Jairus Telleman was born to a Varisian father and a Keleshite mother, although he only knew his father by name. Jairus' mother, Lida gave him the Telleman surname because it matched an actor who looked just like the man she was sure was Jairus' father. Lida worked in a fairly disreputable theatre, but still tried to hold herself up as an actual actress. She brought up Jairus to be a part of the act, and he had a wonderful natural singing voice. He soon found that his voice did more than just soothe the soul, but also affected the world around him. After Lida fell ill with consumption, Jairus decided he needed to find better way to provide for his mother than just stage acting. So he put down the stage sword and found a real sword. Hopefully membership in the Pathfinder Society will provide more regular money than a theatre's audience.
