TEMATLALEHUA (Tema)
Biological Age: 16
Chronological Age: 496
Inspired by BlazBlue’s Taokaka
Tematlalehua, better known by her nickname, Tema, was a Mexican native born and raised in the old ways of the Aztec peoples even as the Spanish consolidated their conquests over Mexico and forced their indigenous subjects to convert to Christianity. Due to what some believe was a blow to the head by an abusive Franciscan missionary, Tema, declaring herself to be an avatar of Huitzilopochtli, went on a year long murderous rampage across Spanish Mexico, slaughtering countless Spaniards before being gunned down.
In Hell, Tema continued to bring her bloody justice against the “Centzonuitzana” (Europeans) until she was enlisted by Viy, who fooled Tema into believing she was a servant of Coatlicue, the Aztec mother of the gods. Placed in the infamous Iron Column, Tema slaughtered countless demons with her deadly macahuitl, a wooden club with several embedded exterminator blades. Despite her insanity, and miserable lack of social awareness, she formed a close bond with her fellow column soldiers, particularly Likho, who she promised to one day sacrifice, so that he might join Huitzilopochtli in his divine battle.
