Tenebris

In Liskian Source lore, **Tenebris** *(AKA Sauron/Burzum)* is the god of darkness, death, abyss, and any other general terms for nothingness. He is Umbra’s master, and Tempus’s polar opposite in the time-space spectrum. The realm he lives in is called the Abyss, a sort of "dimension between dimensions" that serves to separate the Source and its metaphysical planes from the other spatial dimensions located in the ultraspace of the Crash Galaxy.

Physically Tenebris has no form, but visually he can be seen to take a form of an eye, surrounded by tendrils of pure darkness. Tenebris is rarely seen outside his domain, but he can still watch over the Liskus galaxy, mostly thanks to his “people”.

The Sauroneye are probably the beings closest to Tenebris in looks, due to their large, ominous single eye. There is a theory that says Tenebris influenced the evolution of the Sauroneye species, by filling their home planet Gondor with his interdimensional ultraenergy. This tied the Sauroneye to his will, and He gave them a task: Keep the link between the Abyss and Origin World open, or the results will be disastrous.

This theory has been disputed about for a long time now, but it holds some merit into it. To open portals to metaphysical planes and back within the Liskus galaxy, interdimensional ultraenergy is required. Usually to closer planes like the Shadow Realm, only a small amount is required, about equal to the amount required to summon a persona. However, to access deeper realms like the Nether-Realm or the Abyss, more and more ultraenergy is required.

To reach such high amounts of ultraenergy, one’ll usually have to sacrifice one or more sentient creatures’ souls to open and keep the portal open for a certain period of time. It has been accepted in certain metaphysiological circles that sentient creatures’ souls contain the highest amount of ultraenergy per soul, due to the brain activity that they usually have in their brains.

However, for the Sauroneye themselves, the sacrifices are more than a necessity. It is a religion, centered around “Sauron” as they call Tenebris themselves. The name “Sauron” was derived from Tenebris’ name for the Sauroneye themselves, calling them “Saoronai”, or “the Free Watchers” as translated into standard galactic. To Tenebris, the Sauroneye are his Guardians, the people who look over the Liskus galaxy for him. For this reason he demands sacrifices, so the portal between his realm and the real world stays open, and he can do what is necessary to stop evil from destroying the galaxy.

The relationships between Tenebris and the other Source gods are lukewarm, but they consider each other as good friends and symbiotic partners. Tenebris is content on giving Tempus full reign over Liskus, provided he looks over what he himself is doing to help their agenda. Sporix and Tenebris have agreed not to interfere with each others’ plans, while Umbra gives scheduled reports on what happens in the Shadow Realm.

With Aleph’s rise once again through the forces of Termina, and Xenolate’s release from his Matrix prison, Tenebris has decided to take a more active step in his “projects”, meaning an increase in sacrifices. However, the latter threat forcibly making a pact with the Sauroneye might pose a problem that Tenebris has to solve, a problem which could risk the destruction of the whole Liskus galaxy if he isn't careful.