The Tower

## Personal

### Relatives

Cimillion (deceased), Boo (deceased) Arcturus, Vanaria, Diachi, Hieronymous, Ziggbax, Twig, Lyla

### Allies

The Sages, Vanaria, Couatil, Church of Natchraldoo

### Enemies

Orcus, Ikaris

**The Tower** (also known as **Cypress** and **Delilah Tealeaf**) is the former Goddess of Volcanoes of the Elvish Pantheon, a founding member of the Sages, current owner of the Aubergine Estate, and Knight of House Byron. She is formally known as **Ser Delilah Tealeaf, The Tower.**

## **Appearance**

The Tower's original appearance is yet unmentioned (except for her brother Vanaria's comment that her former body was "way hotter). The body she has been displaced into--Delilah Tealeaf--is a former soldier.

A half-elf, she has the appearance of an athletic Asian woman. The influence of The Tower's soul on this body is seen with its natural brown eyes tinted orange, and its natural black hair flaired with a streak of red.

## **Personality**

The Tower is brusque, energetic, and straightforward; on a good day, a friendly jock, and on a bad day, a headstrong fool. She speaks in semi-archaic vernacular, but is shown to be more lax around her party.

Her straightforwardness is a double-edged sword. She frequently singles out random people within a crowd to ask them questions pertaining to the locale; but she also will directly ask anyone who trails their party if they are following them with any ill intent. This can lead to awkward interactions, and can be pretty rude.

Though usually invigorated, she blushes easily at the sexual escapades of her party members, becoming nervous and flustered.

After Blackmoor, her usually sober and vitalized demeanor became more scattered. She began drinking, shirking away from danger & running toward it, and intensifying her protectiveness toward her family and friends. Though she managed to slowly regain her usual vigor, her incomplete "duel" with her brother Arcuturus on the Oberon estate left her lost once again. It was only after successfully heisting the Demon Grinder and negotiating peace between Houses Byron and Cecil with the Sages that she began to feel like "The Tower" again.

She has an intense hatred of Orcus and his followers after the torture of her and her family at his hands (the exception being an Orcus cleric named Margax, who warned the Sages of a nefarious plot at the Allgod Temple).

## **History**

What's known to the party:

The Tower, true name Cypress, is a former Goddess of Volcanoes belonging to the Elvish Pantheon that the native elves worshipped before the lands that would become the Republic were claimed by the empire.

At some point, she and her family members were captured by Orcus the Blood God and tortured. Eventually Derrilyn the Valor God led the charge against Orcus and, in the process, freed Cypress and her kind. Once freed by Derrilyn, Cypress awoke in a new body belonging to a soldier named Delilah.

At Fort Uesli, she encounters Armand of Hafn, Sage, and Damien Belladonna, who were all entreated by the local Reeve to investigate and determine the culprit of a recent blood magic terrorist attack. After discovering the culprit to be a young hooper's apprentice named Johnny, the group agreed to sneak him out of Fort Uesli to safety. United through their desire to protect this boy, this was the foundation for the group that would become the Sages.

## **Relationships**

**The Sages**

*Armand of Hafn*

*Damien Belladonna*

*Sage*

*Brugo of Irons*

*Aubrey of Halli*

*Johnny Briggs*

*Sir Steven of House Byron*

*Skuda*

*Lady Carolyn*

**The Jorcana**

*Cimillion*

*Vanaria*

*Diachi*

*Hieronymous*

*Ziggbax*

*Twig*

*Vine*

*Balashov*

## **Abilities**

### *The Deck*

By drawing from her Deck of Souls, she is able to manifest a weapon or magic that aids her in combat; she is also now able to draw cards that provide both boons and banes to her, as dictated by Fate. The Deck of Souls is a cursed object given to all members of the former Elvish Pantheon, with parts of their souls trapped in the cards.

The pinnacle of the Deck is when The Tower draws her own card, The Tower. She regains a small portion of her former power as the Goddess of Volcanoes, and becomes a force of nature itself.

## Notable Equipment

### *Magma Armor*

Gifted by Skuda of the Sages. The plate armor pays homage to The Tower's volcanic legacy.

### *Knights Standard of Virtue of the Sages*

Gifted by Lord Cole Byron the Besieged after the Sages successfully negotiated peace between Houses Byron and Cecil. The Standard of Virtue is a rare item gifted in recognition of high acts of honor.

### *Death Knell*

Gifted by the Clerics of the Reaper after the Sages prevented a terrorist attack at the Allgod Temple.

### *Skuda's Gratitude Axe*

Gifted by Skuda after The Tower paid for Skuda's release from the mercenaries who kidnapped Armand and Skuda. A battleaxe with fiery abilities.

## **Trivia**

* The Tower has named all of her temporary animal companions throughout the campaign: Halifax the cow, Trafalgar the salamander, and the horses Berlin, Munich, and Madrid
* The tarot card "The Tower" is a symbol of ruin and renewal