Tartarga

"The Epitaph of Twilight. To sum it up in a nut shell, it is a tale."

- Tartarga

Tartarga (タルタルガ) is a Wandering AI and inhabitant of Net Slum. He is also a character in the Epitaph of the Twilight. He later becomes the giant, city-sized Vagrant AI Net Slum Tartarga.

Appearance
He appears as an other-worldy version of the Data Drain monster Long Lived.

Epitaph of the Twilight
In the Epitaph of the Twilight, Tartarga is the name of a tortoise who lives in the True Underworld and possesses ancient knowledge.

The World
In the story of The World, Tartarga is the name of a people to which Lia Fail was a holy ground, who fought with the forces of Carmina Gadelica during the Great War.

.hack Games
After arriving in the Net Slum, Kite and BlackRose were greeted by Tartarga, who proceeded to explain the true nature of Net Slum and Wandering AIs. He also told them a bit about the Epitaph of Twilight, saying that it was a tale about the end of the world of spirits.

.hack//G.U. Games
See Net Slum Tartarga.

Trivia

 * Tartarga is a misromanization of Tartaruga, which means "sea turtle" in Italian and Portuguese.