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|Voice Actor=[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0312656/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Tesshō Genda] ([[Dragon Quest IV CD Theater|CD Theater]])<br>[[Chafurin]] ({{Heroes II}}, Japanese)<br>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0535837/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Francis McGee] (''Heroes II'', English)

'''Torneko Taloon''' is a character in the {{DQSeries}} that appears as a playable {{Party 4}} member in {{DQ4}} and main character in {{DQCTD2}}, {{TDFD}}, and {{DQCTD3}}. A [[merchant]] from [[Lakanaba]] on a quest to acquire a [[Zenithian Equipment#Zenithian Sword|legendary weapon]], he first appears in {{DQ4 Chapter 3}}.

While not necessarily greedy, Torneko has the typical mindset of a merchant, always looking for opportunities to set up shop and make a profit, even at rather inopportune times and locations. While Torneko appears to be loyal to the {{Hero 4}} to the end, he jokes about leaving the party after having collected the [[Zenithian Equipment]] since that was his original goal to begin with. He does seem to have a rather cowardly side. As seen in the party chat, Torneko would sometimes volunteer to remain behind in the wagon right before facing a formidable adversary, only to claim he was kidding right afterwards. Torneko is often noted by his boss to be lazy. This is further seen when he meets the Hero, {{Meena}} and {{Maya}} at [[Pharos Beacon]]. Since he considered the monsters too tough for him to handle himself, he sticks the task of restoring light to the flames to the others before heading back to [[Porthtrunnel]] (although this action could be somewhat justified by the fact that Torneko had a bounty on his head for rebuilding the [[Trans-Montane Tunnel]]).

Torneko wakes up in {{DQ4 Chapter 3}} in his house in [[Lakanaba]] to work his job at the local weapons shop while supporting his wife Tessie and his son Tipper. However, he feels that this life is not good enough for him, so he sets on a journey to fulfill his dream, which is to own a shop. He then hears about the [[Steel Strongbox]] that allows him to travel anywhere without worrying about dying, because it keeps all of the [[gold]] coins when he dies, instead of taking half of it.

Torneko ends up getting the strongbox in a cave up north and heads south to [[Ballymoral]], where he comes across Old Man Finnegan's son Finn who is in prison and asks him for a [[Chimaera wing]] to return home to Lakanaba, which Torneko does. While at the castle, he learns of Archie O'Tect, who was supposed to repair the bridge between Ballymoral and [[Endor]], and that he hasn't arrived. He manages to find the architect in the north in what appeared to be a town called [[Reginhart]]. Hearing of some foxes in the area, however, Torneko returns to Lakanaba to request the use of Finn's dog [[Fido]] to seek out a fox, which proves to be successful. As a result, Archie resumes his duty to repair the bridge.  Thus, Torneko heads to Endor, but not before receiving a [[Prince's Letter|letter]] from Prince [[Regan]] to give to Princess {{Veronica 4}} in the other castle.

Torneko made it to the castle and meets an old man who wants to sell his shop to someone with permission from King Norman. The King states that he will consider the merchant's request. While in the throne room, he reads the letter to The Princess detailing that King Shamus of Ballymoral is seeking to conquer Endor, prompting Endor's King to give him the [[Royal Missive|Royal Scroll]] (which is a request for the children of both castles to marry, and thus avoiding the need to go to war). Torneko delivers the Scroll to King Shamus, who agrees to dismiss his plans. Soon after, King Norman allows the merchant to open [[Torneko's shop|a shop]], which he does and calls his family over to their new home.

Afterwards, Torneko's attention is turned toward an old man who wanted to continue developing the [[Trans-Montane Tunnel]] which will lead from Endor to the country of [[Casabranca]]. He needed 60,000 gold coins to achieve this, which Torneko helped out with (through making money at his shop, as well as providing a set of [[Steel broadsword]]s and [[Iron armour]]s to Endor's warriors). Once the tunnel is completed, Torneko traveled through on behalf of the old man and accepts the task of carrying on his dream by traveling the world by [[ship]] and gathering many legendary treasures.

