Telle Tale

### Domain

Recording of stories and information, the morals of stories and the preservation of knowledge, spiders

### Portrayed By

Mason (CeratiiDaedalus

Telle Tale is a goddess of written record and the lessons learned from stories, known for her frequent mingling with mortals. She lingers in populated places, asking for stories to write in her giant book, and offers a community for storytellers and scholars alike among her followers.

## Appearance

Telle Tale appears as a short, humanoid toon woman with bronzed skin and very fluffy tied-back chocolate brown hair. She wears a gray-brown cloak with a spiderweb pattern down from the right shoulder, and tall boots with pointed feet and ending with two claws, similar to the claws of a spider. The main lenses of her glasses are large and round, with six other smaller lenses above and below them, in which her other eyes occasionally appear. Her "ears" appear rather more hornlike, peeking from behind her hair. She has six arms, each ending in hands with black claws, and fanged chelicerae in the place of canine teeth that extend outside of her mouth.

Often, she uses disguises while interacting with mortals, but more for personal enjoyment than truly hiding her identity. Her hair always remains fluffy, her hands always remain clawed, and she always wears the same glasses. She also always has her giant journal strapped to her back, regardless of disguise. Removing her glasses returns her to her true (although rather blind) self.

## Personality

Telle Tale is very slow to anger, or even sadness. She is almost always seen with a smile or contented expression and isn't a particularly argumentative individual. However, this does not mean she isn't passionate about her domain.

She is often on guard for individuals seeking her out for malicious purposes, as they may threaten her domain, connected domains, or simply mean to cause her trouble with threats against her sacred effects. Despite her conflicted understanding of morality, she still always believes that harm against an innocent person is wrong, especially children.

Before her relationship with Daydreamer, though, she was a rather detached goddess, less sentimental or expressive. During this time, she presented herself as the Scholar, rather than Telle Tale.

Though she engages in frequent interaction with mortals, she still has something of a disconnect from mortal etiquette and can come off as blunt. As a result of her domain, she is shaped by the many different perspectives and opinions provided by mortals of all backgrounds, meaning advice she is asked to give is often conflicting and influenced from several different perspectives from those stories.

## Notable Abilities

Telle Tale frequently changes form to blend in with mortal crowds. When disguised, it is incredibly difficult to pick her out of a crowd, regardless of how similar the disguise is to her true self.

She is the only one who can functionally use her sacred effects, as otherwise wearing her glasses results in debilitating blurriness and her book appears blank, rejecting all inks, paints, and leads.

## Region

Telle Tale is an exclusively Einquellan deity, though means of worship for her are diverse across the continent. Followers in and around Gisnep can be especially less "casual" in their faith, finding significance in holy places like her three temples.

## Symbology

A few symbols of Telle Tale are spiders (especially brown or black spiders), the number eight (especially in sets of quills), and a pattern of eight circles that resembles the placement of lenses on her glasses, often seen engraved or printed onto everyday items or worn on patches or pendants by followers.

## Followers

#### Clerics

* Cepher Joy, Minor Deity of Libraries, Reading, and Joy of Reading; Knowledge Domain Cleric

## Allies

Telle Tale is allied with Cepher, Minor Deity of Libraries and Reading and Daydreamer, Guardian of Childhood.

## Trivia

It's a common tactic for mortals to earn advice or favors by stealing Telle's glasses and asking a favor to return them. These glasses do not match any working prescription, instead blurring the world beyond comprehension.

She has only three temples, in Gisnep, though they are not exclusively for her: combining elements of her, her lover Daydreamer and her apprentice Cepher. They are each themed with one of the three deities, though remain equally devoted to all three.

Her followers often spend every eighth month mourning lost stories and information, visiting her temples to pray. During this event, some followers even form questing groups to follow leads on finding information once believed to be lost.

The ink she writes with is actually her venom, which she also offers to various followers.

Telle Tale's relationship with Daydreamer is rooted in the way their domains intersect: an important part of childhood and growth is learning, especially through stories. In turn, educated children often grow up to become scholars and storytellers. Due to this, she has something of a soft spot for children.

She has not slept in 800 years (and would be hard-pressed to do so again: she's much too busy).