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|founded=31 ABY
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{{quote|So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak.|Sun Tzu}}
Formed during the crucible of death and destruction that was the Ninth Great Jedi War the concept of the Nightwraiths blossomed into a fully fledged operational unit shortly before the incident at Eden (31 ABY).

==History==

The members of the Nightwraiths Battle Team do not apply to join the prestigious unit; they are instead selected by a shadowy military cabal who pick only the strongest, wisest, craftiest and deadliest men and women of [[Tarentum]]. Together they undergo extensive training with elements of [[Tarentum]]’s armed forces to form a coherent and effective unit as deadly as a Death Star.

==Role==

By utilising two facets of a Tarenti’s training; strict and comprehensive military training and steeped learning in the occult Dark Side teachings an elite unit of lethal ghosts were formed. These elite commandos were formed with the promise of being [[House Cestus]]’ fist, a unit that would act in any way necessary to achieve the goals set before them by their leadership be it urban warfare or sabotaging an armoured column in the desert wastes of Tatooine. The sentients of the unit have, through the trials of their training, been moulded into a close knit, effective family for whom verbal communications are often unnecessary on the field of battle as each simply knows what is expected of him or her.
During missions the team works in conjunction with [[Clan Tarentum I Corps|1st platoon of B company]] of the 1st Division’s Special Forces battalion where they form the first squad. Overarching command of the platoon is, under mission circumstances, placed in the hands of the Battle Team commander who is responsible for the disposition of their men. Each squad within the platoon has undergone the same “basic” training expected of a Tarenti commando unit however each individual squad has also undergone further training in fields such as urban, jungle, air and mountain combat. Needless to say the forces dedicated to a particular mission is dependant on its requirements in that not all squads will be needed for most missions.

==Equipment==

'''Weapons'''
* [[TAW-8GP Combat Rifle]]: A proprietary Tarentum IP this rifle is excellently suited for most situations with variable rates of fire and recoil compensators to ensure accurate fire.
* [[TAW-8GP Combat Rifle|TAW-25LR Heavy Rifle]]: One of these rifles per squad for use by a dedicated sniper.
* [[TAW-6A Autopistol]]: Each member of the platoon must carry one of these side arms for use in the event of a primary weapon malfunction.
* [[starwars:HX2 antipersonnel mine|HX2 mine]]: Each member is required to carry one of these antipersonnel mines per mission.
* [[starwars:C-22 fragmentation grenade|C-22]] fragmentation grenade: Each member is required to carry at least 2 of these grenades per mission.
* [[starwars:Smoke grenades|Smoke grenades]]: One per person.
* [[starwars:Luma grenade|Luma grenade]]: One per person.
* 81mm mortar: One of these indirect fire weapons is carried per squad, often broken into its constituent parts so as not to burden any one member unnecessarily with each member of the squad carrying a case of 4 rounds.
* [[starwars:T21|T-21 repeating rifle]]: A single repeater rifle per squadron to ensure adequate supply of cover fire should it be needed.
* [[starwars:Vibroknife|Vibroknife]]: For use in hand to hand/maximum stealth situations each member must have a bladed weapon on their person.

'''Armour'''
* TDW-HA MkI: A masterpiece of war designed by Tarentum’s own defensive works, a subsidiary of the TAW. This armour has been designed to sheath its wearer in nigh-impenetrable armour yet remains light enough to be carried with no discomfort. It’s unique defensive capabilities comes from the web of energy dampening superconductors woven into mimetic plates of the shell that disperses the energy from a laser blast from its impact point through the whole armour before channelling it into its own energy stores. Protection against kinetic weapons is provided by a plassteel alloy provided by Tarenti mines which has been demonstrated to resist the initial blow of an amphistaff. Worn underneath the armour is a body suit which incorporates a further energy web to dampen any residual laser fire that might leak through the outer shell.Similar to the fabled stormtrooper armour the TDW-HA MkI allows its user to survive in a vacuum for a limited run of time (obviously with the use of a helmet).

==Squad Roles==

A

Squad is in the in-mission designation of the Battle Team and are, possibly, the most flexible and deadliest troops available for Tarentum’s use. Comprising of around 8 individuals this potent squad is a real force multiplier and no job is too large or complex for them to complete with a little help. Subtler than a whole division but as deadly as a Death Star.

B

The urban combat specialists; they have been given training in street fighting, house clearing and riot control duties and as such can be seconded to the Yridian police if a major disturbance is reported. Comprising of ten individuals, eight private soldiers, one Lance-Corporal and a commanding Corporal.
The squadron undergoes rigorous training in the urban sprawl of [[Yridia IX]] and Tara on [[Yridia II]] where the members learn how to set up cover observation posts and tracking targets, often innocent locals picked at random, they then undergo further training in a specially designed row of prefab buildings designed to resemble a street of houses which they must fight through often having to discriminate between “hostages” and targets whilst using live ammunition.

C

The ten men of C squadron are the special environment warfare experts. Whilst bone fide jungle is at a premium in the [[Yridia system|Yridia]] system the same cannot be said of other worlds that might be of interest to Tarentum, as such this squadron have been invested with the responsibility of mastering the art of jungle warfare by spending time with natives of jungle worlds such as Haruun Kal and learning their crafts.Further the squad is trained in arts of mountain fighting memorising the techniques of ambush and destruction along twisting mountain paths whilst at the same time being just as home in the arid wastes of Tatooine.

D

D squadron is the designated air insertion troop. Whilst most of the Tarenti army is, in a way, air inserted by mode of troop transports landing them on the surface of planets D squad takes this to the next level. Using single person re-entry pods they are able to travel from ship to surface in a rapid, safe and undetectable manner thanks to absorptive plating covering the hull of their drop pods. If, however, the troops happen to already be on the surface of the world their target is on then more conventional air insertion techniques such as parachuting or abseil from a transport/gunship is the preferred option.

E

Whilst normally a platoon would compromise only four squadrons the integration of the Battle Team to the platoon has expanded their fighting capacity to five squads. So it became that E squad was formed and tasked with mastering the art of reconnaissance. Whilst each of the squads could, in theory, perform their own recon it was judged a more efficient use of resources to develop a squad who’s sole purpose is the provision of intelligence thus allowing the other units to focus their unique talents solely upon their fields of expertise.

==Tactics==

===Combined Arms===

It has been learned over countless millennia of warfare and strife that an infantry unit is only as good as its backup. To this extent the platoon has at its disposable numerous resources granted to it by [[Clan Tarentum]]'s military. For example should the platoon be in operation on worlds where a Tarenti military presence is notable each squad is able to request air strikes or orbital bombardment. As a force multiplier unit (that is a unit capable of increasing the effectiveness of other units in combat) will sometimes see the unit in combat close by to elements of the greater Tarenti army and as such can be expected to be reinforced by army elements such as armour and air/space craft.

===Piloting===

As customary for a Clan within the Brotherhood opportunities for piloting are available. Perhaps mirroring the role of the fabled Wraith squadron in the New Republic members will often have to insert via star fighter which may be a mission specific craft (for example using a stolen NR X-wing to bypass a customs patrol). Half of each squad must undergo basic naval training to ensure competency behind the stick of a wide range of space craft including the mastering of bridge controls should a mission require the theft of a capital ship.

===Assassinations===

Whilst certain so-called civilised civilisations abhor the art of assassination it is, nonetheless, an essential part of any well fought war; why battle a whole army when a single shot at the general in charge could cause it to crumble? It is to this extent that the Nightwraiths undergo training, as a supplement to that they receive in the arcane methods of Force assassinations, in many forms of stealth killing such as sniping, poison, shiv to the kidneys and all the other back alley techniques deemed efficient and worth knowing.

===Counter Insurgency===

As has too often been witnessed in Tarenti space any local populace can prove to be [[The Yridian Revolt|fickle]], their allegiance often only guaranteed by the tip of a blaster rifle. Outright rebellion against occupation will often revert to the occupying power re-establishing control however the path is long and costly and prevention is better than cure. To achieve the stated aims each member of Tarentum’s special forces undergo hearts and minds training to win the trust of the locals thus, hopefully, ensuring their loyalty, failing this they are also well versed in the arts of terror that could have equalled the Empire at its height.

==Headquarters==

===[[Cestus Complex]]===
When the unit is quartered within the Cestus compound on Koros a large set of quarters have been converted into a HQ for the team. Within this five meters by five meters square lies all the wonders of modern technology available to Clan Tarentum; computers that analyse transmissions made across Tarenti space analysing them for key words and distilling information on any potential troubles for the team of intelligence experts constantly present within the office to view. Other than the transmissions feeds from hundreds, nay thousands, of CCTV cameras are piped into the Tarenti defence mainframes and are analysed by A.I routines for suspicious behaviour; any scenes of interest are forwarded on to those who can do something about it. The self same networked technology keeps tracks on each member of the team tracking their training and estimated battle efficiency, not to mention keeping each member fully stocked via an auto-inventory subroutine within their armour HUD.

===In the Field===

Whilst out on routine patrol or on a mission the BTL is designated as the “HQ” with his HUD tactical overlay receiving theatre specific intel via a subspace link. Communications and interpretation is often facilitated (if possible) via a HQ team in orbit or a nearby firebase usually consisting of two non-coms who serve to relay any orders or updates that might come from Clan/House leadership.

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"''Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.''" - Sun Tzu

Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae (20BBY-present) Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum, Death Dealer of Tarentum, Vice Admiral of the Fleet and brother of the Tarentae has served the noble Clan of Tarentum dutifully and in many guises over the past decade; assasin, leader of men or even simple diplomat nothing is beyond the Human's desire and capacity to see the Clan succeed.

== '''Character History''' ==

===Early Life===

Welshman is a base-line human hailing from the world of Yaga Minor. Born into the middle classes of Imperial Society 20 years before the Battle of Yavin he spent most of his adult life in the Imperial navy as a TIE pilot, first with the Galactic Empire and then, with the destruction of Palpatine at Endor, under Pellaeon/Thrawn leading a squadron of TIE Interceptors on the Imperial Star Destroyer Bellicose.

During the later years of the Galactic Civil War (19 ABY) Welshman was in command of a surface garrison defending a minor planet in the Champala sector, one of the few remaining loyal Imperial territories, however following Pellaeon's defeat at Anx Minor the planet was overrun with Rebellion troops causing Welshman to sustain prolific injuries. It was only by luck that a Tarenti supply mission were present at the shuttle port and saved the Imperial Colonel.

===The Brotherhood===

"''The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.''" - Frank Herbert

After spending some time in a Tarenti hospital the Imperial officer was sent away to the Shadow Academy for Force training, an inherent gift which had no doubt saved the human many times during the past, upon entering the halls on Lyspair his first choice was which Order to serve, twenty years as a tactician and commander of space forces biased the recruit towards the Sith. His further studies and teachings solidified his belief in the Order.

Upon returning to his Clan the old warrior was placed in the Sith house, House Tridens, and quickly rose up the Journeymen ranks. It was however the outbreak of the Third Sith War that gave Welshman an opportunity to shine, leading his squadron (Stingray) to glory over the Antarans. Knighthood was his reward for exemplary service, his apprenticeship to then Consul Rekio officially over, taking his name the newly christened Welshman Corsair began the long trek up the ranks which would one day see him nestled as Consul.

===Glory Days===

Earning the toe hold into the Equite ranks was one thing, proving his worth at holding and proceeding further was another. Fortunately a Force War soon broke out (21 ABY) when a insidious mind plague known as the Conciousness spread amongst the Brotherhood's members causing the Clans to slip into Civil War. The war went well for the Knight for many weeks, earning him a field promotion to the rank of Sith Warrior, however he was soon infected by his then Consul Sith Bloodfyre and shipped to Antei to defend the enemy's positions. The war was brought to its conclusion when Lord Firefox destroyed Okemi, an ancient Sith Lord, who was responsible for spreading the plague in an attempt to regain power.