He managed to cross the desert at [[Last Chance Saloon]] through the aid of a caravan,<ref>Mentioned by the treasure room guard at Casabranca during the day.</ref> and passed through [[Bath]]<ref>Mentioned by a residence at night in a house.</ref>. Torneko made it to [[Porthtrunnel]] and paid to have a ship made, while hearing of an [[Conrad Hilton|old man]] in [[Mintos]] who has a [[Treasure map (Dragon Quest IV)|treasure map]]. He left upon hearing of monsters who corrupted the lighthouse fire at [[Pharos Beacon]] to restore peace to the oceans. Upon finding the monsters to be too strong, he made a plea to the {{Hero 4}} and company to find the [[Holy embers]] and to defeat the ones causing the problems at the lighthouse. They agree to do so, and are joined by Torneko shortly after, who provides use of his ship for travels.

Upon defeating [[Psaro the Manslayer]] ([[Aamon]] in the remakes), the party returns to their lives with Torneko, returning to his family in Endor, and later showing up with the group in [[Hidden Valley]] to see the Hero.

| Weird dance || Lowers one foe's MP

| Twirls fingers || Fuddles one foe

| Take damage for an ally || Target is totally random and not dependent on ally's current HP

| Summon a Merchant army || Attacks three times, base on Torneko's attack stat. If Miracle sword is equipped, each strike heals

| Cover an enemy's mouth || Prevent foe from casting that turn. This action DOES NOT cost Torneko a turn (works in monster fights at the casino!)

In the {{PSX}}, {{DS}}, and [[Cell phone]] Versions Torneko will goof off a little less often and some actions are removed. However, this increases the probability that he will steal from an enemy when slacking around now.

Sorry, got a bit carried away there, so I did. I'm lucky to have Tessie is all I'll say.|source= Torneko, in [[Lakanaba]]|console=[[Cell phone]]|align=center}}

But now that we're after doin' just that, I think I'll be takin' me leave and headin' back to the wagon... Yerra! Calm down! I'm only havin' a bit o' gas with ye!|source= Torneko, after collecting all of the Zenithian Equipment|console=[[Cell phone]]|align=center}}

Torneko appears at the [[inn]] of [[Reaper's Peak]] in the near-future version of the town and is surprised by there being a town within the [[Fungeon (Dragon Quest VI)|Fungeon]]. He is impressed by the fact that The {{Hero 6}} explored it, and gives a hint to the location of the hidden treasure in [[Aridea]].  Torneko also appeared the monster oriented variant of the town as shown in the {{Super Famicom}} Version of the game.

In ''{{Dragon Quest VIII}}, in the [[Monster Arena]] Rank S series of fights, the first fight is fought against a character that is named, and bares a striking resemblance to Torneko Taloon. The announcer reinforces this by saying the character is from [[Lakanaba]]. He uses treasure based monsters; two [[Goodybag]] monsters and a [[Mimic king]].

Torneko and Taloon are not actual names used in the real world, being nomenclature invented by the original development staff and [[Enix America Corporation]]. For the characters cameo appearance in ''Dragon Quest VIII'', the localization team headed by [[Richard Honeywood]] opted to make Taloon his surname instead of abandoning it outright.

*[[Tessie Taloon|Tessie]], Torneko's wife

*[[Tipper Taloon|Tipper]], Torneko's son

TornekoArt.png|More Famicom art.

DQIV TornekoPS1.jpg|Playstation art, wielding Astraea's abacus.

DQHII Torneko.png|{{Dragon Quest Heroes II}}.

TornekoFlailOfDestruction.jpg|Torneko using the [[Flail of destruction]] in {{Dragon Quest Heroes II}}.

TornekoCrossbow.jpg|Torneko firing the [[Hunter's bow]] at some [[Cumaulus]] enemies in {{Dragon Quest Heroes II}}.