Tessele Whitehorn
| Lorekeeper Venturer Tessele Whitehorn: Female human Clr5 of Oghma; CR 5; Medium-size humanoid; HD 5d8β5; hp 17; Init β1; Spd 30 ft.; AC 12, touch 9, flat-footed 12; Atk +3 melee (1d6β1, masterwork quarterstaff); SA Turn undead 5/day; AL LN; SV Fort +3, Ref +0, Will +8; Str 8, Dex 8, Con 8, Int 17, Wis 18, Cha 14. Skills and Feats: Craft (bookbinding) +9, Gather Information +3, Knowledge (arcana) +5, Knowledge (geography) +12, Knowledge (nature) +8, Knowledge (the Dales history) +8, Knowledge (the Dales local) +12, Knowledge (the Dales nobility and royalty) +8, Knowledge (the Dales religion) +6; Skill Focus (Craft [bookbinding]), Skill Focus (Knowledge [geography]), Skill Focus (Knowledge [the Dales local]). Spells Prepared: (5/5/4/3; base DC 14 + spell level): 0βdetect magic, light, mending, read magic, resistance; 1stβbless, charm person, command, comprehend languages, divine favor; 2ndβaugury, calm emotions, resist elements, silence; 3rdβclairaudience/clairvoyance*, magic vestment, suggestion. *Domain spell. Deity: Oghma. Domains: Charm(+4 bonus to Charisma 1/day as a free action for one minute), Knowledge (cast divinations at +1 caster level). Possessions: +1 leather armor, masterwork quarterstaff, circlet of comprehending languages and reading magic, goggles of minute seeing, oil of timelessness, scroll of make whole, scholarβs outfit. |
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In her youth, Tessele Whitehorn was a legendary adventurer, renowned for her wild exploits and her beauty, with a steady stream of men in her life. Eventually, she fell in love with one of her adventuring companions, only to see him die in the jaws of a dracolich on what would be her last adventure. Brokenhearted, Tessele retired to the Leaves of Learning and adopted a life of quiet contemplation for many years. Now in her sixties, she has found joy in the simple pleasure of going out into the community and recording the stories of those who have seen many years.
Although it has been quite some time since she wielded her quarterstaff in combat, Tesseleβs wits remain keen, as does her knowledge of battle tactics. She keeps her trusty leather armor oiled and insists that her fellows join her in a daily exercise regimen. Recently, Tessele experienced a series of troubling visions, most of which show a falling star crashing into a great forest, engulfing the trees and the elves who dwell among them in a great conflagration. Unbeknownst to her, her dreams bear witness to the fall of the Lorelands of Uvaeren, an elven civilization dedicated to both magical and mundane knowledge that thrived where Mistledale now lies. Uvaerenβs founding and fall preceded the raising of the mythal over Myth Drannor by millennia. What these dreams portend is known only to the Binder.