Teresa Irithyl

Teresa Conchobhair-Irithyl
Positions Held
Champion of Selûne
Champion of Ruqel
Grandmaster of the Guardians of Light
Personal Information
Alias(es)	Persephone of Eveningstar
Born	Flamerule 15, 1360 DR (Age 21)
Alignment	Neutral Good
Religion	Selûne
Allegiance	Ruqel
Spouse(s)	Aelynthi Irithyl

Teresa Irithyl (née Conchobhair, born Flamerule 15, 1360 DR) is the head of state of Ruqel, the founder of the Guardians of Light, and a prominent champion of Selûne. Though she formally holds her political roles in equal parts with her wife, Aelynthi, most matters of state are managed by Teresa alone.

Teresa began to manifest divine powers at an early age, often aiding in the resolution of a number of problems in and around Eveningstar. In 1374 DR, she left the village with the stated purpose of learning the reason and source of her powers. From 1374-1378, she slowly built a reputation on healing and scholarship while on the road, particularly in Silverymoon, where she is credited with helping avert a number of disasters.

In 1378 DR, Teresa married, and she and her wife moved to the Sword Coast to establish Ruqel, where Selûnite knights gathered to support her. They built the Silver Spires and founded Ruqel there, from which she and her knighthood attempt to influence the region.

Childhood

Teresa is the orphan child of human traffickers in the northwestern parts of Eveningstar, her parents having used the lesser enforcement and the unruly nature of the Helmlands to run their business without being stopped by the law. Both were slain by adventurers in 1365 DR, and Teresa was brought to the Lathanderite temple in Eveningstar and left in the priests' care. As the conditions of a sale, her memory had been magically wiped, and she thus came to the temple not aware of her background or name, and selected "Persephone" as a handle there. In Eveningstar, she began and abandoned a number of studies before discovering a talent for medicine, which she quickly mastered.

Her magical capacity was apparent from an early age, often spontaneously and unpredictably producing orisons related to the situation at hand. Her power wouldn't accelerate in growth until her teenaged years.

Goblin Captivity

In 1368 DR, Teresa and some of the other orphans in Eveningstar were captured by goblinkin from the Helmlands and held as forced labor and hostages for the majority of the year. The children were all ill-suited to the labor, and credited Teresa with their survival of the ordeal afterword. All of the children escaped their captivity the same year, and the Purple Dragons razed the goblins' camp shortly after.

Leaving Eveningstar

In 1374 DR, one of the orphans in Eveningstar was accused of murdering another over a romantic dispute. Teresa worked on the investigation and served as counsel in the trial, which the town allowed as no others would speak for the defendant. After the not-guilty verdict, Teresa withdrew from Eveningstar, and joined a troupe of adventurers briefly.

Early Adventuring

From 1374-5 DR, Teresa traveled with a crew of adventurers, seeking Selûnite relics through the western portions of Faerûn. No records seem to exist of their success or the fate of any found relics. The crew reportedly split up after being trapped in a cursed dollhouse, from which Teresa saved the others, but which left them uninterested in future adventures.

Relics

The Full Moon's Wrath

Teresa carries the mace of Cormyr's champion of Selûne, the Full Moon's Wrath. It was given to her after she slew the champion of Malar in Silverymoon to avenge the death of Jillian, the previous Cormyte champion of Selûne.

The mace is a heavy silver mace with a highly-polished round head, with a rings of spikes resembling beams of light coming off of the weapon.

Cloak of Deflections

The Guardians of Light own the relic Cloak of Deflections, an enchanted mantle that was handed down the Waterdhavian Selûnite orders, and then gifted to the forming paladin order by Naneatha Suaril before her death. Teresa wears the cloak in many official situations, and many of her church view the relic's transition as the late church leader anointing a successor.

Ribbon of the Moonlit Path

After the establishment of the Guardians of Light and the completion of the Silver Spires, the strongest spellcasters of the temple created the relic belt, which Teresa wears as a sort of proof of her order's ability.

Physical Alterations

Though tellings of Teresa as a young child only mention that her complexion is unusually fair and she is exceptionally prone to sunburn, though she is often mentioned in recent times with a description of a pair of white feathered wings, which she acquired in 1381 DR and are typically taken as evidence of Selûne's favor.

Other stories of strangeness of her physical form are common, but less observable. Most common are claims that she does not feel temperature, can't drink spirits, and is actually as tall as two men but conceals her size with magic.

Magical Power

Teresa is credited with enormous magical power, such as the ability to speak words that kill people lacking virtue as Selûne sees it, and the capacity to cast Miracle, though the evidence of such claims is disputed. There is far better evidence that Teresa performs many acts of miraculous healing, often restoring lost limbs, reversing terminal disease, or curing apparently-impossible afflictions. She has also on rare occasion raised the dead, being responsible for returning Rani Feynolt and Fenrick to life.

Unlike many priests, she does not usually ask for money to perform healing. She says it is because Selûne's love is for all who her light touches, and she thus provides healing to those who she believes won't use the advantage of healing to harm the innocent or defenseless.