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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

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Tarax Kor: So very dead.

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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxdead.jpg|230px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth=3 BBY (age 41)
|death=38 ABY, Korriban
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]] {{C|former}}
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Primarch]] from [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

Tarax died in the final moments of the [[Eleventh Great Jedi War|11th Great Jedi War]], a casualty of bad writing by published authors.

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip, when Tarax's father had scheduled a last-minute meeting with a surprise buyer for the older Kor's collection of ancient Sith artifacts. Unknown to his father, the buyer was a Hapan noble with rumored but unproven ties to the Sith culture. Days passed by without a deal being agreed upon, and each night Malcolm came back to his shuttle more frustrated and complaining of every-increasing headaches. After a week of failed negotiations and increasing headaches, Malcom Kor suffered a sudden aneurism on his way to meet the buyer, dying instantaneously. The death of Tarax's father hit the young child though the Force like a hammer, inciting Tarax to violently lash out and send a scream through the Force, causing him to black out. Elsewhere, a hooded figure standing over Malcolm Kor's lifeless body looked towards the spaceport, its posture fully alert.

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|115px|left|Tarax as a child]][[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|115px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. Over the course of the following years DuMornek taught the young man plenty about the use of his powers, oftentimes pushing their abilities and Tarax's willingness to use them on others beyond what most civilized peoples would deem moral, even acceptable. It was during one of their many lessons together that the young man's set one of DuMornek's prisoners on fire, at which point the old Hapan dubbed his apprentice ''Eosphoros'', which was Old Tionese for "the Lightbringer."

==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Suddenly it all came to an end. Tarax, believing he had learned enough about his powers, demanded that DuMornek cease his strict oversight of the young man. Believing he could still control his protegé, DuMornek attempted to enthrall Tarax and break him to his will, but he had underestimated how powerful his apprentice was, and how much he had learned. Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. It was at this very moment when Tarax Eosphoros Kor realized the true potential of his powers, and with the only man being able to stop him now dead, he set off from Hapes to test himself and his boundaries.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable, pleasurable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
Tarax's return to Taldryan was not a pleasant one. He came back to the Clan he had loved so much to find it in a weakend, diminished form, stripped of its status and power by the foolish decisions of the Dark Council. During his absence Taldryan had suffered a series of humiliating defeats at the hands of its long-standing rivals, [[Clan Arcona]]. Adding insult to injury, Taldryan barely survived the effects of the [[Horizon Plague]] due to the [[Dark Council]]'s inability to plan a proper containment effort. Tarax knew that for Taldryan to survive, he'd have to go back and help rebuild it from the inside, to once again make it the top Clan within the Dark Brotherhood. The Taldrya joined his old comrades in the [[Old Folks' Home]] and set in course a series of events that would see their beloved Taldryan rise again.
=== The Dark Crusades ===
The [[Dark Crusade]] dragged on for a long time, and Tarax was instrumental in helping [[Taldryan]] secure third place. During the Crusades Taldryan was able to regain the status of a Clan, and return to its former glory.

=== Fading Light ===
[[File:Revelation.jpg|thumb|75px|left|Revelation]][[Fading Light]], also known as the Dark Crusades: Crusade Harder, lasted for another year. Tarax was able to secure Ferran's sword ''[[Revelation]]'' for [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]], aid in his Clan's victory, and in the process lose his bionic arm. With the help of Taldryan's healers and the Force, Tarax's bionic arm regrew and regained its strength.

=== Great Jedi War XI & Death ===
At the climax of the [[Eleventh Great Jedi War|11th Great Jedi War]] Tarax attempted to use ''Revelation'' to put an end to the [[Muz Ashen|Mad Grand Master]] and end the Civil War, but his bloodlust was not enough to overcome the sheer power wielded by Ashen. Tarax's death was the catalyst for the Rite of Immortality, and the end of hostilities between Cotelin's and Ashen's forces.

He's dead, Jim.

== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic prosthetic that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Primarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|right|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|left|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diversity in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax built his first lightsaber upon reaching the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]], under his master [[Chi Long]]'s guidance. It was a simple silver, brushed metal hilt with a purple blade. This was Tarax's primary weapon throughout his stay at [[Clan Plagueis]] and the first few years at [[Clan Taldryan]]. Shortly after Tarax reached the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Prelate]], the [[Dark Brotherhood]] held the [[Independence_Games#Independence_Games_III_.282008.29|Third Independence Games]], a series of Brotherhood-wide events held away from [[Antei]], celebrating the [[Exodus]]. It was during the Independence Games that the [[Dinaari]] [[Aedile]]'s lightsaber suffered damage beyond repair, prompting Tarax to build himself a brand new one. After several days of hard work, concentration, and meditation Tarax successfully completed construction of his first fully custom lightsaber. The new lightsaber had an elegant dark chrome hilt mixed with red and bronze, while the focusing crystal was a coveted [[starwars:Krayt_dragon_pearl|Krayt dragon pearl]], giving the blade a powerful, eerily white glow.

Tarax would continue to use his custom lightsaber in many battles during the following years, relying on its pearl-white glow to cast a ghostly aura around him as he relentlessly massacres his opponents. It was after several such battles on [[Krayiss_Two_-_Team_Sexcopter|Krayiss II]] during the first phase of the [[Dark Crusade]] after [[Taldryan]] managed to secure the planet that Tarax found an ancient but perfectly preserved lightsaber hilt while scavenging the remains of the [[Krayiss_II#Ancient_Library-temple|ancient library-temple]]. Unlike his hilt used at the time, the scavenged hilt had a longer grip and a bladed pommel; it also featured two blades below the emitter, acting as guards for the hilt but in practice serving a much more nefarious and deadlier purpose. Given that Tarax's lightsaber used up until that point was beginning to shows signs of wear and tear, the war-mongering Primarch decided to build himself a new lightsaber using the newly found, ancient hilt; Tarax transferred the crystals from his old lightsaber into the new one, engraved the Taldryan symbol below the emitter so it was positioned perfectly between the two guards, and re-bound the leather grip. The Lightbringer had built himself a new lightsaber.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
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|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=[[Halcyon Taldrya]]
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|230px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth=3 BBY (age 41)
|death=38 ABY, Korriban
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]] {{C|former}}
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Primarch]] from [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

Tarax died in the final moments of the [[Eleventh Great Jedi War|11th Great Jedi War]], a casualty of bad writing by published authors.

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip, when Tarax's father had scheduled a last-minute meeting with a surprise buyer for the older Kor's collection of ancient Sith artifacts. Unknown to his father, the buyer was a Hapan noble with rumored but unproven ties to the Sith culture. Days passed by without a deal being agreed upon, and each night Malcolm came back to his shuttle more frustrated and complaining of every-increasing headaches. After a week of failed negotiations and increasing headaches, Malcom Kor suffered a sudden aneurism on his way to meet the buyer, dying instantaneously. The death of Tarax's father hit the young child though the Force like a hammer, inciting Tarax to violently lash out and send a scream through the Force, causing him to black out. Elsewhere, a hooded figure standing over Malcolm Kor's lifeless body looked towards the spaceport, its posture fully alert.

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|115px|left|Tarax as a child]][[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|115px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. Over the course of the following years DuMornek taught the young man plenty about the use of his powers, oftentimes pushing their abilities and Tarax's willingness to use them on others beyond what most civilized peoples would deem moral, even acceptable. It was during one of their many lessons together that the young man's set one of DuMornek's prisoners on fire, at which point the old Hapan dubbed his apprentice ''Eosphoros'', which was Old Tionese for "the Lightbringer."

==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Suddenly it all came to an end. Tarax, believing he had learned enough about his powers, demanded that DuMornek cease his strict oversight of the young man. Believing he could still control his protegé, DuMornek attempted to enthrall Tarax and break him to his will, but he had underestimated how powerful his apprentice was, and how much he had learned. Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. It was at this very moment when Tarax Eosphoros Kor realized the true potential of his powers, and with the only man being able to stop him now dead, he set off from Hapes to test himself and his boundaries.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable, pleasurable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
Tarax's return to Taldryan was not a pleasant one. He came back to the Clan he had loved so much to find it in a weakend, diminished form, stripped of its status and power by the foolish decisions of the Dark Council. During his absence Taldryan had suffered a series of humiliating defeats at the hands of its long-standing rivals, [[Clan Arcona]]. Adding insult to injury, Taldryan barely survived the effects of the [[Horizon Plague]] due to the [[Dark Council]]'s inability to plan a proper containment effort. Tarax knew that for Taldryan to survive, he'd have to go back and help rebuild it from the inside, to once again make it the top Clan within the Dark Brotherhood. The Taldrya joined his old comrades in the [[Old Folks' Home]] and set in course a series of events that would see their beloved Taldryan rise again.
=== The Dark Crusades ===
The [[Dark Crusade]] dragged on for a long time, and Tarax was instrumental in helping [[Taldryan]] secure third place. During the Crusades Taldryan was able to regain the status of a Clan, and return to its former glory.

=== Fading Light ===
[[File:Revelation.jpg|thumb|75px|left|Revelation]][[Fading Light]], also known as the Dark Crusades: Crusade Harder, lasted for another year. Tarax was able to secure Ferran's sword ''[[Revelation]]'' for [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]], aid in his Clan's victory, and in the process lose his bionic arm. With the help of Taldryan's healers and the Force, Tarax's bionic arm regrew and regained its strength.

=== Great Jedi War XI & Death ===
At the climax of the [[Eleventh Great Jedi War|11th Great Jedi War]] Tarax attempted to use ''Revelation'' to put an end to the [[Muz Ashen|Mad Grand Master]] and end the Civil War, but his bloodlust was not enough to overcome the sheer power wielded by Ashen. Tarax's death was the catalyst for the Rite of Immortality, and the end of hostilities between Cotelin's and Ashen's forces.

He's dead, Jim.

== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic prosthetic that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Primarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|right|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|left|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diversity in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax built his first lightsaber upon reaching the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]], under his master [[Chi Long]]'s guidance. It was a simple silver, brushed metal hilt with a purple blade. This was Tarax's primary weapon throughout his stay at [[Clan Plagueis]] and the first few years at [[Clan Taldryan]]. Shortly after Tarax reached the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Prelate]], the [[Dark Brotherhood]] held the [[Independence_Games#Independence_Games_III_.282008.29|Third Independence Games]], a series of Brotherhood-wide events held away from [[Antei]], celebrating the [[Exodus]]. It was during the Independence Games that the [[Dinaari]] [[Aedile]]'s lightsaber suffered damage beyond repair, prompting Tarax to build himself a brand new one. After several days of hard work, concentration, and meditation Tarax successfully completed construction of his first fully custom lightsaber. The new lightsaber had an elegant dark chrome hilt mixed with red and bronze, while the focusing crystal was a coveted [[starwars:Krayt_dragon_pearl|Krayt dragon pearl]], giving the blade a powerful, eerily white glow.

Tarax would continue to use his custom lightsaber in many battles during the following years, relying on its pearl-white glow to cast a ghostly aura around him as he relentlessly massacres his opponents. It was after several such battles on [[Krayiss_Two_-_Team_Sexcopter|Krayiss II]] during the first phase of the [[Dark Crusade]] after [[Taldryan]] managed to secure the planet that Tarax found an ancient but perfectly preserved lightsaber hilt while scavenging the remains of the [[Krayiss_II#Ancient_Library-temple|ancient library-temple]]. Unlike his hilt used at the time, the scavenged hilt had a longer grip and a bladed pommel; it also featured two blades below the emitter, acting as guards for the hilt but in practice serving a much more nefarious and deadlier purpose. Given that Tarax's lightsaber used up until that point was beginning to shows signs of wear and tear, the war-mongering Primarch decided to build himself a new lightsaber using the newly found, ancient hilt; Tarax transferred the crystals from his old lightsaber into the new one, engraved the Taldryan symbol below the emitter so it was positioned perfectly between the two guards, and re-bound the leather grip. The Lightbringer had built himself a new lightsaber.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

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|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
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|after=[[Halcyon Taldrya]]
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|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
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|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

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Tarax Kor: He's dead, Jim.

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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|230px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth=3 BBY (age 41)
|death=38 ABY, Korriban
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]] {{C|former}}
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Primarch]] from [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

Tarax died in the final moments of the [[Eleventh Great Jedi War|11th Great Jedi War]], a casualty of bad writing by published authors.

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip, when Tarax's father had scheduled a last-minute meeting with a surprise buyer for the older Kor's collection of ancient Sith artifacts. Unknown to his father, the buyer was a Hapan noble with rumored but unproven ties to the Sith culture. Days passed by without a deal being agreed upon, and each night Malcolm came back to his shuttle more frustrated and complaining of every-increasing headaches. After a week of failed negotiations and increasing headaches, Malcom Kor suffered a sudden aneurism on his way to meet the buyer, dying instantaneously. The death of Tarax's father hit the young child though the Force like a hammer, inciting Tarax to violently lash out and send a scream through the Force, causing him to black out. Elsewhere, a hooded figure standing over Malcolm Kor's lifeless body looked towards the spaceport, its posture fully alert.

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|115px|left|Tarax as a child]][[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|115px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. Over the course of the following years DuMornek taught the young man plenty about the use of his powers, oftentimes pushing their abilities and Tarax's willingness to use them on others beyond what most civilized peoples would deem moral, even acceptable. It was during one of their many lessons together that the young man's set one of DuMornek's prisoners on fire, at which point the old Hapan dubbed his apprentice ''Eosphoros'', which was Old Tionese for "the Lightbringer."

==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Suddenly it all came to an end. Tarax, believing he had learned enough about his powers, demanded that DuMornek cease his strict oversight of the young man. Believing he could still control his protegé, DuMornek attempted to enthrall Tarax and break him to his will, but he had underestimated how powerful his apprentice was, and how much he had learned. Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. It was at this very moment when Tarax Eosphoros Kor realized the true potential of his powers, and with the only man being able to stop him now dead, he set off from Hapes to test himself and his boundaries.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable, pleasurable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
Tarax's return to Taldryan was not a pleasant one. He came back to the Clan he had loved so much to find it in a weakend, diminished form, stripped of its status and power by the foolish decisions of the Dark Council. During his absence Taldryan had suffered a series of humiliating defeats at the hands of its long-standing rivals, [[Clan Arcona]]. Adding insult to injury, Taldryan barely survived the effects of the [[Horizon Plague]] due to the [[Dark Council]]'s inability to plan a proper containment effort. Tarax knew that for Taldryan to survive, he'd have to go back and help rebuild it from the inside, to once again make it the top Clan within the Dark Brotherhood. The Taldrya joined his old comrades in the [[Old Folks' Home]] and set in course a series of events that would see their beloved Taldryan rise again.
=== The Dark Crusades ===
The [[Dark Crusade]] dragged on for a long time, and Tarax was instrumental in helping [[Taldryan]] secure third place. During the Crusades Taldryan was able to regain the status of a Clan, and return to its former glory.

=== Fading Light ===
[[Fading Light]], also known as the Dark Crusades: Crusade Harder, lasted for another year. Tarax was able to secure Ferran's sword ''Revelation'' for [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]], aid in his Clan's victory, and in the process lose his bionic arm. With the help of Taldryan's healers and the Force, Tarax's bionic arm regrew and regained its strength.

=== Great Jedi War XI & Death ===
At the climax of the [[Eleventh Great Jedi War|11th Great Jedi War]] Tarax attempted to use ''Revelation'' to put an end to the [[Muz Ashen|Mad Grand Master]] and end the Civil War, but his bloodlust was not enough to overcome the sheer power wielded by Ashen. Tarax's death was the catalyst for the Rite of Immortality, and the end of hostilities between Cotelin's and Ashen's forces.

He's dead, Jim.

== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic prosthetic that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Primarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|right|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|left|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diversity in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax built his first lightsaber upon reaching the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]], under his master [[Chi Long]]'s guidance. It was a simple silver, brushed metal hilt with a purple blade. This was Tarax's primary weapon throughout his stay at [[Clan Plagueis]] and the first few years at [[Clan Taldryan]]. Shortly after Tarax reached the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Prelate]], the [[Dark Brotherhood]] held the [[Independence_Games#Independence_Games_III_.282008.29|Third Independence Games]], a series of Brotherhood-wide events held away from [[Antei]], celebrating the [[Exodus]]. It was during the Independence Games that the [[Dinaari]] [[Aedile]]'s lightsaber suffered damage beyond repair, prompting Tarax to build himself a brand new one. After several days of hard work, concentration, and meditation Tarax successfully completed construction of his first fully custom lightsaber. The new lightsaber had an elegant dark chrome hilt mixed with red and bronze, while the focusing crystal was a coveted [[starwars:Krayt_dragon_pearl|Krayt dragon pearl]], giving the blade a powerful, eerily white glow.

Tarax would continue to use his custom lightsaber in many battles during the following years, relying on its pearl-white glow to cast a ghostly aura around him as he relentlessly massacres his opponents. It was after several such battles on [[Krayiss_Two_-_Team_Sexcopter|Krayiss II]] during the first phase of the [[Dark Crusade]] after [[Taldryan]] managed to secure the planet that Tarax found an ancient but perfectly preserved lightsaber hilt while scavenging the remains of the [[Krayiss_II#Ancient_Library-temple|ancient library-temple]]. Unlike his hilt used at the time, the scavenged hilt had a longer grip and a bladed pommel; it also featured two blades below the emitter, acting as guards for the hilt but in practice serving a much more nefarious and deadlier purpose. Given that Tarax's lightsaber used up until that point was beginning to shows signs of wear and tear, the war-mongering Primarch decided to build himself a new lightsaber using the newly found, ancient hilt; Tarax transferred the crystals from his old lightsaber into the new one, engraved the Taldryan symbol below the emitter so it was positioned perfectly between the two guards, and re-bound the leather grip. The Lightbringer had built himself a new lightsaber.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

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|years=31 ABY
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|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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Antei Combat Center

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Tarax Kor: This article is still a WIP, and was tagged as such by the Wiki staff. Removing staff's WIP tags is a no-no.

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|image=[[File:ACCLogoNew001.jpg|250px]]
|founder=TBD
|leader=[[Combat Master]]
|members=
|headquarters=[[Antei]] - TBD
|locations=TBD
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The [[Antei Combat Centre]] (ACC) houses the unique fiction-based dueling system of the [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood]]. Administered by the [[Combat Master]] and the [[Voice]], the [[ACC]] is one of the [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood]]'s primary platforms for competitive, fiction-based activity.

''The [[Antei Combat Centre]] is currently in '''beta''', where it is open to membership testing. To get started in the Centre, see the [[ACC Guide]].''

== History ==
{{Main|[[History of the Antei Combat Centre]]}}

Summary of the ACC history reflected by "real" events.

== Rules of the Centre ==
{{Main|[[ACC Guide]]}}

The ACC Guide contains all important information for getting started and participating in the [[ACC]].

== Judge Stuff ==
{{Main|Judge's Guide page}}

Overview of Judge position. What it entails, how it works.

== Halls ==
What Halls are in use, what they're used for, any specific rules for said Halls.

