Tarkhas comes form a long family tradition of Khanid warriors who can trace their services to the Amarr Empire back hundreds of years. However, Tarkhas' father chose to support Khanid II in his split from the Empire. The reward was a small estate in the Hemouner system where Tarkhas grew up, raised from a young age to follow in his ancestors footsteps as a cyber warrior, a fusion of intense physical training and cybernetic implants hardwired to the cranium.

Tarkhas disagreed with his father over the Kingdom's split from the Empire and turned down a place in the Royal Navy, preferring a scholarship at the Imperial Academy in the Amarrian Empire. However, although he hopes one day for reunification of the Amarrian people, he places loyalty in service above all, continuing to serve the Kingdom and working for the Empire where there is a common foe