Arriving back in Yridian space Welshman was inducted into the Tarentae and with newly found respect and powers was appointed to the role of Aedile of Gladius during a reshuffle of Tarentum's assets following depletion of her members and the closure of House Cestus.

It was during his time on the Summit of Gladius that he began his training in the Tarenti Force doctrine of Necromancy under the feared Field Marshal Maxamillian von Oberst.

Soon the Warrior ascended to the rank of Quaestor and Sith Warmaster.

===Twilight===
After years of efficient management, thorough reforms and setting examples with member relations the Warmaster was approached to serve on the Clan Summit, a initial tenure as Proconsul under Anshar Kahn and then under Spears before rising to the Consularship during the Aranna Incident involving CNS, CSP, CP and Tar.

This was not the first conflict to blight his Consularship with another Great Jedi War, his second the Brotherhood's seventh, erupting. This War however, unlike others, did not find much enthusiasm in a Tarentum embittered with Dark Council politics and interference and only token support was issued to the camp of “Red Jac”, one of two Jac clones who had both announced themselves to be the true GM and demanded fealty. Tarentum's fleet however did enter the fight close to the end of the conflict eager to damage the other Clans and gain some loot. The end of the conflict not only signalled the termination of the war but also the termination of Welshman's faith in the Brotherhood, fuelled by dark visions he abdicated his post and left the Yridian system for the far reaches of the Galaxy.

===Rising from the ashes.===

For months the Warlord traversed the galactic fringe, following up rumours about ancient Force sites in an attempt to gain a greater knowledge of the Force. Following the destruction of Sernpidal and the resultant Force disturbance the Warlord returned to Yridia to assist his Clanmates in preparing for the coming storm.

Upon returning to the marbled halls of Castle Tarentum he assumed second in command of his first house, Tridens, by request of his old friend Archean who now served as QUA. Confiding in the blind Warrior of terrible visions and numerous rumours he had been party of the dynamic pair began preparing the House for war.

The forces of the Brotherhood soon amassed under the cover of the Shroud to partake in exercises, apparently others had too began hearing of the alien invasion, to test the Clans and to see which of the August bodies would have the honour of leading the Brotherhood's forces into combat. Commanding Task Force Mako Welshman acquitted himself well, the three ships surviving each simulated combat often against superior enemies. However the opportunity to bask in his individual glory was short lived, the Yuuzhan Vong had arrived.

The alien onslaught was merciless and without pause, fleets of their unique organic craft pierced the veil of the Shroud, destroying the Brotherhood's comforting illusions of safety. Unwilling to commit their forces against a seemingly invincible enemy the Forces of Tarentum began a tactical withdrawal deeper into the Shroud, heading towards the Brotherhood capital world of Antei and all its undefended prizes. The other Clans however soon grew wise to this and began a similar retreat eager to prevent Tarentum from despoiling the planet, combat was soon joined and Tarentum and the other Clans engaged in a four-way duel up until the Yuuzhan Vong themselves advanced into the inner system and brought their guns to bear on the feuding Clans. A week of heaving fighting saw the Clans bled dry and it was only the timely intervention of Grand Master Sarin's Autarch and its suicide charge on the enemy flagship gave the Clans the opportunity to retreat.

===A Clan in hiding===

''"So many great nobles, things, administrations, so many high chieftains, so many brave nations, so many proud princes, and power so splendid; In a moment, a twinkling, all utterly ended."'' - Jacobus de Benedictus

Following the ravaging of the Brotherhood each Clan went to ground to lick their wounds, fighter wings decimated, armies pulverised and ships of the line abused each Clan had plenty to of work in store. At a meeting of the Council and Consuls the Brotherhood's fleets were deemed obsolete for the emerging threat and new fleets furnished from a secret reserve constructed using syphoned funds and materials.
Alongside the new fleet came a new position for Welshman and a promotion to Rear Admiral, he was to command Task Force Piranha's capital ships and their fighter compliments.

The following weeks were spent integrating the task force into the Yridian defence grid and acclimatising the crews with their new ships the period was also marked by the reopening of House Cestus, sensing an opportunity to help shape the embryonic House into a third formidable fighting unit for Tarentum. Assuming AED position he worked tirelessly with the QUA Sato to bring some identity and cohesion to the new unit, an operation which gave some mixed results.

The proceeding months were a tumultuous time for Tarentum but the Warlord decided to remain, dividing his time between his study at Poen Plains and his laboratories at the Mystics Asylum.

=='''Physical Appearance'''==

Measuring in at 1 meter 95 centimetres Welshman is slightly above average height for a human and weighs 240lbs (108kg),a bulk made up exclusively of toned muscle perfected by years of rigorous military training and self discipline. An imposing figure his height and weight lend him the appearance of a human tank on the battlefield, a sight most enemy flee when it approaches with twin lightsabres lit. His skin, which has been kissed by the light of a hundred suns, is covered in a deep tan and unmarked saved for the usual blemishes and pockmarks one accumulates over a life time. It is only when one looks upon the Sith's face that one sees something totally out of the ordinary, his face is a mass of scars, milky white lines writhe across his defined jaw and dimple whilst his nose bears obvious signs of great trauma. For it is his face that took the brunt of the damage in the incident which led to him being rescued by the Brotherhood, shrapnel gouged the criss-crossing patterns into his visage and heat seared away his eyes, it is over the dead pits he wears his optical goggles his means of seeing what he once saw and much more.

His posture and walk are as should be expected from one who has served in military institutions for so long, ram rod straight with clipped precise footsteps, the leather soles of his boots beating out a regular tattoo on the floor of his command. If his footsteps where not enough of a clue to the Admiral's impending arrival the whirring and clicking of his optics, deliberately designed to appear archaic, herald his arrival.

A tone of command permeates every utterance, even when conversing with those he calls friends, neither cold nor warm his voice is carefully neutral and his words direct, similar to the body language underneath the naval uniform of Tarentum. Welshman refuses to give in to what he sees as vanity and as such will only wear his Jedi robes for important services and should the psychological advantage be needed.

=='''Combat'''==

"''The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.''" - Ulysses S. Grant

Beginning his career as he did in the Imperial Navy the Warlord is adept with many firearms and weaponry, a trait encouraged and built upon during his time within the Brotherhood, as such he is rated as a marksman with the service issue handgun (with no Force aid) he keeps on his body at all time. Similar levels of proficiencies have been achieved with a variety of rifles and when the mood strikes he has been known to utilise thermal detonators to devastating effect.

Should he be disarmed in any way Welshman has decades of hand to hand combat training to fall back on, years of Imperial Academy training in arts ranging from the Broken Gate form to K'tara, forms which rely on the strength and musculature he has built up over the years. Welshman has been known to snap limbs with one punch.

===Lightsabres===
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Beginning his training at a time when only Knights were allowed the prestigious weapon Welshman began mastering the weapon as soon as he moulded his first crystal to the power assembly. Currently he is in possession of two custom lightsabres, weapons he keeps stored in his personal quarters on board the Magnus Kaerner. Should he however find himself caught in a situation and find himself not on board the flagship he has secreted several basic lightsabres in locations he usually frequents namely; Castle Tarentum, Cestus base, land grants and anywhere he has a office.

Even though he has earned the right to brandish two lightsabres Welshman eschews any form utilising both blades deeming it too flashy and show offish, two traits that were bound to get a person killed. Instead he focuses on conservative, classical forums such as the duellist's Makashi and blaster bolt deflecting forum Soresu, a mutually beneficial combination as it allows Welshman to switch from being able to deal with fellow Jedi or their plebeian armies.

===Starfighter===
[[Image:Tiedefender.jpg|thumb|100px|right| A T/D his chosen method of starfighter combat. ]]
It has been said that Welshman is only truly in his element when he is behind the flight stick of a starfighter. His fighter's move with a deadly grace and poise barrel rolling, juking and jinking his way to complete destruction of his enemies. His fighter family of choice are still the venerable TIEs, indeed in a widely distributed holo he demonstrated his ability to destroy a shield triad of coralskippers whilst piloting a 30 year old TIE Fighter simulacrum. Having begun his career as a fighter jock Welshman places great emphasis on small unit fighter tactics and training resulting in a bit of a reputation as a slave driver amongst the pilots who serve under him.

===Fleet Combat===
[[Image:Imperial-II-class-Star-Destroyer.jpg|thumb|100px|left| The ISDII Magnus Kaerner, flagship of the Tarenti fleet and Welshman's flagship. ]]
A competent fleet commander one of Welshman's preferred modus operandi is to allow the enemy fleet to make the initial move if the situation is feasible, an opening gambit such as this often causes the opposing commander to throw away any initial advantage they might have. Given Tarentum's current fleet however tactics facilitating quick strikes and decapitating blows are the standard operating procedure with long range turbolaser strikes serving in support. For a Commander Welshman advocates a unorthodox tactic of keeping his interceptor/fighter squadrons behind at the breakout of battle, preferring instead to allow a turbolaser/missile barrage to thin out enemy formations, this tactic also prevents any blue on blue casualties.

Whilst not anywhere near the tactical genius of Admirals Thrawn, Ackbar or even Brotherhood supremo Maxamillian Oberst Welshman can more then hold his own against most regional level commanders and considers himself above most of the Brotherhood's officers.

=='''The Force'''==

The Force is a means to an end. A mantra that has been the cornerstone of many a Sith's tenets, the glorious Sith Empires of the past utilised every erg of power to place those beneath them in their thrall and to terrify supposed equals. The rich history of the Sith demonstrate that they know no limits in their application of their powers, morality and ethics have no meaning and it is this calculating mentality Welshman demonstrates in his judicious use of his powers. Will he use his powers to pick up a chunk of fruit? No. Will he use the Force to crush the life out of those he thinks needs it? Yes. There is a greater shock value in people not knowing the extent of a person's capabilities.

Whilst hardly a Darth Vader or Emperor Palpatine the Tarenti's powers are not by any means weak, his 10 years of training in the arcane workings of the Force have seen him achieve an enviable amount of power, whilst there are dozens stronger than him the important fact is there are trillions who are weaker.

===Death Dealer===

"''Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.''" - Epicurus

Tarentum's unique brand of Dark Side power is the art of manipulating Death and the Oblivion that lies beyond. As such Tarentum's brand of power can result in powerful, if grotesque techniques which, if not initially fatal will cause the enemy to bolt in fear or die a lingering death.

Of the two schools of [[Necromancy]] practised by Tarentum Welshman is an adherent of the [[Death Dealers|Death Dealer]]'s path, a more combat orientated college which is further divided into three groups. Of these Welshman would most describe himself as a Scimitar, a refined warrior not above assassinations and torture.

Of the powers available to him as a Third Caste adherent of the Way of the Keepers Welshman is known to favour the use of certain powers such as “Doom Within”, “Shattering” and “Call of the Euthanatos”, three powerful techniques that can cause painful death or debilitation and should the need arise the ability to craft an army of skilled, powerful undead to serve his beck and call.

A sad fact of life is that as one ages ones reactions become slower and fatigue sets in easier, training and working out has helped allayed the atrophy of his body but these can only go so far. As he approaches 50 standard years of age he finds that Tarentum's unique powers allow him to offset the ageing process, he uses the life force of other sentients to bolster his own manna.

