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Background
Early Life
Telina and her sister are the product of an infidelity between a
married Nanshin with children of his own and a T'Nnashi dwelling O'Ma
nymph. The twins know nothing of their father save his
family name which they took for their own. Their mother of
course has no family name. The girls were born only minutes
apart with Telina being the older of the two which gave Telina
an excuse to be somewhat bossy with Juine. In practice though
Juine stayed more with the adults, Telina was always drawn to
the periphery of the group, always pushing her boundaries,
willful and more interested in what was living under that pile
of sticks than the merriment of the group. Their youth was
idyllic, enclosed in natural surroundings, moving from one
grove of plenty to another with little direction or guidance,
merely the encouragement of their mother's people to approach
life as a time to enjoy being alive. For a time, the life
among the various types of fey was all the knew never once
having seen any settlement. As they grew, the girls began
to range more freely but were still largely protected by the
fey who knew them and the nearby elves whom the fey knew to
be good natured. If the fey began to move close to M'chek,
the girls were forbade to approach the old war zone and,
in being raised with so few demands, found this one easy to
comply with.
As they approached the equivalent of their pre-teen years
the girls were already markedly different. Juine's
experience with songs, stories and socialization joined
with her charming appearance was making her a potent
attractor of the kindness of strangers. Telina's
wanderlust and fascination with the natural world led
her to never learn Common which pushed her to the background
of discussions between people. As she and her sister roamed
though, it was Telina who kept them safe. To a point.
At first Telina roamed more alone than with Juine but as
the girls approached a mid to late teen years of apparent
age they traveled more and more together. Until that time
however, Telina never had one serious mishap when she
traveled alone. She credits this to the intervention of a
mysterious woman she knows only as "Old Woman". When crossing
a ravine while walking on a log which snaps, a vine just
so happens to become wrapped around her ankle, when a bandit begins
chasing Telina, Old Woman appears and the man stops, wets himself and
runs the other way. No matter where in the forest this occurs,
Telina is invited to Old Woman's house which is never far away.
She hears a tale of mystic lore, fed sweets and then is sent back
out to play. The last time Telina saw Old Woman was the day
before the twins left for Elysia. Juine has never seen this strange person.
In Elysia
When the twins arrived in Elysia and declared their intention to become Champions they were met with extraordinary kindness. They
were given gifts of weapons, gold, armor and more. Thror Stormhammer, Galakh the stone among others were kind with gifts, Karak
Hammerstar provided instruction through example of how to be a stalwart warrior. Through him an affection for the order of Gorethar was
born for Telina. Consequentially she spent as much time as she could in the company of Jessica Paragorn, Aspen Stormcat, Hert Snyder and
others. In a way, Telina idolizes Karak and, perhaps surprisingly, wants to be just like him. She is however, completely ill-equipped to
be much of anything like him at all. The twins beauty brought them much positive regard at first but sooner or later Telina sensed that
this wouldn't be enough. After a trip to Mikona where more gifts were bestowed upon them by the merchants smitten by them there the twins
sought out opportunities to be industrious. Shayra Thornberry, Marin Nemelgen and others gave them opportunities to produce heal kits,
potions of fire and otherwise, earn a living in a satisfactory fashion. In this time Telina learns from Kai Ral Windspar from the
encouragement of Moira Celyn Windspar Callindraes about Fyglia. Her tutelage is furthered by Jwolaroth Ruk & Sanney Fereyn, the latter
who encourages the twins to join the order of O'ma, the former of which has Telina approached by the Shemathen. As with the AKN though
it seems Telina is simply too focused on overcoming her fey spirit to achieve more than her original stated aim so nothing comes of actual
or proposed membership in any of these organizations for Telina; to become a Champion of O'Ma. Perhaps this is for the best though
considering that her twin, Juine has yet to complete Champion training.
During her training period three crucial events happen to Telina. First, while learning about her fyglia Telina encounters an
avariel woman named Thienna who was tortured once with great cats. Telina is so struck by her story that she tries to help the woman to
overcome her phobia but is changed herself and takes on the bear fyglia for herself having lost a certain degree of infatuation with
cats. Second, she falls into alcoholism which jeopardizes her ability to continue training. Meeting an Angdarian named Sephira Everliss
who was suffering a much more advanced form of alcohol addiction than her own scared Telina straight. In the bargain, Telina and Sephira
become fast friends and confidants in one another. In Telina's mind, leading Sephira to the first steps away from evil. Third, she meets
Aerill Alipera and Miette Hartley who's wisdom, worldliness and knowledge lead Telina to become powerfully concerned with the fate of
Tooir Laylom, a druidic Champion of O'Ma who fell at the beginning of the plot of Moreanne Tanasi. Aerill gifted Telina a scimitar which
was reforged for Telina's ordainment and inscribed with the words Telina often spoke as her way of summarizing her dedication to continue
the work of Tooir Laylom: Spring follows Winter. In the time leading up to her ordainment Telina had advanced herself as a druid,
defeated alcoholism, learned to speak common, learned to fight as a warrior, earn money for herself through craft, conveyed some of the
mystic wisdom and magic taught to her in her youth to the people of her new community and achieved her greatest personal ambition,
becoming a Champion of O'ma under the tutelage of Champion Ivars and befriending a powerful warrior spirit housed in Sumi.
Following her ordainment which was attended by several people, every soul present being immensely appreciated by Telina, she was
stationed on a frigate escorting supplies to Grantir. She stood in as ships garrison but saw no action and was never given liberty to
leave the ship when in port at Grantir though she did get back on the ground when the ship was in other ports of call such as Ferrell,
Mikona, etc. As her ship had a sizable fey crew component her mastery of common backslid somewhat. After a time, she returned to
southern avlis where her story continues.
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