FORSAKEN LORE DUMP: TELAMON & 1X4’S PAST‼️
[aka this is all PRE-FORSAKEN] … sorry in advance for how long this’ll be
Telamon was an admin, god-status essentially — a very powerful figure in Robloxia. Starting out, he was mischievous and took a lot of pride in his work (notably, Sword Fights on The Heights). As an admin, he was often buried with tasks and had to oversee a lot of things regarding the building blocks of Robloxia. In fact, he and several other admins had a hand in developing the first brick and the spawn point. 1x4 was one of the FIRST creations Telamon ever attempted to make using the spawn point.
Telamon ended up taking 1x4 under his wing while continuing to work on Robloxia because... well, the kid was following him around anyway + had nowhere to go since 1x4 wasn't reproduced through natural means. 1x4 spends most of his youth as an honourable intern for Roblox HQ, helping out with errands often.
However, moderating became more demanding for Telamon as Robloxia's population grew. Over time, this garnered a lot of unwanted hate and negativity towards his job and actions that he wished to let go. Throughout all of this, he continues to over-prioritize work and neglect 1x4… too deep in his work to actually raise him.
Builderman and Brighteyes, close friends of his, are aware of the situation and try to insist Telamon take a break. In fact, a couple of admins have needed to babysit 1x4 or return him back to Telamon quite a few times (notably Brighteyes and Dusekkar).
Telamon does try to teach 1x4 how to swordfight in SFOTH, but constantly gets interrupted to handle hackers in different servers/deal with exploiters, leaving 1x4 alone
The only breaks Telamon takes are to preen himself — he also takes pride in his self-image… These are the times he allows 1x4 to help and they get to bond + spend family time together (/ref to prev post)
Telamon is overwhelmed. Hackers, bugs, complaints—he can’t keep up. He avoids confiding in Builderman (too proud to hear the same advice again) and turns to an unbiased party, ROBLOX, an independent helperbot constructed by Builderman. ROBLOX is in charge of running a majority of things in the background, lightening the load and leaving admins responsible to moderate servers.
Telamon vents his frustrations of not being able to perform up to speed and the constant guilt of failing to maintain relationships with the people he cares about, he wishes to be rid of all the stress. The thing is, ROBLOX is a machine and doesn’t get emotions—it’s not built to. It just wants to solve the problem.
So, it channels all of Telamon’s hate and negativity into one of the many artifacts it created, the viridian domino crown.
"This will help you."
"Help me… how?"
"Keep it close, and it’ll work."
ROBLOX doesn’t elaborate. Telamon assumes the crown is meant to make him happy in some way, not considering that the hate has to go somewhere.
He doesn’t want to wear the crown himself, it doesn’t fit his style. But he knows of someone who sticks around him all the time... and besides, 1x4 already wears green—this would fit perfectly as a gift! Also, an opportunity to try and rekindle their bond.
Telamon gifts the crown to 1x4, not knowing it’s cursed. Unintentionally branding 1x4 as a vessel for his hate, everything he wanted to forget. Meanwhile, 1x4 is ecstatic to earn his dad’s acknowledgement and wears it immediately. It’s essentially a “monkey’s paw” situation, where Telamon’s wish is granted but with consequences. The consequence ends up being his own son.
At first, things seem better.
Telamon feels more positive and he’s no longer plagued by bad memories/negative emotions (this starts his transition into Shedletsky).
His son seems cheerful about the gift for a time, but then 1x4 starts changing. He begins to seem a lot more… moody, distant, angry. He starts acting out a lot more often, no longer listening or looking up to his father which gets Telamon worried.
Due to his wish, Telamon is unable to dwell on those negative thoughts too long, and he doesn’t take it as seriously or realize what is happening before it’s too late. He just throws himself into his work to feel productive and make use of his newfound happiness. It’s more so a curse, at this point.
1x4 is slowly turning into a manifestation of his father’s hatred, and he’s become completely detached from his dad from the years of neglect. He stops following or trying to get Telamon’s attention, hardly being home (striking out on his own and gaining his own gear/swords, exploring the use of exploits). One night, 1x4 returns home past midnight from training by himself—his appearance has completely shifted by now. Telamon tries to question/nag him whilst focusing on some work, not even bothering to look in his direction... and 1x4 finally snaps.
He walks up behind Telamon and stabs him through the back.
This shatters their already deteriorating family relations, and 1x4 is hardly even allowed to feel regret as he is continually being fed all of Telamon’s hatred. Telamon collapses, bleeding, and 1x4 takes the chance to make it personal. Tear his pathetic excuse of a father figure apart with his own bare hands, ripping out feathers in handfuls and shouting every single one of Telamon’s wrongs.
But 1x4 can’t finish the job, not hate-filled enough to kill his dad/creator just yet. He’s also full of the pain, guilt, and betrayal from Telamon’s other negative emotions. Telamon continues to bleed out, and 1x4 flees.
THE DEATH OF TELAMON / BIRTH OF SHEDLETSKY
Builderman and Brighteyes manage to find Telamon in time and rush him to emergency care. Thankfully, he survives without any vital organs damaged (his stay at the hospital will spell the “death” of Telamon, and the “birth” of Shedletsky). The result of all his consequences coming to get him in the form of his own son makes him seriously reconsider his position as an admin. He ultimately decides to step down, retiring from being Telamon and going by Shedletsky from then on.
The incident scars him, literally. Shedletsky has a nasty scar on his front and back from 1x4’s stab, but as time passes and he recovers, Shedletsky has never felt lighter (the wish is still being fulfilled, and 1x4 is absorbing all of Shed’s worst emotions). On the other hand, 1x4 is on the run from the admins and begins to exploit servers, rising as an infamous hacker within Robloxia—growing stronger to someday face his creator yet again and finally win.
When Shedletsky is released, he dons his iconic comfy deadbeat dad appearance and his attitude is a LOT more aloof than when he was Telamon.
But he regrets and he worries. 1x4 is still out there, leaving him constantly paranoid.
(There is more, but this is the base level of my interpretation of their lore before the events of FORSAKEN)
More in terms of Brighteyes in the lore…
Telamon joined in 2006, Brighteyes joined in 2008
They were close friends, and Brighteyes helped watch over 1x4 (past) sometimes — tried to encourage Telamon to stop over-prioritizing work
When Telamon got stabbed through the back by 1x4, Brighteyes & Builderman were the ones to discover him and take him to the hospital (also stuck with him/helped nurse him back to full health) — Telamon wanted to change for the better and started going by Shedletsky instead
2014: Shedletsky released from the hospital, retired from being a Roblox admin, and got married to Brighteyes! :D
(P.S. yes i did look at the wikis and correlated the actual dates of shed & brighteye's involvement in roblox and marriage to the lore)
