Telepse Vardarianna

## Relations

### Relatives

Theirastra Vardarianna, Arrannis Vardarianna, Jelenneth Vardarianna, Adrie Vardarianna

## Basic Information

### Birthplace

Shardizar, Heaven’s Crest, The Scar Islands

## Physical Attributes

### Eyes

Green

Telepse is the youngest of the three siblings of the noble House Vardarianna. The Vardariannas are an elven family originally of the High Forest, whose current business interests include bulk goods trading and overseas shipping. The family motto is “Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.” Theirastra and Arrannis, Telepse's mother and father, spend half the year abroad on the mainland at their estate in Waterdeep, and the other half of the year at their estate in Shardizar. With a small fleet of merchant ships, their own spatial warehouse in Bayside, a number of properties throughout the Crests, and a small militia protecting their interests, House Vardarianna counts itself as one of the pillars of Heaven’s Crest society.

When his parents are abroad, they leave their business in the capable hands of Telepse’s oldest sister, Jelenneth, who is more than capable of both managing and growing the family’s holdings. A small board of advisors assists the family in running its affairs, comprised of the people hired to oversee the various operations, as well as the estate’s steward Medrash Norixius, a dragonborn who has served the family for decades.

Telepse’s other sister, Adrie, is the captain of the Intrepid, the flagship of the family’s fleet. She’s spent over sixty years in different roles aboard the various ships in the fleet, working her way up from rigger. The current captains of the other ships in the fleet all served at one time or another as First Mate to Adrie, who has no plans of hanging up her captain’s hat any time soon.

As the youngest of the Vardariannas, Telepse has had little expected of him thus far in his life, and has shown no interest in seeing that change. Which isn’t to say that he’s lazy or idle - far from it. He engages in a form of competitive aristocracy, participating in the leisure activities of a typical socialite as if score was being kept.

When he attends the theater - which he does weekly - he is sharply dressed and usually bearing a gift for the esteemed actor and singer Lady Ellena Starlight, star of the Blue Orchid Theater’s production of The Ruination of Twilight. He has courted Ellena for nearly three years, but she has shown him little interest. Telepse is a fixture at the balls held by the nobility of the Crest, especially those that hold a hunt or tournament on the following day - the young elf has developed a reputation as a fine rider and hunter in these circles. He avoids the salons after the first few he attended revealed the shallowness of his knowledge of world affairs - revealed quite embarrassingly by his social peer, chief rival, and seemingly ever-present thorn-in-his-side Benjamin Ataturk. Instead he frequents the finer pubs and taverns, more suited to the conversations held over a game of cards.

When he’s not engaged in the upkeep of his reputation, Telepse can usually be found at Reddlepop & Tippletoe, a tinker shop operating out of one of the family’s properties, run by a pair of gnome women. The elf spent a considerable amount of time here as a child, where Tippletoe Twitchfinger recognized his smart hands and encouraged their development by instructing him in her trade. Telepse had a natural aptitude for the work, and continues to enjoy tinkering as a hobby.