=='''Erinos'''==
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"''The crest and crowning of all good, Life's final star, is Brotherhood.''" - Edwin Markham

Sometime after the last Great Jedi War Welshman found himself on a mission to Arconan space escorting Tarentum's leadership to a summit with their Arconan counterparts. During the mission Welshman found himself in conference with soon to be Consul of Arcona, [[Sashar Kodiak Erinos]], and found concordance with many of the young Mandalore's ethos.

Many weeks later the Tarentae was invited to Arconae Primus to undergo a rigorous selection process consisting of forced marches, small arms firing, survivalism and stealth tactics. Fourteen days later, emerging from the jungle of the humid planet equipped with only a survival knife to provide food, shelter and heat he was accepted into the elite fraternity.

Upon admittance to the family he found a second home to be had with the primarily Arconan Mandalorians, their unique brand of training honing his talents to a shining pinnacle of lethality the Mando creed blending in seamlessly with Sith and Imperial teachings.

When on combat duties with the Erinos Welshman has been known to don a version of the Mandalorian Neo-crusader armour eschewing the traditional Mandalorian iron in favour of a lighter reinforced plas-steel plates and a form fitting body suit designed to provide thirty minutes of protection against hard vacuum with the support of a helmet. For his weapon he prefers the Tarenti issue slug thrower, a high velocity round which provides excellent armour penetration and accuracy alongside the ability to silence the weapon making it ideal for stealth/assassination roles.

His main role within the Erinos Jedi team is heavy weapons and front line combat.

=='''Positions in Tarentum'''==

[[Tarentae]]: A member of the Clan's inner circle with responsibilities for the rule and well being of the Clan and individual Tarenti/Yridians.

Vice Admiral: Responsible for commanding Task Force Piranha's capital ships and ensuring that maintenance and supply are carried out to maintain efficiency.

Baron Welshman of [[Poen Plains]]: The Barony of Poen Plains was bestowed upon him upon his resignation of Consul.

Prefect: Judge, jury and executioner for one of Tarentum's prefectures.

Knight Sir Welshman: A member of a elite military order that serves the Clan.

Master of [[Phoenix Crest]]Phoenix Crest: A large land grant located under the majestic oceans of Yridia II

Dean of Necrozoology at the [[Mystics Asylum]]

Consul Emeritus

Proconsul Emeritus

[[Gladius]] QUA/AED Emeritus

[[House Tridens|Tridens]] AED Emeritus

[[House Cestus|Cestus]] AED Emeritus

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Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

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Welshman:

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Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae (20BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and a current member of House Cestus of Tarentum, as well as a member of the Honoured family of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

===Early Life===

Welshman is a base-line human hailing from the world of Yaga Minor. Born into the middle classes of Imperial Society 20 years before the Battle of Yavin he spent most of his adult life in the Imperial navy as a TIE pilot, first with the Galactic Empire and then, with the destruction of Palpatine at Endor, under Pellaeon/Thrawn leading a squadron of TIE Interceptors on the Imperial Star Destroyer Bellicose.

During the later years of the Galactic Civil War (19 ABY) Welshman was in command of a surface garrison defending a minor planet in the Champala sector, one of the few remaining loyal Imperial territories, however following Pellaeon's defeat at Anx Minor the planet was overrun with Rebellion troops causing Welshman to sustain prolific injuries. It was only by luck that a Tarenti supply mission were present at the shuttle port and saved the Imperial Colonel.

===The Brotherhood===

After spending some time in a Tarenti hospital the Imperial officer was sent away to the Shadow Academy for Force training, an inherent gift which had no doubt saved the human many times during the past, upon entering the halls on Lyspair his first choice was which Order to serve, twenty years as a tactician and commander of space forces biased the recruit towards the Sith. His further studies and teachings solidified his belief in the Order.

Upon returning to his Clan the old warrior was placed in the Sith house, House Tridens, and quickly rose up the Journeymen ranks. It was however the outbreak of the Third Sith War that gave Welshman an opportunity to shine, leading his squadron (Stingray) to glory over the Antarans. Knighthood was his reward for exemplary service, his apprenticeship to then Consul Rekio officially over, taking his name the newly christened Welshman Corsair began the long trek up the ranks which would one day see him nestled as Consul.

===Glory Days===

Earning the toe hold into the Equite ranks was one thing, proving his worth at holding and proceeding further was another. Fortunately a Force War soon broke out (21 ABY) when a insidious mind plague known as the Conciousness spread amongst the Brotherhood's members causing the Clans to slip into Civil War. The war went well for the Knight for many weeks, earning him a field promotion to the rank of Sith Warrior, however he was soon infected by his then Consul Sith Bloodfyre and shipped to Antei to defend the enemy's positions. The war was brought to its conclusion when Lord Firefox destroyed Okemi, an ancient Sith Lord, who was responsible for spreading the plague in an attempt to regain power.

Arriving back in Yridian space Welshman was inducted into the Tarentae and with newly found respect and powers was appointed to the role of Aedile of Gladius during a reshuffle of Tarentum's assets following depletion of her members and the closure of House Cestus.

It was during his time on the Summit of Gladius that he began his training in the Tarenti Force doctrine of Necromancy under the feared Field Marshal Maxamillian von Oberst.

Soon the Warrior ascended to the rank of Quaestor and Sith Warmaster.

===Twilight===
After years of efficient management, thorough reforms and setting examples with member relations the Warmaster was approached to serve on the Clan Summit, a initial tenure as Proconsul under Anshar Kahn and then under Spears before rising to the Consularship during the Aranna Incident involving CNS, CSP, CP and Tar.

This was not the first conflict to blight his Consularship with another Great Jedi War, his second the Brotherhood's seventh, erupting. This War however, unlike others, did not find much enthusiasm in a Tarentum embittered with Dark Council politics and interference and only token support was issued to the camp of “Red Jac”, one of two Jac clones who had both announced themselves to be the true GM and demanded fealty. Tarentum's fleet however did enter the fight close to the end of the conflict eager to damage the other Clans and gain some loot. The end of the conflict not only signalled the termination of the war but also the termination of Welshman's faith in the Brotherhood, fuelled by dark visions he abdicated his post and left the Yridian system for the far reaches of the Galaxy.

===Rising from the ashes.===

For months the Warlord traversed the galactic fringe, following up rumours about ancient Force sites in an attempt to gain a greater knowledge of the Force. Following the destruction of Sernpidal and the resultant Force disturbance the Warlord returned to Yridia to assist his Clanmates in preparing for the coming storm.

Upon returning to the marbled halls of Castle Tarentum he assumed second in command of his first house, Tridens, by request of his old friend Archean who now served as QUA. Confiding in the blind Warrior of terrible visions and numerous rumours he had been party of the dynamic pair began preparing the House for war.

The forces of the Brotherhood soon amassed under the cover of the Shroud to partake in exercises, apparently others had too began hearing of the alien invasion, to test the Clans and to see which of the August bodies would have the honour of leading the Brotherhood's forces into combat. Commanding Task Force Mako Welshman acquitted himself well, the three ships surviving each simulated combat often against superior enemies. However the opportunity to bask in his individual glory was short lived, the Yuuzhan Vong had arrived.

The alien onslaught was merciless and without pause, fleets of their unique organic craft pierced the veil of the Shroud, destroying the Brotherhood's comforting illusions of safety. Unwilling to commit their forces against a seemingly invincible enemy the Forces of Tarentum began a tactical withdrawal deeper into the Shroud, heading towards the Brotherhood capital world of Antei and all its undefended prizes. The other Clans however soon grew wise to this and began a similar retreat eager to prevent Tarentum from despoiling the planet, combat was soon joined and Tarentum and the other Clans engaged in a four-way duel up until the Yuuzhan Vong themselves advanced into the inner system and brought their guns to bear on the feuding Clans. A week of heaving fighting saw the Clans bled dry and it was only the timely intervention of Grand Master Sarin's Autarch and its suicide charge on the enemy flagship gave the Clans the opportunity to retreat.

===A Clan in hiding===

Following the ravaging of the Brotherhood each Clan went to ground to lick their wounds, fighter wings decimated, armies pulverised and ships of the line abused each Clan had plenty to of work in store. At a meeting of the Council and Consuls the Brotherhood's fleets were deemed obsolete for the emerging threat and new fleets furnished from a secret reserve constructed using syphoned funds and materials.
Alongside the new fleet came a new position for Welshman and a promotion to Rear Admiral, he was to command Task Force Piranha's capital ships and their fighter compliments.

The following weeks were spent integrating the task force into the Yridian defence grid and acclimatising the crews with their new ships the period was also marked by the reopening of House Cestus, sensing an opportunity to help shape the embryonic House into a third formidable fighting unit for Tarentum. Assuming AED position he worked tirelessly with the QUA Sato to bring some identity and cohesion to the new unit, an operation which gave some mixed results.

The proceeding months were a tumultuous time for Tarentum but the Warlord decided to remain, dividing his time between his study at Poen Plains and his laboratories at the Mystics Asylum.

=='''Physical Appearance'''==

Measuring in at 1 meter 95 centimetres Welshman is slightly above average height for a human and weighs 240lbs (108kg),a bulk made up exclusively of toned muscle perfected by years of rigorous military training and self discipline. An imposing figure his height and weight lend him the appearance of a human tank on the battlefield, a sight most enemy flee when it approaches with twin lightsabres lit. His skin, which has been kissed by the light of a hundred suns, is covered in a deep tan and unmarked saved for the usual blemishes and pockmarks one accumulates over a life time. It is only when one looks upon the Sith's face that one sees something totally out of the ordinary, his face is a mass of scars, milky white lines writhe across his defined jaw and dimple whilst his nose bears obvious signs of great trauma. For it is his face that took the brunt of the damage in the incident which led to him being rescued by the Brotherhood, shrapnel gouged the criss-crossing patterns into his visage and heat seared away his eyes, it is over the dead pits he wears his optical goggles his means of seeing what he once saw and much more.

His posture and walk are as should be expected from one who has served in military institutions for so long, ram rod straight with clipped precise footsteps, the leather soles of his boots beating out a regular tattoo on the floor of his command. If his footsteps where not enough of a clue to the Admiral's impending arrival the whirring and clicking of his optics, deliberately designed to appear archaic, herald his arrival.

A tone of command permeates every utterance, even when conversing with those he calls friends, neither cold nor warm his voice is carefully neutral and his words direct, similar to the body language underneath the naval uniform of Tarentum. Welshman refuses to give in to what he sees as vanity and as such will only wear his Jedi robes for important services and should the psychological advantage be needed.

=='''Combat'''==

Beginning his career as he did in the Imperial Navy the Warlord is adept with many firearms and weaponry, a trait encouraged and built upon during his time within the Brotherhood, as such he is rated as a marksman with the service issue handgun (with no Force aid) he keeps on his body at all time. Similar levels of proficiencies have been achieved with a variety of rifles and when the mood strikes he has been known to utilise thermal detonators to devastating effect.

Should he be disarmed in any way Welshman has decades of hand to hand combat training to fall back on, years of Imperial Academy training in arts ranging from the Broken Gate form to K'tara, forms which rely on the strength and musculature he has built up over the years. Welshman has been known to snap limbs with one punch.

===Lightsabres===
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Beginning his training at a time when only Knights were allowed the prestigious weapon Welshman began mastering the weapon as soon as he moulded his first crystal to the power assembly. Currently he is in possession of two custom lightsabres, weapons he keeps stored in his personal quarters on board the Magnus Kaerner. Should he however find himself caught in a situation and find himself not on board the flagship he has secreted several basic lightsabres in locations he usually frequents namely; Castle Tarentum, Cestus base, land grants and anywhere he has a office.

