken aback when he saw King's message to his father; however, he suspected that King was the son of another Titan Trapper, so he sent a letter to him, inviting him to Titan Trapper Island. He welcomed King warmly and showed some concern for him. However, when Tarak learned from Bill that King was a real Titan, Tarak's kindness turned to hate and possibly fear as well due to Bill's claims that the Titans were evil monsters. This led to him showing no qualms about trying to kill King, calling him a "wretched spawn" during the chase and angrily stating that King was never one of them.
Bill[]
Tarak highly respects Bill for his knowledge about Titans, though Bill seems mildly annoyed by him. Although he greatly respects Bill, he becomes suspicious when Bill accidentally says that if they manage to free the Collector by sacrificing King, he will have all the glory to himself. When Luz and Hooty questioned what else Bill had lied about, he told the other Titan Trappers that he wouldn't lie, but Tarak was still skeptical, showing that Bill's stuttered answers hadn't convinced him.
The Collector[]
Like the rest of the Titan Trappers, Tarak worships the Collector under the name of the "Grand Huntsman".
Powers and abilities[]
- Magic: As a witch, Tarak can use magic. Like most witches, his connection to magic comes from a sac of magic bile attached to his heart.
- Magical Blast: Tarak can summon a large Spell Circle and fire multiple magic blast from it.
- Fire Magic: Tarak can conjure blue fire from his hands.
Sightings[]
| Season 2 | ||||||||||||
| The Owl House Main Theme: | Absent | |||||||||||
| The Owl House Credits Theme: | Absent | |||||||||||
| 1. "Separate Tides": | Absent | 11. "Follies at the Coven Day Parade": | Absent | |||||||||
| 2. "Escaping Expulsion": | Absent | 12. "Elsewhere and Elsewhen": | Absent | |||||||||
| 3. "Echoes of the Past": | Absent | 13. "Any Sport in a Storm": | Absent | |||||||||
| 4. "Keeping up A-fear-ances": | Absent | 14. "Reaching Out": | Absent | |||||||||
| 5. "Through the Looking Glass Ruins": | Absent | 15. "Them's the Breaks, Kid": | Absent | |||||||||
| 6. "Hunting Palismen": | Absent | 16. "Hollow Mind": | Absent | |||||||||
| 7. "Eda's Requiem": | Debut | 17. "Edge of the World": | Appears | |||||||||
| 8. "Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door": | Appears | 18. "Labyrinth Runners": | Absent | |||||||||
| 9. "Eclipse Lake": | Absent | 19. "O Titan, Where Art Thou": | Flashback | |||||||||
| 10. "Yesterday's Lie": | Absent | 20. "Clouds on the Horizon": | Absent | |||||||||
| 21. "King's Tide": | Absent | |||||||||||
| Season 3 | ||||||||||||
| The Owl House Main Theme: | Absent | |||||||||||
| The Owl House Credits Theme: | Absent | |||||||||||
| 1. "Thanks to Them": | Absent | 2. "For the Future": | Absent | |||||||||
| 3. "Watching and Dreaming": | Non-speaking | |||||||||||
Behind the scenes[]
Voice[]
Tarak is voiced by Kevin Michael Richardson.
Debut[]
Tarak made a silent debut in "Eda's Requiem" before making his speaking debut in "Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door".
Foreign voice actors[]
| Language version | Actors | Notes |
|---|---|---|
 Spanish (Latin America)
|
Sergio Bermejo | |
 German
|
Stefan Lehnen | |
 Polish
|
Zbigniew Dziduch |
Gallery
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References[]
- ↑ Dana Terrace (writer) and Amelia Lorenz (director) (July 24, 2021). "Eda's Requiem". The Owl House. Season 2. Episode 7. Disney Channel.
- ↑ Dana Terrace, John Bailey Owen, Zach Marcus (writers) and Amelia Lorenz (director) (July 31, 2021). "Knock, Knock, Knockin' on Hooty's Door". The Owl House. Season 2. Episode 8. Disney Channel.