MALEFIC TIME

With Malefic Time, Romulo Royo delves into a narrative universe where dystopia and spirituality intertwine in an apocalyptic vision of the contemporary world. Together with Luis Royo, he conceives a transmedia saga that combines painting, illustration, literature, and music, shaping a unique cosmos inhabited by archetypal figures, ancient symbols, and cities transformed into end-of-times settings.

Through the protagonist, Luz (the embodiment of feminine power and the duality between destruction and rebirth), Malefic Time unfolds a reflection on the collapse of old structures and the search for a new consciousness. In his canvases, Romulo explores the beauty and violence of change, the light that emerges amid the ruins, and the eternal struggle between the human and the divine.

“The sky has fractured, and the cities crumble beneath an ancient silence.
Through the shadows walks Luz, bearer of a destiny she never asked for,
called to choose between the end and rebirth.
Angels and forgotten gods awaken, old prophecies come to pass,
and amid the chaos, a new light begins to burn.”

Malefic Time Apocalypse This is a brief selection of Romulo Royo’s work in the series Malefic Time.