Even though he has earned the right to brandish two lightsabres Welshman eschews any form utilising both blades deeming it too flashy and show offish, two traits that were bound to get a person killed. Instead he focuses on conservative, classical forums such as the duellist's Makashi and blaster bolt deflecting forum Soresu, a mutually beneficial combination as it allows Welshman to switch from being able to deal with fellow Jedi or their plebeian armies.

===Starfighter===
[[Image:Tiedefender.jpg|thumb|100px|right| A T/D his chosen method of starfighter combat. ]]
It has been said that Welshman is only truly in his element when he is behind the flight stick of a starfighter. His fighter's move with a deadly grace and poise barrel rolling, juking and jinking his way to complete destruction of his enemies. His fighter family of choice are still the venerable TIEs, indeed in a widely distributed holo he demonstrated his ability to destroy a shield triad of coralskippers whilst piloting a 30 year old TIE Fighter simulacrum. Having begun his career as a fighter jock Welshman places great emphasis on small unit fighter tactics and training resulting in a bit of a reputation as a slave driver amongst the pilots who serve under him.

===Fleet Combat===
[[Image:Imperial-II-class-Star-Destroyer.jpg|thumb|100px|left| The ISDII Magnus Kaerner, flagship of the Tarenti fleet and Welshman's flagship. ]]
A competent fleet commander one of Welshman's preferred modus operandi is to allow the enemy fleet to make the initial move if the situation is feasible, an opening gambit such as this often causes the opposing commander to throw away any initial advantage they might have. Given Tarentum's current fleet however tactics facilitating quick strikes and decapitating blows are the standard operating procedure with long range turbolaser strikes serving in support. For a Commander Welshman advocates a unorthodox tactic of keeping his interceptor/fighter squadrons behind at the breakout of battle, preferring instead to allow a turbolaser/missile barrage to thin out enemy formations, this tactic also prevents any blue on blue casualties.

Whilst not anywhere near the tactical genius of Admirals Thrawn, Ackbar or even Brotherhood supremo Maxamillian Oberst Welshman can more then hold his own against most regional level commanders and considers himself above most of the Brotherhood's officers.

=='''The Force'''==

The Force is a means to an end. A mantra that has been the cornerstone of many a Sith's tenets, the glorious Sith Empires of the past utilised every erg of power to place those beneath them in their thrall and to terrify supposed equals. The rich history of the Sith demonstrate that they know no limits in their application of their powers, morality and ethics have no meaning and it is this calculating mentality Welshman demonstrates in his judicious use of his powers. Will he use his powers to pick up a chunk of fruit? No. Will he use the Force to crush the life out of those he thinks needs it? Yes. There is a greater shock value in people not knowing the extent of a person's capabilities.

Whilst hardly a Darth Vader or Emperor Palpatine the Tarenti's powers are not by any means weak, his 10 years of training in the arcane workings of the Force have seen him achieve an enviable amount of power, whilst there are dozens stronger than him the important fact is there are trillions who are weaker.

===Death Dealer===

Tarentum's unique brand of Dark Side power is the art of manipulating Death and the Oblivion that lies beyond. As such Tarentum's brand of power can result in powerful, if grotesque techniques which, if not initially fatal will cause the enemy to bolt in fear or die a lingering death.

Of the two schools of [[Necromancy]] practised by Tarentum Welshman is an adherent of the [[Death Dealer]]'s path, a more combat orientated college which is further divided into three groups. Of these Welshman would most describe himself as a Scimitar, a refined warrior not above assassinations and torture.

Of the powers available to him as a Third Caste adherent of the Way of the Keepers Welshman is known to favour the use of certain powers such as “Doom Within”, “Shattering” and “Call of the Euthanatos”, three powerful techniques that can cause painful death or debilitation and should the need arise the ability to craft an army of skilled, powerful undead to serve his beck and call.

A sad fact of life is that as one ages ones reactions become slower and fatigue sets in easier, training and working out has helped allayed the atrophy of his body but these can only go so far. As he approaches 50 standard years of age he finds that Tarentum's unique powers allow him to offset the ageing process, he uses the life force of other sentients to bolster his own manna.

=='''Erinos'''==
[[Image:Erinos.jpg|300px|left]]
Sometime after the last Great Jedi War Welshman found himself on a mission to Arconan space escorting Tarentum's leadership to a summit with their Arconan counterparts. During the mission Welshman found himself in conference with soon to be Consul of Arcona, [[Sashar Kodiak Erinos]], and found concordance with many of the young Mandalore's ethos.

Many weeks later the Tarentae was invited to Arconae Primus to undergo a rigorous selection process consisting of forced marches, small arms firing, survivalism and stealth tactics. Fourteen days later, emerging from the jungle of the humid planet equipped with only a survival knife to provide food, shelter and heat he was accepted into the elite fraternity.

Upon admittance to the family he found a second home to be had with the primarily Arconan Mandalorians, their unique brand of training honing his talents to a shining pinnacle of lethality the Mando creed blending in seamlessly with Sith and Imperial teachings.

When on combat duties with the Erinos Welshman has been known to don a version of the Mandalorian Neo-crusader armour eschewing the traditional Mandalorian iron in favour of a lighter reinforced plas-steel plates and a form fitting body suit designed to provide thirty minutes of protection against hard vacuum with the support of a helmet. For his weapon he prefers the Tarenti issue slug thrower, a high velocity round which provides excellent armour penetration and accuracy alongside the ability to silence the weapon making it ideal for stealth/assassination roles.

His main role within the Erinos Jedi team is heavy weapons and front line combat.

=='''Positions in Tarentum'''==

[[Tarentae]]: A member of the Clan's inner circle with responsibilities for the rule and well being of the Clan and individual Tarenti/Yridians.

Vice Admiral: Responsible for commanding Task Force Piranha's capital ships and ensuring that maintenance and supply are carried out to maintain efficiency.

Baron Welshman of [[Poen Plains]]: The Barony of Poen Plains was bestowed upon him upon his resignation of Consul.

Prefect: Judge, jury and executioner for one of Tarentum's prefectures.

Knight Sir Welshman: A member of a elite military order that serves the Clan.

Master of [[Phoenix Crest]]Phoenix Crest: A large land grant located under the majestic oceans of Yridia II

Dean of [[Necrozoology]] at the [[Mystics Asylum]]

Consul Emeritus

Proconsul Emeritus

[[Gladius]] QUA/AED Emeritus

[[Tridens]] AED Emeritus

[[Cestus]] AED Emeritus

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Talk:Aranna Incident

2008-08-30T20:33:04Z

Welshman:

Without wanting to complicate matters it was actually a feud between 4 clans not 3. As it ran alongside the Selen incident, which according to the wiki for that was between Talydran and Arcona that leaves CNS, TAR, CP and CSP competing in this one. Seem to recall fictionally we were all having seperate fleet battle simulations or something in the Aranna system and there was a bit of conflict between the fleets.

Not sure what the exact placing was but CNS came first winning a Nebulon B2 Frigate (Which we named the Fire of Sepros).

Hope that helps a bit.

Malisane

The plot behind the comp was indeed a training exercise during which an unnamed spy snuck aboard the Tarentum flagship (VSD Corsair) and toggled the power settings of out weaponary causing us to launch a full powered salvo into the CSP flagship.

And that, I think, was the extent of the plot.

Welsh

Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

2008-08-29T22:48:07Z

Welshman: /* Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY) */

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[[image:3206-warbanner.gif|thumb|200px|right| Welsh's warbanner, green representing the earth of his nation and the ancient dragon said to have protected his country aeons ago]]
Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and a current member of House Cestus of Tarentum, as well as a member of the Honoured family of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions there came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle against his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

[[Image:Gladius base.jpg|thumb|100px|left| Sword's Sheath]]

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

==Lightsabres==

[[Image:3206-sabers.jpg‎|100px|left]]

The two sabres used by Welshman in his business in the Brotherhood were designed and built by his own hand, like many Jedi before him the construction of his sabre was to be the final stage in his journey to Knighthood. The first blade he constructed, the violet blade, was built after the Third Sith War. The hilt itself is made from black durasteel with a krayt pearl overlay fitted over the bare metal. The pearl itself was treated by Dark Side alchemy giving it its distinctive purple colour, a side affect of the alchemy is that the Dark Side energies now permeating the hilt allows it to withstand lightsabre slices, the immense energy of the enemy blade being transformed into a Force boost that Welshman can use to supplement his own reserves.

The blade itself is purple caused by a treated crystal. The reason Welshman chose the colour for his first weapon was in tribute to Tarentum’s dedication to the Sith King, purple heralding royalty on many worlds and cultures.

His second sabre was constructed upon his ascension to the rank of Warlord, to both commemorate the event and to allow him to take advantage on the privilege afforded to people of that rank. Constructed out of Mandalorian iron for strength and stability the hilt is of a much more organic shape then many others in the Brotherhood, owing somewhat to a tribute Welshman pays to life which has given way to Death which fuels him. As an aside this blade hilts can be held with one hand or two for added power and has been lengthened to reflect this.

The blade colour of his second sabre is a traditional Sith red, a tribute to both the Sith of old and the mythical Dragon which was said to have guarded over the people of his nation on Yaga Minor for millennia.

His preferred combat form is Jar’Kai Niman for which the two blades he habitually carries around with comes in handy. Other forms he dabbles in include Niman, Shi-icho and Soresu. For many years he was also a practiconer of Makashi, the precise duelling form appealing to the perfectionist in him. While this subtle form has been abandoned in favour of a more attack orientated form, Welshman still remembers the form and uses it occasionally.

==Orbalisk Armour==
[[Image:scan0001.gif‎|thumb|175px|right| Welsh's set of armour]]

Until the Second Darkness Rite of Supremacy, Welshman had spurned the wearing of armour. However as he lay prostrate on the floor of the Well of Darkness he found, to his initial disgust, his body crawling with trilobyte resembling creatures. Attempting to use the Force to pull them off resulted in them sinking their teeth into the Warlord's body. Feeling their toxin pour through his body, Welshman used the Force to neuter its effects, this only seemed to attract more of the creatures which by now had covered his whole body. Remembering a lesson he had taught long ago in the Sith CORE lessons he gave himself to the Orbalisks and came to accept their invasion of his body. He now has in his possesion a set of lightsabre resistant armour which's only downside is the time consuming and painful process of its removal and donning.

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Rear Admiral within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*Loves the sheep.

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[[category:Clan Tarentum]]
[[category:Tarentae]]
[[category:Inner Order (Clan Tarentum)]]

Poen Plains

2008-01-20T21:59:39Z

Welshman:

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==Introduction==

Poen plains was the site chosen by Warlord Welshman as his Barony within Clan Tarentum for his past Consular duties. Given complete control of the barren glacial sector his only obligation with the territory is to provide for the Clan during times of need.

==Location==

Located in the northern hemisphere of the ice world Yridia VI the Poen plains stretch across 50 square Km of carbon dioxide ice. The featureless desert shows no obvious heavy industry and the only sign of habitation are the five fabricated buildings large enough to hold a pair of Action IV freighters each...

==Estate==

[[Image:Poenplains.gif|left]]

Baron Welshman chose the apparently inhospitable location for his second grant for pretty much the same reason he was attracted to the Phoenix Crest, the accruing of material wealth. The planetoid is rich in relatively easily accessible ores and as such a boon for any entrepreneur willing to sink credits into the venture to extract them. Using a sizeable chunk of his profits from the Phoenix Crest the Warlord sunk into the icy strata numerous prefab structures to act as a series of mining facilities, each of the five conglomerates of prefab cubes are a tiered structures of three levels connected with air-locked turbolifts. The bottom level contains the hangers and storage facilities for the mining droids and the crew of technicians needed to ensure smooth running of the dozens of droids each facility makes use of, ore is constantly fed via repulsor tubes to the surface hangers for loading.

