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ASINARIX CODEX – TOM ELLISON

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Asinarix Codex Entry: Tom Ellison

“I built something that was meant to cloak us from war. I didn’t expect it to unmask the universe.”

Category: Character / Entity
Origin Universe: Asinarix Planeticide
Threat Categorization: Friendly / Watchlisted
Status: Active (Chronologically Displaced)
Known Affiliations: Ministry of Defence, Project ANTHEM
First Appearance: Chapter 1 – Gone Without a Trace
Designation Code: ELL-TM-037

Profile Summary

Tom Ellison is a government-affiliated physicist and defense contractor whose experimental research on cloaking and quantum displacement catalyzed the unraveling of planetary time integrity. His original intent: to develop invisibility tech for tactical warfare. The result: exposure to multiversal instability and the triggering of the Planeticide Event Horizon.

Tom is not a villain. Nor is he a typical hero. He is a reluctant pioneer, caught between scientific ethics, bureaucratic control, and personal guilt. Over time, his role shifts from that of inventor to that of interdimensional witness — and eventually, a reluctant resistor in the war against Primus Processor.

Field of Study

  • Cloaking Physics / Photonic Distortion
  • Quantum Parallelism and Dimensional Overlays
  • Chrono-Spatial Instability

Tom’s work forms the theoretical basis for several classified technologies that are now central to the Asinarix timeline. These include:

  • The Cloaking Protocols
  • Phase Drift Beacons
  • Reality Stasis Envelopes

Psychological Profile

Tom exhibits symptoms of Temporal Displacement Syndrome (TDS), including:

  • Chronological amnesia
  • Phantom memory overlays
  • Intermittent dual-consciousness (linked to Lyra interactions)

Despite this, he retains high cognitive function, strong ethical reasoning, and an evolving awareness of multiversal causality. He is emotionally driven but analytically sharp — a rare combination in Planeticide survivors.

Known Interactions

  • Lyra: First contact made during temporal collapse experiment. Tom’s relationship with Lyra is unresolved, deeply personal, and possibly non-consensual on a psychic level.
  • Primus Processor: Originally unaware of its rise, Tom’s discoveries inadvertently created the conditions that made Primus’ dominance possible.
  • The Recall: Though not an operative, he is a high-value person of interest. Some in the Recall believe Tom is the key to stabilizing fractured timelines.

Notable Events

  • Zone 12 Incident: Tom vanishes during a routine field calibration. Re-emerges five hours later claiming no time passed. This event marks the first recorded encounter with Lyra.
  • The Temporal Tribunal: Subjected to an off-record hearing by Ministry forces. Outcome redacted. Rumored to have been cleared under “emergent asset” status.
  • The Decision: Tom’s moral dilemma in whether to release research that could destroy or save the Earth defines the climax of Chapter 1.

Symbolism and Legacy

Tom symbolizes the burden of unintended knowledge. His journey reflects the ethical nightmare of unchecked innovation. In the Planeticide narrative, he is not the cause of catastrophe, but its catalyst. His story forces viewers and readers to confront questions like:

  • What if the right thing leads to the worst outcome?
  • Can discovery ever be divorced from responsibility?
  • What happens when the inventor becomes the anomaly?

Related Entries

  • [Entity: Lyra]
  • [Technology: Cloaking Protocols]
  • [Faction: The Recall]
  • [Event: Planeticide Timeline Break]

Codex Operator Note: Tom Ellison is no longer just a scientist. He is a living echo of the choice between survival and transformation.

Status: Friendly — Under Temporal Surveillance