#temno

Temno seen as something equivalent to Christianity’s devil within StarWaiian mythology. It’s said that thousands of years ago Sveltyy & Temno peacefully ruled over the StarWay together until Temno grew bitter, jealous, & sought to take over the StarWay all for himself. With an army of darkness by his side, Temno wreaked havoc on the StarWay until Sveltyy banished him & “the darkness” to the Wasteland, a barely habitable moon that orbits the StarWay. That’s how the tale goes, but is it actually true? Throughout the StarWay the protagonists learn of Sveltyy’s corrupt & tyrannical rule & it’s revealed that Temno never instigated a war for sole control of the StarWay- but Sveltyy did. Sveltyy tried to overthrow Temno & when Temno & his citizens were unable to successfully fight back they were banished & their image was forever tainted. Temno was painted as a villain, his subjects massacred by Sveltyy as “forces of darkness”, & Sveltyy as a hero & all kind god.

Time goes on, & after numerous failed attempts to escape the Wasteland Temno & his subjects are left to rot on for thousands of years. While most of his subjects die, Temno, being a god, never does. Instead he is left immobile & starving in scorching heat for thousands of years, watching his subjects die over & over while he is helpless to do anything. He grows vengeful & wants nothing more than to see Sveltyy suffer. Temno nearly kills himself in a last ditch effort to finally make it off the Wasteland (& actually does die for a brief period of time), & is finally successful with gaining a small amount of control back on the StarWay. The threat of Temno regaining large amounts of control of the StarWay prompts Sveltyy to create the Prophecy to stop him- the Prophecy that the main story follows. Although he is a victim, Temno’s vengeful attitude leads him to becoming exactly like Sveltyy. He manipulates & traumatizes vulnerable StarWaiians into helping him regain power, massacres the opposing god’s subjects by the thousands, etc. What I enjoy most about his character is that he’s a sympathetic villain who never gets redeemed, to the end he lets his hate consume him & loses track of the good intentions he once had. His actions of genocide make him too far gone to be redeemed, creating a dilemma where neither god is the rightful ruler of the StarWay, but which is the lesser of two evils.

Temno very recently got a redesign; his old design looked like this:

While I liked his older design, it didn’t stand out as “godly” at all. He looked nearly indistinguishable from your average StarWaiian despite being a god. So I gave him features not seen in the StarWaiian species, such as an extra pair of eyes, bat like wings that double as a second pair of arms, & a big arm tail used for gripping things! Oh, he’s also gigantic too

Early redesign concepts ^

Royal mask concept + his design before being banished ^

Extra limb concept work ^

There’s a bit more to his character regarding how gods claim mortal souls, how the types of souls they own enhances their powers, their mortality, soul lore in general, etc. But I’ll save that for another post since it’s decently complicated lol. For now all you need to know is that he was once a kind & benevolent ruler who was unfairly screwed over, & after thousands of years of suffering became fixated on revenge & became the very thing he hated the most~

[Nov 19, 2022] I'll make the ref sheet for Temno's secondary form some other time since it will probably also need one 😂 

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He ran through the door. The school day had finally concluded and he was fed up. Monday, only Monday. He hated this. School would end soon for summer vacation, that’s what kept him going. He knew after those two months would end he would have to return again, but at least he would have 2 full months of freedom. Soon enough he would be able to fall asleep at a desirable time for 2 months, he would be able to do what he wanted for 2 months. He would be able to be happy for 2 months.

He pulled his bedroom door open, and threw his bag into the floor, next to his shelf. He closed his eyes, then dived onto his bed. He was so tired, but sadly he had homework. He pulled himself from the impossible perfection of the comfort he felt in his bed to relocate to his desk.

He pulled the chair out from under the desk and sat. Homework was piling up, surely it would take hours. So he spent hours; happy he at least had music to fill the silence. Not until late was he done. He had procrastinated all week to do it, and that had come back to bite him. He pulled himself away from his desk and walked to the bathroom. He showered and brushed his teeth, then walked into his room and pulled out his phone to scroll through numerous clips, until finally he got tired and pulled up a show to watch.

He fell asleep whilst watching it, waking up his alarm going off. He looked at his television to see that the show he had been watching was paused due to inactivity. He turned off the alarm and stared wearily at the roof. After a few minutes which felt like multiple different eternities passing, he rose from his bed and into a stand. He puts a hand to his head, he’s so tired of this. Waking up every day, going to school, barely having enough time to have a life outside of school. He’s so tired, but he still does it. He brushes his teeth, changes his clothes, eats breakfast, and walks out the door. He walks through the street, his house is located exactly a mile away from the school, so his parents have him walk instead of catching the bus. As per usual, his parents both had already left before he woke up in the morning.

He felt an intense feeling of hate. He hated his life. Who cared if he had friends? Most people hated him. Who cared if it would be over soon, it would just start right back up. He was so…