====== Thelestes ======

Character
name         = Thelestes
image        = {{:Thelestes.jpg ?200}}
caption      = 
aliases      = The Velvet Blade; Telias;
Identities within [[Maison Phiarlan]], [[Maison Thuranni]], and smaller crime guilds
^Domicile         = Formerly [[Mabar|Mabar, the Endless Night]]
^Genre       = Female
^Race         = [[Demon|Succubus]]
age          =Immortal 
3e_level     = 16 (CR 23)
^Classe     = [[guerrier]] 4/[[Rogue]] 2/[[Assassin]] 10
^Alignement = Chaotique Mauvais
3e_source    = [[Dragon Magazine]] issue #337, pg. 69


<blockquote>//"Let us dance, you and I."//</blockquote><blockquote>**-Thelestes, the Velvet Blade**</blockquote>**Thelestes, the Velvet Blade** is one of the non-[[Rakshasa]] members of [[Les Seigneurs Des Cendres]].

====== Histoire ======
The [[demon|succubus]] known as Thelestes traveled to Eberron from [[Mabar|Mabar, the Endless Night]] some 20,000 years ago, fleeing a feud with the [[Yugoloth|ultroloths]] of that {{tagpage>"Plans"|plane}}.

The embodiment of murder and death, Thelestes serves the //prakhutu// [[npc:kashtarhak|Kashtarhak, the Voice of Chaos]]. Murder is Thelestes' personal joy, and she prefers to kill more frequently than her service to [[Les Seigneurs Des Cendres]] sometimes permits.

A master of disguise and seduction, Thelestes has many aliases placed deep within [[Maison Phiarlan]], [[Maison Thuranni]], and a number of smaller thieves guilds. She spends her time as an agent of [[Seigneurs Des Cendres|The Seigneurs Des Cendres]], reveling in playing a part in the corruption and death of the mortals around her.

====== Apparence et Personnalité ======
She prefers to appear as a young [[Elfique]] woman, and can fool all but the most sophisticated of //divination// magic.

In her natural form Thelestes is a stunning beauty with luxurious flowing red hair. When she wishes, large bat wings can unfold from her back, and her eyes glow red. She has fangeld teeth.

She still has some enemies among the [[yugoloth|ultroloths]] on the plane of [[Mabar]], and may be an unexpected ally for those in opposition to the [[Yugoloths|daemons]] of that plane.

====== Capacités ======
Like other [[demon|succubi]], Thelestes can drain the life from her victims, and enjoys doing so. She has the magical abilities to charm others, to //polymorph// hersElfee into various forms, and to //teleport//. Like other Démon, she can speak in tongues.

Unlike other [[demon|succubi]] that can summon other [[Démon]], Thelestes cannot. Instead, she has the ability to summon weapons by her side. She prefers to fight with a chain that she summons to her person.

As a [[Seigneurs Des Cendres|claw]] servant of [[npc:kashtarhak]], Thelestes maintains a permanent //telepathic// bond with him.

====== Notes ======
A full writeup including statistics for Thelestes exist on [[Keith Baker|Keith Baker's]] website, [[http://www.bossythecow.com|Bossy the Cow]]. Thelestes is mentioned as a possible character to use in the Savage Tide adventure path in the conversion notes written by Keith Baker.
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{{tag>["seigneurs des cendres"]}}
{{tag>["serviteurs des maîtres démoniaques"]}}