== ACC Staff ==
{{Main|[[Combat Master]]}}

* [[Telaris "Mav" Cantor]]
** [[Aidan Kincaid]]
** [[Marick Arconae]]
** [[Halcyon Taldrya]]
** [[Methyas Pepoi L'eonheart]]
** [[Ernordeth Puer-Irae]]
** [[Alaris Jinn]]

== External Links ==
* In Beta

[[Category:DJB Info]]
[[Category:Antei Combat Centre]]

Fading Light

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| prev = [[Dark Crusades]]
| next = TBD
| name = [[Fading Light]]
| image = [[File:Sith Worlds.png|250px]]
| conflict = [[Vendetta]]
| begin= [[36 ABY]], [[Dark Crusade - Prologue|Capture of ''Avenger II'']]
| end = [[38 ABY]], Battle of Korriban?
| place= [[starwars:Stygian Caldera|Stygian Caldera]]
| outcome =
* Retrieval of the [[Sword of Ferran]]
* Etc
| battles =
* Bosthirda
* Etc
| side1 = * [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood]]
| side2 = * [[starwars:One Sith|One Sith]]
| commanders1 =
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* [[Raken]]
* [[Darth Pravus]]
* etc
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* Esoteric
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Summary of conflict.

== Introduction ==
Continuation of Dark Crusade storyline or something.

=== Phase I ===
==== Plot ====

==== Results ====

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|years = [[30 ABY to 39 ABY|37 - 38 ABY]]
|after=[[Eleventh Great Jedi War]]
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Fading Light

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Tarax Kor: /* Results */

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| next = TBD
| name = [[Fading Light]]
| image = [[File:Sith Worlds.png|250px]]
| conflict = [[Vendetta]]
| begin= [[36 ABY]], [[Dark Crusade - Prologue|Capture of ''Avenger II'']]
| end = [[38 ABY]], Battle of Korriban?
| place= [[starwars:Stygian Caldera|Stygian Caldera]]
| outcome =
* Retrieval of the [[Sword of Ferran]]
* Etc
| battles =
* Bosthirda
* Etc
| side1 = * [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood]]
| side2 = * [[starwars:One Sith|One Sith]]
| commanders1 =
* [[Muz Ashen]]
* [[Raken]]
* [[Darth Pravus]]
* etc
| commanders2 =
* Darth Krayt
* Esoteric
* Etc
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==== Plot ====

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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

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Tarax Kor:

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|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|230px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]] {{C|former}}
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
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{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Primarch]] from [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip, when Tarax's father had scheduled a last-minute meeting with a surprise buyer for the older Kor's collection of ancient Sith artifacts. Unknown to his father, the buyer was a Hapan noble with rumored but unproven ties to the Sith culture. Days passed by without a deal being agreed upon, and each night Malcolm came back to his shuttle more frustrated and complaining of every-increasing headaches. After a week of failed negotiations and increasing headaches, Malcom Kor suffered a sudden aneurism on his way to meet the buyer, dying instantaneously. The death of Tarax's father hit the young child though the Force like a hammer, inciting Tarax to violently lash out and send a scream through the Force, causing him to black out. Elsewhere, a hooded figure standing over Malcolm Kor's lifeless body looked towards the spaceport, its posture fully alert.

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|115px|left|Tarax as a child]][[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|115px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. Over the course of the following years DuMornek taught the young man plenty about the use of his powers, oftentimes pushing their abilities and Tarax's willingness to use them on others beyond what most civilized peoples would deem moral, even acceptable. It was during one of their many lessons together that the young man's set one of DuMornek's prisoners on fire, at which point the old Hapan dubbed his apprentice ''Eosphoros'', which was Old Tionese for "the Lightbringer."

==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Suddenly it all came to an end. Tarax, believing he had learned enough about his powers, demanded that DuMornek cease his strict oversight of the young man. Believing he could still control his protegé, DuMornek attempted to enthrall Tarax and break him to his will, but he had underestimated how powerful his apprentice was, and how much he had learned. Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. It was at this very moment when Tarax Eosphoros Kor realized the true potential of his powers, and with the only man being able to stop him now dead, he set off from Hapes to test himself and his boundaries.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable, pleasurable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
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Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
Tarax's return to Taldryan was not a pleasant one. He came back to the Clan he had loved so much to find it in a weakend, diminished form, stripped of its status and power by the foolish decisions of the Dark Council. During his absence Taldryan had suffered a series of humiliating defeats at the hands of its long-standing rivals, [[Clan Arcona]]. Adding insult to injury, Taldryan barely survived the effects of the [[Horizon Plague]] due to the [[Dark Council]]'s inability to plan a proper containment effort. Tarax knew that for Taldryan to survive, he'd have to go back and help rebuild it from the inside, to once again make it the top Clan within the Dark Brotherhood. The Taldrya joined his old comrades in the [[Old Folks' Home]] and set in course a series of events that would see their beloved Taldryan rise again.
==== The Dark Crusades ====

===== The Avenger =====

===== Krayiss II =====

===== Rhelg =====

===== Ch'hodos =====

===== Ashas Ree =====

===== Dromund Kaas =====

===== Jaguada =====

== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic prosthetic that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|right|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|left|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax built his first lightsaber upon reaching the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]], under his master [[Chi Long]]'s guidance. It was a simple silver, brushed metal hilt with a purple blade. This was Tarax's primary weapon throughout his stay at [[Clan Plagueis]] and the first few years at [[Clan Taldryan]]. Shortly after Tarax reached the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Prelate]], the [[Dark Brotherhood]] held the [[Independence_Games#Independence_Games_III_.282008.29|Third Independence Games]], a series of Brotherhood-wide events held away from [[Antei]], celebrating the [[Exodus]]. It was during the Independence Games that the [[Dinaari]] [[Aedile]]'s lightsaber suffered damage beyond repair, prompting Tarax to build himself a brand new one. After several days of hard work, concentration, and meditation Tarax successfully completed construction of his first fully custom lightsaber. The new lightsaber had an elegant dark chrome hilt mixed with red and bronze, while the focusing crystal was a coveted [[starwars:Krayt_dragon_pearl|Krayt dragon pearl]], giving the blade a powerful, eerily white glow.

Tarax would continue to use his custom lightsaber in many battles during the following years, relying on its pearl-white glow to cast a ghostly aura around him as he relentlessly massacres his opponents. It was after several such battles on [[Krayiss_Two_-_Team_Sexcopter|Krayiss II]] during the first phase of the [[Dark Crusade]] after [[Taldryan]] managed to secure the planet that Tarax found an ancient but perfectly preserved lightsaber hilt while scavenging the remains of the [[Krayiss_II#Ancient_Library-temple|ancient library-temple]]. Unlike his hilt used at the time, the scavenged hilt had a longer grip and a bladed pommel; it also featured two blades below the emitter, acting as guards for the hilt but in practice serving a much more nefarious and deadlier purpose. Given that Tarax's lightsaber used up until that point was beginning to shows signs of wear and tear, the war-mongering Exarch decided to build himself a new lightsaber using the newly found, ancient hilt; Tarax transferred the crystals from his old lightsaber into the new one, engraved the Taldryan symbol below the emitter so it was positioned perfectly between the two guards, and re-bound the leather grip. The Lightbringer had built himself a new lightsaber.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

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Nergil Chase

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[[Nergil Chase]] was a borderline-psychotic madman who loved killing prostitutes and believed himself to be an all-powerful wizard... despite frequently being told he wields [[starwars:the Force|the Force]]. Nergil is from a backwoods planet and has strange ideas and views, most of which form the basis of his crazy antics.

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he was born 100 years ago or whatever. Was a badass "wizard" who fell to the dark side trying to impress his fiancée's father. Then he was in stasis for a long time. Awakened a few years back and joined a circus where he performed his "magic". Went on a prostitute killing spree and became hunted by the NJO across nine systems. DB picked the dumbass up and threw him into Tal

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* [http://nerf-this.com/ Nerf This]

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Nergil Chase

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[[Nergil Chase]] was a borderline-psychotic madman who loved killing prostitutes and believed himself to be an all-powerful wizard... despite frequently being told he wields [[starwars:the Force|the Force]]. Nergil is from a backwoods planet and has strange ideas and views, most of which form the basis of his crazy antics.

=== Biography ===
he was born 100 years ago or whatever. Was a badass "wizard" who fell to the dark side trying to impress his fiancée's father. Then he was in stasis for a long time. Awakened a few years back and joined a circus where he performed his "magic". Went on a prostitute killing spree and became hunted by the NJO across nine systems. DB picked the dumbass up and threw him into Tal

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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

2014-03-05T05:52:37Z

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{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Primarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip, when Tarax's father had scheduled a last-minute meeting with a surprise buyer for the older Kor's collection of ancient Sith artifacts. Unknown to his father, the buyer was a Hapan noble with rumored but unproven ties to the Sith culture. Days passed by without a deal being agreed upon, and each night Malcolm came back to his shuttle more frustrated and complaining of every-increasing headaches. After a week of failed negotiations and increasing headaches, Malcom Kor suffered a sudden aneurism on his way to meet the buyer, dying instantaneously. The death of Tarax's father hit the young child though the Force like a hammer, inciting Tarax to violently lash out and send a scream through the Force, causing him to black out. Elsewhere, a hooded figure standing over Malcolm Kor's lifeless body looked towards the spaceport, its posture fully alert.

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|115px|left|Tarax as a child]][[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|115px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. Over the course of the following years DuMornek taught the young man plenty about the use of his powers, oftentimes pushing their abilities and Tarax's willingness to use them on others beyond what most civilized peoples would deem moral, even acceptable. It was during one of their many lessons together that the young man's set one of DuMornek's prisoners on fire, at which point the old Hapan dubbed his apprentice ''Eosphoros'', which was Old Tionese for "the Lightbringer."

==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Suddenly it all came to an end. Tarax, believing he had learned enough about his powers, demanded that DuMornek cease his strict oversight of the young man. Believing he could still control his protegé, DuMornek attempted to enthrall Tarax and break him to his will, but he had underestimated how powerful his apprentice was, and how much he had learned. Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. It was at this very moment when Tarax Eosphoros Kor realized the true potential of his powers, and with the only man being able to stop him now dead, he set off from Hapes to test himself and his boundaries.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable, pleasurable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
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Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
Tarax's return to Taldryan was not a pleasant one. He came back to the Clan he had loved so much to find it in a weakend, diminished form, stripped of its status and power by the foolish decisions of the Dark Council. During his absence Taldryan had suffered a series of humiliating defeats at the hands of its long-standing rivals, [[Clan Arcona]]. Adding insult to injury, Taldryan barely survived the effects of the [[Horizon Plague]] due to the [[Dark Council]]'s inability to plan a proper containment effort. Tarax knew that for Taldryan to survive, he'd have to go back and help rebuild it from the inside, to once again make it the top Clan within the Dark Brotherhood. The Taldrya joined his old comrades in the [[Old Folks' Home]] and set in course a series of events that would see their beloved Taldryan rise again.
==== The Dark Crusades ====

===== The Avenger =====

===== Krayiss II =====

===== Rhelg =====

===== Ch'hodos =====

===== Ashas Ree =====

===== Dromund Kaas =====

===== Jaguada =====

== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic prosthetic that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|right|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|left|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax built his first lightsaber upon reaching the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]], under his master [[Chi Long]]'s guidance. It was a simple silver, brushed metal hilt with a purple blade. This was Tarax's primary weapon throughout his stay at [[Clan Plagueis]] and the first few years at [[Clan Taldryan]]. Shortly after Tarax reached the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Prelate]], the [[Dark Brotherhood]] held the [[Independence_Games#Independence_Games_III_.282008.29|Third Independence Games]], a series of Brotherhood-wide events held away from [[Antei]], celebrating the [[Exodus]]. It was during the Independence Games that the [[Dinaari]] [[Aedile]]'s lightsaber suffered damage beyond repair, prompting Tarax to build himself a brand new one. After several days of hard work, concentration, and meditation Tarax successfully completed construction of his first fully custom lightsaber. The new lightsaber had an elegant dark chrome hilt mixed with red and bronze, while the focusing crystal was a coveted [[starwars:Krayt_dragon_pearl|Krayt dragon pearl]], giving the blade a powerful, eerily white glow.

Tarax would continue to use his custom lightsaber in many battles during the following years, relying on its pearl-white glow to cast a ghostly aura around him as he relentlessly massacres his opponents. It was after several such battles on [[Krayiss_Two_-_Team_Sexcopter|Krayiss II]] during the first phase of the [[Dark Crusade]] after [[Taldryan]] managed to secure the planet that Tarax found an ancient but perfectly preserved lightsaber hilt while scavenging the remains of the [[Krayiss_II#Ancient_Library-temple|ancient library-temple]]. Unlike his hilt used at the time, the scavenged hilt had a longer grip and a bladed pommel; it also featured two blades below the emitter, acting as guards for the hilt but in practice serving a much more nefarious and deadlier purpose. Given that Tarax's lightsaber used up until that point was beginning to shows signs of wear and tear, the war-mongering Exarch decided to build himself a new lightsaber using the newly found, ancient hilt; Tarax transferred the crystals from his old lightsaber into the new one, engraved the Taldryan symbol below the emitter so it was positioned perfectly between the two guards, and re-bound the leather grip. The Lightbringer had built himself a new lightsaber.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

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|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
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|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=[[Halcyon Taldrya]]
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

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Tarax Kor:

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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|230px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]] {{C|former}}
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Primarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip, when Tarax's father had scheduled a last-minute meeting with a surprise buyer for the older Kor's collection of ancient Sith artifacts. Unknown to his father, the buyer was a Hapan noble with rumored but unproven ties to the Sith culture. Days passed by without a deal being agreed upon, and each night Malcolm came back to his shuttle more frustrated and complaining of every-increasing headaches. After a week of failed negotiations and increasing headaches, Malcom Kor suffered a sudden aneurism on his way to meet the buyer, dying instantaneously. The death of Tarax's father hit the young child though the Force like a hammer, inciting Tarax to violently lash out and send a scream through the Force, causing him to black out. Elsewhere, a hooded figure standing over Malcolm Kor's lifeless body looked towards the spaceport, its posture fully alert.

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|115px|left|Tarax as a child]][[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|115px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. Over the course of the following years DuMornek taught the young man plenty about the use of his powers, oftentimes pushing their abilities and Tarax's willingness to use them on others beyond what most civilized peoples would deem moral, even acceptable. It was during one of their many lessons together that the young man's set one of DuMornek's prisoners on fire, at which point the old Hapan dubbed his apprentice ''Eosphoros'', which was Old Tionese for "the Lightbringer."

==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Suddenly it all came to an end. Tarax, believing he had learned enough about his powers, demanded that DuMornek cease his strict oversight of the young man. Believing he could still control his protegé, DuMornek attempted to enthrall Tarax and break him to his will, but he had underestimated how powerful his apprentice was, and how much he had learned. Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. It was at this very moment when Tarax Eosphoros Kor realized the true potential of his powers, and with the only man being able to stop him now dead, he set off from Hapes to test himself and his boundaries.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable, pleasurable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
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Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
Tarax's return to Taldryan was not a pleasant one. He came back to the Clan he had loved so much to find it in a weakend, diminished form, stripped of its status and power by the foolish decisions of the Dark Council. During his absence Taldryan had suffered a series of humiliating defeats at the hands of its long-standing rivals, [[Clan Arcona]]. Adding insult to injury, Taldryan barely survived the effects of the [[Horizon Plague]] due to the [[Dark Council]]'s inability to plan a proper containment effort. Tarax knew that for Taldryan to survive, he'd have to go back and help rebuild it from the inside, to once again make it the top Clan within the Dark Brotherhood. The Taldrya joined his old comrades in the [[Old Folks' Home]] and set in course a series of events that would see their beloved Taldryan rise again.
==== The Dark Crusades ====

===== The Avenger =====

===== Krayiss II =====

===== Rhelg =====

===== Ch'hodos =====

===== Ashas Ree =====

===== Dromund Kaas =====

===== Jaguada =====

== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|right|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|left|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax built his first lightsaber upon reaching the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]], under his master [[Chi Long]]'s guidance. It was a simple silver, brushed metal hilt with a purple blade. This was Tarax's primary weapon throughout his stay at [[Clan Plagueis]] and the first few years at [[Clan Taldryan]]. Shortly after Tarax reached the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Prelate]], the [[Dark Brotherhood]] held the [[Independence_Games#Independence_Games_III_.282008.29|Third Independence Games]], a series of Brotherhood-wide events held away from [[Antei]], celebrating the [[Exodus]]. It was during the Independence Games that the [[Dinaari]] [[Aedile]]'s lightsaber suffered damage beyond repair, prompting Tarax to build himself a brand new one. After several days of hard work, concentration, and meditation Tarax successfully completed construction of his first fully custom lightsaber. The new lightsaber had an elegant dark chrome hilt mixed with red and bronze, while the focusing crystal was a coveted [[starwars:Krayt_dragon_pearl|Krayt dragon pearl]], giving the blade a powerful, eerily white glow.

Tarax would continue to use his custom lightsaber in many battles during the following years, relying on its pearl-white glow to cast a ghostly aura around him as he relentlessly massacres his opponents. It was after several such battles on [[Krayiss_Two_-_Team_Sexcopter|Krayiss II]] during the first phase of the [[Dark Crusade]] after [[Taldryan]] managed to secure the planet that Tarax found an ancient but perfectly preserved lightsaber hilt while scavenging the remains of the [[Krayiss_II#Ancient_Library-temple|ancient library-temple]]. Unlike his hilt used at the time, the scavenged hilt had a longer grip and a bladed pommel; it also featured two blades below the emitter, acting as guards for the hilt but in practice serving a much more nefarious and deadlier purpose. Given that Tarax's lightsaber used up until that point was beginning to shows signs of wear and tear, the war-mongering Exarch decided to build himself a new lightsaber using the newly found, ancient hilt; Tarax transferred the crystals from his old lightsaber into the new one, engraved the Taldryan symbol below the emitter so it was positioned perfectly between the two guards, and re-bound the leather grip. The Lightbringer had built himself a new lightsaber.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

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|after=Kuddam Wrath
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|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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[[File:Atty_Headshot-small.jpg|thumb|left|150px]] '''Nominated by:''' -[[User:Selika|Selika]] 08:48, 8 November 2013 (MST)
* '''Object''' - Story is great, well-written and defined. Problems are with formatting and featured article rules. Too few images, walls of text everywhere. Linking looks good. There are several TBA areas in the page, which implies the page is incomplete. Also, the lead in is not succinct, but very chatty. Other featured articles may be looked at for examples. Lastly, out of character stuff should really be on one's userpage, not their character's article page, no matter how useful it is for others. All in all, a very fine piece of literature, just needs a boost in presentation. Keep up the great work! -[[User:Archangel|Archangel]] 21:46, 11 November 2013 (MST)
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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

2013-12-28T23:28:23Z

Tarax Kor: almost there!

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|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|230px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
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{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Primarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip, when Tarax's father had scheduled a last-minute meeting with a surprise buyer for the older Kor's collection of ancient Sith artifacts. Unknown to his father, the buyer was a Hapan noble with rumored but unproven ties to the Sith culture. Days passed by without a deal being agreed upon, and each night Malcolm came back to his shuttle more frustrated and complaining of every-increasing headaches. After a week of failed negotiations and increasing headaches, Malcom Kor suffered a sudden aneurism on his way to meet the buyer, dying instantaneously. The death of Tarax's father hit the young child though the Force like a hammer, inciting Tarax to violently lash out and send a scream through the Force, causing him to black out. Elsewhere, a hooded figure standing over Malcolm Kor's lifeless body looked towards the spaceport, its posture fully alert.

