Notes: Tess
Spoiler Warning – Internal Reference Material
The following notes contain significant character lore, hidden relationships, and narrative secrets not intended for general player or reader knowledge.
This document is designed for authorial use and continuity tracking.
If you're not supposed to know what's behind the curtain—
Put the book down, Dave.
You’ve been warned.
Basic Identity
- Name: Tess
- Pronouns: She/Her
- Sex/Gender: Female / Woman
- Race: Appears human (once divine)
- Condition: Mortal—or something close to it
- Role: Bard of The Last Home
- Status: Active
- Residence: The Last Home
- Apparent Age: Ageless—youthful but timeless
- True Age: Unknown; predates Lars’ retirement from heroism
- Origin: Once a goddess of love, now something gentler, smaller, but no less radiant
Appearance & Presence
- Flowing, comfortable clothing—ribbons, bells, soft fabrics
- Usually barefoot; the floor greets her like an old friend
- Her laughter is the kind you remember decades later
- Her presence turns tension to peace, sorrow to stillness
- Her voice does not carry power. It carries permission—to feel
Origins & Sacrifice
- Tess was once divine, radiant, and immortal
- Lars, then a cosmic hero, loved her—and when she was fated to fall, he did the unthinkable
- He destroyed a pantheon to save her
- In the aftermath, she lost or gave up her godhood to remain with him
- The multiverse did not forgive them. But neither of them ever asked it to
- She chose a single life with him over eternity without him
Emotional Presence
- Being around Tess feels like:
- a lover’s embrace when you feel alone
- a soft word when you're grieving
- a warm nudge when you're unsure
- a calming hush that tells you, “You're safe.”
- She is comfort without condition, warmth without expectation
- Her words often fade from memory—but the feeling remains:
You mattered. Even if only for a moment.
Nonviolence & Philosophy
- Tess does not fight. It is a core principle, not a choice of convenience
- She believes violence perpetuates the very grief she exists to undo
- Even in danger, she seeks to de-escalate, to comfort, to disarm
- She has walked away from battles most wouldn’t survive
- Her strength lies in refusing to become what hurt her
- And that refusal has saved more lives than most swords ever will
Relationship with Lars
- She is his light
- Without her, Lars would have become something monstrous—cosmic justice without mercy
- With her, he became a man again
- She is the only one who can make him laugh. The only one who can make him stop
- When Lars walks the edge of darkness, Tess holds the line behind him—not to stop him, but to remind him there's still a reason to turn back
Relationship with Seraphis Nightvale
- They are opposites: joy and logic, music and silence, emotion and calculation
- And yet, they are like sisters, bound not by blood but by bond
- They both love the same man in completely different ways
- There is no rivalry. Only balance
- Tess never pushes Seraphis. Seraphis never judges Tess
- They sit together sometimes, say nothing, and heal everything
Relationship with Lucian Graves
- She leaves music in rooms Lucian is about to pass through
- He never comments. She never explains
- It's not for comfort. It’s for acknowledgement
- She sees him—and in turn, he slows down, just enough to remember he’s still alive
Relationship with the Maids
- She welcomed them when Lars would have sent them away
- Saw the broken, the feral, the foolish—and treated them all as family
- She doesn’t lead them. She lifts them
- Her support is constant and unconditional
- She helps them become who they could be, not who the world told them they were
Powers & Limits
- No known magic. No known weapon
- Her presence alone changes outcomes
- Her voice may carry residual divine influence—calms anger, softens fear, restores hope
- Some say she doesn’t age. Others say she just doesn’t let time touch her
- She isn’t weak. She simply chose not to fight—and never needed to
Unresolved Mysteries
- Was her fall divine punishment, personal sacrifice, or the cost of Lars’ defiance?
- Does she miss being divine? If she does, she never says
- If Lars ever lost her... would the Inn survive him?
Character Inspirations
“The Goddess Who Chose Love Over Eternity.”
She is part:
- Belldandy (Ah! My Goddess) – divine grace, chosen humanity
- Tohru Honda (Fruits Basket) – compassion as strength
- Jibril (late arc) (No Game No Life) – once divine, now learning to live
- Clara Valac (Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun) – chaotic joy turned nurturing soul
- Rem (Re:Zero) – loyal love, quiet strength, infinite gentleness
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