House Telvanni value power, knowledge, and especially the application of one in the pursuit of the other. House Telvanni is not of one mind on anything, it is a battle of all against all.
As the later sections demonstrate, the house is built around individual wizards and their host of mages, coexisting with other magelords in a very uneasy peace mediated through the Parliament of Bugs. If any house is individualist, it is House Telvanni. House Telvanni's particular Tribunal is Sotha Sil. It visualizes some of the more alien concepts we hope to re-inroduce into our portrayal of House Telvanni. Some early concept art for House Telvanni by Michael Kirkbride. (Art by Michael Kirkbride/ digitized by PreistMorokei on deviantart)
Nevertheless, it can be intepreted as conveying Telvanni mastery over natural forms. The sigil of House Telvanni is an abstract entity that can be seen as either a series of Sun and Stars, or as a towering Sadrith.