"You spoony bard!"



These are the words Tellah will forever be known for. But besides those words, Tellah is one of the more memorable characters created for any game. From his inauspicious start waiting for help in the cave to Damcyan to his death at his own hand against the sinister Golbez, he has cemented his legacy as one of my favorite game characters.

You first meet Tellah in the cave from Kaipo to Damcyan. There you learn that he is trying to get to his daughter, who has run off with some damned bard, but cannot due to a monster blocking the tunnel. Being the friendly dark knight that you are, and seeing how you too must cross the darkened caverns you agree to go along with him. Tellah gives you your first real taste of magic outside of Cure and Ice due to him being a wizenend old...well, wizard, but due to the stress prolounged upon him by his daughter's abandonment and old age, he has forgotten most of his spells. However, he's still a helpful, friendly old mage, and helps you though on your trip. Until you get to Damcyan that is.

That's when Tellah loses the "friendly" part, and picks up his "consequences be damned" attitude. That's when Tellah loses his daughter. And to top it off, he lost his only daughter due to the cowardice of the Prince of Friggin' Damcyan, who's love for song drove him out of the throne and into a cape and gay hat. I'd be pissed enough to call him spoony too.



Unable to calm him down, Tellah leaves your party with only the memory of his anger and promises of vengance against Golbez. He's off to find the only magic that can stop him.

Eventually you regain Tellah, as you're on your quest to save yourself. By this time, Tellah has lost all moral qualms about his mission, he's vengence driven only at this point. But he sticks with you and actually gains all his magic back, plus the magic needed to fight the evil Golbez. So he sticks with you, hoping to get his selfish vengence.

Forward to the Tower of Zot, where you finally get a chance to confront Golbez. Keep in mind this is after the party has had to jump through hoops to even get the chance to get to the tower to save Cecil's girlfriend, who is being held captive. After fighting through floors of monsters, you finally reach the top where Tellah confronts Golbez and uses his most powerful spells on him. None are effective. So he uses Meteor on Golbez, which is powerful enough to weaken Golbez, break the mind control on Kain, and puts Tellah on his deathbed.

This is how Tellah is remembered. His overwhelming drive for vengence is the sole purpose of his part in the tale. He starts by trying to "recover" his daughter from some filthy bard. He then tries to beat to death the reason his daughter is dying, the love she had being so great that she gave her life for him. So Tellah switches his anger to Golbez, to a greater evil, but even by him doing this seems like it's for the greater good, his selfish reasons are the only reason he goes after him. He learns Meteor for the sole reason of destroying Golbez, even though he knows if he ever uses it his life is forfeit. He eventually gives his life in vain in the fight against the enemy, his drive for vengance so great that he's blind to it until his dying breath, and passes away lamenting.

And you remember him for "You spoony bard."