The second of the two levels house the command and control sections where the supercomputers needed for coordinating the AI brains of the miners are stationed. The apex of each pyramid, the only fraction above the ice are, as previously explained, given over to the hangers.

It should be noted however that Baron Welshman has had a sixth structure constructed within his dominion but this serves a much more personal purpose. Within its three levels are housed research labs, libraries and rooms put aside for his collection of trophies, weapons and lightsabres. Away from his home in Castle Tarentum, Welshman can most often be found residing within his entombed retreat playing host to whichever Tarenti has requested an audience or simply whiling away days engrossed in his research.

==Industry==

The industrial output of the combined facilities of Poen Plains amounts to 0.9MTons of ores annually however it could be said that these are not the most valuable export of Yridia VI, that title goes to the rare fungi which grows within the crevasses and caverns and exhibits strong microbicidal qualities. Mass fermentors and culturing sections have been set up on the lower floors of each base to extract the miraculous medicine which has been described as having a similar effect on infections as Bacta. The combined output of the drug is 2KTons per annum.

==Workforce==

Generally hired from throughout the system the number of staff surmount to 70 individuals per base, mostly in technical and support roles. The workers in this facility are subject to the same perks and rotation policy as his workers at the Crest, however due to distances involved with traveling too and from the outpost workers are expected to work eight weeks on two weeks off.

[[Category: Clan Tarentum]]

Phoenix Crest

2008-01-20T18:05:24Z

Welshman:

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==Introduction==

A collection of underwater domes situated on the border of two hugely active tectonic plates on the ocean world of Yridia II, Phoenix Crest is a mining colony granted to Welshman during a Clan feud against a nest of pirates which had taken residence in its life giving arcology, originally joint ownership was granted to Ylith and himself, however the second owner has since left the Clan leaving Welshman as the sole proprietor.

==Area==

The fiefdom of Phoenix Crest encompasses an area of roughly 1500km2 with 98% of this area being underwater, a bracelet of sensors, occasional mining droid and the odd habitat module hugging the mineral and energy rich trench of the Phoenix Crest. The 1% of interests above sea level are placed on the scatterings of atolls and island chains which jut out of the tempestuous sea, and are the storage dumps and trading posts where materiel is taken for surface transport.

==The Estate==

Many land grants are turned into personal play grounds of their inhabitants, a method showing off and demonstrating material wealth. Welshman however decided upon a different path for his territory, already an impressive mining community when taken from the hold of Dranik the Corsair set about expanding this little venture. The initial complex of half a dozen domes ranging from Star Destroyer swallowing globes of plassteel to 200m long cubes have been expanded to encompass nearly three hundred more habitats, the largest having a radius of over a kilometre.

The initial site's domes are all interconnected by a series of sealed walkways and trams, facilitating movement of men and material to the processing sites for packing. Transport to the outlying domes must be undertaken via the fleet of submersibles available.

==Industry==

A mining conglomeration which supplies Tarentum, the Brotherhood and perhaps more importantly Welshman's bank balance with minerals and metals essential to heavy industry and ship building. The mining is mostly carried out by robotic craft, variants of the mole miners of old, and processed by the organic work force for shipment to surface depots. The larger domes have shuttle bays which allow the specially modified Tarenti shuttles access to the domes for urgent supply runs or meetings with the Warlord, whilst the smaller processing domes rely on magnetic accelerators to hurl the ingots to awaiting surface craft.

Output of the diaspora of facilities is not just limited to metals, indeed the depths of Yridia II's oceans contain a plethora of species suitable to the human palate, these myriad creatures are processed into protein and carbohydrate blocks much used by Tarenti armed forces as ration packs and to feed the workers who labour in the Tarentae's facility.

The geothermal vents which dot the fissure are themselves used to power the facility and colonies within the wider area resulting in some degree of self-sufficiency.

Industrial output of the facility as a whole is approximately 1.3MTons of neutronium (N.B. Not to be confused with material making up neutron stars) and 0.8 MTons of Carvanium along with 1MTon of pure processed protein/carbohydrate food packs of which the majority is earmarked for Tarentum and her allies.

== Workers ==

Welshman attempts to source as much labour as possible from local Yridian communities in an attempt to alleviate local unemployment. This benevolence has seen the Baron's popularity amongst the locals rise to almost reverent status, somewhat helped by the dividends and bonuses paid annually to workers. The workers spend four weeks working down in the facility before being allowed back to their families for a week. Between the droid workforce and other automation the organic workforce is only around 1500, all mostly in tech-support, pilots or the grow houses.

[[category: Clan Tarentum]]
[[Category: Locations]]

Phoenix Crest

2008-01-20T18:02:56Z

Welshman:

Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

2007-12-28T18:52:00Z

Welshman:

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[[image:3206-warbanner.gif|thumb|200px|right| Welsh's warbanner, green representing the earth of his nation and the ancient dragon said to have protected his country aeons ago]]
Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and a current member of House Cestus of Tarentum, as well as a member of the Honoured family of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle against his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

[[Image:Gladius base.jpg|thumb|100px|left| Sword's Sheath]]

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

==Lightsabres==

[[Image:3206-sabers.jpg‎|100px|left]]

The two sabres used by Welshman in his business in the Brotherhood were designed and built by his own hand, like many Jedi before him the construction of his sabre was to be the final stage in his journey to Knighthood. The first blade he constructed, the violet blade, was built after the Third Sith War. The hilt itself is made from black durasteel with a krayt pearl overlay fitted over the bare metal. The pearl itself was treated by Dark Side alchemy giving it its distinctive purple colour, a side affect of the alchemy is that the Dark Side energies now permeating the hilt allows it to withstand lightsabre slices, the immense energy of the enemy blade being transformed into a Force boost that Welshman can use to supplement his own reserves.

The blade itself is purple caused by a treated crystal. The reason Welshman chose the colour for his first weapon was in tribute to Tarentum’s dedication to the Sith King, purple heralding royalty on many worlds and cultures.

His second sabre was constructed upon his ascension to the rank of Warlord, to both commemorate the event and to allow him to take advantage on the privilege afforded to people of that rank. Constructed out of Mandalorian iron for strength and stability the hilt is of a much more organic shape then many others in the Brotherhood, owing somewhat to a tribute Welshman pays to life which has given way to Death which fuels him. As an aside this blade hilts can be held with one hand or two for added power and has been lengthened to reflect this.

The blade colour of his second sabre is a traditional Sith red, a tribute to both the Sith of old and the mythical Dragon which was said to have guarded over the people of his nation on Yaga Minor for millennia.

His preferred combat form is Jar’Kai Niman for which the two blades he habitually carries around with comes in handy. Other forms he dabbles in include Niman, Shi-icho and Soresu. For many years he was also a practiconer of Makashi, the precise duelling form appealing to the perfectionist in him. While this subtle form has been abandoned in favour of a more attack orientated form, Welshman still remembers the form and uses it occasionally.

==Orbalisk Armour==
[[Image:scan0001.gif‎|thumb|175px|right| Welsh's set of armour]]

Until the Second Darkness Rite of Supremacy, Welshman had spurned the wearing of armour. However as he lay prostrate on the floor of the Well of Darkness he found, to his initial disgust, his body crawling with trilobyte resembling creatures. Attempting to use the Force to pull them off resulted in them sinking their teeth into the Warlord's body. Feeling their toxin pour through his body, Welshman used the Force to neuter its effects, this only seemed to attract more of the creatures which by now had covered his whole body. Remembering a lesson he had taught long ago in the Sith CORE lessons he gave himself to the Orbalisks and came to accept their invasion of his body. He now has in his possesion a set of lightsabre resistant armour which's only downside is the time consuming and painful process of its removal and donning.

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Rear Admiral within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*Loves the sheep.

[[category:DJB Characters]]
[[category:Clan Tarentum]]
[[category:Tarentae]]
[[category:Inner Order (Clan Tarentum)]]

Death Dealers

2007-12-28T18:44:35Z

Welshman:

Adherents of Clan Tarentum's Necromantic powers who specialize in combat and direct application of Necromancy through the onset of disease or other immediate debilitations.

==Introduction==
Unlike their brethren the [[Watchers]], Death Dealers devote their time not towards study, but instead combat. Where the Watchers seek to advance their powers through research, and in turn advance the goals of the Keepers, the Death Dealers are the militant arm of the elusive Keepers. It is the direct application of Necromancy - through fear, disease, debilitation and death - that are the goals of the Death Dealers.

The Death Dealers are marshaled by the mysterious Ghost Lady and Lord Khyven, and trained by Tarentum's own Field Marshal, Maxamillian von Oberst-Tarentae.

==Harbingers of Doom==
There is no one defining ethos for the Death Dealers. Instead, individual Dealers adapt themselves to roles they and their superiors believe they are best suited for. So while two members may be Death Dealers, they are by no means similar in training, outlook or role. All Death Dealers identify themselves with a tattoo corresponding to their role and function.

===Dagger===
The sect's assassins. These Dealers maximize stealth and subterfuge. The most feared of the Death Dealer sect because they are the most secretive and elusive. While they are fully capable of digging a knife under the arm and into the heart, or delivering the killing blow with a sniper's rifle, they are just as versed in the studied application of poisons and even the subtle influence of the Necromantic arts. A healthy individual suddenly struck down with a rare and debilitation disease, after all, can send a clear message to the true target. The Ghost Lady takes personal charge of this sub-sect of the Death Dealers.

===Scimitar===
The Clan's executioners. These individuals use brute force and terror to get their point across. Where one of the Clan's assassin's will allow you a quick death of sorts, these sadistic individuals ply their craft slowly. Oberst is, quite possibly, the most best example of his Clan's executioners. Capable of dragging an execution on for days, much less hours, victims degenerate into babbling masses of blood, flesh and tears. Rather than use Necromancy to speed the death of their victims, they sustain the poor soul's life. It is only at the discretion of the Keepers, the Prince or the Sith King that one will be turned over to Death's mercy.

===Mace===
The true martial arm of the Death Dealers, these individuals are soldiers guided by Death. As one advances, pain slowly becomes a non-issue. Death is no longer the end. They, like Lord Khyven, serve the Clan in perpetuity.

==The Death Dealers of Tarentum==
*[[Maxamillian von Oberst]]
*[[Telona Murrage]]
*[[Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae]]

==Powers of the Death Dealers==
While the Necromancers of Tarentum vary in skill and ability, there are some powers that are common among each sect of the Clan of Life and Death. The following list of powers are those used most-commonly by the Watchers, but each individual will sometimes vary according to personal tastes and which Master they learned from.
*'''Level One'''
**Buffer of Life
*'''Level Two'''
**Eyes of the Keeper
*'''Level Three'''
**Festering Wounds (or)
**Touch of the Recluse
*'''Level Four'''
**Ray of Sickness
*'''Level Five'''
**The Underlings
*'''Level Six'''
**Armor of Death (or)
**Cannibalism
*'''Level Seven'''
**The Doom Within (or)
**The Presence of Anubis
*'''Level Eight'''
**Avascular Mass (or)
**Blackflames
*'''Level Nine'''
**Destruction (or)
**Shattering
*'''Level Ten'''
**Circle of Death
*'''Levels Eleven and Twelve'''
**The powers at these levels are held by so very few individuals, there are no real "common" powers among the Death Dealers. Those who attain these levels of powers may often create powers of their own, or utilize whichever powers best suit their preferences.