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|115px|left|Tarax as a child]][[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|115px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. Over the course of the following years DuMornek taught the young man plenty about the use of his powers, oftentimes pushing their abilities and Tarax's willingness to use them on others beyond what most civilized peoples would deem moral, even acceptable. It was during one of their many lessons together that the young man's set one of DuMornek's prisoners on fire, at which point the old Hapan dubbed his apprentice ''Eosphoros'', which was Old Tionese for "the Lightbringer."

==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Suddenly it all came to an end. Tarax, believing he had learned enough about his powers, demanded that DuMornek cease his strict oversight of the young man. Believing he could still control his protegé, DuMornek attempted to enthrall Tarax and break him to his will, but he had underestimated how powerful his apprentice was, and how much he had learned. Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. It was at this very moment when Tarax Eosphoros Kor realized the true potential of his powers, and with the only man being able to stop him now dead, he set off from Hapes to test himself and his boundaries.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable, pleasurable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
Tarax's return to Taldryan was not a pleasant one. He came back to the Clan he had loved so much to find it in a weakend, diminished form, stripped of its status and power by the foolish decisions of the Dark Council. During his absence Taldryan had suffered a series of humiliating defeats at the hands of its long-standing rivals, [[Clan Arcona]]. Adding insult to injury, Taldryan barely survived the effects of the [[Horizon Plague]] due to the [[Dark Council]]'s inability to plan a proper containment effort. Tarax knew that for Taldryan to survive, he'd have to go back and help rebuild it from the inside, to once again make it the top Clan within the Dark Brotherhood. The Taldrya joined his old comrades in the [[Old Folks' Home]] and set in course a series of events that would see their beloved Taldryan rise again.
==== The Dark Crusades ====

===== The Avenger =====

===== Krayiss II =====

===== Rhelg =====

===== Ch'hodos =====

===== Ashas Ree =====

===== Dromund Kaas =====

===== Jaguada =====

== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|right|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|left|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax built his first lightsaber upon reaching the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]], under his master [[Chi Long]]'s guidance. It was a simple silver, brushed metal hilt with a purple blade. This was Tarax's primary weapon throughout his stay at [[Clan Plagueis]] and the first few years at [[Clan Taldryan]]. Shortly after Tarax reached the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Prelate]], the [[Dark Brotherhood]] held the [[Independence_Games#Independence_Games_III_.282008.29|Third Independence Games]], a series of Brotherhood-wide events held away from [[Antei]], celebrating the [[Exodus]]. It was during the Independence Games that the [[Dinaari]] [[Aedile]]'s lightsaber suffered damage beyond repair, prompting Tarax to build himself a brand new one. After several days of hard work, concentration, and meditation Tarax successfully completed construction of his first fully custom lightsaber. The new lightsaber had an elegant dark chrome hilt mixed with red and bronze, while the focusing crystal was a coveted [[starwars:Krayt_dragon_pearl|Krayt dragon pearl]], giving the blade a powerful, eerily white glow.

Tarax would continue to use his custom lightsaber in many battles during the following years, relying on its pearl-white glow to cast a ghostly aura around him as he relentlessly massacres his opponents. It was after several such battles on [[Krayiss_Two_-_Team_Sexcopter|Krayiss II]] during the first phase of the [[Dark Crusade]] after [[Taldryan]] managed to secure the planet that Tarax found an ancient but perfectly preserved lightsaber hilt while scavenging the remains of the [[Krayiss_II#Ancient_Library-temple|ancient library-temple]]. Unlike his hilt used at the time, the scavenged hilt had a longer grip and a bladed pommel; it also featured two blades below the emitter, acting as guards for the hilt but in practice serving a much more nefarious and deadlier purpose. Given that Tarax's lightsaber used up until that point was beginning to shows signs of wear and tear, the war-mongering Exarch decided to build himself a new lightsaber using the newly found, ancient hilt; Tarax transferred the crystals from his old lightsaber into the new one, engraved the Taldryan symbol below the emitter so it was positioned perfectly between the two guards, and re-bound the leather grip. The Lightbringer had built himself a new lightsaber.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

{{Positions}}
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
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|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=[[Halcyon Taldrya]]
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
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|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
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[[Category:DJB Characters]] [[Category:Sons of Taldryan]] [[Category:Obelisk]]

Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

2013-09-02T01:59:11Z

Tarax Kor: /* The Return */

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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|230px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Primarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip, when Tarax's father had scheduled a last-minute meeting with a surprise buyer for the older Kor's collection of ancient Sith artifacts. Unknown to his father, the buyer was a Hapan noble with rumored but unproven ties to the Sith culture. Days passed by without a deal being agreed upon, and each night Malcolm came back to his shuttle more frustrated and complaining of every-increasing headaches. After a week of failed negotiations and increasing headaches, Malcom Kor suffered a sudden aneurism on his way to meet the buyer, dying instantaneously. The death of Tarax's father hit the young child though the Force like a hammer, inciting Tarax to violently lash out and send a scream through the Force, causing him to black out. Elsewhere, a hooded figure standing over Malcolm Kor's lifeless body looked towards the spaceport, its posture fully alert.

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|115px|left|Tarax as a child]][[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|115px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. Over the course of the following years DuMornek taught the young man plenty about the use of his powers, oftentimes pushing their abilities and Tarax's willingness to use them on others beyond what most civilized peoples would deem moral, even acceptable. It was during one of their many lessons together that the young man's set one of DuMornek's prisoners on fire, at which point the old Hapan dubbed his apprentice ''Eosphoros'', which was Old Tionese for "the Lightbringer."

==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Suddenly it all came to an end. Tarax, believing he had learned enough about his powers, demanded that DuMornek cease his strict oversight of the young man. Believing he could still control his protegé, DuMornek attempted to enthrall Tarax and break him to his will, but he had underestimated how powerful his apprentice was, and how much he had learned. Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. It was at this very moment when Tarax Eosphoros Kor realized the true potential of his powers, and with the only man being able to stop him now dead, he set off from Hapes to test himself and his boundaries.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable, pleasurable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
Tarax's return to Taldryan was not a pleasant one. He came back to the Clan he had loved so much to find it in a weakend, diminished form, stripped of its status and power by the foolish decisions of the Dark Council. During his absence Taldryan had suffered a series of humiliating defeats at the hands of its long-standing rivals, [[Clan Arcona]]. Adding insult to injury, Taldryan barely survived the effects of the [[Horizon Plague]] due to the [[Dark Council]]'s inability to plan a proper containment effort. Tarax knew that for Taldryan to survive, he'd have to go back and help rebuild it from the inside, to once again make it the top Clan within the Dark Brotherhood. The Taldrya joined his old comrades in the [[Old Folks' Home]] and set in course a series of events that would see their beloved Taldryan rise again.
==== The Dark Crusades ====
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|right|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|left|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax built his first lightsaber upon reaching the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]], under his master [[Chi Long]]'s guidance. It was a simple silver, brushed metal hilt with a purple blade. This was Tarax's primary weapon throughout his stay at [[Clan Plagueis]] and the first few years at [[Clan Taldryan]]. Shortly after Tarax reached the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Prelate]], the [[Dark Brotherhood]] held the [[Independence_Games#Independence_Games_III_.282008.29|Third Independence Games]], a series of Brotherhood-wide events held away from [[Antei]], celebrating the [[Exodus]]. It was during the Independence Games that the [[Dinaari]] [[Aedile]]'s lightsaber suffered damage beyond repair, prompting Tarax to build himself a brand new one. After several days of hard work, concentration, and meditation Tarax successfully completed construction of his first fully custom lightsaber. The new lightsaber had an elegant dark chrome hilt mixed with red and bronze, while the focusing crystal was a coveted [[starwars:Krayt_dragon_pearl|Krayt dragon pearl]], giving the blade a powerful, eerily white glow.

Tarax would continue to use his custom lightsaber in many battles during the following years, relying on its pearl-white glow to cast a ghostly aura around him as he relentlessly massacres his opponents. It was after several such battles on [[Krayiss_Two_-_Team_Sexcopter|Krayiss II]] during the first phase of the [[Dark Crusade]] after [[Taldryan]] managed to secure the planet that Tarax found an ancient but perfectly preserved lightsaber hilt while scavenging the remains of the [[Krayiss_II#Ancient_Library-temple|ancient library-temple]]. Unlike his hilt used at the time, the scavenged hilt had a longer grip and a bladed pommel; it also featured two blades below the emitter, acting as guards for the hilt but in practice serving a much more nefarious and deadlier purpose. Given that Tarax's lightsaber used up until that point was beginning to shows signs of wear and tear, the war-mongering Exarch decided to build himself a new lightsaber using the newly found, ancient hilt; Tarax transferred the crystals from his old lightsaber into the new one, engraved the Taldryan symbol below the emitter so it was positioned perfectly between the two guards, and re-bound the leather grip. The Lightbringer had built himself a new lightsaber.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

{{Positions}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=[[Halcyon Taldrya]]
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
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[[Category:DJB Characters]] [[Category:Sons of Taldryan]] [[Category:Obelisk]]

Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

2013-09-02T01:51:42Z

Tarax Kor: Ze update, ja?

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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|230px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Primarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip, when Tarax's father had scheduled a last-minute meeting with a surprise buyer for the older Kor's collection of ancient Sith artifacts. Unknown to his father, the buyer was a Hapan noble with rumored but unproven ties to the Sith culture. Days passed by without a deal being agreed upon, and each night Malcolm came back to his shuttle more frustrated and complaining of every-increasing headaches. After a week of failed negotiations and increasing headaches, Malcom Kor suffered a sudden aneurism on his way to meet the buyer, dying instantaneously. The death of Tarax's father hit the young child though the Force like a hammer, inciting Tarax to violently lash out and send a scream through the Force, causing him to black out. Elsewhere, a hooded figure standing over Malcolm Kor's lifeless body looked towards the spaceport, its posture fully alert.

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|115px|left|Tarax as a child]][[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|115px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. Over the course of the following years DuMornek taught the young man plenty about the use of his powers, oftentimes pushing their abilities and Tarax's willingness to use them on others beyond what most civilized peoples would deem moral, even acceptable. It was during one of their many lessons together that the young man's set one of DuMornek's prisoners on fire, at which point the old Hapan dubbed his apprentice ''Eosphoros'', which was Old Tionese for "the Lightbringer."

==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Suddenly it all came to an end. Tarax, believing he had learned enough about his powers, demanded that DuMornek cease his strict oversight of the young man. Believing he could still control his protegé, DuMornek attempted to enthrall Tarax and break him to his will, but he had underestimated how powerful his apprentice was, and how much he had learned. Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. It was at this very moment when Tarax Eosphoros Kor realized the true potential of his powers, and with the only man being able to stop him now dead, he set off from Hapes to test himself and his boundaries.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable, pleasurable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
Tarax's return to Taldryan was not a pleasant one. He came back to the Clan he had loved so much to find it in a weakend, diminished form, stripped of its status and power by the foolish decisions of the Dark Council. During his absence Taldryan had suffered a series of humiliating defeats at the hands of its long-standing rivals, [[Clan Arcona]]. Adding insult to injury, Taldryan barely surviced the effects of the [[Horizon Plague]] due to the [[Dark Council]]'s inability to plan a proper containment effort. Tarax knew that for Taldryan to survive, he'd have to go back and help rebuild it from the inside, to once again make it the top Clan within the Dark Brotherhood. The Taldrya joined his old comrades in the [[Old Folks' Home]] and set in course a series of events that would see their beloved Taldryan rise again.
==== The Dark Crusades ====
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|right|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|left|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax built his first lightsaber upon reaching the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]], under his master [[Chi Long]]'s guidance. It was a simple silver, brushed metal hilt with a purple blade. This was Tarax's primary weapon throughout his stay at [[Clan Plagueis]] and the first few years at [[Clan Taldryan]]. Shortly after Tarax reached the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Prelate]], the [[Dark Brotherhood]] held the [[Independence_Games#Independence_Games_III_.282008.29|Third Independence Games]], a series of Brotherhood-wide events held away from [[Antei]], celebrating the [[Exodus]]. It was during the Independence Games that the [[Dinaari]] [[Aedile]]'s lightsaber suffered damage beyond repair, prompting Tarax to build himself a brand new one. After several days of hard work, concentration, and meditation Tarax successfully completed construction of his first fully custom lightsaber. The new lightsaber had an elegant dark chrome hilt mixed with red and bronze, while the focusing crystal was a coveted [[starwars:Krayt_dragon_pearl|Krayt dragon pearl]], giving the blade a powerful, eerily white glow.

Tarax would continue to use his custom lightsaber in many battles during the following years, relying on its pearl-white glow to cast a ghostly aura around him as he relentlessly massacres his opponents. It was after several such battles on [[Krayiss_Two_-_Team_Sexcopter|Krayiss II]] during the first phase of the [[Dark Crusade]] after [[Taldryan]] managed to secure the planet that Tarax found an ancient but perfectly preserved lightsaber hilt while scavenging the remains of the [[Krayiss_II#Ancient_Library-temple|ancient library-temple]]. Unlike his hilt used at the time, the scavenged hilt had a longer grip and a bladed pommel; it also featured two blades below the emitter, acting as guards for the hilt but in practice serving a much more nefarious and deadlier purpose. Given that Tarax's lightsaber used up until that point was beginning to shows signs of wear and tear, the war-mongering Exarch decided to build himself a new lightsaber using the newly found, ancient hilt; Tarax transferred the crystals from his old lightsaber into the new one, engraved the Taldryan symbol below the emitter so it was positioned perfectly between the two guards, and re-bound the leather grip. The Lightbringer had built himself a new lightsaber.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

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Wuntila Arconae

2013-08-07T02:10:02Z

Tarax Kor: reflecting current situation.

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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:WunHeadshot.jpg|275px]]
|firstname=Wuntila
|lastname=''Arconae''
''The Dragon of Selen''
|homeworld=[[Starwars:Lok|Lok]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(ABY)|5}}
|species=[[Starwars:Human|Human]]-[[starwars:Theelin|Theelin]] Hybrid ([[Starwars:near-human|Near-Human]])
|gender=Male
|hair=Black
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.02m / 6ft 7.5in
|weight=118.6kg / 261lbs
|allies=*[[Darth Pravus]]
*[[Marick Arconae]]
*[[template:Arcona|Arcona Summit]]
*[[Arcona|Arconans]]
*[[Di Tenebrous Arconae|The Arconae]]
|form=*[[Juyo]] (main)
*[[Vaapad]] (secondary)
*[[Makashi]]
*[[Soresu]]
|fightingstyle=*[[Wampa Do]] (main)
*[[Kartranin]] (main)
*[[Wrruushi]] (main)
*[[K'tara]]
*[[Hapan]]
*[[Broken Gate]]
|position=[[Consul]] of [[Arcona|Clan Arcona]]
|era=[[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=* [[Arcona|Clan Arcona]]
* [[House Galeres]]
* [[House Qel-Droma]]
|dossier=[[dossier:8533|8533]]
}}

{{Quote|A past lost, innocence taken; a life marred, a soul forsaken.| - [[Tsainetomo Keibatsu]] on Wuntila Arconae.}}

'''Wuntila Arconae''' is currently an [[Obelisk Exarch]], [[Proconsul]] of [[Arcona|Clan Arcona]], and an esteemed member of the [[di Tenebrous Arconae]].

Wun is the epitome of stoicism. His direct and sometimes abrupt attitude has proved difficult in the past, yet his dedication to [[Arcona]] and his undeniable loyalty go a long way in establishing his ability as a strong, effective leader.

== History ==

=== From A Troubled Start… ===
Born into commerce in [[starwars:5 ABY|5 ABY]], Wuntila started life in the midst of engineering and industry. The son of '''Caleb Kelmari''', a [[starwars:Correllian|Correllian]] [[starwars:merchant|Merchant]] and '''Elspeth Zratis Kelmari''' a [[starwars:Theelin|Theelin]] Secretary-cum-Accountant for the family business, Wun was birthed in post-Imperial [[starwars:Lok|Lok]], the first son of Caleb and Elspeth. The family lived beside the Spaceport within the city – the only Spaceport on the planet – running the small Starship components outlet from the front of their barely habitable living quarters. His parents were great influences on the child as he developed; his father’s ingenuity and resilience in the face of adversity were well known throughout Nym’s Stronghold; his mother’s astounding beauty was perhaps just as well known and influential. As one of the few remaining pure-blood Theelin in the Outer-Rim territories, Elspeth was stooped in mystery and revered in awe. Wun was not much different as a child; through his very early years and into his third season, the little Kelmari was an outcast within the society, rejected by not only the residents of Nym’s Stronghold for his odd appearance, but by those who frequented his family’s store.

[[File:250px-Lok-space.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Wuntila's Home Planet]]
By the age of four, Wuntila began removing himself from the fore by leaving his mother’s side in the hub of the, now expanding, store and joining his father in the workyard beside. It was here that the child’s mechanical fascination began. He began to empathise with the monotony and unchanging rhythms of engineering and pestered his father relentlessly into allowing him the ability to watch, as Caleb deconstructed thrusters, tidied up power linkages, cleaned couplers, rewired circuits and adjusted atmospheric recycling units, among most other things. The young boy would sit next to his father with discarded tools and imitate his father and Caleb, realising his son’s interest, would encourage and teach him in the ways of engineering. When Wuntila reached the age of five, he had developed a keen sense of mechanical engineering, dismantling small power generators and then re-assembling them, all the while timing himself and adding to his extensive repertoire of mechanical knowledge.

By the age of six, Wuntila’s force affinity was apparent and growing. When enraged, angered or jealous, small rocks would quiver and the dust between his feet would swirl, but to the child this was normal, due to his very isolated and individual existence. He would retain face in front of his parents and others and vent these expressions of vexation out of sight, usually in the corner of the enclosed workyard.

The young Lokian had two siblings: a brother and a sister. He loathed them with a passion. It seemed as if their dominant genes had been that of their father’s; they were fair skinned and of a human stature, as opposed to Wuntila’s dominantly [[starwars:Theelin|Theelin]] appearance. He felt no obligation to them, as they felt no feelings toward him; he was an outcast within the family, segregating himself more and more from the business and focusing his effort on developing his engineering skill. It was the birth of his dark affinity.

=== …To A Plagued Childhood ===

[[File:WunMarick.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Wuntila ''Arconae'' and [[Marick Del'Abbot]] - ([[30_ABY_to_39_ABY#35_ABY|35 ABY]])]]

At the age of nine, due to his adept mechanical skill and his increasingly introverted mentality, he was conscripted into the [[starwars:Lok Revenant|Lok Revenant]]. This opportunity was not a hard one to come across for the budding mechanic as his father’s shop was frequented by members of the [[starwars:Pirate|Lokian pirate gangs]] and they often took a shine to the refined skill of the child who, by this point, had begun to take his work back into the shop front. His parents strongly disagreed with his ‘career’ choice, but it was his choice nonetheless; a small cut of his received [[starwars:Credits|credits]] would be sent back to his parents for his work, but he would be in transit for the majority of the time he was in the Revenant.

