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One of the interest plot constructs in the _Priest_ (manhwa) series by `Hyung
Min-woo` is the antagonist
[Temozarela](http://priest.wikia.com/wiki/Temozarela).

He is summarized as:

> Temozarela is an arch-angel who fought on God's side in the war against
> Lucifer. However, this war caused God to lose faith in the angels and prefer
> humanity instead.
>
> Temozarela, bitter at this, took twelve angels to Earth to prove to God how
> flawed humans are. He set up a cult for the fallen angels which involved
> human sacrifice. However, this only made God angry and caused Temozarela to
> be banished to earth and imprisoned there.

[![Temozarela as angel, human, and crippled
human](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kax8k.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/kax8k.png)
Left to Right: Temozarela as angel, human, and crippled human

Obviously there's some similarities to the whole angels parts of the
_Preacher_ comics, or various other fictional works, but all the similar ideas
I found were still substantially different from `Temozarela`.

I did some Google searching as I was curious whether this character
(`Temozarela`) was a wholly new creation of the author. I could find no prior
source material, not under that name at least.

Does prior fictional or religious source material for `Temozarela` exist under
the same name or alternate names?


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Did Hyung Min-woo Invent Temozarela, the Antagonist of the "Priest" Manhwa?


Temozarela is based off of the dark god Tchernobog from the Monolith game
Blood, which the author admits is his inspiration for the basic setting of
priest.


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