[[category: Inner Order (Clan Tarentum)]]
[[category: Necromancers]]

Poen Plains

2007-12-28T17:08:41Z

Welshman:

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A network of subterranean linked underground modules on the ice world [[Yridia VI]] responsible for the mining of lommite ore, zersium ore and many others from the rocky crust. As a side industry Welshman has converted one of the dozen or so modules present in the complex to serve as a “greenhouse” to grow some of the medicinal flora and fauna which exists in some specialist niches on the world.

The complex itself is simplistic in nature and was constructed from prefab modules constructed on [[Yridia IX]] and then sunk deep into the ice so the specially constructed mining droids can travel from the base into the ore-rich crust before dumping its load in one of two refineries to be processed into durasteel for sale or use in [[Clan Tarentum|Tarentum]]’s industries.

The base itself consists of three levels with each level being subsequently deeper within the frozen strata of the world, with the highest level being the hanger through which a small number of freighters can be loaded/unloaded at a time before leaving, a secondary hanger is situated a slight distance away from the main hub to cater for visiting dignitaries and a small number of Welshman’s fighters.

[[Image:Poenplains.gif|left]]

The second level is mostly [[Welshman Corsair Tarentae|Welsh]]’s personal space; libraries, labs, morgues and arms lockers with all but one, isolated, module being inaccessible to anyone but his guests. The one module which is available is put aside as a recreation module for any freighter pilots or Tarenti who are present on the world to use.

The final floor of his domain is given over the to large machine hangers where his miners are kept and maintained, the material refineries, material silos and the fungal growing house.

Transport between floors and modules is facilitated by a complex system of turbolifts which act to serve as airlocks should the integrity of one of the modules be compromised.

Poen plains were chosen as a base of operations by Welshman as a part of his Baronship within Clan Tarentum.

Dimensions of rooms vary but as a rough measure the first and second level of rooms are in the area of 20mx10mx3m whilst the hangers and machine shops on the lower floor are 100mx100mx100m cubes packed with gangways, storage sheds and control rooms.

Industrial output of the mines is in the area of 0.9MTons per annum per ore and 150 tons of refined pharmaceuticals per annum, resulting in a net profit of 4 billion credits for the organisation set up to manage the running of the Poen Plain mining facility, most of these funds find their way back to Tarentum’s coffers however a small percentage seems to find its way into Welshman’s accounts…

[[Category: Clan Tarentum]]

Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

2007-06-22T19:21:12Z

Welshman: /* Lightsabres */

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[[image:3206-warbanner.gif|thumb|200px|right| Welsh's warbanner, green representing the earth of his nation and the ancient dragon said to have protected his country aeons ago]]
Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle against his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

[[Image:Gladius base.jpg|thumb|100px|left| Sword's Sheath]]

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

==Lightsabres==

[[Image:3206-sabers.jpg‎|100px|left]]

The two sabres used by Welshman in his business in the Brotherhood were designed and built by his own hand, like many Jedi before him the construction of his sabre was to be the final stage in his journey to Knighthood. The first blade he constructed, the violet blade, was built after the Third Sith War. The hilt itself is made from black durasteel with a krayt pearl overlay fitted over the bare metal. The pearl itself was treated by Dark Side alchemy giving it its distinctive purple colour, a side affect of the alchemy is that the Dark Side energies now permeating the hilt allows it to withstand lightsabre slices, the immense energy of the enemy blade being transformed into a Force boost that Welshman can use to supplement his own reserves.

The blade itself is purple caused by a treated crystal. The reason Welshman chose the colour for his first weapon was in tribute to Tarentum’s dedication to the Sith King, purple heralding royalty on many worlds and cultures.

His second sabre was constructed upon his ascension to the rank of Warlord, to both commemorate the event and to allow him to take advantage on the privilege afforded to people of that rank. Constructed out of Mandalorian iron for strength and stability the hilt is of a much more organic shape then many others in the Brotherhood, owing somewhat to a tribute Welshman pays to life which has given way to Death which fuels him. As an aside this blade hilts can be held with one hand or two for added power and has been lengthened to reflect this.

The blade colour of his second sabre is a traditional Sith red, a tribute to both the Sith of old and the mythical Dragon which was said to have guarded over the people of his nation on Yaga Minor for millennia.

His preferred combat form is Jar’Kai Niman for which the two blades he habitually carries around with comes in handy. Other forms he dabbles in include Niman, Shi-icho and Soresu. For many years he was also a practiconer of Makashi, the precise duelling form appealing to the perfectionist in him. While this subtle form has been abandoned in favour of a more attack orientated form, Welshman still remembers the form and uses it occasionally.

==Orbalisk Armour==
[[Image:scan0001.gif‎|thumb|175px|right| Welsh's set of armour]]

Until the Second Darkness Rite of Supremacy, Welshman had spurned the wearing of armour. However as he lay prostrate on the floor of the Well of Darkness he found, to his initial disgust, his body crawling with trilobyte resembling creatures. Attempting to use the Force to pull them off resulted in them sinking their teeth into the Warlord's body. Feeling their toxin pour through his body, Welshman used the Force to neuter its effects, this only seemed to attract more of the creatures which by now had covered his whole body. Remembering a lesson he had taught long ago in the Sith CORE lessons he gave himself to the Orbalisks and came to accept their invasion of his body. He now has in his possesion a set of lightsabre resistant armour which's only downside is the time consuming and painful process of its removal and donning.

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

[[category:DJB Characters]]
[[category:Clan Tarentum]]
[[category:Tarentae]]
[[category:Inner Order (Clan Tarentum)]]

24 BBY to 1 BBY

2007-05-18T16:01:46Z

Welshman:

{{Construction}}

The following events took place between the years '''24 to 1 BBY'''.

==Events==

==Battles==

==Births==
*[[Rasilvenaira StormRaven]] on Ord Mantell in 10 BBY
*[[Shadow Taldrya]] on Corellia
*[[Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae]] Born on Yaga Minor 18 BBY

==Deaths==

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| align="center" colspan=1 | <big>'''Time Periods:'''</big><br> [[100 BBY to 50 BBY]] | [[49 BBY to 25 BBY]] | '''[[24 BBY to 1 BBY]]''' | [[0 BBY]] | [[1 ABY to 10 ABY]]
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[[Category: Time Periods]]

Phoenix Crest

2007-05-18T15:18:11Z

Welshman:

A collection of underwater domes situated on the border of two hugely active tectonic plates on the ocean world of Yridia II, Phoenix Crest is a mining colony granted to Welshman during a Clan feud against a nest of pirates which had taken residence in its life giving arcology, originally joint ownership was granted to Ylith and himself however the second owner has since left the Clan leaving Welshman as the sole proprietor.

Damaged as it was during the battle to regain it from the pirates it took Welshman many months to get it operating at even a bare minimum mostly due to restrictions in his funds to pay for the repairs, however as soon as some of the minerals and food began flowing from the complex funds could be divert back into the repair work allowing the finishing touches to be completed seemingly over night.

The six main domes range from kilometre plassteel domes, almost large enough to hold a Imperial Star Destroyer to smaller outlying ones of half the diameter. Buried “settlements” of silos and worker barracks barely two hundred meters long finish the industrial complex. Whilst most of the work around the superheated fissure was done by droids a lot of the processing and maintenance were done by organic techs.

The main dome contains a large percentage of the overall processing faculties and shipment facilities. Situated in the main base is also the main command and control computers and comms antennae for the armada of mining droids that served the Tarenti’s whims. Scattered around the central dome are a four smaller hydroponic and storage depots where food is grown and shipped with the mined ore to the surface via aquatically adapted shuttles or via rail gun, firing porous ingots of ore filled with low density gas.

Travel between the main domes is done via transparisteel tunnels but to reach the outlying domes and factories a shuttle ride must be undertaken.

The fleet of droids servicing the cleft and extracting from it the precious cargo holds of metals were modified mole miners, equipped for water instead of space and slaved to a droid brain rather then depending on a crew.

Industrial output of the Phoenix Crest compound is approximately 1.3MTons of neutronium (N.B. Not to be confused with material making up neutron stars) and 0.8 MTons of Carvanium along with 1MTon of pure processed protein/carbohydrate food packs.

[[Category: Clan Tarentum]]

Poen Plains

2007-05-18T14:37:10Z

Welshman:

A network of subterranean linked underground modules on the ice world Yridia VI responsible for the mining of lommite ore, zersium ore and many others from the rocky crust. As a side industry Welshman has converted one of the dozen or so modules present in the complex to serve as a “greenhouse” to grow some of the medicinal flora and fauna which exists in some specialist niches on the world.

The complex itself is simplistic in nature and was constructed from prefab modules constructed on Yridia IX and then sunk deep into the ice so the specially constructed mining droids can travel from the base into the ore-rich crust before dumping its load in one of two refineries to be processed into durasteel for sale or use in Tarentum’s industries.

The base itself consists of three levels with each level being subsequently deeper within the frozen strata of the world, with the highest level being the hanger through which a small number of freighters can be loaded/unloaded at a time before leaving, a secondary hanger is situated a slight distance away from the main hub to cater for visiting dignitaries and a small number of Welshman’s fighters.

[[Image:Poenplains.gif|left]]

The second level is mostly Welsh’s personal space; libraries, labs, morgues and arms lockers with all but one, isolated, module being inaccessible to anyone but his guests. The one module which is available is put aside as a recreation module for any freighter pilots or Tarenti who are present on the world to use.

The final floor of his domain is given over the to large machine hangers where his miners are kept and maintained, the material refineries, material silos and the fungal growing house.

Transport between floors and modules is facilitated by a complex system of turbolifts which act to serve as airlocks should the integrity of one of the modules be compromised.

Poen plains were chosen as a base of operations by Welshman as a part of his Baronship within Clan Tarentum.

Industrial output of the mines is in the area of 0.9MTons per annum per ore and 150 tons of refined pharmaceuticals per annum, resulting in a net profit of 4 billion credits for the organisation set up to manage the running of the Poen Plain mining facility, most of these funds find their way back to Tarentum’s coffers however a small percentage seems to find its way into Welshman’s accounts…

[[Category: Clan Tarentum]]

Poen Plains

2007-05-18T14:36:35Z

Welshman:

A network of subterranean linked underground modules on the ice world Yridia VI responsible for the mining of lommite ore, zersium ore and many others from the rocky crust. As a side industry Welshman has converted one of the dozen or so modules present in the complex to serve as a “greenhouse” to grow some of the medicinal flora and fauna which exists in some specialist niches on the world.

The complex itself is simplistic in nature and was constructed from prefab modules constructed on Yridia IX and then sunk deep into the ice so the specially constructed mining droids can travel from the base into the ore-rich crust before dumping its load in one of two refineries to be processed into durasteel for sale or use in Tarentum’s industries.

The base itself consists of three levels with each level being subsequently deeper within the frozen strata of the world, with the highest level being the hanger through which a small number of freighters can be loaded/unloaded at a time before leaving, a secondary hanger is situated a slight distance away from the main hub to cater for visiting dignitaries and a small number of Welshman’s fighters.

[[Image:Poenplains.gif|200px|left]]

The second level is mostly Welsh’s personal space; libraries, labs, morgues and arms lockers with all but one, isolated, module being inaccessible to anyone but his guests. The one module which is available is put aside as a recreation module for any freighter pilots or Tarenti who are present on the world to use.

The final floor of his domain is given over the to large machine hangers where his miners are kept and maintained, the material refineries, material silos and the fungal growing house.

Transport between floors and modules is facilitated by a complex system of turbolifts which act to serve as airlocks should the integrity of one of the modules be compromised.

Poen plains were chosen as a base of operations by Welshman as a part of his Baronship within Clan Tarentum.

