Telandra Dawnstrike, The Avatar of Nidarys

Art by Volt

Born as Adamora Maloran, Telandra Dawnstrike is known in the Third Age as the Avatar of Nidarys, the Goddess of the Cosmos. She was born on Crescent Isle, a private island just off the coast of Resta, to Kaleth and Lilith Maloran and is the wife of Kartal Marle, the Adjutant of Salica, albeit estranged. Together, the two have a son, who is the Avatar of Geos. Like her cousin, she was born cursed with the vengeful spirit of a minion of Maula. In her case, she was afflicted with Horn Witch Adaling, a clever and devious practitioner of both shadow and dark magic. Unlike Gyanda, however, a young Adamora had managed to suppress her curse; while Demon Knight Garanda has publicly emerged many times, Adaling has only broken free three times. Once, the Shadow Witch famously clashed with the Champions of Resta to protect one of the pieces they required to assemble the Storm of Mercy.

Adamora managed to control her demon by throwing herself into the Serene faith at a young age. It was in the Blackstone Monastery that she learned this ability and she remains loyal to the faith in gratitude. This is despite Adamora's personal disdain for life in the clergy. Underneath this cleric's gentle surface lies the heart of an adventurer. Following a traumatic encounter with both Adaling and Garanda, she abandoned the caution which failed her and chased her true desire. This led to the creation of a new persona, created to protect her from identification by the clergy, the Desert Bandit, Telandra Dawnstrike. Telandra would wander through the Marble Desert, smiting the monsters that terrorized travelers for fun.

Kartal would eventually find Telandra and convince her to return to Resta, where the two were married. But she soon grew restless with her husband, who had become increasingly busy with his responsibilities as a Templar and Goodwill Company commander. Upon learning a terrible secret about her husband, she took her infant son and left him to return to Tanis. While wandering the desert, however, Kaleth was taken from her, and sent into the past. While she was understandably guilty about exposing her son to such danger, Geos' personal assurance that he would grow up to be his Avatar quelled her grief.

After leaving her husband, Telandra assumed her chosen name permanently and was famously captured by the sho'kai of the planet Mennon alongside the Avatar of Life. It was Volt, who bore witness to Nidarys' birth following a convoluted ritual with Kaleth and Aennin, that chose Telandra as the new goddess' Avatar. Since then, Telandra has taken it upon herself to draft Nidarys' Doctrine of Stars, which emphasizes the drive for exploration.