The child, unbeknownst to him, had entered into a life of hardship, poverty and one that very few individuals emerge from. The [[starwars:Lok Revenant|Lok Revenant]] was a hard instution to have been recruited into, but the child managed to hold his own as one of the very limited number of knowledgeable and capable mechanics in the [[starwars:Lok Revenant|Revenant]], and as such, his skills were held in high esteem over those of his, much older, peers. He began to make a name for himself and, by the age of thirteen, he was a valued member of the senior mechanics team, not for his particular seniority in the [[starwars:Lok Revenant|Revenant]], but as a direct result of his inherent mechanical skill and his ever-increasing repertoire of mechanical aptitude.

The mechanical operations officer within the [[starwars:Lok Revenant|Revenant]] was named Serge Lucia, a strongly influential individual within the Revenant, a keen ally of [[starwars:Nym|Nym’s]] council, and an esteemed individual in the realms of engineering. He acted as not only a role model, but also a point of communication and contact between the enlisted engineers and the officers of the [[starwars:Lok Revenant|Revenant]]. This position was of great interest to Wuntila; his inquisitive nature tended to dominate his actions and as an ever more noticeable individual within the Revenant, he started to believe he could attain such a position. Slowly and gradually, he began to disassociate himself with his previous life, not that he really saw much attachment to his family. The credits he sent home were withdrawn and he begun to refine his hard-edged mentality and personality further. He became emotionally detached, devoid of any outward emotion and entirely at the mercy of stoicism and logic.

=== Discovery ===
[[File:Com- Wuntila (3).jpg|thumb|200px|right|Wuntila, as an [[Obelisk Templar]] on his Homeworld of [[starwars:Lok|Lok]].]]
At sixteen, the boy became a man, not only in physicality, but in his ascension to the role as the right-hand to Serge Lucia. The power resonated within the Human-Theelin, he felt overwhelmed with influence and esteem. He craved more. Although he had disassociated himself with his family and his past, he began to do the same with the Revenant. He saw no real capacity for progression past a certain point in the realms of the Revenant, especially not cramped up in the hold of the assorted maintenance decks of the Revenant’s complement of starships. He was a lost, renegade soul, but one with a mission and a direction – raw, unspecified power. At the age of eighteen, happenstance granting, he finally found his path with an attack on an obscure [[starwars:Imperial Remnant|Imperial Flotilla]], his stationed vessel, a refurbished [[starwars:Warden-class light cruiser|'''''Warden'''''-Class Light Cruiser]] called the '''''Repressor''''', was the [[starwars:capital ship|Capital Ship]] of the assault and he was a member of the boarding party as a [[starwars:mechanic|mechanic]] and [[starwars:slicer|slicer]].

The Revenant underestimated the task force sizes; however, and through a simple mistake lost a number of men to the [[starwars:Imperial Remnant|Imperial Flotilla]] before retreating, Wuntila being one of them. Held in the detention cells, the Human-Theelin endured horror at the hands of the naval complement of the ship. Attempts at deconstructing his mental strength, undermining his indomitable will and reducing his tenacity to little more than an ember all failed miserably, it was a testament to his fortitude and to his lust for power and development – he was the embodiment of the dark side. At only sixteen, he was underdeveloped, yet he retained mettle seldom so strong. He sat silently in his cell for days, unspeaking and consumed by his thoughts. His power was lost in the cell, but his mental strength gave him an edge. Repeated barrages of mental and physical attack continued through his voyage as a passenger on the unnamed ship as it travelled into the obsidian.

The [[starwars:Imperial Remnant|Imperial Flotilla]] finally arrived at the Deneba Campus of the [[Shadow Academy]], and the disoriented and confused Human-Theelin was disembarked into the hands of the [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood|Brotherhood of Dark Jedi]]. It was his discovery and his first steps on the road to greatness. He just didn’t know it yet.

=== A Man in a Boy's World ===
The Deneba Campus of the [[Shadow Academy]] was a tough and gruelling experience for the young [[starwars:human|Human]]-[[Starwars:theelin|Theelin]]. His experience and his wisdom seldom helped in a world thrust upon him by his captors. He struggled at first, acting out of blind rage and instinct, but as the weeks fell into months, he slowly began to succumb to the whim of those he considered little more than [[starwars:Shaman|Shamans]]. His special talents were no more, as children, young enough to have been his own, toyed with their developed link to the ethereal. He was on his own as a child, he rarely socialised and refused to be part of the action, but now he was forced to exhibit his skills with what his captors called [[starwars:The force|The Force]]. He was a man in a boy's world, surrounded by apprentices, some half his age, but they were all training for one purpose. After a year, Wuntila had fully accepted his fate; he was a nomad, a celestial wanderer, and a hateful one at that. He had now found a home, a cause. Yet, he still found himself in a position of isolation. His very nature and the sheer number of years he had over his peers drove a wedge between him and the other candidates.

Wuntila's [[Starwars:The Force|Force]] connection was not nearly as strong as some of the other, considerably younger, members of the campus, so he spent his time honing his fighting ability. He progressed from swordsmanship to [[Starwars:Training Lightsaber|Training Lightsabers]] and slowly became more at peace with the blade. He bulked out through the sheer physical intensity of [[starwars:Lightsaber|Lightsaber]] training and spent hours researching [[Starwars:Lightsaber Combat|Lightsaber forms]] to further advance his skills. His peers had grown now and, at the age of twenty, some of his classmates had begun to shun him for his ineptitude with [[Starwars:The Force|The Force]] and his insular reservation. It had simmered for a while, deep within the bowels of his brain, but he was a fighter, he always had been. He saw it as an insecurity on their part and continued in his ways until his graduation from the Deneba campus of the [[Shadow Academy]].

He was shipped to [[Plagueis|Clan Plagueis]], his allocated [[Clan]], and began his tutelage under his [[Aedile]] [[Nasake Shinjin|Niman Vistuor]], [[Sunflash al'Tor]] and his master and [[Consul]] of [[Plagueis|Clan Plagueis]], [[Valerian Orzon]] in [[20 ABY to 29 ABY|27 ABY]].

[[File:ArconaSummitFull.jpg|thumb|350px|left|The Summit of [[Arcona]], [[30 ABY to 39 ABY|Circa 34 ABY.]] From left to right, [[Sashar Arconae|Sashar Erinos Arconae]], [[Battleteam Leaders|BTL]] of [[Soulfire Strike Team]]; [[Zandro Savric Erinos|Zandro Savric Erinos Arconae]], [[Quaestor]] of [[Arcona|House Arcona]]; [[Wuntila]], [[Aedile]] of [[Arcona|House Arcona]]; [[Marick Del'Abbot]], [[Battleteam Leaders|BTL]] of [[Oblivion Brigade]]; [[Timeros Caesus Entar Arconae|Timeros Caesus '''Entar''' Arconae]], [[Rollmaster]] of [[Arcona|House Arcona]].]]

=== A Plagueian Parable ===
Wuntila’s time in [[Plagueis|Clan Plagueis]] began slowly. He was inducted into [[House Satal Keto]] and sent to [[Morroth]] in the [[Jusadih System]]. The icy bitterness and the endless plains of tundra fuelled Wuntila’s passion and drove his intensity as he trained. The [[starwars:human|Human]]-[[Starwars:theelin|Theelin]] [[Starwars:hybrid|Hybrid]] ventured out into the frozen desert on a daily basis; his ritual based on the embrace of pain and its resourcefulness as a motivator. It was a ritual never broken and it was one Wuntila found helped him settle into his new home, if in part due to his lack of presence at [[Morroth#Alpha Base|Alpha Base]]. After a few months within the [[House]], Wuntila began forging new alliances. [[Kal di Plagia Vorrac|Kal Vorrac]] was one of these. As a recently promoted [[Guardian]], [[Kal di Plagia Vorrac|Kal]] seriously outranked the [[Acolyte]], but they began working in very close proximity to each other upon Wuntila’s decision to join [[Satal Victus|Battleteam Satal Victus]] in [[20 ABY to 29 ABY|27 ABY]].

This decision was primarily to further hone his piloting skills, however, he was pulled into the line of duty when an inspection on a [[Starwars:lancer-class frigate|'''''Lancer'''''-Class Frigate]] provided much more than expected. Not the warmest of companions, Wuntila was a cold, calculating but efficient partner to [[Kal di Plagia Vorrac|Kal]] in the sweep of the ship. After a short fire-fight with a small contingent of [[starwars:First Sun Mobile Regiment|First Sun Mobile Regiment]] who had seized and looted the ship, the team reassembled and [[Commander]] Vexer Thrace commended the two for their actions. [[Kal di Plagia Vorrac|Kal]] and Wuntila soon became acquaintances within [[Satal Victus]] and the [[starwars:human|Human]]-[[Starwars:theelin|Theelin]] finally settled into the [[Plagueis Prospectus|Plagueian lifestyle]].

[[Satal Victus|Victus]] soon came under the [[Commander|Command]] of [[Kal di Plagia Vorrac|Kal]] and Wuntila rose to become [[Flight Leader]] of the team, due to his developed proficiency for [[starwars:pilot|piloting]] and his skill with a [[starwars:starfighter|Starfighter]]. After the abdication of [[Kal di Plagia Vorrac|Kal]] from the position of [[Commander]], Vexer Thrace took the lead role and reformatted the team into a battle-hardened group of elites. During his [[Satal Victus#Redemption|second excursion]] as [[Flight Leader]] of the [[Battleteam]], under [[Commander]] Vexer Thrace, Wuntila was shot down with the rest of his team in the uncharted territory of the [[starwars:outer-rim territories|Outer-Rim Clusters]]. The [[starwars:Vurk|Vurk]] and [[Starwars:geonosian|Geonosian]] local tribes were hostile and captured the [[Satal Victus|Victus]] members on site, yet as weeks passed the team grew closer. That is, all for Wuntila. He had only a loyalty to [[Kal di Plagia Vorrac|Kal]], the rest, in his mind, were expendable. It was perhaps this mentality that gave the [[starwars:near-human|Near-Human]] an edge during combat, or in moral situations, but in this predicament, he was isolated and alone with his thoughts.

In [[20 ABY to 29 ABY|28 ABY]], when [[Satal Victus|Victus]] returned to [[Morroth]] after a harrowing rescue by [[Arcadian]], Wuntila was given the position of [[Commander]]. His recent promotion to [[Guardian]] and his duties to the team saw the distancing of him and his counterpart, [[Kal di Plagia Vorrac|Kal]], as he ascended to the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]] and performed the bulk of his duties for the [[House]] rather than the [[Battleteam]]. Nevertheless, Wuntila continued to function as an efficient and decorated [[Commander]] throughout his tenure, until his sabbatical in [[20 ABY to 29 ABY|29 ABY]].

=== The Sabbatical ===
Wuntila's sabbatical is one shrouded in mystery. From [[20 ABY to 29 ABY|29 ABY]] to [[30 ABY to 39 ABY|32 ABY]], the [[starwars:human|Human]]-[[Starwars:theelin|Theelin]] disappeared from view. He had travelled to understand [[starwars:the force|The Force]] and why it was he possessed the talents that enabled his fighting ability. It was an excursion off-world and into the unknown and, since his return, he has rarely spoken about it. It was a soul-searching and understanding trip, but the man came back scarred, feral and untamed. He became the Magnificent Blue Beast.

[[File:WuntilaSerpThrone.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Wuntila Arconae on the [[Serpentine Throne]] of [[Arcona]], after his induction into the [[Di Tenebrous Arconae|Arconae]] and promotion to [[Consul]] of [[Arcona|Clan Arcona]] - ([[30 ABY to 39 ABY#35 ABY|35 ABY]])]]

=== The Legacy of Plagueis ===
TO BE CONTINUED...

=== A Lasting Trip ===
TO BE CONTINUED...
Move to Arcona, Galeres Aedile etc.

=== Rebuilding the Ruins ===
Great Clans downsized, Aedile of House Arcona.

=== A Clan amongst Houses ===
Reinstatement of Arcona as a Clan, Proconsul etc.

=== Fields of New Tython - Great Jedi War X ===
The Great Jedi War, Wuntila Consul-apparent, killing of Sashar/Zandro etc.

=== The Consul, The Arconae ===
Consul and Arconae.

== '''''Wuntila Arconae''''' - The Person ==
{{Quote|I live to crush dreams and shatter hopes.|Wuntila to [[Teroch Erinos]].}}

[[File:WuntilaAegis.jpg|thumb|325px|left|Wuntila Arconae during the battle for Rhelg - ([[30 ABY to 39 ABY#36 ABY|36 ABY]])]]

=== Physical Profile ===

{{Quote|He's a tank...|[[Sashar Arconae|Sashar Erinos Arconae]] on Wuntila's arrival to [[Arcona]]}}

Wuntila has a broad physical frame; his height coupled with his weight, which is fundamentally comprised of thick ropes of muscle tends to make for an imposing appearance. His physique is one of his defining features, and as such, Wuntila spends hours sculpting his finely tuned aesthetic to remain at the apex of physical fitness. He is a biological bulldozer; stout-necked and heavily-muscled, he has an advantage over the vast majority of opponents. His cerulean skin gives him a glowing aura and his grooming is usually immaculate, unless in a position of war, wherein his hair and goatee remain unkempt. His eyes are a deep, cobalt blue with a dark frame of thick eyelashes that exaggerate his steely gaze; Wuntila will often use this to his advantage, intimidating individuals with an unfaltering stare. Often overlooked, the Arconan isn't necessarily hindered by his prominent stature; he is relatively quick on his toes due to years of intense military training and his passion for physical sports. His presence is awe-inspiring, with his stance that of a military drill-sergeant, and his temperament not much different. His striking features, his stalwart physique and his bullish sense of combat converge in the embodiment of battle that is the '''Dragon'''.

=== Psychological Profile ===
{{Quote|...Open your eyes you Son-of-a-Mynock, two of our men are down there. Make sure you find them.|Wuntila to [[Cethgus Kuga|Cethgus '''Entar''']] on the Communications Array on the [[Riquis|Moon of Riquis]]}}

The mind of the brute reflects that of his physical profile; hard, defined and strong-willed, Wuntila's limits are known to few, and exhibited to none. His temperament is something that has often put him in awkward situations as his mood had a tendency to swing violently from one extreme to another. This is something that both helps him in the arena of battle and impedes on his peers when an outburst occurs. This feral mentality has been tamed somewhat since his move to Arcona; being entrusted with positions in the House and developing as a leader, the Human-Theelin has learned to calm his anger, but the bitterness and vehemence of his character still lurk not too far from the surface. He is a strong leader, developed and understanding when it comes to his tactics. The Arconan tends to remain cold and locked in his own undisclosed thoughts. Rarely speaking, save for his relationship with many of the Arconans, he can often seem inherently devoid of emotion and brimming with fervour. Mostly accurate, this description tends to lend itself to his opinion of most outsiders; he is innately Arconan which is mirrored in his distaste for external influence.

=== Conflict Persona ===
{{Quote|Don't challenge him. It'll end badly.|[[Zandro Savric Erinos|Zandro Savric Erinos Arconae]] - [[Quaestor]] of [[Arcona|House Arcona]]. ([[30 ABY to 39 ABY|34 ABY]])}}

Wuntila fights as he appears. Strong, fast and aggressive, he tends to utilise the forms of [[Juyo]] and [[Vaapad]] to deliver serious damage to his opponents. Conjecturing a sense of single-mindedness, this particular Arconan is a tactical fighter. Strong he may be, but stronger is his ability to use his surroundings as independent weapons; he's never afraid to use a rock, a pillar, a crate or a wall to cause some serious damage to his foe. He tends to favour his ability with his concussion rifle, and as a result, his ranged attacks are both refined and accurate as he uses bolts sparingly, but concisely.

== Armoury ==
{{Quote|Treat this as a gift. No more, no less. An homage to your past glories. An honour from the [[Dark Council]].|[[Muz Ashen|Grand Master Muz Ashen]] commenting on Wuntila's '''''Aegis''''' armour. - ([[30_ABY_to_39_ABY|36 ABY]]).}}
[[File:AegisArmour.jpg|thumb|299px|left|The '''''Aegis''''' Armour]]

=== Armour ===
==== ''Aegis'' ====
A gift to Wuntila on behalf of the [[Dark Council]], the [[Consul|Consul's]] '''''Aegis''''' armour is a magnificent example of artistry and craftsmanship. The scales of the armour are fashioned from heavy [[starwars:durasteel|durasteel]], and provide appropriate protection against [[starwars:blaster|blaster bolts]], '[[starwars:slug|slugs]]', and more traditional bladed and blunt weaponry. The durasteel scales were also designed to slow the path of an incoming [[starwars:lightsaber|lightsaber]] strike. Inset into the breastplate are carvings of the [[Shadesworn]], brushed over with [[Starwars:aurodium|aurodium leaf]]; the same aurodium leaf used to decorate the carved [[Arcona]] symbol in the left pauldron. The armour weighs '''12.65 kilograms'''.

The armour also bristles with horns and teeth. Unlike '''''Dragonsbreath''''' (detailed below), the horns and teeth on the '''''Aegis''''' armour set are made from dyed durasteel. This means Wuntila can - and often does - use the deadly barbs in fighting, especially those located on his gauntlets and knee-pads.

The helmet is fashioned into the head of a dragon, using the same thick durasteel as the armour's plates, and the amber-dyed [[starwars:transparisteel|transparisteel]] visor mimics the dragon's fiery breath. A notable feature of the helmet is the [[Starwars:Heads-up_display|heads-up display]] that projects up-to-date statistics pertaining to the wearers vitals and the Clan.

The cloak is the same Shadesworn cloak awarded to every member of Arcona after the Clan's victory during [[Tenth_Great_Jedi_War|Invasion of New Tython]].

=== Weaponry ===
{{Quote|Do you '''''need''''' such elaborate weaponry? I always put you down as a 'pick up anything and use it' kind of guy...|[[Marick Arconae]] to Wuntila during the [[Tenth_Great_Jedi_War|Invasion of New Tython]] - ([[30_ABY_to_39_ABY|36 ABY]]).}}

[[File:Dragonsbreath.jpg|thumb|150px|right|'''''Dragonsbreath''''' -
Gifted to Wuntila by the [[Dark Lord]] and [[Grand Master]], [[Muz Ashen|Darth Ashen]] upon his ascension to [[Obelisk Primarch]].]]

==== ''Dragonsbreath'' ====

'''Dragonsbreath''' was gifted to Wuntila upon his ascension to [[Obelisk Primarch]] by [[Grand Master]] [[Darth Ashen]]. The hilt was created as a celebration of Wuntila's appellation - the ''Dragon of Selen''. The body of the hilt represents the dragon's neck, with the emitter being fashioned from the dragon's head. Both the scales and the head used to decorate the hilt are made from thick [[starwars:durasteel|durasteel]] to protect the inner workings of the blade. The horns and teeth of the hilt are said to be made from the ivory of the very [[starwars:mantigrue|mantigrue]] - or commonly: ''Selenian Dragon'' - that Wuntila killed to earn his moniker. The eye is cut from a firelight [[starwars:ruby|ruby]] from the planet [[Antei]]. Within the scales are golden discs bearing the marks of the [[Shadesworn]]. An [[starwars:Aurodium|aurodium]] carving of the [[Arcona|Clan Arcona]] symbol is inset within the pommel.

