![]() Scouts came from the borderlands with horrible tales-not of an intruding enemy army, but of something more sinister. Trouble had arrived to the tranquil forest of the elves. It was the most brilliant night of her life. ![]() The village danced and played beneath the trees and starlight. Thessa's long black hair flew around her head in time with the elven songs and flute music. When her formal education came to an end, she was offered the position of Archmage, and her strong sense of duty compelled her to accept, even though her most urgent desire was another entirely.Īt the next Spring Feast, she and Devon danced all night. The incident was soon forgotten, as Thessa proved such a brilliant and diligent student. The book was immediately confiscated, and it certainly seemed the young girl had not had time to be lured by the forbidden spells. She was once discovered reading a grimoire of necromancy, a book stolen from the Calabim in earlier times that most of the senior mages had believed to be long since destroyed, or at least locked up safely. Only one incident served to disturb the teachers' high opinion of her. Once she managed to make an oak grow to its full size overnight from an acorn she had found on the ground, but the exhaustion of that effort left her unconscious for several days. In her early years she outdid her fellow students in most disciplines, and sometimes she even surpassed her teachers. Thessa grew to become one of the most powerful mages in the small elven tribe. elsewhere." He smiled, and that smile would later be counted among her most treasured memories. Especially those who keep their attention. "Be careful M'lady, those branches can be treacherous for the unwary. A tender hand gripped hers, and she was pulled gently to her feet. She lay there stunned, but she was unsure if this was because of the fall or her embarrassment. She was so shocked she lost her grip on the branch, and tumbled down into the undergrowth below. It was their union that produced Devon, who was talented and graceful even by elven standards.Īs Thessa leaned further out on the branch to get a closer look, he turned his gaze upwards and looked straight into her eyes. She had heard of him, his mother was said to have been so beautiful that an angel fell in love with her. She was sitting on the branches of one of the ancient trees when he came walking along the pathway below, alone. Talented like her father Marc, Tessa's versatility extends to music, as a member of Electro Band, through which she has produced many songs, including one used in her film Dear White People (2017). Away from the theatre stage, In 2005, Tessa made her first television appearance when she starred in the CBS series Cold Case (2003). Her performance from earned her the NAACP Theatre nomination the same year. She starred as Juliet in William Shakespeare's drama "Romeo and Juliet" in a production held at the Boston Court Theatre in Pasadena, California. ![]() After graduation, she enrolled at Santa Monica College, where she obtained a degree in cultural anthropology. Thompson attended Santa Monica High School, where she was featured in numerous theatre productions. ![]() Her father is of Afro-Panamanian ancestry and her mother is of Mexican and British Isles ancestry. She was raised in Los Angeles before moving to Brooklyn, New York. She is the daughter of singer-songwriter Marc Anthony Thompson and the granddaughter of actor-musician Bobby Ramos. The actress Tessa Lynn Thompson was born on Octoin Los Angeles, California. ![]()
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