Milo Templelion

Milo Templelion was a phasmofera born to Queen Tashiana Dilasuma Templelion IV of Igmyah and Seymour Smellyviking, the late founder of the Phantom Boi Academy of Jamaa (otherwise known as PBAJ,) on December 11th, 2001. He had a sister, Mila Templelion, and three brothers, Morton, Miles, and Marty Templelion. Milo attended PBAJ as a freshman starting in the year 2017, doing this in order to fight phantoms to retain his abilities as a Goopreaper phasmofera. However, his mother forced him to become an imaguem upon the Night of the Phantoms, two months before he could turn 16.

Imagua did not improve his life, despite the fact he gained wind powers and attained god status. In fact, his life only worsened as he grew closer to a certain Lexi Lightningdaisy and won the favor of Lady Rosalia. It was not until the night at Club Cobra that he had realized the truth. But it was too late, then. Their plan was already in motion.

Early Years and Abuse
"You're a disappointment, Milo. That's why I named you Milo, because you're my low in life." [1]

-Queen Tashiana abusing her son Milo

Milo's birth came as a shock to Queen Tashiana, as she was expecting an ordinary tenuem just like herself and not a phasmofera. She had not counted on the mix of her genetics and Seymour's Jammer genetics causing this... what she likely thought to be a birth defect. This confusion turned into abuse. She would spew insults at Milo and yell, all the while she beat him up, regularly. It did not help that his mother was left to raise him alone, due to his father's grand disappearing act all those years ago.

After 10 years of abuse and neglect from his mother, he ran away. On his 11th birthday, he found Ellipsity Fieryturtle, who would later act as his adopted father. Living with Ellipsity, he was in a much better environment where he was treated kindly, fed, and given a chance to express the boundless youth inside him that he never could before. He finally knew what it was like to be loved and cared for. He exhibited an interest in hummingbirds, a fascination that only gained strength.

The Ellipsity Years
"Just because you're a phantom doesn't mean you're bound to this evil, destructive DNA. You are your own person." [4]

-Ellipsity advising Milo

Milo Templelion was your average teenager, if you let the fact that he was a phasmofera phantom prince heir to the Templelion dynasty slide. He picked fights in the school cafeteria, had an affinity for throwing around choice words such as "boi" and '' mother phantom," as well as had a regular sibling rivalry with his younger adopted brother, Kolby Koala. Milo loved Ellipsity under the mistaken belief that his caretaker was a Jammer, as opposed to a tenuem phantom prince himself. Milo loved his adopted father so much that he went home upon his mother's orders, while getting beat up by his brother, Morton, to begin his transformation (also known as phantomorphisis) into an imaguem just to save Ellipsity's life. But when all was revealed, he felt betrayed.

On Imagua Island
"Welcome to Imagua, Milo. The island where all imaguems feel safe and happy." [6]

-Lexi Lightningdaisy bringing Milo to the island

Milo was skeptical upon first listening to what Lexi had to say, but then after hearing how Ellipsity kept it hidden that he was a tenuem for greed and money, after hearing about his newfound powers and how he needed to learn when to use them, as well as when to keep them in check, he, in turn, relented.

He was in what he likely believed to be paradise, after all he was granted wind powers and became a god. Meanwhile, Lexi had him on a regular schedule to drink his Phasmatonic and Oblivia smoothies. This way, he could lose his memories of Ellipsity and bring a great storm upon his house, alongside her and her thunder goddess abilities. Now, the tables had turned. Ellipsity still loved him, still cared for him, made multiple attempts to reach out, but Milo did not care. To him, Ellipsity was nothing more than a dirty, rotten, lying, gold-digging tenuem. He told things of this nature to Ellipsity in a phone call. Any familial bond they once had was officially severed.

Becoming A Favorite
"The peace organization to bring equality to Jamaa and the phantom universe." [7]

-Lady Rosalia referring to Solórzano Rose Milo enjoyed living like a king, a god, even, on Imagua island. He was a favorite, which was something too few imaguems could say of themselves. On top of that, his best friend was none other than Lexi Lightningdaisy, the most popular imaguem to be found. He used his powers and influence right beside her to bully other imaguems, and especially to bother (later torment) Thinkers like Matilda Vera-Archer.

