Tenebris

**Tenebris, the Duke of Darkness (born Vespera)** is the ruler of the Dark Void and leader of the Tenebrites. He is the grandson of Azazel and the distant relative of Malignagon.

## Tenebris

### Relatives

Malignagon (Ancestor), Azazel (Grandfather), Obscura (Mother), unnamed brother

## Biographical information

### Place of birth

Noxumbra, Old Nexon

Vespera was born to Obscura and an unnamed husband who perished months before he was born. He had lived a intense life from birth due to the political unrest and uneasiness growing between the Luxites and Tenebrites. The killing of Malignagon's bloodline, especially Azazel, had frustrated Vespera but he was completely helpless as his mother and brother had lived in the Light Half to avoid the unrest. Vespera, seeking to find the answer's behind Azazel's death, stayed in Noxumbra. He also had despised the current leader, Ginnungagap, for his corrupt tactics and had already known of his wish to subjugate the Light. As Vespera came to discover from former councilmen, he would discover that all in power in the Dark Half of Old Nexon were completely corrupt. Him learning of this encouraged him to dig deeper but also he had come to the horrifying realization that his grandfather was likely betrayed by his own brethren and sought to destroy the Dark Council. Initially seeking curses, he would an unnamed curse that would greatly disfigure him. Things kept getting worse as when he arrived back to the Tenebrite Refuge in Levis, it had been destroyed and his mother and brother were killed. After the identity of the attackers were revealed to be Tenebrite nationalists, his desire for vengeance become so great, his anger overwhelmed him. He had lost all sense of rationality and furthermore, sought even more curses and journeyed to the catacombs after finding a note in the house of his grandfather's old friend. To his shock, he found a grave with his name on it next to the names of his grandfather and Malignagon. He would then come to find out that he and his grandfather were related to Malignagon. Instead of following his grandfather's desire for peace between the Tenebrites and Luxites, he gave in to the principles of his ancestors to have his vengeance for the blatant injustices committed against the innocent members of his family. He started by staging a coup with several Tenebrites and hatched a plan that would turn him into a New God. He sought out the other half of the Balance Curse, the Delta Curse to grant himself vows that would be granted by the Balance Force. What happened next was an oversight Nexon, the God of Balance would indirectly cost his own life. Nexon elected to ignore the conflict caused by Vespera and he successfully killed Ginnungagap in his coup, making him the new ruler. Christening himself as Tenebris, the Duke of Darkness would elect to destroy the Light half, reminiscent of what had happened years ago under his ancestor's rule. Except the end goal for Tenebris wasn't for him to gain ultimate power, it was to destroy Old Nexon. He would do unspeakable things to the Luxites, even inadvertently creating his worst enemy in one of the Luxites. Afterwards, he journeyed to the Nexus core with the Delta Curse in hand granting him his wishes except for one. Knowing that the Nexus Core would refuse to destroy Old Nexon, he used his curses to overwhelm the Balance Force and create an expulsion of Balance Energy which obliterated the planet and weakened the planet's protector, Nexon, greatly. When he was reborn he found himself doomed to eternal conflict with the sole survivor of the Luxites, who had now christened himself as Lux. They continue to do battle to this day...

## Personality

As Vespera, he was talkative, courageous, and opposed to his own half's ways of corruption, most of these characteristics he shared with his grandfather. As Tenebris however, he was ruthless, vengeful, and downright cruel. He deliberately brainwashed Lux's friend, the king of the Luxites to drive him insane and also tortured Orochi unjustifiably due to his bitterness at Orochi's failure to save his grandfather. Even after becoming the Duke of Darkness, it is clear that he cares a lot for Azazel as he was the reason he fell into darkness in the first place. His vengeful feelings have consumed him and his reasoning shown by his bitterness at Orochi and his cruelty to his rival, Lux.

## Physical and Mental Analysis

Physicus and Mech did a hypothetical analysis of Tenebris, here is what they've found:

* Tenebris is evil and manipulative, willing to do whatever it takes to further his own goals.
* He was once known as Vespera, his personality was more akin to his grandfather, Azazel's. When he became vengeful, manipulative, and cynical from learning the truth about Azazel, his personality became more akin to his ancestor's, Malignagon.
* He claims that the bloodline of Malignagon could've redeemed themselves, but blames his returning to his roots on the Dark Half's corruption.
* He enjoys touring the rebirthed Old Nexon civilization and is good friends with Orochi, and has since apologized to him for his torturing of him.
* He is a servant of Malignagon and often journies to Hell to assist his protege, Beelzebub.
* Tenebris possesses a hammer that is extremely durable and powerful that can crush anything.
* Tenebris is able to summon dark, sludgy tentacles. His true form is a mass of tentacles with a singular eye.