Industrial output of the mines is in the area of 0.9MTons per annum per ore and 150 tons of refined pharmaceuticals per annum, resulting in a net profit of 4 billion credits for the organisation set up to manage the running of the Poen Plain mining facility, most of these funds find their way back to Tarentum’s coffers however a small percentage seems to find its way into Welshman’s accounts…

[[Category: Clan Tarentum]]

Poen Plains

2007-05-18T14:34:00Z

Welshman:

A network of subterranean linked underground modules on the ice world Yridia VI responsible for the mining of lommite ore, zersium ore and many others from the rocky crust. As a side industry Welshman has converted one of the dozen or so modules present in the complex to serve as a “greenhouse” to grow some of the medicinal flora and fauna which exists in some specialist niches on the world.

The complex itself is simplistic in nature and was constructed from prefab modules constructed on Yridia IX and then sunk deep into the ice so the specially constructed mining droids can travel from the base into the ore-rich crust before dumping its load in one of two refineries to be processed into durasteel for sale or use in Tarentum’s industries.

The base itself consists of three levels with each level being subsequently deeper within the frozen strata of the world, with the highest level being the hanger through which a small number of freighters can be loaded/unloaded at a time before leaving, a secondary hanger is situated a slight distance away from the main hub to cater for visiting dignitaries and a small number of Welshman’s fighters.

[[Image:Poenplains.gif]]

The second level is mostly Welsh’s personal space; libraries, labs, morgues and arms lockers with all but one, isolated, module being inaccessible to anyone but his guests. The one module which is available is put aside as a recreation module for any freighter pilots or Tarenti who are present on the world to use.

The final floor of his domain is given over the to large machine hangers where his miners are kept and maintained, the material refineries, material silos and the fungal growing house.

Transport between floors and modules is facilitated by a complex system of turbolifts which act to serve as airlocks should the integrity of one of the modules be compromised.

Poen plains were chosen as a base of operations by Welshman as a part of his Baronship within Clan Tarentum.

Industrial output of the mines is in the area of 0.9MTons per annum per ore and 150 tons of refined pharmaceuticals per annum, resulting in a net profit of 4 billion credits for the organisation set up to manage the running of the Poen Plain mining facility, most of these funds find their way back to Tarentum’s coffers however a small percentage seems to find its way into Welshman’s accounts…

[[Category: Clan Tarentum]]

Poen Plains

2007-05-18T14:33:44Z

Welshman:

A network of subterranean linked underground modules on the ice world Yridia VI responsible for the mining of lommite ore, zersium ore and many others from the rocky crust. As a side industry Welshman has converted one of the dozen or so modules present in the complex to serve as a “greenhouse” to grow some of the medicinal flora and fauna which exists in some specialist niches on the world.

The complex itself is simplistic in nature and was constructed from prefab modules constructed on Yridia IX and then sunk deep into the ice so the specially constructed mining droids can travel from the base into the ore-rich crust before dumping its load in one of two refineries to be processed into durasteel for sale or use in Tarentum’s industries.

The base itself consists of three levels with each level being subsequently deeper within the frozen strata of the world, with the highest level being the hanger through which a small number of freighters can be loaded/unloaded at a time before leaving, a secondary hanger is situated a slight distance away from the main hub to cater for visiting dignitaries and a small number of Welshman’s fighters.

[[Image:http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/wiki/images/7/75/Poenplains.gif]]

The second level is mostly Welsh’s personal space; libraries, labs, morgues and arms lockers with all but one, isolated, module being inaccessible to anyone but his guests. The one module which is available is put aside as a recreation module for any freighter pilots or Tarenti who are present on the world to use.

The final floor of his domain is given over the to large machine hangers where his miners are kept and maintained, the material refineries, material silos and the fungal growing house.

Transport between floors and modules is facilitated by a complex system of turbolifts which act to serve as airlocks should the integrity of one of the modules be compromised.

Poen plains were chosen as a base of operations by Welshman as a part of his Baronship within Clan Tarentum.

Industrial output of the mines is in the area of 0.9MTons per annum per ore and 150 tons of refined pharmaceuticals per annum, resulting in a net profit of 4 billion credits for the organisation set up to manage the running of the Poen Plain mining facility, most of these funds find their way back to Tarentum’s coffers however a small percentage seems to find its way into Welshman’s accounts…

[[Category: Clan Tarentum]]

Poen Plains

2007-05-18T14:33:13Z

Welshman:

A network of subterranean linked underground modules on the ice world Yridia VI responsible for the mining of lommite ore, zersium ore and many others from the rocky crust. As a side industry Welshman has converted one of the dozen or so modules present in the complex to serve as a “greenhouse” to grow some of the medicinal flora and fauna which exists in some specialist niches on the world.

The complex itself is simplistic in nature and was constructed from prefab modules constructed on Yridia IX and then sunk deep into the ice so the specially constructed mining droids can travel from the base into the ore-rich crust before dumping its load in one of two refineries to be processed into durasteel for sale or use in Tarentum’s industries.

The base itself consists of three levels with each level being subsequently deeper within the frozen strata of the world, with the highest level being the hanger through which a small number of freighters can be loaded/unloaded at a time before leaving, a secondary hanger is situated a slight distance away from the main hub to cater for visiting dignitaries and a small number of Welshman’s fighters.

[[Image: http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/wiki/index.php?title=Image:Poenplains.gif]]

The second level is mostly Welsh’s personal space; libraries, labs, morgues and arms lockers with all but one, isolated, module being inaccessible to anyone but his guests. The one module which is available is put aside as a recreation module for any freighter pilots or Tarenti who are present on the world to use.

The final floor of his domain is given over the to large machine hangers where his miners are kept and maintained, the material refineries, material silos and the fungal growing house.

Transport between floors and modules is facilitated by a complex system of turbolifts which act to serve as airlocks should the integrity of one of the modules be compromised.

Poen plains were chosen as a base of operations by Welshman as a part of his Baronship within Clan Tarentum.

Industrial output of the mines is in the area of 0.9MTons per annum per ore and 150 tons of refined pharmaceuticals per annum, resulting in a net profit of 4 billion credits for the organisation set up to manage the running of the Poen Plain mining facility, most of these funds find their way back to Tarentum’s coffers however a small percentage seems to find its way into Welshman’s accounts…

[[Category: Clan Tarentum]]

Poen Plains

2007-05-18T14:32:55Z

Welshman:

A network of subterranean linked underground modules on the ice world Yridia VI responsible for the mining of lommite ore, zersium ore and many others from the rocky crust. As a side industry Welshman has converted one of the dozen or so modules present in the complex to serve as a “greenhouse” to grow some of the medicinal flora and fauna which exists in some specialist niches on the world.

The complex itself is simplistic in nature and was constructed from prefab modules constructed on Yridia IX and then sunk deep into the ice so the specially constructed mining droids can travel from the base into the ore-rich crust before dumping its load in one of two refineries to be processed into durasteel for sale or use in Tarentum’s industries.

The base itself consists of three levels with each level being subsequently deeper within the frozen strata of the world, with the highest level being the hanger through which a small number of freighters can be loaded/unloaded at a time before leaving, a secondary hanger is situated a slight distance away from the main hub to cater for visiting dignitaries and a small number of Welshman’s fighters.

[[Image:http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/wiki/index.php?title=Image:Poenplains.gif]]

The second level is mostly Welsh’s personal space; libraries, labs, morgues and arms lockers with all but one, isolated, module being inaccessible to anyone but his guests. The one module which is available is put aside as a recreation module for any freighter pilots or Tarenti who are present on the world to use.

The final floor of his domain is given over the to large machine hangers where his miners are kept and maintained, the material refineries, material silos and the fungal growing house.

Transport between floors and modules is facilitated by a complex system of turbolifts which act to serve as airlocks should the integrity of one of the modules be compromised.

Poen plains were chosen as a base of operations by Welshman as a part of his Baronship within Clan Tarentum.

Industrial output of the mines is in the area of 0.9MTons per annum per ore and 150 tons of refined pharmaceuticals per annum, resulting in a net profit of 4 billion credits for the organisation set up to manage the running of the Poen Plain mining facility, most of these funds find their way back to Tarentum’s coffers however a small percentage seems to find its way into Welshman’s accounts…

[[Category: Clan Tarentum]]

Poen Plains

2007-05-18T12:52:13Z

Welshman:

A network of subterranean linked underground modules on the ice world Yridia VI responsible for the mining of lommite ore, zersium ore and many others from the rocky crust. As a side industry Welshman has converted one of the dozen or so modules present in the complex to serve as a “greenhouse” to grow some of the medicinal flora and fauna which exists in some specialist niches on the world.

The complex itself is simplistic in nature and was constructed from prefab modules constructed on Yridia IX and then sunk deep into the ice so the specially constructed mining droids can travel from the base into the ore-rich crust before dumping its load in one of two refineries to be processed into durasteel for sale or use in Tarentum’s industries.

The base itself consists of three levels with each level being subsequently deeper within the frozen strata of the world, with the highest level being the hanger through which a small number of freighters can be loaded/unloaded at a time before leaving, a secondary hanger is situated a slight distance away from the main hub to cater for visiting dignitaries and a small number of Welshman’s fighters.

The second level is mostly Welsh’s personal space; libraries, labs, morgues and arms lockers with all but one, isolated, module being inaccessible to anyone but his guests. The one module which is available is put aside as a recreation module for any freighter pilots or Tarenti who are present on the world to use.

The final floor of his domain is given over the to large machine hangers where his miners are kept and maintained, the material refineries, material silos and the fungal growing house.

Transport between floors and modules is facilitated by a complex system of turbolifts which act to serve as airlocks should the integrity of one of the modules be compromised.

Poen plains were chosen as a base of operations by Welshman as a part of his Baronship within Clan Tarentum.

Industrial output of the mines is in the area of 0.9MTons per annum per ore and 150 tons of refined pharmaceuticals per annum, resulting in a net profit of 4 billion credits for the organisation set up to manage the running of the Poen Plain mining facility, most of these funds find their way back to Tarentum’s coffers however a small percentage seems to find its way into Welshman’s accounts…

[[Category: Clan Tarentum]]

Phoenix Crest

2007-05-17T23:00:08Z

Welshman:

A collection of underwater domes situated on the border of two hugely active tectonic plates on the ocean world of Yridia II, Phoenix Crest is a mining colony granted to Welshman during a Clan feud against a nest of pirates which had taken residence in its life giving arcology, originally joint ownership was granted to Ylith and himself however the second owner has since left the Clan leaving Welshman as the sole proprietor.

Damaged as it was during the battle to regain it from the pirates it took Welshman many months to get it operating at even a bare minimum mostly due to restrictions in his funds to pay for the repairs, however as soon as some of the minerals and food began flowing from the complex funds could be divert back into the repair work allowing the finishing touches to be completed seemingly over night.

The six main domes range from kilometre plassteel domes, almost large enough to hold a Imperial Star Destroyer to smaller outlying ones of half the diameter. Buried “settlements” of silos and worker barracks barely two hundred meters long finish the industrial complex. Whilst most of the work around the superheated fissure was done by droids a lot of the processing and maintenance were done by organic techs.

The main dome contains a large percentage of the overall processing faculties and shipment facilities. Situated in the main base is also the main command and control computers and comms antennae for the armada of mining droids that served the Tarenti’s whims. Scattered around the central dome are a four smaller hydroponic and storage depots where food is grown and shipped with the mined ore to the surface via aquatically adapted shuttles or via rail gun, firing porous ingots of ore filled with low density gas.

Travel between the main domes is done via transparisteel tunnels but to reach the outlying domes and factories a shuttle ride must be undertaken.