Milo was not favored by Lady Rosalia for long, however. In his short time, though, he and Lexi were both given orders to further destroy the reputations of Pippin Kurtz and Santiago Invierno, then to recruit Parker Anderson for the sole purpose of leeching off his stupidity. But during a Solórzano Rose meeting, Milo was dismissed by Lexi to go practice his wind blowing, when that was actually only a ploy to strip him of his title as a favorite and recruit Parker to take his place.

Club Cobra
"It's all lies. It's one big conspiracy. No one on this island is actually immortal. Only that Phasmotonic stuff makes you immortal, and unless you're favored by Lady Rosalia, you can't survive without it." [9]

-Parker Anderson, speaking to Lexi, Matilda, and Milo

Milo and Lexi meet at the Club Cobra, while he is completely unaware of her plan to replace him. She hands him a smoothie that contains both Hallucia powder and Oblivia, which she claimed would be good for his health, when it would only be damaging to his mind and body. Matilda and Parker then appeared, as if on cue, to stop him from making this quite potentially irreversible mistake. Lexi's plan is revealed by the pair of them, and in the end she arrogantly and foolishly admits that Solórzano Rose was never a peace organization, but an organization for evil. It was then Milo realized, he had played the part of a lamb being led to the slaughter.

He broke up with Lexi, deciding to be done with her and Lady Rosalia for good. Lexi responded with choice insults of her own and a strike of lightning to his body, leaving him for dead.

Test Subject/Final Goodbye
"All of Templelion's memories of Ellipsity are all being completely deleted from his mind. From his most recent memory, to his first ever memory of Ellipsity." [10]

-Lady Rosalia, referring to how Pamięć will make a delicious several-course meal of Milo's memories

Milo was the first test subject of many Lady Rosalia had planned, his memories were to be fed to Pamięć and never found again. He played no part in the ritual, but he was to unknowingly indirectly help bring Armageddon. When the world did not end, and his memory was completely restored, he was faced with a choice. He could either live and bear the guilt of Ellipsity's death, or become anything in nature of his choice, and save Ellipsity's life. He became a hummingbird, and flew around Ellipsity, before taking flight to his freedom.

Appearance


At birth he was portrayed as a seal, however as he grew up he took the form of an otter. He always wore an arctic hood and a bright green-and-red tuxedo jacket, beside his green clover tail armor. This, of course, went along with his fur. Being born a phasmofera, he had the appearance of an ordinary Jammer, yet he possessed phantom blood.

After Milo's phantomorphisis into an imaguem, his general appearance switched to that of a typical phantom. He became black and grey with purple markings. While his arctic hood remained fixed to his head, his tuxedo did not. It was replaced by a jacket sporting standard phantom colors, this change also displayed itself in his tail. Furthermore, he now adorned a phantom amulet.

Personality
Milo's temperament differs between his time as a phasmofera and as a imaguem. He grew up abrasive and violent. He was gruff and overconfident. He had a distinctive way of speaking as opposed to others, an accent that was absolutely unmistakably his. However, he had a soft side he reserved for very few people. When he underwent phantomorphsis, he lost his accent and a great chunk of his own individuality. He was still tough and arrogant, however he was not intelligent, for example he could not read between the lines of Lexi's lies regarding Ellipsity. Despite this, he still had a heart. When the time came for redemption, he was selfless and caring.

Relationships
Milo grew up hating his mother; which likely would have begun to fade had he known what she had done for Ellipsity. Milo had a love-hate relationship with Ellipsity, first for years he saw him as a father, then he turned his back when he fed into Lexi's lies, but all this overturned when he retrieved his memories and uncovered Lexi's plot beside Lady Rosalia. However, he did not get along well with his schoolmates nor Kolby Koala, who all turned out to be his brothers. While Mila openly expressed empathy for Milo when sobbing to her brothers, Milo never could seem to express the same sort of feeling for his sister. On Imagua Island, he started off trusting Lexi and Lady Rosalia, later realizing that was a mistake and hating them instead. Due to his rather unconscious choice to trust the wrong phantoms, he antagonized and alienated Matilda, a potential friend who could have helped him stand up to the authority on the island.

Etymology
Milo is a name of Germanic origin, meaning "soldier" or "merciful." Templelion is a surname of Jamaasian origin, the meaning is unknown.