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| |Profile=A member of a schismatic sect of Baskar from the continent of Aquvy. The Baskar of Tethelle's isolated village claim to be descended from a great Baskar warrior of the first Metal Demon War who was trained by Equites herself. Whether true or not, they struggle to maintain the now-fragmentary knowledge of an ancient, complex martial style that they believe to be divinely inspired. Tethelle is the youngest scion of this fading tribe, the only member of her generation to take up the mantle of priesthood and learn the ancient style. After leaving on a pilgrimage while still an apprentice, she was granted a Medium by Equites at the Guardian Temple and told to refine and improve herself, something that Tethelle works toward to this day. Tethelle is more warrior than priest, and more Drifter than either; she enjoys the journey for the journey's sake and is a good deal more rough-and-tumble and fun-loving than the stereotypical mystical Zoa Priestess. She throws herself into adventure and new experiences, constantly working to improve herself. But she has a serious core behind the smiles as she walks the path she's chosen, and is resolute when striving for her goals, both self-improvement and otherwise. | | |Profile=A member of a schismatic sect of Baskar from the continent of Aquvy. The Baskar of Tethelle's isolated village claim to be descended from a great Baskar warrior of the first Metal Demon War who was trained by Equites herself. Whether true or not, they struggle to maintain the now-fragmentary knowledge of an ancient, complex martial style that they believe to be divinely inspired. Tethelle is the youngest scion of this fading tribe, the only member of her generation to take up the mantle of priesthood and learn the ancient style. After leaving on a pilgrimage while still an apprentice, she was granted a Medium by Equites at the Guardian Temple and told to refine and improve herself, something that Tethelle works toward to this day. Tethelle is more warrior than priest, and more Drifter than either; she enjoys the journey for the journey's sake and is a good deal more rough-and-tumble and fun-loving than the stereotypical mystical Zoa Priestess. She throws herself into adventure and new experiences, constantly working to improve herself. But she has a serious core behind the smiles as she walks the path she's chosen, and is resolute when striving for her goals, both self-improvement and otherwise. |
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| Tethelle was born in a village fading from history.
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| It was originally founded (according to village histories) by a great Baskar warrior after the Metal Demon Wars; it was said that she was trained by Equites personally. Whether true or not, this warrior was said to have collected groups of Baskar isolated and reduced in number by the wars, collecting several lost outposts into a core of survivors and creating a new home with them.
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| During the Day of Collapse, the original village was destroyed, and for a time the survivors wandered before ending on the western coast of Aquvy. There they refounded their village, their traditions partially lost or changed by time. There they did not thrive, and by the current day, have only a single Zoa Priest (besides Tethelle herself) to maintain the great martial traditions of the past.
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| Tethelle was the only child, a daughter of a fisherman and a shell-carving mother. Growing up where she did was hard, and she was expected to chip in as early as she could. Tethelle was hard-working even as a child; she did her job without complaint, and more than her share, though she always found time to have fun, too. She dreamed, and she never told anybody what she dreamed about - but she felt she would not be there in the village forever.
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| It was a surprise to nobody when Tethelle was chosen as her generation's Priestess candidate. There were few children her age at all, and no others who would do well. An active youth, she took to the physical side of her training very well, and surprised many people by doing well in the spiritual aspects as well. It was a place her dedication (and stubbornness) paid off. She could speak to the spirits more clearly than most, and gained a feel for the people around her that she hadn't had before. Still, she got into trouble once in a while for various pranks and actions 'unbecoming of a Priestess' - never anything cruel or criminal, but merely acting without the dignity of the station. Not that she let this stop her from getting into trouble again later.
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| When she turned seventeen, Tethelle was supposed to stand in vigil for a day and a night, and then go out into the desert on a pilgrimage to find herself, only returning when she had grown in spirit and physical skill. Everything went perfectly normally until her vigil, when a voice spoke to her.
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| It was the voice of the Guardian, and it told her to go to Ignas, because there would be something there that must be done. And that was all.
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| So rather than go into the desert, Tethelle informed her village that she would be taking her pilgrimage in Ignas, guided by the Guardians. Though she was supported by some of the village, who treated it as a divine revelation to the Zoa Priesthood, others assumed she was just trying to run away. The town was fading. She wouldn't be the first child her age to try to leave it. As a result, she was not given a Medium, since the elder of the village didn't believe she would return.
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| But Tethelle was determined, even if she was leaving as a priestess apprentice instead of a full priestess. And so she traveled - first to Guild Galad, and from then on to Ignas, taking the role of a Drifter. And she enjoyed it; it suited her. She was not meant for idleness, and she felt an urge to explore the world, to learn - to experience as part of the path toward self-refinement.
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| But she still has a mission, and she never forgets it. It is her belief that she has a duty to go out into the world, to make it a better place, to stand against darkness... and to find out what the words of the Guardians truly meant.
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| Since then, Tethelle found others like her, especially the Princess [[Cecilia Adlehyde]]. Tethelle believed that the Guardians were sending her to meet Cecilia, though she didn't know why until the Metal Demons attacked. She met several of Cecilia's other friends and allies, and along with [[Claude C. Kenny]], [[Rena Lanford]], [[Rudy Roughnight]], and [[Jack van Burace]], formed the Dawn Chasers.
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| Eventually, the group found their way to the Guardian Temple, where they were tested by the Guardians... and found wanting, but still their last hope. After being tested, Tethelle spoke to Equites and was granted a Medium directly from her. She still had a lot of self-improvement to go, but she could make herself a blade against the darkness. Tethelle swore that Equites' trust in her would not be misplaced. From that day, she has been more relaxed around her allies, less uptight and no longer attempting to present herself as a perfect Zoa Priestess. She's not perfect - not even close.
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| The journey continues as Tethelle heads west, into the Badlands...
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