Dirty Dozen Character Interview – Temi
Character: ARTEMIS (TEMI) JYMLADD
How did you end up in the situation you’re currently in? I was rescued from a submarine cave where I had been trapped for over 200 years.
Do you have any regrets? That I had ever come to be there in the first place.
Is your life now as you envisioned it? If not – then why? Absolutely not. To be transported 200 years into the future is illogical.
Do you believe in magic? How do you feel about it? Yes and No. Seeing as I survived in that cave for over 200 years without ageing as a result of drinking the ‘magic’ water from the lake in the cave, as yet, I have no logical explanation, although I am certain there is one.
How do you think others see you? As someone from another time and place…which is true.
Who is your greatest friend? Kai (aka Chimera) the sea serpent who lived in the lake in the cave with me.
Who is your greatest enemy? Igor Muttovsky. Evil incarnate.
Tell us about your family? Mama was an actor and opera singer (mezzo soprano), Papa was an inventor and polymath, and my younger brother was an explorer, archaeologist and anthropologist. Since being discovered and rescued, I find I now also have a Great Great Grandfather who is a sea captain and I have been adopted by dear Professor Little who has twin daughters whose mother tragically died. His now wife has a son from a previous marriage, so I also now have two sisters and another brother.
Do you believe in god(s)? Once, but no more. I now believe only in Reason and Logic. ‘Faith’ is a false construct.
What is your greatest fear? That I shall awake to find the life I now dearly cherish was nothing more than a dream.
What do you think of your author/creator? I know not of the being to whom you refer as ‘Creator’ as already stated, I no longer believe in such mythical entities.
If you could have three wishes, what would they be? Wishing is also illogical and changes nothing. Wherever life takes one, it happens whether one wishes it or not.
Artemis Jymladd (aka Temi) first appears in V5 of the 7 volume work ‘S.O.S: Sentinels of Sol’ and later in the 2 sequels ‘The Professor and the Portal’ and ‘The Curse of the Blue Angel’.
Temi’s Author Creator is:
Owen Bell (aka Eugene L’Estrange)
Born Aug 17 1948 in Perth, Western Australia.
Lived in the UK from 1966 to 1994
Self- taught illustrator, musician and writer.
Became a freelance illustrator in 1974. Mostly known for revamping the illustration style of the Thomas the Tank Engine brand as primary illustrator for almost 2 decades until 2001. Created art for all worldwide merchandise including over 30 books.
Also designer of postage stamps worldwide, initially for the Crown Agents Stamp Bureau (London) and WWF Stamp Collection and more recently for Australia Post.
Plays a Swedish instrument called a nyckelharpa semi-professionally.
Writes for the fun of writing, never expecting it to result in fame and fortune.
Like Temi, believes whatever happens, happens. It is what it is…
