Talk:Tenno/@comment-111.94.67.217-20150909160739

The release of Equinox has made me speculate an entirely different thing about the Tenno nature. In a way, Equinox can be made to explain why Tenno nowdays can wear different warframes.

I view Tenno as the "soul", "energy", contained inside these Warframes which allow them to manifest their energy in a specific way. Or, they had a body which is highly modifiable which can fit into different frames. Either way, a Tenno is able to "possess" all Warframes, regardless of gender and shape. A Nekros Tenno can switch to Hydroid, and to Saryn too. When these kids are released into the void, they turn into genderless soul/energy/body.

Then why are there gender differences? First, perhaps they are created to have a aesthetic balance - some Warframes are male, some are female. This is also to play "homage" to what they are before they are turned into "Tenno"s by the Orokin. Second, perhaps the frames have genders to amplify their physical function. E.g Saryn have quite some cleavage in order to store some infectious spore, Nekros has a seemingly hollow chest shaped like that to contain a particular necromantic energy, Ash has muscular physical body to make the wearer able to do highly physical tasks effectively.

During their first era, the Tenno are only able to "possess" one Warframe for the rest of their life. They cannot switch to other frames. This explains that there are "The Original Chroma", "The Original Mirage", etc. Once the Warframe is destroyed, the Tenno, the soul, is lost forever too.

Their next progress is to make Tenno able to possess different frames. The candidate is Equinox. They managed to create two different frames that are possessed by a single Tenno. The Original Equinox are able to shift to his/her Day form, then to Night form. However, being the "prototype", the Equinox aren't able to be seperated for long, and in its idle stage, the Day and Night fused into one. This marks the Orokin's success in creating Tenno that can manifest different frames.

The Tenno today are able to manifest different frames, regardless of shape, role in battlefield, gender, etc. They collect information about the "original Tenno" and their respective frames in order to make Warframes nowdays.