Her ancestor, Redglare, had been killed by the gallows, which could also be an allusion made by the Trollian Handle. The “ gallows ” part refers to the noose where people are hanged, alluding to her interest of hanging her stuffed animals, as well as her interest in law. Her handle refers to two things associated with her. The fact that she is blind, is fond of justice and has the zodiac Libra makes her a reference to Lady Justice, who is depicted as blind, and carrying a pair of scales.
They may also be a pun on 'Draconian Law'. Scales are a pun on Libra, and her fondness for justice is also related to Libra.
Terezi is shown to have a fondness for dragons (especially their colorful scales) and owns several scalemates. Pyralspite is also the name for the subgroup of garnets that includes pyrope. Pyralspite similarly shares her red, glowing eyes. This is most likely a reference to her red spectacles as well as her burnt red eyes, especially given that "Pyrope" derives from Greek "fire" and "eyes", and Pyrope is the scientific species name of the Fire-eyed Diucon. Her last name, Pyrope, is a type of red garnet. Her name may also be a reference to Denny Teresi, who is blind. Teiresias has both been male and female her ambiguous sprite might be an allusion to this. Terezi is the Albanian, Azerbaijani, Turkish and Ukrainian word (coming from Persian ترازو) for Libra (or Balance), but may also be a reference to Teiresias, a blind prophet from Sophocles' Oedipus cycle, and Homer's Odyssey. The name Terezi was first proposed by cashewSquared, and Pyrope was suggested by Dragoshi.
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