Taeleron the Cleaver was a historical figure of the Menagerie Coast.[1]
He was originally an enemy of Daldred, a local lord or chief whose love, presumably called Andica, made a great sacrifice.[2] However, their story has been altered and popularized in plays and retellings, and by 831 PD, there were plays with Taeleron as an antagonist represented in both the Greying Wildlands and the Dwendalian Empire; in those stories Taeleron the Cleaver was a knight that attacked and surrounded Daldred's kingdom, offering to spare it only if Queen Andica was killed; the peasants believed that their vain queen would never choose them over herself, but she, in a noble sacrifice, took her own life as Taeleron had demanded; the tragedy ended with Daldred lamenting his loss.[3]
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- It is not confirmed that his historical name was Taeleron, or if his function in Daldred's real story was the same (Taeleron could be a personification of a different enemy or group of enemies).
- Lucien Tavelle's family performed Daldred's tragedy before Elric's death, and they did again at least once after the eldest child was brought back by Azrahari. Lucien was the one playing Taeleron.[4]
- In a puppet show in Rexxentrum Taeleron was portrayed as a knight in all black.[5]
References[]
- ↑ Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 58.
- ↑ Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 59.
- ↑ Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 58 and 59.
- ↑ Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 59.
- ↑ Critical Role: The Mighty Nein - The Nine Eyes of Lucien, p. 58.
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