The hilt is larger than most, weighing in at '''2.82 kilograms''', and sitting at '''17.3 centimetres long''' from pommel to nose. To some, this may be a hindrance; to Wuntila it means that, when combined with his preternatural strength, the heavy, horned hilt can be used as a formidable blunt weapon. Similarly, it allows for a diversity of grips - often, the Arconan will switch between a single- and dual-handed grip in one battle.

== Positions Held ==

Although Wuntila has had a rather short spell in the [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood|Brotherhood]], his accolades and positions speak for themselves.

{{Positions}}
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|before=Unknown
|title=[[Commander]] of [[Satal Victus]]
|years=28 ABY
|after=Unknown
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|before=[[Cethgus|Cethgus Entar]]
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Galeres]]
|years=33 ABY
|after=(None; Clans downsized)
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|before=[[Driftan Housan]]
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Arcona|House Arcona]]
|years=33 ABY - 34 ABY
|after=Himself as Proconsul
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|before=Himself as Aedile
|title=[[Proconsul]] of [[Arcona|Clan Arcona]]
|years=34 ABY - 35 ABY
|after=[[Marick Arconae]]
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{{Succession box
|before=[[Zandro Savric Erinos]]
|title=[[Consul]] of [[Arcona|Clan Arcona]]
|years= 35 ABY - present
|after=Incumbent
}}

{{End
|footer=The Dragon of Selen
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== Trivia ==

* Scaled the [[Equite]] ranks in two and a half years;
* Former member of [[Clan Plagueis]];
* Authored the [[Ninth_Great_Jedi_War#Clan_Plagueis|Clan Plagueis Ninth Great Jedi War summary]] for his promotion to [[Dark Jedi Knight]];
* Core member of [[Arcona|House Arcona's]] re-clanning committee which saw Arcona reach the level of [[Clan]] in [[30_ABY_to_39_ABY#35_ABY|35 ABY]];
* Tenth member of the [[di Tenebrous Arconae]];
* Twenty-fifth [[Consul]] of [[Arcona|Clan Arcona]];
* [[Magistrate]] to the [[Voice]];
* Has so far killed ''two'' former [[Consul|Consuls]] of [[Arcona|Clan Arcona]] (''[[Zandro Savric Erinos|Zandro Savric Erinos Arconae]] and [[Sashar Arconae|Sashar Erinos Arconae]]'') and one [[Grand Master]] (''[[Sarin]]'').

{{Arcona}}

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Talk:Sperlan Trakx

2013-07-26T01:47:48Z

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How does a human give his life many times? --[[User:Tarax Kor|Tarax Kor]] 19:47, 25 July 2013 (MDT)

One Ending, One Beginning - Taldryan

2013-05-31T04:32:23Z

Tarax Kor:

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The forces of House Taldryan have pushed the conquest of Ancient Sith Space harder than most would have imagined. Unexpected triumphs came as surely as surprisingly difficult battles.

Summary: Conquered [[Krayiss II]]. Other stuff.

== History ==
=== The Beginning ===

=== Buried under Black Sand (Chronicles of Krayiss II) ===
Step 1: We fought.

Step 2: ?????

Step 3: We won.

=== Over Icy Planes (Chronicles of Rhelg) ===

=== Stories from the Front Lines ===

==== Notes from the Aedile's Frontline Journal ====
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Taldryan Emblem]]
''If there was ever room for rumor, it would be now. But what I say is true: A [[Dark Lord]] has risen from the grave. Even being in the higher echelons of the [[Equite|Equites]], I find new strengths in the power of the Dark Side each day. This place, this "Brotherhood," constantly begs for larger and darker forces to compete against.''

''Yet the power that the Iron Throne possesses roars with great fury. [[Taldryan]] faces new enemies on a regular basis. Cast under the will of Grand Master Muz, do we fight for our own or for the ego of a Dark Sorcerer? It becomes to difficult to tell these days. Even now on the edge of this sand stricken waste land of [[starwars:Krayiss II|Krayiss II]], I can only spare a moment to enter this short log. Perks of being the [[Aedile]], I suppose...''

''The line in the sand is constantly brushed aside, with a new, bolder stroke cast into the ground ahead of us. My mind and mettle struggle alongside [[Quaestor]] Rian. He has learned much in his tenure. He is strong in the face of opposition, and knows how to muster his Brothers and Sisters of the Mighty House Taldryan. Our numbers are fewer this time, but our strength is much grander now. This battle on Krayiss II is coming towards the end, I can feel it... [[Arcona]] and [[Scholae Palatinae]] won't last this battle.''

''Taldryan '''will''' rise victorious. Mark my words.''

==== An Excerpt from Keirdagh's Personal Journal ====
''Still, I fight. [T]he endless string of seemingly pointless conflicts, have sapped nearly all the will and desire out of me to issue forth with my full vigour for the battle of [[starwars:Ch'hodos|Ch'hodos]]. Still though, when [[Taldryan]] calls, I have an almost automatic need to respond. My heart, my will, my faith may no longer be in the position that I so often have found it, in full defense of Taldryan’s might and prestige, but today, I will fight. The battle for Ch’hodos looms, and while I have been told we are free of having to once again cross swords with the likes of [[Arcona]], today we instead are faced with a battle against [[Plagueis]], [[Tarentum]], and my old enemy of [[Naga Sadow]].''

''The Plagueians have been a revelation to me in this most recent conflict. I thought the challenge for supremacy in the Brotherhood would remain as it has been for ages, between Arcona and Taldryan, but there is now a third pretender for Taldryan’s throne. Ah well, heavy lies the crown.''

==== An Excerpt from Nyssa's Personal Journal ====
''Everything changes, and yet nothing is new. As I write this we are en route to Ch'hodos, the third planet in our endeavours. Our new recruits are holding themselves well so far, they have great inspiration to look to - with the likes of the OFH to set them the example, there was never really any doubt that they would do well. But still they have held firmer than I had expected, finally the tide turns. I think the other houses have had some what of a surprise - they had long-since decided that Taldryan was dead, that she would never again attain the lofty heights she once graced, but they are realising now they were wrong. We may still have a long fight in front of us to regain that position of superiority but the fight, at last, is well underway. What they failed to realise was the dedication and the loyalty that Taldryan inspires. All it takes is for her to sound her battlecry and the troops will rally. All it takes is time.''

== Competition Details ==
The official competition site can be found [http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/crusade/chhodos.html] or [http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/crusade/myeyes.txt]

=== Results ===

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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

2013-03-27T06:09:16Z

Tarax Kor:

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|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Primarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip, when Tarax's father had scheduled a last-minute meeting with a surprise buyer for the older Kor's collection of ancient Sith artifacts. Unknown to his father, the buyer was a Hapan noble with rumored but unproven ties to the Sith culture. Days passed by without a deal being agreed upon, and each night Malcolm came back to his shuttle more frustrated and complaining of every-increasing headaches. After a week of failed negotiations and increasing headaches, Malcom Kor suffered a sudden aneurism on his way to meet the buyer, dying instantaneously. The death of Tarax's father hit the young child though the Force like a hammer, inciting Tarax to violently lash out and send a scream through the Force, causing him to black out. Elsewhere, a hooded figure standing over Malcolm Kor's lifeless body looked towards the spaceport, its posture fully alert.

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|115px|left|Tarax as a child]][[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|115px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. (Hint: DuMornek was a shitty Sith wannabe lolz)
* While shaping Tarax's powers, Justin named his adopted son ''Eosphoros'', which was [[starwars:Tionese language|Old Tionese]] for "the Lightbringer."
==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. Mooooooooooore.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
And so he's back, from outer space, 
He just walked in to find them here, 
With that sad look upon their face, 
He should have changed that stupid rule, 
He should have made them stay a Clan, 
If he'd had known for just one second, 
That Tal'd become a House

{{quote|Go on now go walk out the door, Just turn around now 'cause you're not welcome anymore, Weren't you the ones who tried to hurt us with de-Clanning, Did you think we'd crumble, Did you think we'd lay down and die, Oh no, not us Tal will survive|Tarax to the Dark Council, upon returning to Taldryan}}
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|right|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|left|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax built his first lightsaber upon reaching the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]], under his master [[Chi Long]]'s guidance. It was a simple silver, brushed metal hilt with a purple blade. This was Tarax's primary weapon throughout his stay at [[Clan Plagueis]] and the first few years at [[Clan Taldryan]]. Shortly after Tarax reached the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Prelate]], the [[Dark Brotherhood]] held the [[Independence_Games#Independence_Games_III_.282008.29|Third Independence Games]], a series of Brotherhood-wide events held away from [[Antei]], celebrating the [[Exodus]]. It was during the Independence Games that the [[Dinaari]] [[Aedile]]'s lightsaber suffered damage beyond repair, prompting Tarax to build himself a brand new one. After several days of hard work, concentration, and meditation Tarax successfully completed construction of his first fully custom lightsaber. The new lightsaber had an elegant dark chrome hilt mixed with red and bronze, while the focusing crystal was a coveted [[starwars:Krayt_dragon_pearl|Krayt dragon pearl]], giving the blade a powerful, eerily white glow.

Tarax would continue to use his custom lightsaber in many battles during the following years, relying on its pearl-white glow to cast a ghostly aura around him as he relentlessly massacres his opponents. It was after several such battles on [[Krayiss_Two_-_Team_Sexcopter|Krayiss II]] during the first phase of the [[Dark Crusade]] after [[Taldryan]] managed to secure the planet that Tarax found an ancient but perfectly preserved lightsaber hilt while scavenging the remains of the [[Krayiss_II#Ancient_Library-temple|ancient library-temple]]. Unlike his hilt used at the time, the scavenged hilt had a longer grip and a bladed pommel; it also featured two blades below the emitter, acting as guards for the hilt but in practice serving a much more nefarious and deadlier purpose. Given that Tarax's lightsaber used up until that point was beginning to shows signs of wear and tear, the war-mongering Exarch decided to build himself a new lightsaber using the newly found, ancient hilt; Tarax transferred the crystals from his old lightsaber into the new one, engraved the Taldryan symbol below the emitter so it was positioned perfectly between the two guards, and re-bound the leather grip. The Lightbringer had built himself a new lightsaber.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

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|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
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|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=[[Halcyon Taldrya]]
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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|years=31 ABY
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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

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Tarax Kor:

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|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Primarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip, when Tarax's father had scheduled a last-minute meeting with a surprise buyer for the older Kor's collection of ancient Sith artifacts. Unknown to his father, the buyer was a Hapan noble with rumored but unproven ties to the Sith culture. Days passed by without a deal being agreed upon, and each night Malcolm came back to his shuttle more frustrated and complaining of every-increasing headaches. After a week of failed negotiations and increasing headaches, Malcom Kor suffered a sudden aneurism on his way to meet the buyer, dying instantaneously. The death of Tarax's father hit the young child though the Force like a hammer, inciting Tarax to violently lash out and send a scream through the Force, causing him to black out. Elsewhere, a hooded figure standing over Malcolm Kor's lifeless body looked towards the spaceport, its posture fully alert.

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|115px|left|Tarax as a child]][[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|115px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. (Hint: DuMornek was a shitty Sith wannabe lolz)
* While shaping Tarax's powers, Justin named his adopted son ''Eosphoros'', which was [[starwars:Tionese language|Old Tionese]] for "the Lightbringer."
==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. Mooooooooooore.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
And so he's back, from outer space, 
He just walked in to find them here, 
With that sad look upon their face, 
He should have changed that stupid rule, 
He should have made them stay a Clan, 
If he'd had known for just one second, 
That Tal'd become a House

{{quote|Go on now go walk out the door, Just turn around now 'cause you're not welcome anymore, Weren't you the ones who tried to hurt us with de-Clanning, Did you think we'd crumble, Did you think we'd lay down and die, Oh no, not us Tal will survive|Tarax to the Dark Council, upon returning to Taldryan}}
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|right|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|left|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax built his first lightsaber upon reaching the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]], under his master [[Chi Long]]'s guidance. It was a simple silver, brushed metal hilt with a purple blade. This was Tarax's primary weapon throughout his stay at [[Clan Plagueis]] and the first few years at [[Clan Taldryan]]. Shortly after Tarax reached the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Prelate]], the [[Dark Brotherhood]] held the [[Independence_Games#Independence_Games_III_.282008.29|Third Independence Games]], a series of Brotherhood-wide events held away from [[Antei]], celebrating the [[Exodus]]. It was during the Independence Games that the [[Dinaari]] [[Aedile]]'s lightsaber suffered damage beyond repair, prompting Tarax to build himself a brand new one. After several days of hard work, concentration, and meditation Tarax successfully completed construction of his first fully custom lightsaber. The new lightsaber had an elegant dark chrome hilt mixed with red and bronze, while the focusing crystal was a coveted [[starwars:Krayt_dragon_pearl|Krayt dragon pearl]], giving the blade a powerful, eerily white glow.

Tarax would continue to use his custom lightsaber in many battles during the following years, relying on its pearl-white glow to cast a ghostly aura around him as he relentlessly massacres his opponents. It was after several such battles on [[Krayiss_Two_-_Team_Sexcopter|Krayiss II]] during the first phase of the [[Dark Crusade]] after [[Taldryan]] managed to secure the planet that Tarax found an ancient but perfectly preserved lightsaber hilt while scavenging the remains of the [[Krayiss_II#Ancient_Library-temple|ancient library-temple]]. Unlike his hilt used at the time, the scavenged hilt had a longer grip and a bladed pommel; it also featured two blades below the emitter, acting as guards for the hilt but in practice serving a much more nefarious and deadlier purpose. Given that Tarax's lightsaber used up until that point was beginning to shows signs of wear and tear, the war-mongering Exarch decided to build himself a new lightsaber using the newly found, ancient hilt; Tarax transferred the crystals from his old lightsaber into the new one, engraved the Taldryan symbol below the emitter so it was positioned perfectly between the two guards, and re-bound the leather grip. The Lightbringer had built himself a new lightsaber.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

{{Positions}}
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
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|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=[[Halcyon Taldrya]]
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
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|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
{{End|footer=A total eclipse of the heart}}

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Darth Pravus

2013-03-22T05:01:12Z

Tarax Kor: as requested

{{Construction}}
{{Character
|type=Sith
|elder=yes
|image=[[File:Pravus2.jpg|250px]]
|name=Darth Pravus
|birth=[[1 ABY to 10 ABY|1 ABY]]
|homeworld=[[starwars:Kuat|Kuat]]
|species=Human
|gender=Male
|height=1.88 meters
|weight=95.25 kilograms
|skin=White
|hair=Black
|eyes=Blue-grey
|cyber=N/A
|allies=*[[Jac Cotelin]]
*[[Raken]]
*[[Wun]]
*[[Troutrooper]]
*[[Marick Arconae|Marick]]
*[[Socorra Erinos|Socorra]]
|enemies=[[Dark Council]]
|saber=Red - Green
|form=*[[Jar'Kai Niman]]
*[[Makashi]]
*[[Dun Moch]]
*[[Trakata]]
*[[Vaapad]]
*[[Makashi]]
*[[Niman]]
*[[Soresu]]
|fightingstyle=*[[Echani]]
*[[Jar'Kai]]
|profession=[[Grand Master]]
|position=*[[Sith Lord]]
*[[Grand Master]]
|era=[[Rise of the Empire Era]], [[Rebellion Era]], [[New Republic Era]], [[New Jedi Order Era]], [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|dossier=[[dossier:6381|6381]]
|affiliation=[[Sith]], [[starwars:Imperial Remnant|Imperial Remnant]], [[starwars:Jedi Order|Jedi Order]][[Dark Brotherhood]], [[Grand Master]], [[Star Chamber]], [[Order of Sith Lords|Order of the Sith Lords]]
}}
{{Quote|I am unbound by the laws, organizations, and social norms of Galactic Society. Collateral Damage, Rules of Engagement, Empathy. These terms do not apply to me now nor will they ever.|Darth Pravus}}

'''Darth Pravus''', reputed murderer of [[Sarin]], was a potent Force user and gifted practitioner of deception. A human male, he maintained multiple personae throughout his life including the womanizing and alcoholic Jedi Master Waylen Black. An acknowledged psychopath, Pravus was incapable of empathy and lacked any form of conscience concerning the well being of others. Ruthless, manipulative, and callous, Darth Pravus sought any means necessary to achieve his ends, no matter the cost.

== Biography ==

=== Early life ===
The story of Waylen Black was one familiar to most Jedi and even scandalous paparazzi across the galaxy. Born in [[1 ABY to 10 ABY|1 ABY]], Waylen Black was orphaned by unknown parents and given over to a charitable organization for wayward children. Left relatively unscathed by the Galactic Civil War, Waylen developed uncanny luck that his stewards believed to be associated with latent Force abilities. In [[11 ABY to 19 ABY#19_ABY|11 ABY]], the [[starwars:Luke Skywalker|The Jedi Master Luke Skywalker]] would form the [[starwars:Jedi Praxeum|Jedi Praxeum]] on Yavin IV and three years later Waylen would arrive to begin his studies.

Placed under the care and tutelage of [[starwars:Kam Solusar|Kam Solusar]], Waylen adapted quickly to life as a Jedi and his athletic prowess translated into an early affinity for the dangerous [[Niman]] style of lightsaber combat. Despite a competitive streak to outpace his peers, Waylen formed a wild reputation for enjoying the female support personnel on Yavin IV and an even worse reputation for loving the distilled hooch brewed utilizing X-Wing hyperdrive coils. Chastised often and early, the young Jedi Padawan found himself in more than one argument concerning the chastity of many young ladies.

=== Caamas Document Crisis ===
Despite his wild ways, in 18 ABY, the newly Knighted Waylen Black participated in the final stages of the [[starwars:Caamas Document Crisis|Caamas Document Crisis]] and would honorably serve against Imperial Remnant forces prior to their surrender in [[11 ABY to 19 ABY#19_ABY|19 ABY]] at the Bastion Accords. This would be the first time Black’s name would appear on the holonet as reports indicated he wooed and seduced an Imperial Moff’s daughter and wife within a forty-eight hour period. The scandal would see Black returned to the Jedi Praxeum and eventually put on Watchman duty in his home sector of [[starwars:Corellia|Corellia]].

=== Yuuzhan Vong War ===
Following a relatively quiet period of six years, Black emerged as one of the initial Jedi to confront the Yuuzhan Vong threat at the Battle of Dubrillion in 25 ABY. Scattered across the galaxy battling the Vong, Black would serve on strike teams under the command of Kyle Katarn until the Second Battle of Coruscant in 29 ABY. Following the war, Waylen appeared briefly once again in the Galactic scandal magazines by dating a senior diplomat from the planet of Kuat. Their relationship caught the attention of galactic media due to a drunken argument at a high end Coruscanti night club.

=== Agent of the Empire ===

=== Murder of Darth Sarin ===

=== Trinity ===

=== The Dread Council ===

=== Horizons ===

== Personality and Traits ==

== Powers and Abilities ==
===Lightsaber Training===
{{Quote|His style is that he has no style. Lightsaber forms, sequences, and rotations mean nothing to him. |[[Raken|Dark Adept Raken's]] written log following an encounter against Darth Pravus.}}

Darth Pravus is erratic, cunning, and remorseless in his combat style and usage of the Force. Unconcerned with collateral damage, rules of engagement, or historical precedence, Darth Pravus will use any means necessary to gain an advantage in combat. Darth Pravus is ambidextrous and equally skilled with each hand resulting in his expert use of dual lightsaber combat. Possessing unnatural dexterity, he seeks to confuse his opponents by ignoring standardizations of lightsaber sequences taught by Jedi and Sith alike. Striking from odd angles and awkward stances, Darth Pravus seeks victory through cunning, not sheer strength.

