Editing Bambi (section)

== Background ==

Bambi's background was heavily expanded upon in the [[Terminal]].

A long time ago[https://x.com/OfficialMTM101/status/1578557761691844608], Bambi was a god known as '''Lord Bambi''', or simply '''the lord''' to his followers. He had a religious following known as the Bambi religion. Lord Bambi was a being of many eyes and because of this, according to his followers, very wise due to having "seen almost everything".[https://github.com/BemboLikePizza/VsDave/blob/0e5ab3d7e6bc61e3538ab51077c770dc76434278/source/TerminalState.hx#L224][https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pg8BZmgtZMs-bZSJqYUyN_2w_JZvD7Q9] His eyes represented his wisdom.[https://x.com/OfficialMTM101/status/1578557761691844608] [[Madden]] was his prophet, and it was only the privilege of prophets to be able to refer to him directly by his name, Bambi, lest this was disrespectful.[https://x.com/OfficialMTM101/status/1586249505124495360] 

One day, Lord Bambi delivered a worrying prophecy to Madden that he will remove one of his eyes every day[https://github.com/BemboLikePizza/VsDave/blob/0e5ab3d7e6bc61e3538ab51077c770dc76434278/source/TerminalState.hx#L222] to ensure "the Golden One" would have a bright future.[https://x.com/OfficialMTM101/status/1578557761691844608][https://github.com/BemboLikePizza/VsDave/blob/0e5ab3d7e6bc61e3538ab51077c770dc76434278/source/TerminalState.hx#L224] In another resource, it is implied that Bambi had also spoken about "the unnamable [sic]"[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pg8BZmgtZMs-bZSJqYUyN_2w_JZvD7Q9], referring to [[Expunged]], likely in the context that the Golden One is fated to be the key to defeating them.[https://github.com/BemboLikePizza/VsDave/blob/0e5ab3d7e6bc61e3538ab51077c770dc76434278/source/TerminalState.hx#L232] Bambi did not tell Madden that the Golden One is [[Tristan]][https://x.com/OfficialMTM101/status/1586263033600278530], but did tell him that if he does not do this, the future will be dark[https://x.com/OfficialMTM101/status/1586258235148800000], and he must do this to save them (the Bambi religion, or perhaps everyone).[https://github.com/BemboLikePizza/VsDave/blob/0e5ab3d7e6bc61e3538ab51077c770dc76434278/source/TerminalState.hx#L222] It is unknown why removing his eyes would save anyone, or ensure Tristan has a "bright future", and remains one of the most mysterious elements of the 3.0b lore. Nonetheless, it is deeply significant to the following events in the story. Lord Bambi warned that he would become less wise and unreasonable by losing his eyes, so the followers must have faith in themselves.[https://github.com/BemboLikePizza/VsDave/blob/0e5ab3d7e6bc61e3538ab51077c770dc76434278/source/TerminalState.hx#L222] He would remove them until he had only two left, because at that point, he "will have fallen from the heavens".[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pg8BZmgtZMs-bZSJqYUyN_2w_JZvD7Q9] Losing these eyes also meant losing his memories; once they are all but gone, Bambi will never remember his old life again, and his powers will never unfold.[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pg8BZmgtZMs-bZSJqYUyN_2w_JZvD7Q9][https://github.com/BemboLikePizza/VsDave/blob/0e5ab3d7e6bc61e3538ab51077c770dc76434278/source/TerminalState.hx#L218]

Madden delivered this prophecy to the Bambi religion, but this information quickly made them paranoid and riled them up into a mass state of panic, not wanting to believe that this was true.[https://x.com/OfficialMTM101/status/1578557968299151360] Some time during Bambi removing his eyes, an artifact written by an unknown speaker describes his gradual descent from wisdom, saying that he "used to be reasonable" and "going to heaven was a right", but not anymore as he's becoming less wise - and the Bambi religion did not want anyone to know about it, or Madden for that matter.[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pg8BZmgtZMs-bZSJqYUyN_2w_JZvD7Q9] After Madden's attempted execution for falsifying prophecies[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pg8BZmgtZMs-bZSJqYUyN_2w_JZvD7Q9], the religion became cutthroat in their rules, banning any discussion of "the Madden prophet", the Golden One, or the unnameable one, lest one be cast to the fiery pits of hell.[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pg8BZmgtZMs-bZSJqYUyN_2w_JZvD7Q9] The repeat references to heaven and hell indicate that the religion has a concept of an afterlife, and at one time, anyone who perhaps followed Bambi would be guaranteed heaven; however, this was no longer possible once he began losing his eyes. There is no specific given reason for why Bambi didn't save Madden besides "gods are weird as fuck in that regard"[https://x.com/OfficialMTM101/status/1578520630923644929], perhaps meaning that he was too far gone to be able to at the point in time the execution happened.

At an unknown point in time, Bambi ceased communication with his religion. His last known conversation with the followers was to tell them to "fuck off".[https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pg8BZmgtZMs-bZSJqYUyN_2w_JZvD7Q9] Most likely during or after this, Bambi has completely forgotten about his role as a god, and some time later takes residence in Fort Geraldson, Georgia, steals Zardy's maze, becomes a corn farmer, and meets [[Dave]] in no specific order.