Story Summary

Telica was hatched in the cave as a typical grub and survived the trials. After she exited the cave, a feathered serpent looking lusus picked her and watched over her, even after Telica pupated with fairy wings. Her lusus taught her how to hide / camouflage her wings so she could be safe from those who would want to cull her for being a mutant. This was both helpful and hurtful to Telica. Telica was always paranoid and the constant "hide hide be safe hide don't let them find you" didn't help at all. It took her a long time to differentiate which voices were her own thoughts and which ones weren't. Her life uneventful as she grew up quietly in isolation with her lusus. She honed her gardening and learned which plants could be used in healing and which ones could be used in poisons. At the same time, during the waiting period for the plants, she picked up blacksmithing, singing and dancing. Her weapon of choice - a halberd fan that she would practice dancing with. She always had to be prepared. She met Verlon one day as she was practicing when he blocked her halberdfan with his axe and enticed her into a sparring match with just one arrogant smirk. Tel almost beat him, but Verlon kept making cocky comments that just.... Frustrated her SO MUCH! HOW CAN ANYONE BE THAT ARROGANT??? STOP READING MY MIND AND BEING GOOD LOOKING - I MEAN!!! After the spar, he invited her to join the courtesan assassination group as he saw her potential in being a great addition to the team. She had shown him how fast and sneaky she could be, despite being so tall.

After a few sweeps of being an assassin (and getting closer to Verlon, becoming his kismesis) the two of them decided they wanted out. They knew it wouldn't be as easy as just saying they wanted out. They knew they'd have to take out the leaders, and so they did. Thanks to Verlon's mind reading, he was able to keep her calm and was able to keep her paranoia at bay (most of the time.) However, there was concern when Verlon was called to the capitol and had to leave Telica alone. She didn't want him to go, she felt safe with him... but he had no choice. She was both relieved and scared when she received word from Verlon telling her that she too was to report to the same capitol as Verlon. Since she was already so good at forging, it was easy for her to set up there. she set up her forge and started to work, wings disguised as a cloak or a prop. Telica quickly got a crowd each day due to how.... magically musical she forged.

One day in particular,Telica got Rainer's attention as she was making some armor at her Musical Forge. He was persistant and always visited despite Tel's wariness of him. He would bring her food and at one point commissioned her to fix his broken sword. "Mr. Highblood" was a nickname given to Rainer by Telica, which at first frustrated him, but he never lost fascination with her. Even though Tel kept dismissing his questions about her wings, one night he decided to push her and test the fake wings theory by threatening to jump off of the roof of a building during a kill date. After that, he was able to gain her trust and they started courting. Everything was wonderful for them until one day Rainer went to visit Telica and she was about to tell Rainer about a prophecy of betrayal she had received from The Prophet (Zorana ancestor) when Verlon popped in with other Highbloods. Telica, terrified, flew off as she had believed Rainer and Verlon had been in cahoots and betrayed her. She was immediately shot down and landed in the forest. Rainer, out of rage, killed Verlon and those highbloods and went home. After a night, Telica showed up, they exchanged words, and an officer burst in due to the yelling. Telica hid, but the other officer shot Rainer in the knee. This infuriated Telica and made her kill the guard. Telica didn't understand, that if Rainer was innocent and hadn't betrayed her, why he didn't go after her? Out of frustration of not getting any kind of explanation from Rainer, Telica lunged at him, meaning to stab him in the heart, but stabbed his gut instead. She didn't have the heart to kill him, especially since he didn't try defending. Another officer heard the commotion and burst in, shooting her and instantly killing her. As her body was being taken away, she turned into a rainbow drinker. Days later after much torture, her execution date arrived. Rainer saved her from said execution, only to watch her kill herself anyway. She couldn't face him after everything that happened.

Centuries passed, and Telica's ghost haunted Rainer, literally. She never faced him but she still had influence over some things, and kept him safe from things, despite not really needing it. She kept herself hidden until one day she slipped up and Rainer saw her. Telica panicked and ran, but it was too late, he already knew. It wasn't until Invira that Solexi threw him and Telica in a room where they reconciled and another troll, Adelia, used her Sylph of Life powers and some magic to bring Telica back from the dead. Not long after that, Telica and Rainer had their first grub, Amatia. Later, they had Raenia. Because of her descendants being God Tier, Telica wanted to God Tier as well. With Sabrina's help, she was sent to a timeline/universe where she could God Tier into her Mage of Life self. (*art by https://www.deviantart.com/sophiablackwoodart/art/The-Artisan-578502402 )

Relationships

Rainer Kramaz (The Custodian) [ Matesprit ] Rainer Kramaz is a violetblooded troll also known as "The Custodian." His job on old Alternia was to clean up certain kinds of messes for the Empress. He was known as an efficient assassin but has long since retired from that. During the Alternian SGRUB session, he survived by stowing away in another Kramaz's hive. He did the same thing when New Alternia played SGRUB. It wasn't until Invira (the third planet) that he was spotted by their descendants. After the events from his past, he wandered Alternia doing different contracts - until he caught glimpse of Telica's ghost. For hundreds of sweeps (over 400,000 years worth) he chased her, only wanting to talk to her and make amends... he didn't have luck on New Alternia, but on Invira he got closer. After some shenanigans, Telica finally stopped running from him (she was forced into a room with him) and they talked it out. He had forgiven her a long time ago for her previous actions. There was a rocky amount of time where he was angry at Telica for not telling him that she and Verlon were kismesises on Alternia, but forgave Tel for that too. Nowadays he lives quietly with Telica, Verlon (now his kismesis as well) and their family and studies magic. Now that everything is right in the world, all he wants to do is sleep and be left alone. He seems like a cold and aloof individual, but he is very soft and warm to his loved ones. *art by https://www.deviantart.com/sophiablackwoodart/art/The-Custodian-577032284

Verlon Rafayl (The Visionary) [ Kismesis ] Verlon, known as The Visionary, is a mind reading violet blood troll from Alternia. He also worked in the courtesan assassination group and helped Telica take it down. After this group was gone, he continued to assassinate but also took on an official scientific government type job for the capitol. He orchestrated Telica to be sent to said capitol to blacksmith. Verlon wanted his kismesis where he could keep an eye on her due to her paranoia and saw it as a good opportunity to keep an eye on her to make sure no one would bother her. "Hide in plain sight." It was also his way of keeping an eye on his flush crush - Rainer. Telica and Rainer meeting meant nothing to him until they became matesprits. That infuriated him and so he plotted to break them apart - by making Telica think Rainer had betrayed her. This obviously backfired when Rainer turned around and killed his men and decapitated Verlon. Later on Invira, Verlon made himself known as a ghost as well and was brought back to life. He and Rainer had a chat and found they do work well together and became kismesises. *art by https://www.deviantart.com/sophiablackwoodart/art/The-Visionary-588232094

Solexi and Dantes Faeris [ Descendants ] Solexi and Dantes Faeris are Telica's twin descendants/dancestors who Telica loves dearly. Telica was overjoyed to see that her name and symbol didn't die with her (though she suspects The Custodian had something to do with that.)

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