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| style="background:#ffffff;" |[[File: Varis.jpg |150px|thumb|center| Varis, Savan’s father, a few months before his passing at age 36]]  

| style="background:#ffffff;" align="left" | Born in Shi'Kahr, Vulcan, Varis showed a promising career as a geologist. He married T'Val at age 24. After exposure to Trellium D and consequently developing severe ESFD, Varis found himself unable to function, lost his post and had great difficulty with losing emotional control. Toward the end, he began to regularly hallucinate. He committed suicide at the age 36. While raised in the Vulcan way, Varis became more expressive about his feelings before his passing. In a moment of lucidity, Varis left a final holographic message for Savan, who finally watched at age 18. Varis' final message: "Savan, I realize you will not have the future I had hoped for you. But I trust in your ability to find your own path, even if it means you leave our planet for other worlds. I apologize I can not fulfill my duty to you as a father. And forgive me for this final outburst, but I need to tell you this as my time is now short: I love you, Savan and that you have brought me much joy as my son. Live long and prosper, my child."  

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| style="background:#ffffff;" |[[File: Tval_portrait.jpg|150px|thumb|center|T’Val, Savan’s mother]]  

| style="background:#ffffff;" align="left" | Born in T'Vral Kol, Voroth Province, Vulcan, T'Val was a botanist in the Vulcan Colonial Corps. Like her husband, T'Val suffered from severe ESFD after exposure to Trellium D. Following Varis' death, she became extremely withdrawn and decided to transfed custody of Savan to her older brother Staran. T'Val now lives in a remote care center in a rural area of Voroth Province, where she maintains the facility's arboretum and garden. Savan has a difficult relationship with his mother because of her condition. He last saw her before he entered Starfleet Academy. T'Val expressed her love for her son, but said that she does not want to see him because of her disorder, preferring seclusion.  

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| style="background:#ffffff;" align="left" |  Born in T'Vral Kol, Staran considered entering Star Fleet but, because of family obligations, decided to serve in Vulcan's self-defense forces. While Staran was a sub-commander on a vessel in the Vulcan home system during the Dominion War, he received news of his sister's accident. He did his best to raise Savan after receiving custody, but as a disciplined, logical officer, he could not handle the emotional and often unruly child. While Staran had difficulty in maintaining contact with his nephew, he reached out to Savan after he entered the Academy to say that he has been impressed by his young nephew's perseverance and ability to rise above the adverse conditions that were presented to him. The two now stay in occasional contact. Savan will to reach out to his uncle when he needs a clear viewpoint, unfettered by emotion.  

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| style="background:#ffffff;" |[[File:Torin.jpg|150px|thumb|center|Torin, a Terran/Vulcan anthropologist and Savan’s adopted father]]  

| style="background:#ffffff;" align="left" | The only son of a former Vulcan Starfleet officer Selon and and a human mother in Federation Ambassadorial corps, Stephanie Bergen, Torin was raised between San Francisco and Vancouver. An only child, his mother notably insisted Torin take her family name. Most often, he will just use his Vulcan name. His father Selon grew progressively enamored with alien and particularly human cultures. Hence, Torin was raised mainly in the Terran tradition, but his father did school him in Vulcan language and philosophy regardless but, unlike many Vulcan fathers, insisted his son follow his own path. Torin thinks this may be due to that a few of his family's ancestors were V'tosh K'atur. With age, Torin has progressively embraced Vulcan culture over the years and shared it with his family. Savan's presence in his life only served to increase his interest in his fathers culture. He currently serves as a professor of interspecies anthropology at the University of California. He lives in Santa Cruz with his wife of 35 years, Tevai. He expressed some disappointed that Savan joined Star Fleet instead of continuing in the planetary parks service, partially as he considered Savan as his own son and wanted him to stay near. However, Torin remains supportive of Savan's career decision but is not sure if Savan can follow such a by-the-book career path. He has repeatedly told him: "Savan, because of the circumstances of your life, you have grown an appreciation for the wild and unconstrained. You need to honor this within you, lest this passion overwhelms you one day."  

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| style="background:#ffffff;" align="left" | Born and raised in Tahiti, Tevai Heremoana Duval is a noted former surf champion. Following her surf career, Duval became a doctor specializing in sports medicine. Tevai found Savan's presence initially challenging when he first arrived, finding difficulty in supporting Savan's deep emotional problems. But the two became close after Savan went on a surf trip home with her and her sons to the South Pacific. Duval now considers Savan as her own son.

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| style="background:#ffffff;" |[[File: Taurin_portrait.jpg|150px|thumb|center|Taurin, or Tau, Savan’s cousin and adopted brother]]  

| style="background:#ffffff;" align="left" | Cousin: The eldest son of Savan's adopted father Torin, Taurin is three years older than Taurin. He is a champion surfer and has won several planetary competitions. Taurin now splits his time between the South Pacific and Southern California, where he has become a leading surf teacher. His nick name is Tau. Taurin shows more interest in Vulcan culture than his younger brother and has even learned to speak conversational Vulcan but finds it difficult–like most things Vulcan.

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| style="background:#ffffff;" align="left" | Torin and Duval's youngest son, Tarek is a year younger than Savan. Tarek was also a competitive surfer but also pursued a competitive swimming. He currently lives in Melbourne, Australia and serves as a university coach. While he is called Tarek by his father, his mother and friends often call him by his Tahitian middle name, Marama. Tarek appreciates his Vulcan heritage but associates far better with his human side. Despite Torin's efforts, Tarek gave up learning Vulcan at a young age. But thanks to Savan, he has learned the basic of using the lirpa and rudementary Suhs Mahna.

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| style="background:#ffffff;" |[[File: J torres.jpg|150px|thumb|center|John Torres, Savan’s best friend since high school]]  

| style="background:#ffffff;" align="left" | Savan met John his sophomore year at the Interspecies Day School of California, where Torres' family enrolled him so he could get a better understanding of other species. The two became close friends and shared an apartment while attending the University of California. Torres would regularly introduce Savan as "the baddest ass Vulcan you'll ever meet," to which Savan would often cock his eyebrow and frown. It is partly because of Torres that Savan will no longer drink tequila. Mellowing in his late 20s, John is now married and works as an architect in Mexico. Torres and his wife have one child for whom Savan is godfather. Torres is the person who has the easiest time in making Savan laugh. Torres and Savan remain in frequent contact via subspace messages.

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| style="background:#ffffff;" align="left" |  A former Starfleet Marine, Ironwood received several commendations during the Dominion War. Shortly thereafter, he left the service and returned to Earth and become a teacher. Ironwood met Savan in a tactical training class during Savan's senior year at university. Seeing a natural talent, Ironwood gave him private instruction and later encouraged him to join Starfleet. Savan considers Ironwood to be the first mentor in his life and holds him in high esteem. He will drop everything to assist his teacher should he need it.