The Teshlor were an elite order of knights in the old Novronian Empire.

Jerish Grelad, the instructor of Crown Prince Nevrik, was the only Teshlor to escape when the empire was destroyed. He passed his knowledge of Teshlor fighting techniques, called Tek'chin, on to a long line of guardians to each Heir of Novron, all the way down to Hadrian Blackwater.

Some of the traditions of the Teshlor were also passed carried on by the Order of the Fauld, a Post-imperial order of knights. Tek'chin was preserved by the Knights of the Fauld and handed down to the Pickerings.