Tul Oreshka, called the Truth in the Darkness, is an Overlord from the Age of Demons who embodies the horrible secrets lurking in shadow.[1]
Description[]
As with all Overlords, Tul Oreshka has no true fixed form, and can assume any shape or size of her choosing.[1]
Activities[]
She is the embodiment of the terrible truths that still lie secret, from what one's friends really think of them, to the dark deeds of one's ancestors, to the time and manner of their death.[1]
Always unpredictable, Tul Oreshka could be as dangerous to her allies as she is to her foes.[1]
She is currently bound in prison-tomb Khyber along with most of her kind, but still has limited influence on the region near her prison.[1]
Abilities[]
Tul Oreshka has powers related to the themes of madness and shadow.[1]
Though she is truly bound by the power of the Silver Flame and only dimly conscious of the world, she can still observe standing ruins from the Age of Demons, her chosen servants among the fiends, as well as any location where her name or title is spoken for a short time.[1]
In the area around her tomb, people who come too close are driven towards madness, experiencing nightmares and hearing whispers of dark things. It particularly affects children conceived or born nearby—they always grow up to be insane. Should she ever escape her prison, there will be a wave of insanity breaking the minds of all in the area.[1]
Servants[]
- The mad pit fiend Korliac of the Gray Flame of Fernia is among her servants. He concentrates his attention on Xen'drik, where he uses adventurers as pawns for the Lords of Dust.[1]
Appendix[]
Notes[]
Keith Baker has noted on his website that Tul Oreshka encompasses the secrets that will drive one to madness.[2]
He also notes Tul Oreshka has some possible similarities with the Fury, the Sovereign of Rage and Ruin of the Dark Six. He suggests that worshipers of the Dark Six would see positive aspects in the Fury that are lacking in a being of pure evil such as Tul Oreshka.[3]
References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Keith Baker (November 2005). “Eternal Evil: The Lords of Dust”. In Erik Mona ed. Dragon #337 (Paizo Publishing), pp. 64, 70.
- ↑ Keith Baker (01/20/2018). Dragonmarks 5/10/16 : Planes, Druids, and Fiends. Archived from the original on 10/11/2017. Retrieved on 2/10/2019. "The Overlords of the First Age aren't gods, and they can step on each other's toes. The range of their influence is limited; if Rak Tulkhesh is influencing events in the Five Nations, he's out of range to also be influencing events in Xen'drik – but there could be ANOTHER Overlord tied to war influencing Stormreach. With that said, the ones you've described are different from one another. I'd love to do a more detailed accounting of each of these when the DM's Guild opens up for Eberron, but in short: Bel Shalor is more about corruption while Eldrantulku is about chaos and discord. Sul Khatesh is the master of arcane secrets, while Tul Oreshka knows the secrets that will drive you mad. Sul Khatesh knows incantations that can destroy cities or raise the dead; Tul Oreshka knows what your lover truly thinks about you, and what's lurking underneath your bed in the dark. Dral Khatuur embodies the chill that kills the harvest and saps the strength of the strongest man. The Wild Heart is the predator that lurks within, the rabid instincts that lie beneath the surface waiting to be unleashed."
- ↑ Keith Baker (01/03/2017). Eberron Flashback: The Lords of Dust. Archived from the original on 08/11/2017. Retrieved on 2/10/2019. "You've already made clear the differences between the Sovereign Host and the Overlords, but would you consider the Dark Six as a whole to be enemies of the Overlords as well? I'm going to rewrite my original answer to this question, because I think it was unclear. First of all, a defending element of is that their existence cannot be conclusively proven. They are said to be omnipresent and to influence their spheres wherever events occur. The Dols are present anytime blades are drawn. And yet they cannot physically manifest. In this, they are concretely different from Overlords, who influence a limited area (even if potentially a very large one) and can physically manifest. An Overlord can be bound, and an Overlord cannot. So in some ways it's a meaningless question, because the Dark Six don't manifest, so HOW WOULD YOU KNOW? With that said, I'd argue that EVERYONE is against the Overlords. If I'm a medusa priestess of the Shadow, I'm not going to look at Bel Shalor and say "I dunno, I kind of like the cut of his jib." Among other things, most cultures that revere [he Dark Six look at their positive elements. You could say that Tul Oreshka and the Fury have some overlap, but Tul Oreshka is PURE MADNESS, while the Fury can reflect the positive aspects of passion and emotion. WITH THAT SAID: Canon sources suggest that many of the myths associated with the Sovereigns and Six are drawn from the actions of dragons in the First Age, who may have somehow ascended to become the Sovereigns; this is the foundation of Thir and the Church of the Wyrm Ascendant. By these principles, Dol Dorn, Dol Arrah and Dol Azur were all martial dragons, and Dol Azur was flayed after betraying the others – suggesting that he, at least, was working with the enemy. The dragon who became the Keeper may have had an alliance with Katashka. The MYTH of the Shadow may have been inspired by Bel Shalor – even though the Shadow that is worshiped in Droaam ISN'T Bel Shalor."
Connections[]
| Known Overlords |
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| Bel Shalor · Dral Khatuur · Eldrantulku · Horned Prince · Katashka the Gatekeeper · Levistus · Masvirik · Rak Tulkhesh · Sakinnirot · Sul Khatesh · Tiamat · Tul Oreshka · Val Gultesh · Yad-Raghesh |