▁and ▁V ip us . ▁ ▁Emperor ' s ▁Children ▁ ▁Sa ul ▁Tar v itz ▁Sa ul ▁Tar v itz ▁is ▁a ▁loyal ist ▁Emperor ' s ▁Children ▁Space ▁Marine . ▁He ▁is ▁a ▁file ▁officer ▁and ▁does ▁not ▁asp ire ▁to ▁anything ▁higher , ▁despite ▁being ▁extremely ▁compet itive . ▁Most ▁troops ▁he ▁comes ▁to ▁lead ▁greatly ▁respect ▁him , ▁except ▁Lu cius , ▁who ▁is ▁en rag ed ▁he ▁gets ▁all ▁the ▁attention ▁( how ever ▁this ▁is ▁only ▁after ▁the ▁bomb ing ▁of ▁Ist va an ▁III ). ▁Tar v itz ▁is ▁also ▁liked ▁by ▁other ▁mar ines ▁from ▁other ▁leg ions , ▁including ▁Gar ro , ▁L oken , ▁T org add on , ▁and ▁V ip us . ▁Not ably , ▁he ▁shares ▁a ▁deep ▁bond ▁with ▁Gar ro ▁after ▁they ▁saved ▁each ▁other ' s ▁lives ▁in ▁the ▁past . ▁Tar v itz ▁will ▁obey ▁most ▁orders , ▁despite ▁disapp ro ving ▁of ▁them , ▁and ▁is ▁also ▁willing ▁to ▁risk ▁himself ▁for ▁others , ▁such ▁as ▁when ▁Sol omon ▁Dem eter ▁is ▁under ▁attack ▁from ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁Or ks . ▁After ▁T org add don ▁sc olds ▁E id ol on , ▁Tar v itz ▁secret ly ▁remarks ▁that ▁he ▁has ▁always ▁wanted ▁to ▁do ▁that , ▁but ▁keeps ▁it ▁to ▁himself . ▁ ▁Prior ▁to ▁Ist va an ▁III , ▁Tar v itz ▁was ▁shown ▁works ▁of ▁gene - seed ▁manip ulation ▁by ▁E id ol on , ▁which ▁dist urbed ▁him ▁greatly