===Force Abilities===
{{Quote|I'm not interested in the past. The [[Heart of the Force]], Tombs on Korriban, and [[starwars:Muur talisman|The Muur Talisman]] are of no use to me. I am not here to dabble with failures of the past. I am here to create and move forward. The Force is not with the dead. If it were, they would be alive.|Darth Pravus}}

Darth Pravus possesses a subtle understanding of the Force and an almost instantaneous ability to summon it to his will. Trained to believe he is the greatest Force user in the galaxy, Pravus will utilize his exhaustive pool of abilities in unique and unusual ways simply to display his superiority over a foe.

==Equipment==
===Apparel===
Darth Pravus selects his attire for the occasion or persona that he is displaying at any given time. He is known to wear immaculate white Jedi Robes cut in the monastic style favored in the Old Republic era. These simple robes are comfortable, long flowing, and consist of an overtunic, an undertunic, a cloak, a hood, and a comfortable pair of white leather tomuon boots.

Darth Pravus wears a second set of attire for combat consisting of black and gold beskar plated armor modeled after ancient Sith designs. The armor features a mask with intricate Sith runic symbols etched across the faceplate.
===Lightsabers===

===Starships===

== DJB Facts ==

=== Important Achievements ===
Trials of Loyalty, Aronca Clan Competition: 2nd Place

[[Horizons]], Dark Jedi Brotherhood Vendetta: 3rd Place

=== Positions held ===
[[Battleteam]]: Flight Member

== Trivia ==
* We killed Sarin. I needed a new guy.

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[[Category:Sith Lords]]
[[Category:Arcona]]

File:Pravus2.jpg

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DJBWiki:Featured article

2013-03-19T20:26:13Z

Tarax Kor: /* Kazmir Natas */

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=== [[Kazmir Natas]] ===
[[File:Kazmir Natas infobox.jpg|thumb|left]] '''Nominated By:''' -- [[User:RianAslar|RianAslar]] 10:16, 9 March 2013 (MST)
* '''Support''' - Good content, linking, and formatting. I'm not a fan of "trivia" lists, as that has been deprecated as proper wiki formating for a while now on both wikipedia and wookiepedia, but it's not a giant glaring list here. - [[User:Solus Gar|Solus Gar]] 11:47, 15 March 2013 (MDT)
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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

2013-03-13T05:43:36Z

Tarax Kor: /* Character History */

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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip, when Tarax's father had scheduled a last-minute meeting with a surprise buyer for the older Kor's collection of ancient Sith artifacts. Unknown to his father, the buyer was a Hapan noble with rumored but unproven ties to the Sith culture. Days passed by without a deal being agreed upon, and each night Malcolm came back to his shuttle more frustrated and complaining of every-increasing headaches. After a week of failed negotiations and increasing headaches, Malcom Kor suffered a sudden aneurism on his way to meet the buyer, dying instantaneously. The death of Tarax's father hit the young child though the Force like a hammer, inciting Tarax to violently lash out and send a scream through the Force, causing him to black out. Elsewhere, a hooded figure standing over Malcolm Kor's lifeless body looked towards the spaceport, its posture fully alert.

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|115px|left|Tarax as a child]][[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|115px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. (Hint: DuMornek was a shitty Sith wannabe lolz)
* While shaping Tarax's powers, Justin named his adopted son ''Eosphoros'', which was [[starwars:Tionese language|Old Tionese]] for "the Lightbringer."
==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. Mooooooooooore.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
And so he's back, from outer space, 
He just walked in to find them here, 
With that sad look upon their face, 
He should have changed that stupid rule, 
He should have made them stay a Clan, 
If he'd had known for just one second, 
That Tal'd become a House

{{quote|Go on now go walk out the door, Just turn around now 'cause you're not welcome anymore, Weren't you the ones who tried to hurt us with de-Clanning, Did you think we'd crumble, Did you think we'd lay down and die, Oh no, not us Tal will survive|Tarax to the Dark Council, upon returning to Taldryan}}
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|right|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|left|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax built his first lightsaber upon reaching the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]], under his master [[Chi Long]]'s guidance. It was a simple silver, brushed metal hilt with a purple blade. This was Tarax's primary weapon throughout his stay at [[Clan Plagueis]] and the first few years at [[Clan Taldryan]]. Shortly after Tarax reached the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Prelate]], the [[Dark Brotherhood]] held the [[Independence_Games#Independence_Games_III_.282008.29|Third Independence Games]], a series of Brotherhood-wide events held away from [[Antei]], celebrating the [[Exodus]]. It was during the Independence Games that the [[Dinaari]] [[Aedile]]'s lightsaber suffered damage beyond repair, prompting Tarax to build himself a brand new one. After several days of hard work, concentration, and meditation Tarax successfully completed construction of his first fully custom lightsaber. The new lightsaber had an elegant dark chrome hilt mixed with red and bronze, while the focusing crystal was a coveted [[starwars:Krayt_dragon_pearl|Krayt dragon pearl]], giving the blade a powerful, eerily white glow.

Tarax would continue to use his custom lightsaber in many battles during the following years, relying on its pearl-white glow to cast a ghostly aura around him as he relentlessly massacres his opponents. It was after several such battles on [[Krayiss_Two_-_Team_Sexcopter|Krayiss II]] during the first phase of the [[Dark Crusade]] after [[Taldryan]] managed to secure the planet that Tarax found an ancient but perfectly preserved lightsaber hilt while scavenging the remains of the [[Krayiss_II#Ancient_Library-temple|ancient library-temple]]. Unlike his hilt used at the time, the scavenged hilt had a longer grip and a bladed pommel; it also featured two blades below the emitter, acting as guards for the hilt but in practice serving a much more nefarious and deadlier purpose. Given that Tarax's lightsaber used up until that point was beginning to shows signs of wear and tear, the war-mongering Exarch decided to build himself a new lightsaber using the newly found, ancient hilt; Tarax transferred the crystals from his old lightsaber into the new one, engraved the Taldryan symbol below the emitter so it was positioned perfectly between the two guards, and re-bound the leather grip. The Lightbringer had built himself a new lightsaber.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

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|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
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|after=[[Halcyon Taldrya]]
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

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Tarax Kor: /* The Return */

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|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
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{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Eosphoros Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself. Despite the tragedy and hardships surrounding his child's birth Malcolm gave him the middle name ''Eosphoros'', which was Old Tionese for "the Lightbringer."

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip, when Tarax's father had scheduled a last-minute meeting with a surprise buyer for the older Kor's collection of ancient Sith artifacts. Unknown to his father, the buyer was a Hapan noble with rumored but unproven ties to the Sith culture. Days passed by without a deal being agreed upon, and each night Malcolm came back to his shuttle more frustrated and complaining of every-increasing headaches. After a week of failed negotiations and increasing headaches, Malcom Kor suffered a sudden aneurism on his way to meet the buyer, dying instantaneously. The death of Tarax's father hit the young child though the Force like a hammer, inciting Tarax to violently lash out and send a scream through the Force, causing him to black out. Elsewhere, a hooded figure standing over Malcolm Kor's lifeless body looked towards the spaceport, its posture fully alert.

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|115px|left|Tarax as a child]][[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|115px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. (Hint: DuMornek was a shitty Sith wannabe lolz)
==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. Mooooooooooore.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
And so he's back, from outer space, 
He just walked in to find them here, 
With that sad look upon their face, 
He should have changed that stupid rule, 
He should have made them stay a Clan, 
If he'd had known for just one second, 
That Tal'd become a House

{{quote|Go on now go walk out the door, Just turn around now 'cause you're not welcome anymore, Weren't you the ones who tried to hurt us with de-Clanning, Did you think we'd crumble, Did you think we'd lay down and die, Oh no, not us Tal will survive|Tarax to the Dark Council, upon returning to Taldryan}}
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|right|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|left|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax built his first lightsaber upon reaching the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]], under his master [[Chi Long]]'s guidance. It was a simple silver, brushed metal hilt with a purple blade. This was Tarax's primary weapon throughout his stay at [[Clan Plagueis]] and the first few years at [[Clan Taldryan]]. Shortly after Tarax reached the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Prelate]], the [[Dark Brotherhood]] held the [[Independence_Games#Independence_Games_III_.282008.29|Third Independence Games]], a series of Brotherhood-wide events held away from [[Antei]], celebrating the [[Exodus]]. It was during the Independence Games that the [[Dinaari]] [[Aedile]]'s lightsaber suffered damage beyond repair, prompting Tarax to build himself a brand new one. After several days of hard work, concentration, and meditation Tarax successfully completed construction of his first fully custom lightsaber. The new lightsaber had an elegant dark chrome hilt mixed with red and bronze, while the focusing crystal was a coveted [[starwars:Krayt_dragon_pearl|Krayt dragon pearl]], giving the blade a powerful, eerily white glow.

Tarax would continue to use his custom lightsaber in many battles during the following years, relying on its pearl-white glow to cast a ghostly aura around him as he relentlessly massacres his opponents. It was after several such battles on [[Krayiss_Two_-_Team_Sexcopter|Krayiss II]] during the first phase of the [[Dark Crusade]] after [[Taldryan]] managed to secure the planet that Tarax found an ancient but perfectly preserved lightsaber hilt while scavenging the remains of the [[Krayiss_II#Ancient_Library-temple|ancient library-temple]]. Unlike his hilt used at the time, the scavenged hilt had a longer grip and a bladed pommel; it also featured two blades below the emitter, acting as guards for the hilt but in practice serving a much more nefarious and deadlier purpose. Given that Tarax's lightsaber used up until that point was beginning to shows signs of wear and tear, the war-mongering Exarch decided to build himself a new lightsaber using the newly found, ancient hilt; Tarax transferred the crystals from his old lightsaber into the new one, engraved the Taldryan symbol below the emitter so it was positioned perfectly between the two guards, and re-bound the leather grip. The Lightbringer had built himself a new lightsaber.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

{{Positions}}
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
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|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=[[Halcyon Taldrya]]
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

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Tarax Kor: /* The Return */

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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Eosphoros Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself. Despite the tragedy and hardships surrounding his child's birth Malcolm gave him the middle name ''Eosphoros'', which was Old Tionese for "the Lightbringer."

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip, when Tarax's father had scheduled a last-minute meeting with a surprise buyer for the older Kor's collection of ancient Sith artifacts. Unknown to his father, the buyer was a Hapan noble with rumored but unproven ties to the Sith culture. Days passed by without a deal being agreed upon, and each night Malcolm came back to his shuttle more frustrated and complaining of every-increasing headaches. After a week of failed negotiations and increasing headaches, Malcom Kor suffered a sudden aneurism on his way to meet the buyer, dying instantaneously. The death of Tarax's father hit the young child though the Force like a hammer, inciting Tarax to violently lash out and send a scream through the Force, causing him to black out. Elsewhere, a hooded figure standing over Malcolm Kor's lifeless body looked towards the spaceport, its posture fully alert.

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|115px|left|Tarax as a child]][[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|115px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. (Hint: DuMornek was a shitty Sith wannabe lolz)
==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. Mooooooooooore.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
And so he's back, From outer space,
He just walked in to find them here,
With that sad look upon their face,
He should have changed that stupid rule,
He should have made them stay a Clan,
If he'd had known for just one second,
That Tal'd become a House

{{quote|Go on now go walk out the door, Just turn around now 'cause you're not welcome anymore, Weren't you the ones who tried to hurt us with de-Clanning, Did you think we'd crumble, Did you think we'd lay down and die, Oh no, not us Tal will survive|Tarax to the Dark Council, upon returning to Taldryan}}
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|right|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|left|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax built his first lightsaber upon reaching the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]], under his master [[Chi Long]]'s guidance. It was a simple silver, brushed metal hilt with a purple blade. This was Tarax's primary weapon throughout his stay at [[Clan Plagueis]] and the first few years at [[Clan Taldryan]]. Shortly after Tarax reached the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Prelate]], the [[Dark Brotherhood]] held the [[Independence_Games#Independence_Games_III_.282008.29|Third Independence Games]], a series of Brotherhood-wide events held away from [[Antei]], celebrating the [[Exodus]]. It was during the Independence Games that the [[Dinaari]] [[Aedile]]'s lightsaber suffered damage beyond repair, prompting Tarax to build himself a brand new one. After several days of hard work, concentration, and meditation Tarax successfully completed construction of his first fully custom lightsaber. The new lightsaber had an elegant dark chrome hilt mixed with red and bronze, while the focusing crystal was a coveted [[starwars:Krayt_dragon_pearl|Krayt dragon pearl]], giving the blade a powerful, eerily white glow.

Tarax would continue to use his custom lightsaber in many battles during the following years, relying on its pearl-white glow to cast a ghostly aura around him as he relentlessly massacres his opponents. It was after several such battles on [[Krayiss_Two_-_Team_Sexcopter|Krayiss II]] during the first phase of the [[Dark Crusade]] after [[Taldryan]] managed to secure the planet that Tarax found an ancient but perfectly preserved lightsaber hilt while scavenging the remains of the [[Krayiss_II#Ancient_Library-temple|ancient library-temple]]. Unlike his hilt used at the time, the scavenged hilt had a longer grip and a bladed pommel; it also featured two blades below the emitter, acting as guards for the hilt but in practice serving a much more nefarious and deadlier purpose. Given that Tarax's lightsaber used up until that point was beginning to shows signs of wear and tear, the war-mongering Exarch decided to build himself a new lightsaber using the newly found, ancient hilt; Tarax transferred the crystals from his old lightsaber into the new one, engraved the Taldryan symbol below the emitter so it was positioned perfectly between the two guards, and re-bound the leather grip. The Lightbringer had built himself a new lightsaber.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

{{Positions}}
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
}}
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|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=[[Halcyon Taldrya]]
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
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|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
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[[Category:DJB Characters]] [[Category:Sons of Taldryan]] [[Category:Obelisk]]

Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

2013-03-04T18:30:26Z

Tarax Kor: /* The Return */

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|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Eosphoros Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself. Despite the tragedy and hardships surrounding his child's birth Malcolm gave him the middle name ''Eosphoros'', which was Old Tionese for "the Lightbringer."

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip, when Tarax's father had scheduled a last-minute meeting with a surprise buyer for the older Kor's collection of ancient Sith artifacts. Unknown to his father, the buyer was a Hapan noble with rumored but unproven ties to the Sith culture. Days passed by without a deal being agreed upon, and each night Malcolm came back to his shuttle more frustrated and complaining of every-increasing headaches. After a week of failed negotiations and increasing headaches, Malcom Kor suffered a sudden aneurism on his way to meet the buyer, dying instantaneously. The death of Tarax's father hit the young child though the Force like a hammer, inciting Tarax to violently lash out and send a scream through the Force, causing him to black out. Elsewhere, a hooded figure standing over Malcolm Kor's lifeless body looked towards the spaceport, its posture fully alert.

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|115px|left|Tarax as a child]][[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|115px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. (Hint: DuMornek was a shitty Sith wannabe lolz)
==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. Mooooooooooore.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
And so he's back,
From outer space
He just walked in to find them here
With that sad look upon their face
He should have changed that stupid rule
He should have made them stay a Clan
If he'd had known for just one second
That Tal'd become a House

"Go on now go walk out the door
Just turn around now
'cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the ones who tried to hurt me with de-Clanning
Did you think we'd crumble
Did you think we'd lay down and die
Oh no, not us
Tal will survive"
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|right|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|left|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax built his first lightsaber upon reaching the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]], under his master [[Chi Long]]'s guidance. It was a simple silver, brushed metal hilt with a purple blade. This was Tarax's primary weapon throughout his stay at [[Clan Plagueis]] and the first few years at [[Clan Taldryan]]. Shortly after Tarax reached the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Prelate]], the [[Dark Brotherhood]] held the [[Independence_Games#Independence_Games_III_.282008.29|Third Independence Games]], a series of Brotherhood-wide events held away from [[Antei]], celebrating the [[Exodus]]. It was during the Independence Games that the [[Dinaari]] [[Aedile]]'s lightsaber suffered damage beyond repair, prompting Tarax to build himself a brand new one. After several days of hard work, concentration, and meditation Tarax successfully completed construction of his first fully custom lightsaber. The new lightsaber had an elegant dark chrome hilt mixed with red and bronze, while the focusing crystal was a coveted [[starwars:Krayt_dragon_pearl|Krayt dragon pearl]], giving the blade a powerful, eerily white glow.

Tarax would continue to use his custom lightsaber in many battles during the following years, relying on its pearl-white glow to cast a ghostly aura around him as he relentlessly massacres his opponents. It was after several such battles on [[Krayiss_Two_-_Team_Sexcopter|Krayiss II]] during the first phase of the [[Dark Crusade]] after [[Taldryan]] managed to secure the planet that Tarax found an ancient but perfectly preserved lightsaber hilt while scavenging the remains of the [[Krayiss_II#Ancient_Library-temple|ancient library-temple]]. Unlike his hilt used at the time, the scavenged hilt had a longer grip and a bladed pommel; it also featured two blades below the emitter, acting as guards for the hilt but in practice serving a much more nefarious and deadlier purpose. Given that Tarax's lightsaber used up until that point was beginning to shows signs of wear and tear, the war-mongering Exarch decided to build himself a new lightsaber using the newly found, ancient hilt; Tarax transferred the crystals from his old lightsaber into the new one, engraved the Taldryan symbol below the emitter so it was positioned perfectly between the two guards, and re-bound the leather grip. The Lightbringer had built himself a new lightsaber.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

{{Positions}}
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
}}
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|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=[[Halcyon Taldrya]]
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
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|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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[[Category:DJB Characters]] [[Category:Sons of Taldryan]] [[Category:Obelisk]]

Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

2013-03-02T20:04:30Z

Tarax Kor: /* Attire */

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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Eosphoros Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself. Despite the tragedy and hardships surrounding his child's birth Malcolm gave him the middle name ''Eosphoros'', which was Old Tionese for "the Lightbringer."

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip, when Tarax's father had scheduled a last-minute meeting with a surprise buyer for the older Kor's collection of ancient Sith artifacts. Unknown to his father, the buyer was a Hapan noble with rumored but unproven ties to the Sith culture. Days passed by without a deal being agreed upon, and each night Malcolm came back to his shuttle more frustrated and complaining of every-increasing headaches. After a week of failed negotiations and increasing headaches, Malcom Kor suffered a sudden aneurism on his way to meet the buyer, dying instantaneously. The death of Tarax's father hit the young child though the Force like a hammer, inciting Tarax to violently lash out and send a scream through the Force, causing him to black out. Elsewhere, a hooded figure standing over Malcolm Kor's lifeless body looked towards the spaceport, its posture fully alert.

