Persona Profile: Telemon

Writer: Halyonix

Name: Telemon
Pronunciation: Tel-ah-mon
Age: 51
Birthday: m10 d24
Rank: Master Crafter
Location: Sunstone Seahold
Craft: Healer
Craft Rank: Master
Speciality: Pediatrics
Face Claim: Peter Capaldi

Physical Description of Persona:
Telemon is just over six feet tall, with a very avian-like physique because he often skips meals. His face is showings its age, with crags and crowsfeet, and his hair, once a mousy brown, has become silvered with white, but his eyes are still the same stormy gray. His bearing is a bit hunched, both from age and Craft, with bony, nimble fingers that are permanently redwort-stained. His voice has a calming timbre to it, aided by his eloquent way of speaking, and he has a surprisingly deep laugh.

His hair is mousy brown and cut short. His eyes are amber coloured with some brown flecks.

His bearing is bit hunched so he looks shorter than he is. He has long, bony limbs and very long and nimble fingers. He has gentle smile and surprisingly deep laughter.

Emotional Description of Persona:
Telemon is a problem solver and a man dedicated to his Craft. While it holds so many answers, it still doesn’t always give them to him. He jokingly likens it to an elusive lover, though he will quietly admit that his Craft is the only thing that hasn’t left him. Despite this, he’s not a very dour man. He’s hardworking, studious, efficient, competent. He has a knack for finding old medical records, cures thought lost to time. In crisis situations, he knows how to take charge, issue orders, and get his patients to safety. The Infirmary is his domain through and through and he’s more at home there than anywhere else.

If not clear already by his soothing and considerate bedside manner, Telemon cares deeply about others. He struggles to socialize with people outside of a healer’s visit though. He’ll often fade into the background of other situations. He is incredibly shy around women, mostly because of his broken hearted history with them. His idea of well-spent hours usually involve reading something thought-provoking over a glass of wine.

Make no mistake that Telemon is so mild-mannered that he can be stepped on. People who deliberately hurt others draw out a very violent, vocal anger from him, despite his efforts to control himself. He also dislikes it whenever someone disturbs his office in any form, unless it’s his felines because they absolutely will.

History of Persona:
Born and raised in a small cothold in the North, Telemon always showed an interest in healing -- first with small animals, and later with his siblings. He was ever curious and never without some scrape or stomach bug to treat. He apprenticed when he was twelve and became a journeyman when he was nineteen. He often reminisces that his time at the Hall was one of the most idyllic and wonderful periods of his life.

During his first assignment, Telemon fell in love with a woman named Doariel. Naively, he thought she fancied him as well, especially when he asked for her hand. But on the eve of the wedding, she revealed that she was in love with someone else, someone who would gift her with expensive things and wouldn’t smell like redwort all of the time. Heartbroken, Telemon requested to be assigned elsewhere. He moved South at the age of twenty-one. He buried himself in his work for the next few Turns, touring minor Holds mostly because he knew how needed he would be out there. He met plenty of women that he fell in love with during this time but the sting of his first love remained enough to keep him single.

While working towards his mastery knots during his thirties, the Hall suggested that he take up residence at Dragonsfall Weyr to expand his healer experience. It seemed like a grand adventure at the time (he eventually served as Weyrhealer for a bit) and Telemon was eager but he never quite felt comfortable in the Weyr. He did, however, manage an on-again, off-again relationship with a greenrider named Marinda and later a very brief romance with one named Wenora. Despite fathering children and learning a lot about trauma and crisis situations., Telemon felt he just wasn’t meant for the Weyr, with its fluid relationships and its hustle and bustle. He resigned shortly after attaining his mastery at forty-two, taking on a more suitable assignment at Sunstone Seahold.

Pets

Taiga, Feline: aged 15, born m8 d7
Taiga is black-and-white, small sized and lean feline. Telemon found Taiga after somebody had tried to drown the kitten. He saved the little feline and they became friends. Taiga's favorite place is Telemon's lap. She tends to wander around lot and gets pregnant too often. She births her litters always in Telemon's bed.

Ena, Green Firelizard: aged 10, hatched m12 d26
Ena is shortening from Enchantress. She is deep forest green, dainty and affectionate. She is easy to approach, she loves attention and flirting.

Terra, Feline: aged 2, born m2 d27
Terra is tortoiseshell brown/orange feline that seems bigger than she actually is. She's an adult that still has unruly kitten energy and has no problem being the problem. She likes to patrol Telemon's office and talk to visitors.

Approved: December 4th 2006
Last updated: June 8th 2026

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