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'''Telrii''' was an [[Arelish]] man from [[Sel]]. He was lean and had a strong posture, but overindulged to the point where it affected his looks.He woreA incrediblymassive garrishpurple clothingbirthmark andsits aacross plethorathe ofleft jewelsside onof his personface. He alsowore hadgarish aclothing massiveand purplea birthmarkplethora acrossof thejewels left side ofon his faceperson. He was alsoquite an incrediblya frivolous spender with a very poor financial sense.{{book ref|Elantris|8}}He possessed a stately air and calm face{{book ref|Elantris|9}}
 
The only reason he managed to attain such a high rank of duke and a great amount of personal wealth in the first place is due to him inheriting his brothersbrother's estate upon the latterslatter's death, his brother having been a much better merchant.{{book ref|Elantris|50}}
 
When Sarene began her incursions into Elantris to hand out food, Telrii joined but made no effort to do any work himself, instead bringing along a manservant{{book ref|Elantris|25}}
[[Raoden]] never cared much for Telrii, having once invited him to join his group of conspirators only for Telrii to yawn casually and ask him how much he was willing to pay for his support.{{book ref|Elantris|25}}
 
He had one daughter, [[Shaor|Soine]], who had never grown out any hair and thus he had a blonde wig made for her. When the Shaod took her over two years before the events of [[Elantris]], he covered it up, instead claiming that she had died due to an illness known as Dionia.{{book ref|Elantris|22}}
 
He ascended to the Arelish throne after King [[Iadon]]'s death, and conspired with the [[Derethi]] for monetary support in exchange for his support in converting Arelon. However upon taking the throne, [[Telrii]] decided to renege on the deal with Hrathen, refusing to officially convert to Shu-Dereth unless made into a gyorn, as he knew that; otherwise he would be under the whims of any Derethi priest, and thathe knew a gyorn would be considered higher than even a monarch.{{book ref|Elantris|48}}
 
He was killed by [[Eondel]] in a duel just before the [[invasion of Arelon]], in retaliation for the death of [[Roial|one of Raoden's conspirators]].{{book ref|Elantris|54}}{{book ref|Elantris|56}}