Till

Sergeant Till is the Earthborn officer responsible for guarding a research facility at Longblade's base. After Sil frees a captive humanoid beast, Till treats the Cursed faction as a possible security threat and argues against abandoning the base's wartime responsibilities. (Chapters 1175–1180)

Biography

The escaped beast and the Cursed faction

Till confronts the returning Cursed party with armed soldiers because one of its members entered his research facility, freed a special beast, and reportedly displayed Dalki-like traits. He refuses Rafer's first order to lower the weapons even after being told that Rafer is acting commander, prioritising the unresolved breach over deference to rank. Rafer answers by invoking Longblade's authority and the Cursed faction's role in saving the base, then moves the visitors to a guarded safe house. Till accepts that arrangement, and his soldiers monitor the building hourly without provoking another fight. (Chapters 1175–1177)

When Longblade recovers enough to hold a meeting, Till presents the security report that brings Sil's actions into the formal discussion. He also immediately opposes Quinn's request that Earthborn help save the beast planet: with a war still underway, he sees relocation as abandonment and challenges Quinn's distinction between destroying a beast world and killing beasts for equipment. The exchange establishes Till's position as defensive and utilitarian rather than resolving the ethical dispute. His later role and fate are not supplied. (Chapters 1179–1180)

The apparent references in Chapters 1575, 1703, and 2258 are not appearances: one is promotional text using “Till” as a preposition, and the others are ordinary sentence-initial uses of “Till this day.” They do not extend the sergeant's chronology. (Chapters 1575, 1703, and 2258)

Appearance and personality

The corpus gives no stable description of Till's hair, eyes, age, build, or uniform beyond his rank and military setting. He is suspicious, forceful, and willing to refuse a superior when he believes base security is compromised. His objections are also grounded in institutional duty: he focuses on the research breach, the Dalki-like report, the ongoing war, and the practical inconsistency he sees in Quinn's appeal for beasts. (Chapters 1175–1180)

Powers and abilities

No personal supernatural ability, ability level, soul weapon, or direct combat feat is established for Till. He commands an armed security detachment, organises surveillance of the safe house, and reports the facility breach to senior leadership. These actions demonstrate military authority and security procedure, not a defined power system. (Chapters 1175–1179)

Till's soldiers raise weapons under his command, but the source does not identify those weapons as his property or show him firing one. His latest known contribution is strategic argument in the command meeting, and no power progression can be traced beyond Chapter 1180. (Chapters 1175 and 1180)

Relationships

• Rafer: Till initially refuses Rafer's acting command because he believes the Cursed faction must answer for the breach. He later follows the compromise under which Rafer escorts the visitors and Till's troops monitor them. (Chapters 1175–1177)
• Longblade: Till guards Longblade's base during the colonel's absence and reports directly into the meeting after Longblade recovers. Longblade treats the report as a matter requiring an explanation from the Cursed faction. (Chapters 1175–1179)
• Quinn: Till challenges Quinn's request to prioritise the beast planet, arguing that Earthborn still has a human war to fight and that Quinn's use of beast gear weakens his moral distinction. (Chapter 1180)
• Sil: Sil's unauthorised rescue of the humanoid beast is the act behind Till's confrontation. Till relies on reports of Dalki-like traits and does not demonstrate personal knowledge of Sil's identity or condition. (Chapters 1175–1179)

Items

No inventory item is configured for Till in the supplied manifest.