Tempel

Deep in the minds of every sentient being on the planet lies the keys to Caelum. A world where reality depends on ones perception, willpower, and ability to stay coherent in the face of great mental stress. Caelum is, in less vague terms, another dimension that exists as a thoughtform within the subconscious of life itself.

Caelum's residents maintain primarily of negative entities formed from intrusive thoughts or bad ideas. Entities that seek to hunt, kill, or dominate lesser lifeforms. These negative entities are known as 'Ceivelings', and are the primary antagonistic force in Caelum. Although Caelum is pretty clearly not meant for ordinary life to subsist, many people find themselves dragged into it for periods of a time and some very exceptional individuals even make a life there. The appearance of Caelum varies - but usually it takes the appearance of forests leading into small towns wreathed in yellow, orange, or red fog depending on the level of danger (Ceivelings) nearby.

Tempel (it's German) is, by all accounts, a Ceiveling. At least partially. Physically he appears as an 15 year old boy, with dark brown hair and very pale skin. He's got yellow eyes, though one is usually covered by the white glassy mask that hides half his face, vertically. Tempel has a grin on his face at nearly all times, which can range from menacing, cheeky, eerie, or anything in between - but always tinged with a bit of mania. Tempel has a skinny but not unhealthy physique, his singular eye having unnaturally dark circles around it. He stands at about 5'7'' tall. Tempel ordinarily wears a dark blue school uniform as his default look, though he can theoretically wear whatever he likes. Under his mask, Tempel's face is normal - but his one eyes is a gaping black pit with a red light burning within.

Long ago, Tempel was an ordinary human boy. He doesn't remember what his mortal name was and doesn't much care to. All Tempel knows is that he and his little brother got into some serious trouble with Caelum, after said little brother opened a portal that allowed it to leak into the human world. These 'Reality Bleeds', although fairly rare, tend to unleash Ceivelings onto the human world to wreak havoc.

Tempel doesn't remember his brother's name either. He misses him, mourns him, since he knows he's dead now. Tempel did not kill him, he knows that much for certain. One day he'll find the Ceiveling that did it and make them pay.

The experiment that pulled Tempel and his little brother into Caelum also fundamentally altered Tempel's DNA. He's not quite human, not quite Ceiveling, but very powerful nonetheless. He wields the power of perception itself - Tempel can harness the energies of Caelum to bend reality to his whim. Crushing his foes from a distance or blowing them up with a playful display of finger guns, the sky is the limit. The only problem is that submitting his mind to the reality-warping abilities has left Tempel slightly crazy.

There's no doubt in the fact that Tempel loves to kill things. Unhealthily so. He usually likes to kill things slowly, torturing them psychologically until they break or impress him. Typically the former. Most of the time his targets are Ceivelings, though he would happily target a human if he found them irritating. Of course, he likes to fuck with people in less malevolent, playful ways too. If there were one thing to define Tempel, it would be how painfully self-aware he is whilst simultaneously reveling in his mania anyways.

Tempel is not an evil boy. He's just manic, a bit melodramatic, horribly overpowered and stuck as the one who Caelum's residents humans and Ceiveling alike see as an authority figure, solely do to his nearly unmatched prowess and abilities. Tempel would much rather have some fun and fuck with people than he would govern or help human travellers form any semblance of society. Tempel tolerates the less violent Ceivelings, and has even come to see them as his friends. Even if they only respect him because he could pop their heads like overripe fruit. Don't get confused - Tempel isn't some sort of hero or moral paragon. He'll happily torture people for fun - he just draws the line at murder or anything that leaves too much long-lasting harm. He's the type of guy to break every bone in someones body if they spilt something on him, but then fix it a few minutes later.

When Tempel isn't in Caelum, he's spreading chaos in the human world. Vandalism, frightening people, pranks and general dark mischief are his game. He particularly likes flirting with and tormenting authority figures such as police officers or private investigators... Tempel is infamous on the human world under the moniker 'The Masked Grinner' - a moniker which he finds dreadfully uncreative. Tempel often steals random crap and vandalizes buildings with obscene imagery when he's bored.