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|115px|left|Tarax as a child]][[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|115px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. (Hint: DuMornek was a shitty Sith wannabe lolz)
==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. Mooooooooooore.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
The crap? It is recent.
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|right|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|left|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax built his first lightsaber upon reaching the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]], under his master [[Chi Long]]'s guidance. It was a simple silver, brushed metal hilt with a purple blade. This was Tarax's primary weapon throughout his stay at [[Clan Plagueis]] and the first few years at [[Clan Taldryan]]. Shortly after Tarax reached the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Prelate]], the [[Dark Brotherhood]] held the [[Independence_Games#Independence_Games_III_.282008.29|Third Independence Games]], a series of Brotherhood-wide events held away from [[Antei]], celebrating the [[Exodus]]. It was during the Independence Games that the [[Dinaari]] [[Aedile]]'s lightsaber suffered damage beyond repair, prompting Tarax to build himself a brand new one. After several days of hard work, concentration, and meditation Tarax successfully completed construction of his first fully custom lightsaber. The new lightsaber had an elegant dark chrome hilt mixed with red and bronze, while the focusing crystal was a coveted [[starwars:Krayt_dragon_pearl|Krayt dragon pearl]], giving the blade a powerful, eerily white glow.

Tarax would continue to use his custom lightsaber in many battles during the following years, relying on its pearl-white glow to cast a ghostly aura around him as he relentlessly massacres his opponents. It was after several such battles on [[Krayiss_Two_-_Team_Sexcopter|Krayiss II]] during the first phase of the [[Dark Crusade]] after [[Taldryan]] managed to secure the planet that Tarax found an ancient but perfectly preserved lightsaber hilt while scavenging the remains of the [[Krayiss_II#Ancient_Library-temple|ancient library-temple]]. Unlike his hilt used at the time, the scavenged hilt had a longer grip and a bladed pommel; it also featured two blades below the emitter, acting as guards for the hilt but in practice serving a much more nefarious and deadlier purpose. Given that Tarax's lightsaber used up until that point was beginning to shows signs of wear and tear, the war-mongering Exarch decided to build himself a new lightsaber using the newly found, ancient hilt; Tarax transferred the crystals from his old lightsaber into the new one, engraved the Taldryan symbol below the emitter so it was positioned perfectly between the two guards, and re-bound the leather grip. The Lightbringer had built himself a new lightsaber.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

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|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
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|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

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|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
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{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Eosphoros Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself. Despite the tragedy and hardships surrounding his child's birth Malcolm gave him the middle name ''Eosphoros'', which was Old Tionese for "the Lightbringer."

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip, when Tarax's father had scheduled a last-minute meeting with a surprise buyer for the older Kor's collection of ancient Sith artifacts. Unknown to his father, the buyer was a Hapan noble with rumored but unproven ties to the Sith culture. Days passed by without a deal being agreed upon, and each night Malcolm came back to his shuttle more frustrated and complaining of every-increasing headaches. After a week of failed negotiations and increasing headaches, Malcom Kor suffered a sudden aneurism on his way to meet the buyer, dying instantaneously. The death of Tarax's father hit the young child though the Force like a hammer, inciting Tarax to violently lash out and send a scream through the Force, causing him to black out. Elsewhere, a hooded figure standing over Malcolm Kor's lifeless body looked towards the spaceport, its posture fully alert.

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|115px|left|Tarax as a child]][[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|115px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. (Hint: DuMornek was a shitty Sith wannabe lolz)
==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. Mooooooooooore.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
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Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
The crap? It is recent.
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|left|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|right|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax built his first lightsaber upon reaching the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]], under his master [[Chi Long]]'s guidance. It was a simple silver, brushed metal hilt with a purple blade. This was Tarax's primary weapon throughout his stay at [[Clan Plagueis]] and the first few years at [[Clan Taldryan]]. Shortly after Tarax reached the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Prelate]], the [[Dark Brotherhood]] held the [[Independence_Games#Independence_Games_III_.282008.29|Third Independence Games]], a series of Brotherhood-wide events held away from [[Antei]], celebrating the [[Exodus]]. It was during the Independence Games that the [[Dinaari]] [[Aedile]]'s lightsaber suffered damage beyond repair, prompting Tarax to build himself a brand new one. After several days of hard work, concentration, and meditation Tarax successfully completed construction of his first fully custom lightsaber. The new lightsaber had an elegant dark chrome hilt mixed with red and bronze, while the focusing crystal was a coveted [[starwars:Krayt_dragon_pearl|Krayt dragon pearl]], giving the blade a powerful, eerily white glow.

Tarax would continue to use his custom lightsaber in many battles during the following years, relying on its pearl-white glow to cast a ghostly aura around him as he relentlessly massacres his opponents. It was after several such battles on [[Krayiss_Two_-_Team_Sexcopter|Krayiss II]] during the first phase of the [[Dark Crusade]] after [[Taldryan]] managed to secure the planet that Tarax found an ancient but perfectly preserved lightsaber hilt while scavenging the remains of the [[Krayiss_II#Ancient_Library-temple|ancient library-temple]]. Unlike his hilt used at the time, the scavenged hilt had a longer grip and a bladed pommel; it also featured two blades below the emitter, acting as guards for the hilt but in practice serving a much more nefarious and deadlier purpose. Given that Tarax's lightsaber used up until that point was beginning to shows signs of wear and tear, the war-mongering Exarch decided to build himself a new lightsaber using the newly found, ancient hilt; Tarax transferred the crystals from his old lightsaber into the new one, engraved the Taldryan symbol below the emitter so it was positioned perfectly between the two guards, and re-bound the leather grip. The Lightbringer had built himself a new lightsaber.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

{{Positions}}
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
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|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=[[Halcyon Taldrya]]
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

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Tarax Kor: /* Character History */

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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip, when Tarax's father had scheduled a last-minute meeting with a surprise buyer for the older Kor's collection of ancient Sith artifacts. Unknown to his father, the buyer was a Hapan noble with rumored but unproven ties to the Sith culture. Days passed by without a deal being agreed upon, and each night Malcolm came back to his shuttle more frustrated and complaining of every-increasing headaches. After a week of failed negotiations and increasing headaches, Malcom Kor suffered a sudden aneurism on his way to meet the buyer, dying instantaneously. The death of Tarax's father hit the young child though the Force like a hammer, inciting Tarax to violently lash out and send a scream through the Force, causing him to black out. Elsewhere, a hooded figure standing over Malcolm Kor's lifeless body looked towards the spaceport, its posture fully alert.

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.
=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|115px|left|Tarax as a child]][[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|115px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. (Hint: DuMornek was a shitty Sith wannabe lolz)
==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. Mooooooooooore.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
The crap? It is recent.
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|left|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|right|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax built his first lightsaber upon reaching the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]], under his master [[Chi Long]]'s guidance. It was a simple silver, brushed metal hilt with a purple blade. This was Tarax's primary weapon throughout his stay at [[Clan Plagueis]] and the first few years at [[Clan Taldryan]]. Shortly after Tarax reached the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Prelate]], the [[Dark Brotherhood]] held the [[Independence_Games#Independence_Games_III_.282008.29|Third Independence Games]], a series of Brotherhood-wide events held away from [[Antei]], celebrating the [[Exodus]]. It was during the Independence Games that the [[Dinaari]] [[Aedile]]'s lightsaber suffered damage beyond repair, prompting Tarax to build himself a brand new one. After several days of hard work, concentration, and meditation Tarax successfully completed construction of his first fully custom lightsaber. The new lightsaber had an elegant dark chrome hilt mixed with red and bronze, while the focusing crystal was a coveted [[starwars:Krayt_dragon_pearl|Krayt dragon pearl]], giving the blade a powerful, eerily white glow.

Tarax would continue to use his custom lightsaber in many battles during the following years, relying on its pearl-white glow to cast a ghostly aura around him as he relentlessly massacres his opponents. It was after several such battles on [[Krayiss_Two_-_Team_Sexcopter|Krayiss II]] during the first phase of the [[Dark Crusade]] after [[Taldryan]] managed to secure the planet that Tarax found an ancient but perfectly preserved lightsaber hilt while scavenging the remains of the [[Krayiss_II#Ancient_Library-temple|ancient library-temple]]. Unlike his hilt used at the time, the scavenged hilt had a longer grip and a bladed pommel; it also featured two blades below the emitter, acting as guards for the hilt but in practice serving a much more nefarious and deadlier purpose. Given that Tarax's lightsaber used up until that point was beginning to shows signs of wear and tear, the war-mongering Exarch decided to build himself a new lightsaber using the newly found, ancient hilt; Tarax transferred the crystals from his old lightsaber into the new one, engraved the Taldryan symbol below the emitter so it was positioned perfectly between the two guards, and re-bound the leather grip. The Lightbringer had built himself a new lightsaber.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

{{Positions}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
}}
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|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=[[Halcyon Taldrya]]
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
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[[Category:DJB Characters]] [[Category:Sons of Taldryan]] [[Category:Obelisk]]

Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

2013-03-02T02:52:39Z

Tarax Kor: /* Lightsabers */

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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip. One of Tarax's father's contacts blah blah blah I got writer's block.

'''OH MY GOD HOW DID MALCOLM DIE?! TUNE IN NEXT WEEK TO FIND OUT!''' (There's some stuff about Force sensitivity and whatnot, I think)

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.[[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|100px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|100px|left|Tarax as a child]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. (Hint: DuMornek was a shitty Sith wannabe lolz)
==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. Mooooooooooore.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
The crap? It is recent.
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|left|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|right|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax built his first lightsaber upon reaching the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]], under his master [[Chi Long]]'s guidance. It was a simple silver, brushed metal hilt with a purple blade. This was Tarax's primary weapon throughout his stay at [[Clan Plagueis]] and the first few years at [[Clan Taldryan]]. Shortly after Tarax reached the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Prelate]], the [[Dark Brotherhood]] held the [[Independence_Games#Independence_Games_III_.282008.29|Third Independence Games]], a series of Brotherhood-wide events held away from [[Antei]], celebrating the [[Exodus]]. It was during the Independence Games that the [[Dinaari]] [[Aedile]]'s lightsaber suffered damage beyond repair, prompting Tarax to build himself a brand new one. After several days of hard work, concentration, and meditation Tarax successfully completed construction of his first fully custom lightsaber. The new lightsaber had an elegant dark chrome hilt mixed with red and bronze, while the focusing crystal was a coveted [[starwars:Krayt_dragon_pearl|Krayt dragon pearl]], giving the blade a powerful, eerily white glow.

Tarax would continue to use his custom lightsaber in many battles during the following years, relying on its pearl-white glow to cast a ghostly aura around him as he relentlessly massacres his opponents. It was after several such battles on [[Krayiss_Two_-_Team_Sexcopter|Krayiss II]] during the first phase of the [[Dark Crusade]] after [[Taldryan]] managed to secure the planet that Tarax found an ancient but perfectly preserved lightsaber hilt while scavenging the remains of the [[Krayiss_II#Ancient_Library-temple|ancient library-temple]]. Unlike his hilt used at the time, the scavenged hilt had a longer grip and a bladed pommel; it also featured two blades below the emitter, acting as guards for the hilt but in practice serving a much more nefarious and deadlier purpose. Given that Tarax's lightsaber used up until that point was beginning to shows signs of wear and tear, the war-mongering Exarch decided to build himself a new lightsaber using the newly found, ancient hilt; Tarax transferred the crystals from his old lightsaber into the new one, engraved the Taldryan symbol below the emitter so it was positioned perfectly between the two guards, and re-bound the leather grip. The Lightbringer had built himself a new lightsaber.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

{{Positions}}
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=[[Halcyon Taldrya]]
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
{{End|footer=A total eclipse of the heart}}

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[[Category:DJB Characters]] [[Category:Sons of Taldryan]] [[Category:Obelisk]]

Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

2013-02-28T04:22:24Z

Tarax Kor: /* Trivia */

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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip. One of Tarax's father's contacts blah blah blah I got writer's block.

'''OH MY GOD HOW DID MALCOLM DIE?! TUNE IN NEXT WEEK TO FIND OUT!''' (There's some stuff about Force sensitivity and whatnot, I think)

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.[[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|100px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|100px|left|Tarax as a child]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. (Hint: DuMornek was a shitty Sith wannabe lolz)
==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. Mooooooooooore.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
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Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
The crap? It is recent.
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|left|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|right|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax's custom lightsabers, both built after attaining the rank of [[Exarch]]. They ''both'' glow in the dark. Oooooooooh. Aaaaaaaah.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]] after [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

{{Positions}}
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
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|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=[[Halcyon Taldrya]]
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

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Tarax Kor: /* Trivia */

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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip. One of Tarax's father's contacts blah blah blah I got writer's block.

'''OH MY GOD HOW DID MALCOLM DIE?! TUNE IN NEXT WEEK TO FIND OUT!''' (There's some stuff about Force sensitivity and whatnot, I think)

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.[[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|100px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|100px|left|Tarax as a child]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. (Hint: DuMornek was a shitty Sith wannabe lolz)
==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. Mooooooooooore.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
The crap? It is recent.
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|left|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|right|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax's custom lightsabers, both built after attaining the rank of [[Exarch]]. They ''both'' glow in the dark. Oooooooooh. Aaaaaaaah.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

{{Positions}}
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
}}
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|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=[[Halcyon Taldrya]]
}}
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
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|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

2013-02-28T03:54:27Z

Tarax Kor: /* Lightsaber */

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|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip. One of Tarax's father's contacts blah blah blah I got writer's block.

'''OH MY GOD HOW DID MALCOLM DIE?! TUNE IN NEXT WEEK TO FIND OUT!''' (There's some stuff about Force sensitivity and whatnot, I think)

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.[[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|100px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|100px|left|Tarax as a child]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. (Hint: DuMornek was a shitty Sith wannabe lolz)
==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. Mooooooooooore.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
The crap? It is recent.
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|left|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|right|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsabers ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Tarax's current lightsaber]][[File:Taraxsaber2.jpg|thumb|115px|right|Previous lightsaber]]Tarax's custom lightsabers, both built after attaining the rank of [[Exarch]]. They ''both'' glow in the dark. Oooooooooh. Aaaaaaaah.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

{{Positions}}
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
}}
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|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=Unknown
}}
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

2013-02-23T06:57:13Z

Tarax Kor: OK I lied, don't judge me!

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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip. One of Tarax's father's contacts blah blah blah I got writer's block.

'''OH MY GOD HOW DID MALCOLM DIE?! TUNE IN NEXT WEEK TO FIND OUT!''' (There's some stuff about Force sensitivity and whatnot, I think)

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.[[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|100px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|100px|left|Tarax as a child]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. (Hint: DuMornek was a shitty Sith wannabe lolz)
==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. Mooooooooooore.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
The crap? It is recent.
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|left|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|right|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsaber ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Pearl White Lightsaber]]Tarax's custom lightsaber, built shortly after attain the rank of [[Exarch]]. It glows in the dark.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

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|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
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|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=Unknown
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

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Tarax Kor: I swear this is the last one...tonight.

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|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip. One of Tarax's father's contacts blah blah blah I got writer's block.

'''OH MY GOD HOW DID MALCOLM DIE?! TUNE IN NEXT WEEK TO FIND OUT!''' (There's some stuff about Force sensitivity and whatnot, I think)

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.[[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|100px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|100px|left|Tarax as a child]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. (Hint: DuMornek was a shitty Sith wannabe lolz)
==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. Mooooooooooore.
==== Stacking Up the Body Count ====
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable way.
=== Into the Darkness: Joining the Brotherhood ===
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax soon discovered that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
The crap? It is recent.
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|left|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|right|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsaber ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Pearl White Lightsaber]]Tarax's custom lightsaber, built shortly after attain the rank of [[Exarch]]. It glows in the dark.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

{{Positions}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=Unknown
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
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[[Category:DJB Characters]] [[Category:Sons of Taldryan]] [[Category:Obelisk]]

Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

2013-02-23T06:37:12Z

Tarax Kor: The wiki staff must hate me...

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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip. One of Tarax's father's contacts blah blah blah I got writer's block.

'''OH MY GOD HOW DID MALCOLM DIE?! TUNE IN NEXT WEEK TO FIND OUT!''' (There's some stuff about Force sensitivity and whatnot, I think)

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.[[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|100px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|100px|left|Tarax as a child]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. (Hint: DuMornek was a shitty Sith wannabe lolz)
==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. Mooooooooooore.
=== Stacking Up the Body Count ===
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable way.
=== Into the Darkness ===
==== Joining the Dark Dedi Brotherhood ====
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax quickly learned that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
[[File:Galeres.jpg|thumb|120px|right|House Galeres logo]]
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
The crap? It is recent.
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|left|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|right|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsaber ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Pearl White Lightsaber]]Tarax's custom lightsaber, built shortly after attain the rank of [[Exarch]]. It glows in the dark.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

{{Positions}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=Unknown
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
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[[Category:DJB Characters]] [[Category:Sons of Taldryan]] [[Category:Obelisk]]

Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

2013-02-23T06:30:14Z

Tarax Kor: go to sleep, loser.

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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip. One of Tarax's father's contacts blah blah blah I got writer's block.

'''OH MY GOD HOW DID MALCOLM DIE?! TUNE IN NEXT WEEK TO FIND OUT!''' (There's some stuff about Force sensitivity and whatnot, I think)

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.[[File:DuMornek.png|thumb|100px|right|Justin DuMornek]]
=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|100px|left|Tarax as a child]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. (Hint: DuMornek was a shitty Sith wannabe lolz)
==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. Mooooooooooore.
=== Stacking Up the Body Count ===
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable way.
=== Into the Darkness ===
==== Joining the Dark Dedi Brotherhood ====
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax quickly learned that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
The crap? It is recent.
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|left|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|right|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsaber ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Pearl White Lightsaber]]Tarax's custom lightsaber, built shortly after attain the rank of [[Exarch]]. It glows in the dark.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

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|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
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|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=Unknown
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip. One of Tarax's father's contacts blah blah blah I got writer's block.

'''OH MY GOD HOW DID MALCOLM DIE?! TUNE IN NEXT WEEK TO FIND OUT!''' (There's some stuff about Force sensitivity and whatnot, I think)

The death of Tarax's father made something snap deep within the young boy. The Hapan authorities, unable to find any next of kin and unsure what to do with the young boy, placed him with a family of lower nobility. This moment of relative peace did not last, as soon after Tarax was adopted by another Hapan noble named Justin DuMornek.
=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|100px|left|Tarax as a child]]
Life with DuMornek was not what the young boy had expected: instead of the usual Hapan narcissism and selfishness, DuMornek showed a near-obsessive interest in Tarax's newfound abilities and their limits. (Hint: DuMornek was a shitty Sith wannabe lolz)
==== Heading Down a Dark Path ====
Tarax fought off against DuMornek's attacks, killing him and bringing the Hapan noble's villa down on his former master's broken, lifeless body. Mooooooooooore.
=== Stacking Up the Body Count ===
Nearing the end of his teenage years, Tarax needed to find a way to indulge his sadistic, violent nature without getting into trouble with various galactic law forces. Finding himself in the Corporate Sector, the large cyborg realized the easiest way to do what he wanted and evade capture was to contract himself out as a bounty hunter; he signed up as a contractor at the local [[starwars:House_Paramexor|House Paramexor]] offices on his 20th birthday. For the next four years Tarax would use what little he learned of the Force from DuMornek to hunt other murderers across the galaxy and kill them in every conceivable way.
=== Into the Darkness ===
==== Joining the Dark Dedi Brotherhood ====
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax quickly learned that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
The crap? It is recent.
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|left|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|right|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsaber ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Pearl White Lightsaber]]Tarax's custom lightsaber, built shortly after attain the rank of [[Exarch]]. It glows in the dark.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

{{Positions}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=Unknown
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
{{End|footer=A total eclipse of the heart}}

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[[Category:DJB Characters]] [[Category:Sons of Taldryan]] [[Category:Obelisk]]

Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

2013-02-23T05:05:36Z

Tarax Kor: /* Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best */

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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip. One of Tarax's father's contacts blah blah blah I got writer's block.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|100px|left|Tarax as a child]]''Stuff goes here''
==== Beginning Down a Dark Path ====
''Stuff goes here''
=== Stacking Up the Body Count ===
''Stuff goes here''
=== Into the Darkness ===
==== Joining the Dark Dedi Brotherhood ====
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax quickly learned that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]], finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.

