Lord Liaden Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 I want to ask this after seeing James Gillen's recent fine review of Champions Of The North on RPGnet, in which he states that Teleios is often referred to in COTN although he is "not Canadian." T's writeup in CU and EU states that he's "Jakob Stroessen, the child of Austrian parents who had emigrated to Canada," but not whether he was born in Austria or Canada. I would like Canada to take credit for every world-threatening sociopathic genius it has a right to, but if not then we should give Austria its due. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? The answer I'd give is "Decide based on the needs of your campaign." This guy has so many aliases that he can be from any country he wants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestnik Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? Teleios is evil. Canada is widely -- and rightly -- known as a hotbed of evil, a sort of snow-bedecked Gehenna if you will. Thus it is only fitting that he be Canadian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodstone Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? He's an immigrant. Telios was driven to deprevity by Canadians constantly asking him if, back home, the hills really were alive with the sound of music... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaft Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? He's in immigrant. Telios was driven to deprevity by Canadians constantly asking him if, back home, the hills really were alive with the sound of music... Actually, it was asking him what koalas were like in person. One day he just got tired of yelling AUSTRIAN, NOT AUSTRALIAN and opted to become an evil Mastermind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaft Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? Canada is widely -- and rightly -- known as a hotbed of evil' date=' a sort of snow-bedecked Gehenna if you will. [/quote'] Yup. A title we took from the Russians at the same time as we beat them again and again in World Cup Hockey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comic Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? He could be a Quebecker, and thus be Canadian to everyone except himself and a few like-minded party members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legatus Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? He could be a Quebecker' date=' and thus be Canadian to everyone except himself and a few like-minded party members.[/quote'] Now you're being the evil mastermind, Comic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilkmanDan Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? Fortunately, his adoption of Canuckistan as his home has gradually let him away from world domination and general villainy, as all his talents are now directed at trying to clone Wayne Gretzky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? Oh, let him be Canadian. We had an Austrian villain, angry little man with a mustache if I recall... so let's have THIS mastermind proclaim himself of Canadian Birth and let the world tremble etc etc. Why should Borealis have all the fun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted January 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? Although I'm hoping for an official response from Steve or Darren, I anticipated the usual amusingly flakey input from the rest of you rabble. You did not disappoint. Oh, let him be Canadian. We had an Austrian villain, angry little man with a mustache if I recall... so let's have THIS mastermind proclaim himself of Canadian Birth and let the world tremble etc etc. Why should Borealis have all the fun? Yeah, I wondered if the Austrian connection was coincidental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted January 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? Teleios is evil. Canada is widely -- and rightly -- known as a hotbed of evil' date=' a sort of snow-bedecked Gehenna if you will. Thus it is only fitting that he be Canadian.[/quote'] Says the guy from the capital of the Evil Empire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjcurrie Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? Says the guy from the capital of the Evil Empire. I didn't know that Vestnik was from the Bronx. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestnik Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? Don't let their pleasant, easy-going demeanor fool you -- it is all a Canadian plot to lull the world into a false sense of overconfidence. One day they shall unleash their fiendish plot, their sleeper agents (Celine Dion, Brian Adams) will be activated, and the world will tremble at the fearsome might of Dark Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjcurrie Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? Don't let their pleasant' date=' easy-going demeanor fool you -- it is all a Canadian plot to lull the world into a false sense of overconfidence. One day they shall unleash their fiendish plot, their sleeper agents (Celine Dion, Brian Adams) will be activated, and the world will tremble at the fearsome might of Dark Canada.[/quote'] Lord Liaden, put Vestnik on the list! Clearly he's going to be a troublemaker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestnik Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? I strongly suspect that Celine Dion is really Howler's secret identity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagisawa Takumi Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? Wait? You think Celine Dion and Brian Adams are Canadian agents and/or weapons? Wow, how stupid do you think we are? We're CANADIAN, if and when we do attack (Should we decide that it's in your best interests to be invaded) you'll never see it coming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? Although I'm hoping for an official response from Steve or Darren' date=' I anticipated the usual amusingly flakey input from the rest of you rabble.[/quote'] He called you all a flakey rabble! Rabblerabble, rabblerabble... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilkmanDan Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? I strongly suspect that Celine Dion is really Howler's secret identity. Secret? I assumed it was known. That would make Shania Twain . . . well, still untalented as heck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? Secret? I assumed it was known. That would make Shania Twain . . . well' date=' still untalented as heck.[/quote'] Hey, you leave my fiance out of this! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkonduty Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? >>We had an Austrian villain, angry little man with a mustache if I recall... << Oh this is the funniest thing I've read in a long time. Much rep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrisUlf Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? I want to ask this after seeing James Gillen's recent fine review of Champions Of The North on RPGnet, in which he states that Teleios is often referred to in COTN although he is "not Canadian." T's writeup in CU and EU states that he's "Jakob Stroessen, the child of Austrian parents who had emigrated to Canada," but not whether he was born in Austria or Canada. I would like Canada to take credit for every world-threatening sociopathic genius it has a right to, but if not then we should give Austria its due. Austria has already had one genocidal, world-threatening madman. I say, let Canada have Teleios (though he probably views himself as being above that whole 'nationality' thing). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? I have it on good authority that Teleios loves the Leafs, tunes in Sheilagh Rogers at 10 am every morning without fail, voted for Pierre and can't wait to vote for Justin, wears a Tilley hat on his walks, longs for the days when King of Kensington was on TV, has all Rita McNeill's CDs, prefers Sylvia to Ian (and late Ian, at that) . . . Because he's an evil Canadian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? What other country could the world's most perfect man be born into, if not Canada the world's most perfect nation? I mean obviously. True story: when I travel abroad I pretend to be Canadian. People in other countries seem to like Canadians. Heck, if it wasn't so damn cold there, or filled with Canadians, and if there were anything interesting to actually do there of course, I'd probably live in Canada too. In fact, if there were an election for world dominator, my vote would go to Teleios. I mean, sure Destroyer has cooler toys, and while VIPER's had its ups and downs it at least has proven experience managing a world-spanning enterprise over a long haul, but Teleios just has better campaign slogans. Some of my favorites: Vote Teleios: Better than you could ever possibly be, since 1982. It's a fact. Vote Teleios: Don't hate him because he's beautiful. Hate him because you are inferior and need an outlet for your crushed ego. Vote Teleios: Better living through beneficent socialism, obsessive hockey fanaticism, and eugenics! Vote Teleios: Because it was inevitable that Canada would eventually have its revenge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 Re: Officially, is Teleios Canadian? T's writeup in CU and EU states that he's "Jakob Stroessen, the child of Austrian parents who had emigrated to Canada," but not whether he was born in Austria or Canada. I would like Canada to take credit for every world-threatening sociopathic genius it has a right to, but if not then we should give Austria its due. Technically, he was born in Canada, but he's not Canadian really. First, if pressed for an answer he'd consider himself an Austrian. Second, given his nature and activities, he's really more a "man of the world" with no real home. So, we can't really blame Canada for this one, any more than for that benighted attempt to start World War III back in 1978. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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