Komesh's primary theme is that of silver, (and also through its associations, the moon heheheh), but of silver that's been mishandled and tarnished.
Silver, especially in alchemy, can stand for things like purity, clarity, awareness and vision, intuition and inner wisdom, subtle strength, focus, single-minded purpose, persistence, contemplation, artistry, and reflection. It's also the highest conductive metal for electricity.
With silver's ties to the moon, it's given associations with tides, cycles and emotional changeability. It's also supposed to be psychicly strong.
Komesh has that focus, purpose and persistence, and artistry. He's very conductive of emotions (instead of electricity) which is a psychic strength and could be considered to muddily reflect them back. Which is where the "tarnishing" comes in. That means he lacks the clarity, intuition and knowledge, and when he throws back reflections, throws back distorted ones. His strength is brittle and unbending, instead of malleable and subtle like the metal. He's also a mutant, making him "impure" (by troll standards.) Now, with work and the right balance quick, who has a sun/gold theme, he could achieve most of the other qualities; they're what he could grow into.
Name: Komesh (Tatar: Kömeş) is a word for silver, which can also mean lord or prince in other languages, which is pretty straightforward.
Afonos is Greek for "without a voice" which is both straightforward and not. In Komesh, it primarily refers to his muteness, but could also be referred to his status--he would be doomed to be silenced by culling. In his ancestor's case, the Maritime Enforcer had his political voice silenced as well.
Symbol: his symbol, seen in the icon, is one of the various alchemical symbols for silver. Also simple, and reflected in the shape of his horns. The one I liked the most.
Trolltag: absentUltima-- "ultima" is the last syllable of a word, but it's close to ultimate--basically, it's Komesh advertising his muteness and his lacking of what trolls would consider the best traits. He was very little when he chose it, and regrets it to this day.
Other misc. facts: He wears silver jewelry, specifically 4 anklets and 7 earrings, which together make up the atomic number for silver--47.
He also wears them in groups of 4, 3, or 1, which is... well, I couldn't help the reference, okay.
Penguindad is probably the only thing that doesn't have a specific association with silver or the moon (that I've found.) I just really like killer penguins.
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Silver, especially in alchemy, can stand for things like purity, clarity, awareness and vision, intuition and inner wisdom, subtle strength, focus, single-minded purpose, persistence, contemplation, artistry, and reflection. It's also the highest conductive metal for electricity.
With silver's ties to the moon, it's given associations with tides, cycles and emotional changeability. It's also supposed to be psychicly strong.
Komesh has that focus, purpose and persistence, and artistry. He's very conductive of emotions (instead of electricity) which is a psychic strength and could be considered to muddily reflect them back. Which is where the "tarnishing" comes in. That means he lacks the clarity, intuition and knowledge, and when he throws back reflections, throws back distorted ones. His strength is brittle and unbending, instead of malleable and subtle like the metal. He's also a mutant, making him "impure" (by troll standards.) Now, with work and the right balance
quick, who has a sun/gold theme, he could achieve most of the other qualities; they're what he could grow into.Name: Komesh (Tatar: Kömeş) is a word for silver, which can also mean lord or prince in other languages, which is pretty straightforward.
Afonos is Greek for "without a voice" which is both straightforward and not. In Komesh, it primarily refers to his muteness, but could also be referred to his status--he would be doomed to be silenced by culling. In his ancestor's case, the Maritime Enforcer had his political voice silenced as well.
Symbol: his symbol, seen in the icon, is one of the various alchemical symbols for silver. Also simple, and reflected in the shape of his horns.
The one I liked the most.Trolltag: absentUltima-- "ultima" is the last syllable of a word, but it's close to ultimate--basically, it's Komesh advertising his muteness and his lacking of what trolls would consider the best traits. He was very little when he chose it, and regrets it to this day.
Other misc. facts: He wears silver jewelry, specifically 4 anklets and 7 earrings, which together make up the atomic number for silver--47.
He also wears them in groups of 4, 3, or 1, which is... well, I couldn't help the reference, okay.
Penguindad is probably the only thing that doesn't have a specific association with silver or the moon (that I've found.) I just really like killer penguins.