=== The Return ===
The crap? It is recent.
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|left|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|right|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsaber ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Pearl White Lightsaber]]Tarax's custom lightsaber, built shortly after attain the rank of [[Exarch]]. It glows in the dark.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

{{Positions}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=Unknown
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
{{End|footer=A total eclipse of the heart}}

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[[Category:DJB Characters]] [[Category:Sons of Taldryan]] [[Category:Obelisk]]

Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

2013-02-23T03:58:14Z

Tarax Kor: why can't I stop? I blame Shad.

{{eras|rise|reb|new|njo|djb}}
{{construction}}
{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip. One of Tarax's father's contacts blah blah blah I got writer's block.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|100px|left|Tarax as a child]]''Stuff goes here''
==== Beginning Down a Dark Path ====
''Stuff goes here''
=== Stacking Up the Body Count ===
''Stuff goes here''
=== Into the Darkness ===
==== Joining the Dark Dedi Brotherhood ====
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax quickly learned that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
=== The Search for a Worthy Home ===
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
==== Clan Arcona ====
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
==== Clan Plagueis ====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Clan Taldryan: Joining the Best ===
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force, Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]]. finally laying his roots in [[House Dinaari]].

==== House Dinaari ====
{{quote|D-I-N-A-A-R-I, there's no other way to spell Pwnage|Everyone}}
Settling down at his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.
=== The Return ===
The crap? It is recent.
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|left|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|right|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsaber ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Pearl White Lightsaber]]Tarax's custom lightsaber, built shortly after attain the rank of [[Exarch]]. It glows in the dark.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

{{Positions}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=Unknown
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

2013-02-23T03:43:24Z

Tarax Kor: bleh more changes.

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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Let's Start at the Beginning ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip. One of Tarax's father's contacts blah blah blah I got writer's block.

=== The Shaping of a Monster ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|100px|left|Tarax as a child]]''Stuff goes here''
==== Beginning Down a Dark Path ====
''Stuff goes here''
=== Stacking Up the Body Count ===
''Stuff goes here''
=== Into the Darkness ===
==== Joining the Brotherhood ====
Nineteen years after the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]], Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax quickly learned that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
==== The Search for a Worthy Home ====
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
===== Clan Arcona =====
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
===== Clan Plagueis =====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
=== Joining the Best: Clan Taldryan ===
{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
[[File:TaldryanLogo.jpg|thumb|235px|right|Taldryan Emblem]]
Due to luck or the will of the Force, Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]].

Settling into [[House Dinaari]] as his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
==== Becoming a Son of Taldryan ====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.
=== The Return ===
The crap? It is recent.
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
[[File:TaraxRage.png|thumb|100px|right|Bloodlust]]Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Bloodlust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless bloodlust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|I work out.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|left|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|right|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsaber ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Pearl White Lightsaber]]Tarax's custom lightsaber, built shortly after attain the rank of [[Exarch]]. It glows in the dark.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

{{Positions}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=Unknown
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
{{End|footer=A total eclipse of the heart}}

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Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor

2013-02-23T03:03:01Z

Tarax Kor: MEGA WIKI DUMP! I just hope I don't get Wiki hemorrhoids after this...do they have topical gels for that? I can imagine the pain right now.

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{{Character
|type=Obelisk
|image=[[File:Taraxprofilepic.jpg|244px]]
|firstname=Tarax Eosphoros
|lastname= Taldrya Kor
|homeworld=[[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]
|birth={{Birthyear_and_Age_(BBY)|3|}}
|species=[[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]]
|gender=Male
|hair=White
|eyes=Blue
|height=2.04 meters
|weight=114.13 kilograms
|cyber=Infected with a techno-organic virus
|allies=[[Old Folks' Home]]
|enemies=[[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorians]]
|saber=[[starwars:Lightsaber crystal#Known color crystals|Pearl White]]
|form=See [[#Lightsaber_Forms|Lightsaber Forms]]
|fightingstyle=See [[#Hand-to-Hand_Styles|Hand to Hand Styles]]
|profession= Psychopath killer
|position= Viceroy Emeritus of [[Altur]]
|era= [[Rise of the Empire Era]] to [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
|affiliation=*[[Taldryan]]
*[[Old Folks' Home]]
|masters=[[Chi Long]]
|apprentices=[[Markus Krane]]
|dossier=[[dossier:3239|3239]]
}}

{{Quote|Tarax is just a pole, and nothing more; quoted Shadow, the awesome whore.|[[Shadow Taldrya]]}}
'''Tarax Eosphoros Taldrya Kor''' is a [[starwars:cyborg|Human cyborg]] [[starwars:male|male]] [[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] holding the rank of [[Obelisk]] [[Exarch]] from [[Taldryan|House Taldryan]]. In the past he served the [[House Dinaari]] of [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] as first [[Aedile]] and then [[Quaestor]], alongside a myriad of [[Dark Summit]] positions. For his loyalty to the [[Clan]], Tarax was awarded the [[title]] of [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]].

== Character History ==
=== Childhood (3 BBY - 6 ABY) ===
[[File:Commenor.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Commenor]]Tarax Kor was born in [[starwars:Munto|Munto]], one of [[starwars:Commenor|Commenor]]'s largest cities, to suspicious and tragic circumstances. While giving birth to her son, Margaret Lefay's health took on a sudden and mysterious turn for the worse, putting Tarax's own life at risk; Tarax's mother did not live long enough to hear her son's first cries. Born with a myriad of health complications, the hospital staff's only chance of saving the newborn's life was to attach him to an experimental techno-organic prosthetic, which would strengthen and reinforce the baby's rapidly-weakening physiology. Tarax's father, Malcolm Dresden Kor, would go on to raise his son by himself.

Given that Malcolm Kor worked as rare artifacts dealer, his job would take him and his son all over the galaxy. By the age of 6, Tarax was already developing a deep resentment to the fact that he didn't have a place to call home; his dad kept them on the relatively run-down cargo ship, flying from port to port, with not much to show for it. Tarax knew that his father was a good, hard working man that wanted to make the best of the situation for his son, but that did not prevent the hate from festering within the child's heart. It would be during one of his father's many trading runs when Tarax's world would go from bad to worse.

==== Tragedy and Rebirth ====
[[File:Hapes2.png|thumb|100px|left|Hapes]]A few weeks after Tarax's 6th birthday, his father's business led them to the homeworld of the [[starwars:Hapes Consortium|Hapes Consortium]], the planet [[starwars:Hapes|Hapes]] itself. It was in this place that Tarax would have his reality turned upside down, and the course of his life changed forever.

It was almost time for them to leave Hapes and head to the next leg of their trip. One of Tarax's father's contacts blah blah blah I got writer's block.

=== The Shaping of a Monster (6 ABY - 15 ABY) ===
[[File:Taraxkid.png|thumb|100px|left|Tarax as a child]]''Stuff goes here''
==== Beginning Down a Dark Path ====
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=== Stacking Up the Body Count (15 ABY - 19 ABY) ===
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=== Dark Jedi Brotherhood (19 ABY - Present) ===
In approximately 19 ABY, Tarax stumbled across the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Hunting one of his bounties, Tarax quickly learned that his target was a member of [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], one of the Brotherhood's major factions; instead of deciding to pursue and kill the lowly Dark Jedi, Tarax decided instead to join the organization and start a new life within. Knowing only of Scholae Palatinae at the time, Tarax joined their ranks as a [[Novice]] dark Jedi of the [[Obelisk]] Order.

However, Tarax quickly learned that Scholae Palatinae weren't a people that were knowledgeable or useful, and decided to look for a suitable home elsewhere.
==== A Search for a Worthy Home ====
{{quote|Home is where the heart is...unless I've ripped out your heart and shoved it down your throat.|Tarax}}
Setting out from Scholae Palatinae, Tarax set his mind on exploring the different factions of the Dark Brotherhood with hopes to learn as much as he could from them; the only group he never wished to near, however, was [[Clan Tarentum]].

Despite spending a very brief time in [[Clan Naga Sadow]], the two factions which proved the most useful to Tarax in his early years as a Dark Jedi were [[Clan Arcona]] and [[Clan Exar Kun]], which eventually became [[Clan Plagueis]].
===== Clan Arcona =====
The first stop after leaving Scholae Palatinae, Arcona was a place where Tarax felt he could easily grow in power and status. Friendships and rivalries were quickly forged, most notably with later fellow [[Taldryan]] allies [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]]. Steadily rising through the ranks of the Dark Brotherhood, Tarax was persuaded by a fellow Arconan to leave the Clan and follow her to [[Naga Sadow]], despite arguments against such a decision by fellow members of [[House Galeres]].

Realizing that the move to Naga Sadow was a mistake, Tarax came back to Galeres and once again focused on obtaining as much knowledge and power that he could; this drive ambition caught the eye of the former [[Grand Master]] and then-[[Consul]] of [[Clan Exar Kun]], [[Chi Long]]. Tarax reached the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] and was given the position of [[Aedile]] of House Galeres, yet he could not deny the feeling he had that Arcona could offer him no more of what he sought and desired; sensing this change within the ambitious [[Journeyman]], Chi Long offered Tarax the chance to become his Master and teach him all that was needed to finish his Knighthood Trials, whereupon the young Arconan would finally earn the rank and power of [[Dark Jedi Knight]].

Without a second thought Tarax left Arcona to train under his new Master, this time never to return.
===== Clan Plagueis =====
Training under the Grand Master was short but rigorous; Chi Long was an apt teacher, and Tarax was a skilled and talented student. Right after he earned the rank of Dark Jedi Knight, Tarax's Master and Consul decided the Clan should honor the [[Sith Lord]] [[starwars:Plagueis|Plagueis]] instead of [[starwars:Exar Kun|Exar Kun]], changing the Clan's name and starting a new chapter in its Holocron.

The new beginning also brought in new rivalries. Soon after Clan Plagueis asserted its position within the Dark Brotherhood, a new faction of Dark Jedi opposed to the Consul rose within its ranks. It was not long before the rival group took over the Clan and deposed Chi Long from power, forcing him to flee Plagueis and the Brotherhood.

With his Master gone, Tarax did not have the power or support to strike down the rebels that had taken over his Clan. Not willing to become their pawn or ally, Tarax quickly left Plagueis for a better Clan.
==== Joining the Best: Clan Taldryan ====
{{quote|A brotherhood within a brotherhood|Taldryan Motto}}
Due to luck or the will of the Force, Tarax found a home with [[Clan Taldryan]].

Settling into [[House Dinaari]] as his destination, Tarax knew that his newfound home was the source of some of the Brotherhood's greatest leaders. This knowledge, along with the suspicion and skepticism that treated him upon his arrival, led the Knight to commit as much of himself as he could to the brotherhood of Taldryan.

As he gained more knowledge and experience, Tarax realized that Taldryan was a place he belonged to from the start; the end of one long journey, but the start of a new one. He was reunited with his old friends [[Halcyon Rokir]] and [[Syn Kaek]], and made plenty of new ones like [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], [[Shadow Taldrya]], [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]] (who is ''totally'' gay), [[Benevolent Taldrya Whiner]], and many more. These friendships would later become stronger as part of the [[Old Folks' Home]], an elite Taldryan unit.

Before too long, another Plagueis outcast would join Dinaari; [[Vladet Xavier]] quickly rose through the ranks within Taldryan and became the [[Quaestor]] of House Dinaari, appointing Tarax as his Aedile. Over the next four years Dinaari solidified its superiority within the Dark Brotherhood thanks to the powerful teamwork between Vladet and Tarax.
===== Becoming a Son of Taldryan =====
After four years as an Aedile and just under a year as Quaestor of House Dinaari, Tarax was awarded the Clan Title for his commitment and dedication to the Clan and its members. After many years of grueling work and self-improvement, he became a [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Son of Taldryan]]. Soon after receiving this prestigious honor, Tarax - now an Obelisk [[Exarch]] - left Taldryan to wander the galaxy and learn as much of what he could about the dangers beyond the Brotherhood's borders.
==== The Return ====
The crap? It is recent.
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== Personality & Appearance ==
=== Behavioral Traits ===
Tarax is a sadistic psychopath. He loves to see and cause pain in others, both often bringing euphoric - sometimes sexual - levels of pleasure and joy to him. He would rather slowly torture and maim a victim to death rather than afford them the mercy of a quick kill. The more gruesome a death can be, the more pleasurable and exciting it is for Tarax.

Combined with his love of massacres, genocide, and overall bloodshed, Tarax has a strong lack of respect for others; he is quick to insult and taunt his opponents - whom he refers to as his prey - using their rage as fuel to feed his fire. Only a select few have earned Tarax's respect, mostly his fellow friends and team-mates from the [[Old Folks' Home]] as well as some of the Taldryan Summit.
==== Blood-lust ====
When sufficiently provoked by an opponent or by his surroundings, Tarax sinks into rage-fueled, mindless blood-lust that sends him on a vicious and massive killing spree. This is not a Force ability as much as a state of mind where the [[Equite]] loses all rational control and only has the urge to destroy everything in his path. The only way he can be brought out of this phase is if he kills every single opponent in his vicinity or if his system suffers a massive enough shock. This blood-lust is very similar to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker berserker] trance.
=== Physical Description ===
[[File:Taraxissosexy.jpg|thumb|100px|left|So very sexy.]] Just over 2 meters tall and weighing almost 115 kilograms, Tarax is an imposing figure. His white hair and blue eyes brighten a face that hides a very dark and sinister mind. A body packed with muscle, Tarax is both blessed and cursed by the cybernetic techno-organic virus that has claimed the left half of his entire upper body; while providing him with added strength and protection, it also proves as a handicap when exposed to extreme weather such as freezing temperatures or scorching heat.

Earned in battle against the [[Erinos]] family from [[Clan Arcona]] during the [[Selen Incident]], the scar over his right eye serves as a constant reminder to the [[Sons & Daughters of Taldryan|Taldrya]] Exarch of his maddening hatred of Mandalorian everywhere, especially for those within the [[Dark Brotherhood]].

Given his size and strength, Tarax's role on missions is usually that of a fighter and brawler used for brute force, as opposed to finesse and Force mastery. In certain situations, he serves as an adequate human shield to the rest of his team mates, able to take a beating and to continue fighting. On more than one occasion he was used as a human cannonball, to varying degrees of success.
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=== Attire ===
[[File:Taraxattire.jpg|thumb|105px|left|Regular attire]][[File:Taraxrobes.jpg|thumb|130px|right|Tarax's robes]] When he's not on a mission for [[Taldryan]] or the [[Old Folks' Home]] battleteam, Tarax prefers to wear colourful and loose clothing. Other members of his House constantly make fun of his choices for clothing, but Tarax prefers his unconventional ensemble to the traditional Dark Brotherhood robes often worn by his peers. Oftentimes this decision has worked in Tarax's favour, as he can wander around various cities around the galaxy without being identified as a member of the Dark Brotherhood or [[Taldryan]], thus providing him a tactical advantage on numerous occasions.

The blue colours on his shirt bring out his bright, beautiful blue eyes, while the red reflects his passion and thirst for his enemies' blood.

When on a mission or in combat, Tarax prefers to wear the ''Brutal'' robes with a cloak; the robes provide plenty of protection, allow for a high level of dexterity, and most important of all don't chafe. The robes are accented with traditional [[Obelisk]] colours and are equipped with additional protective plates in vital areas.
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== Combat ==
=== Hand-to-Hand Styles ===
Not wishing to rely too much on his weapons, Tarax has devoted himself to studying and mastering various hand-to-hand combat disciplines. He is a master of the [[Dulon]], [[Broken Gate]], and [[Carinor]] forms, and an apt practitioner of the [[Kartranin]], [[Hapan]], and
[[Shyarn-ado]] forms.
=== Lightsaber Forms ===
A skilled combatant with the lightsaber, Tarax rains death and destruction upon his enemies simply and efficiently. As his mastery of the Force increased along with his ascension through the [[Obelisk]], the Taldryan Equite perfected the advanced style [[Djem So]] as his primary form, relying on the lower [[Shii-Cho]] and [[Soresu]] styles as a secondary form. The lack of diveristy in Tarax's knowledge of lightsaber forms is made up with the ferocity and intensity he displays when utilizing these styles against his opponents.

== Equipment ==
=== Lightsaber ===
[[File:Taraxsaber.jpg|thumb|100px|left|Pearl White Lightsaber]]Tarax's custom lightsaber, built shortly after attain the rank of [[Exarch]]. It glows in the dark.
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=== Melee Weapons ===
[[File:taraxdagger.png|thumb|100px|right|One of Tarax's daggers]]Being the type of man that enjoys the up close kill, Tarax has developed a strong affinity for using various sorts of bladed melee weapons - most often [[starwars:Dagger (weapon)|daggers]] - along with his lightsaber. Depending on the situation and its circumstances, Tarax's arsenal would include a [[starwars:combat knife|combat knife]] or dagger, a [[starwars:punch-dagger|punch-dagger]], and his most prized bladed weapon of all: a [[starwars:Zhaboka|Zhaboka]].

The Zhaboka came into Tarax's possession shortly after his departure as [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], whereupon to satisfy his need for blood and mayhem led him across the galaxy hunting various sorts of prey; oftentimes his prey ended up being [[starwars:Mandalorian|Mandalorian]]. During one of these hunts Tarax came across a secret weapons cache belonging to his target, finding the Zhaboka within; it was with this weapon that Tarax's prey met his gruesome, painful, bloody demise.

When faced with a combat situation Tarax prefers to use his melee weapons instead of his lightsaber, usually to taunt and tease his opponents. The use of a cold-bladed weapon to maim and kill his opponents brings causes euphoric satisfaction to Tarax, which leads to him rarely using his lightsaber against his foe unless he is outmatched, outclassed, or decides to top playing around and go for the quick kill.
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== Trivia ==
* Former holder of [http://taldryan.net/clan_awards.php Mav's Temperance (Mav's Dagger)], a [[Taldryan|Clan Taldryan]] Award
* Second-longest serving [[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
* The ''greatest'' [[Praetor|P]]:[[Master At Arms|MAA]] ever
* Served as [[Magistrate]] to the [[Deputy Grand Master]] on several occasions

{{Positions}}
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|title=[[Aedile]] of [[Galeres|House Galeres]]
|years=22 ABY
|before=[[Syn Kaek]]
|after=Kuddam Wrath
}}
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|title=[[Praetor]] to the [[Master At Arms]]
|years=29 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Hel-Pa Taldrya Sklib]]
|after=Unknown
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Aedile]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=27 ABY to 31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
{{Succession box
|title=[[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]]
|years=31 ABY
|before=[[Vladet Xavier]]
|after=Corax "Baron" Zarjin
}}
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