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'''Vorde Telkoode''': A trickster figure, somewhere between a particularly tenacious, powerful spirit and a deity-- always female, most frequently old, sometimes ugly, sometimes lovely. She was said to sail around the seas of Cendo Prae in or on a cauldron of variable size, which she used to stir up trouble, both literal and metaphorical. In some stories she stood inside the cauldron, and it only came up to her waist. In others she sat on one handle like a child might sit on a swing.<br> | '''Vorde Telkoode''': A trickster figure, somewhere between a particularly tenacious, powerful spirit and a deity-- always female, most frequently old, sometimes ugly, sometimes lovely. She was said to sail around the seas of Cendo Prae in or on a cauldron of variable size, which she used to stir up trouble, both literal and metaphorical. In some stories she stood inside the cauldron, and it only came up to her waist. In others she sat on one handle like a child might sit on a swing.<br> | ||
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Small but intense storms, especially if they were unexpected and inconvenient, were said to be brewed by Vorde. She also cursed or transformed people. On occasion, she might deign to help someone; but if she did, she would make the help unpleasant to | Small but intense storms, especially if they were unexpected and inconvenient, were said to be brewed by Vorde. She also cursed or transformed people. On occasion, she might deign to help someone; but if she did, she would make the help unpleasant to employ, or the help would come in the form of obstacles put in the way of a third party. At the end of the story it would often be revealed that Vorde had gained more from the whole process than the protagonists had. She was said to spend much time drifting around the outer edges of the Kliegerst, peeling secrets away from the cursed like seed fluff off a thorn bush. Furthermore, she was said to be able, for a price, to call a particular soul out of the storm, so it could be asked questions or tell secrets it could not communicate before tearing free of its original body. But paying the price for such a consultation seldom ended well for anyone except Vorde.<br> | ||
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