The fleet of droids servicing the cleft and extracting from it the precious cargo holds of metals were modified mole miners, equipped for water instead of space and slaved to a droid brain rather then depending on a crew.

Industrial output of the Phoenix Crest compound is approximately 13MTons of neutronium (N.B. Not to be confused with material making up neutron stars) and 6 MTons of Carvanium along with 1MTon of pure processed protein/carbohydrate food packs.

[[Category: Clan Tarentum]]

Phoenix Crest

2007-05-17T22:57:46Z

Welshman: New page: A collection of underwater domes situated on the border of two hugely active tectonic plates on the ocean world of Yridia II, Phoenix Crest is a mining colony granted to Welshman during a ...

A collection of underwater domes situated on the border of two hugely active tectonic plates on the ocean world of Yridia II, Phoenix Crest is a mining colony granted to Welshman during a Clan feud against a nest of pirates which had taken residence in its life giving arcology, originally joint ownership was granted to Ylith and himself however the second owner has since left the Clan leaving Welshman as the sole proprietor.

Damaged as it was during the battle to regain it from the pirates it took Welshman many months to get it operating at even a bare minimum mostly due to restrictions in his funds to pay for the repairs, however as soon as some of the minerals and food began flowing from the complex funds could be divert back into the repair work allowing the finishing touches to be completed seemingly over night.

The six domes ranged from kilometre plassteel domes, almost large enough to hold a Imperial Star Destroyer to smaller outlying buried “settlements” of silos and worker barracks barely two hundred meters long. Whilst most of the work around the superheated fissure was done by droids a lot of the processing and maintenance were done by organic techs.

The main dome contains a large percentage of the overall processing faculties and shipment facilities. Situated in the main base is also the main command and control computers and comms antennae for the armada of mining droids that served the Tarenti’s whims. Scattered around the central dome are a four smaller hydroponic and storage depots where food is grown and shipped with the mined ore to the surface via aquatically adapted shuttles or via rail gun, firing porous ingots of ore filled with low density gas.

Travel between the main domes is done via transparisteel tunnels but to reach the outlying domes and factories a shuttle ride must be undertaken.

The fleet of droids servicing the cleft and extracting from it the precious cargo holds of metals were modified mole miners, equipped for water instead of space and slaved to a droid brain rather then depending on a crew.

Industrial output of the Phoenix Crest compound is approximately 13MTons of neutronium (N.B. Not to be confused with material making up neutron stars) and 6 MTons of Carvanium along with 1MTon of pure processed protein/carbohydrate food packs.

[[Category: Clan Tarentum]]

Poen Plains

2007-05-17T22:53:03Z

Welshman: New page: A network of subterranean linked underground modules on the ice world Yridia VI responsible for the mining of lommite ore, zersium ore and many others from the rocky crust. As a side indus...

A network of subterranean linked underground modules on the ice world Yridia VI responsible for the mining of lommite ore, zersium ore and many others from the rocky crust. As a side industry Welshman has converted one of the dozen or so modules present in the complex to serve as a “greenhouse” to grow some of the medicinal flora and fauna which exists in some specialist niches on the world.

The complex itself is simplistic in nature and was constructed from prefab modules constructed on Yridia IX and then sunk deep into the ice so the specially constructed mining droids can travel from the base into the ore-rich crust before dumping its load in one of two refineries to be processed into durasteel for sale or use in Tarentum’s industries.

The base itself consists of three levels with each level being subsequently deeper within the frozen strata of the world, with the highest level being the hanger through which a small number of freighters can be loaded/unloaded at a time before leaving, a secondary hanger is situated a slight distance away from the main hub to cater for visiting dignitaries and a small number of Welshman’s fighters.

The second level is mostly Welsh’s personal space; libraries, labs, morgues and arms lockers with all but one, isolated, module being inaccessible to anyone but his guests. The one module which is available is put aside as a recreation module for any freighter pilots or Tarenti who are present on the world to use.

The final floor of his domain is given over the to large machine hangers where his miners are kept and maintained, the material refineries, material silos and the fungal growing house.

Transport between floors and modules is facilitated by a complex system of turbolifts which act to serve as airlocks should the integrity of one of the modules be compromised.

Poen plains were chosen as a base of operations by Welshman as a part of his Baronship within Clan Tarentum.

Industrial output of the mines is in the area of 9MTons per annum per ore and 150 tons of refined pharmaceuticals per annum, resulting in a net profit of 4 billion credits for the organisation set up to manage the running of the Poen Plain mining facility, most of these funds find their way back to Tarentum’s coffers however a small percentage seems to find its way into Welshman’s accounts…

[[Category: Clan Tarentum]]

Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

2007-05-14T20:52:06Z

Welshman:

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[[image:3206-warbanner.gif|thumb|200px|right| Welsh's warbanner, green representing the earth of his nation and the ancient dragon said to have protected his country aeons ago]]
Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle against his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

[[Image:Gladius base.jpg|thumb|100px|left| Sword's Sheath]]

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

==Lightsabres==

[[Image:3206-sabers.jpg‎|100px|left]]

The two sabres used by Welshman in his business in the Brotherhood were designed and built by his own hand, like many Jedi before him the construction of his sabre was to be the final stage in his journey to Knighthood. The first blade he constructed, the violet blade, was built after the Third Sith War. The hilt itself is made from black durasteel with a krayt pearl overlay fitted over the bare metal. The pearl itself was treated by Dark Side alchemy giving it its distinctive purple colour, a side affect of the alchemy is that the Dark Side energies now permeating the hilt allows it to withstand lightsabre slices, the immense energy of the enemy blade being transformed into a Force boost that Welshman can use to supplement his own reserves.

The blade itself is purple caused by a treated crystal. The reason Welshman chose the colour for his first weapon was in tribute to Tarentum’s dedication to the Sith King, purple heralding royalty on many worlds and cultures.

His second sabre was constructed upon his ascension to the rank of Warlord, to both commemorate the event and to allow him to take advantage on the privilege afforded to people of that rank. Constructed out of Mandalorian iron for strength and stability the hilt is of a much more organic shape then many others in the Brotherhood, owing somewhat to a tribute Welshman pays to life which has given way to Death which fuels him. As an aside this blade hilts can be held with one hand or two for added power and has been lengthened to reflect this.

The blade colour of his second sabre is a traditional Sith red, a tribute to both the Sith of old and the mythical Dragon which was said to have guarded over the people of his nation on Yaga Minor for millennia.

His preferred combat form is Jar’Kai Niman for which the two blades he habitually carries around with comes in handy. Other forms he dabbles in include Niman, Shi-icho and Soresu. For many years he was also a practiconer of Makashi, the precise duelling form appealing to the perfectionist in him. Will this subtle form has been abandoned in favour of a more attack orientated form, Welshman still remembers the form and uses it occasionally.

==Orbalisk Armour==
[[Image:scan0001.gif‎|thumb|175px|right| Welsh's set of armour]]

Until the Second Darkness Rite of Supremacy, Welshman had spurned the wearing of armour. However as he lay prostrate on the floor of the Well of Darkness he found, to his initial disgust, his body crawling with trilobyte resembling creatures. Attempting to use the Force to pull them off resulted in them sinking their teeth into the Warlord's body. Feeling their toxin pour through his body, Welshman used the Force to neuter its effects, this only seemed to attract more of the creatures which by now had covered his whole body. Remembering a lesson he had taught long ago in the Sith CORE lessons he gave himself to the Orbalisks and came to accept their invasion of his body. He now has in his possesion a set of lightsabre resistant armour which's only downside is the time consuming and painful process of its removal and donning.

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

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[[category:Clan Tarentum]]
[[category:Tarentae]]
[[category:Inner Order (Clan Tarentum)]]

Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

2007-05-14T20:51:06Z

Welshman:

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[[image:3206-warbanner.gif|thumb|200px|right| Welsh's warbanner, green representing the earth of his nation and the ancient dragon said to have protected his country aeons ago]]
Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle against his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

[[Image:Gladius base.jpg|thumb|100px|left| Sword's Sheath]]

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

==Lightsabres==

[[Image:3206-sabers.jpg‎|100px|left]]

The two sabres used by Welshman in his business in the Brotherhood were designed and built by his own hand, like many Jedi before him the construction of his sabre was to be the final stage in his journey to Knighthood. The first blade he constructed, the violet blade, was built after the Third Sith War. The hilt itself is made from black durasteel with a krayt pearl overlay fitted over the bare metal. The pearl itself was treated by Dark Side alchemy giving it its distinctive purple colour, a side affect of the alchemy is that the Dark Side energies now permeating the hilt allows it to withstand lightsabre slices, the immense energy of the enemy blade being transformed into a Force boost that Welshman can use to supplement his own reserves.

The blade itself is purple caused by a treated crystal. The reason Welshman chose the colour for his first weapon was in tribute to Tarentum’s dedication to the Sith King, purple heralding royalty on many worlds and cultures.

His second sabre was constructed upon his ascension to the rank of Warlord, to both commemorate the event and to allow him to take advantage on the privilege afforded to people of that rank. Constructed out of Mandalorian iron for strength and stability the hilt is of a much more organic shape then many others in the Brotherhood, owing somewhat to a tribute Welshman pays to life which has given way to Death which fuels him. As an aside this blade hilts can be held with one hand or two for added power and has been lengthened to reflect this.

The blade colour of his second sabre is a traditional Sith red, a tribute to both the Sith of old and the mythical Dragon which was said to have guarded over the people of his nation on Yaga Minor for millennia.

His preferred combat form is Jar’Kai Niman for which the two blades he habitually carries around with comes in handy. Other forms he dabbles in include Niman, Shi-icho and Soresu. For many years he was also a practiconer of Makashi, the precise duelling form appealing to the perfectionist in him. Will this subtle form has been abandoned in favour of a more attack orientated form, Welshman still remembers the form and uses it occasionally.

==Orbalisk Armour==
[[Image:scan0001.gif‎|thumb|175px|right| Welsh's set of armour]]

Until the Second Darkness Rite of Supremacy, Welshman had spurned the wearing of armour. However as he lay prostrate on the floor of the Well of Darkness he found, to his initial disgust, his body crawling with trilobyte resembling creatures. Attempting to use the Force to pull them off resulted in them sinking their teeth into the Warlord's body. Feeling their toxin pour through his body, Welshman used the Force to neuter its effects, this only seemed to attract more of the creatures which by now had covered his whole body. Remembering a lesson he had taught long ago in the Sith CORE lessons he gave himself to the Orbalisks and came to accept their invasion of his body. He now has in his possesion a set of lightsabre resistant armour which's only downside is the time consuming and painful process of its removal and donning.

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

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Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

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Welshman:

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[[image:3206-warbanner.gif|thumb|200px|right| Welsh's warbanner, green representing the earth of his nation and the ancient dragon said to have protected his country aeons ago]]
Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle against his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

[[Image:Gladius base.jpg|thumb|100px|left| Sword's Sheath]]

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

==Lightsabres==

[[Image:3206-sabers.jpg‎|100px|left]]

The two sabres used by Welshman in his business in the Brotherhood were designed and built by his own hand, like many Jedi before him the construction of his sabre was to be the final stage in his journey to Knighthood. The first blade he constructed, the violet blade, was built after the Third Sith War. The hilt itself is made from black durasteel with a krayt pearl overlay fitted over the bare metal. The pearl itself was treated by Dark Side alchemy giving it its distinctive purple colour, a side affect of the alchemy is that the Dark Side energies now permeating the hilt allows it to withstand lightsabre slices, the immense energy of the enemy blade being transformed into a Force boost that Welshman can use to supplement his own reserves.

The blade itself is purple caused by a treated crystal. The reason Welshman chose the colour for his first weapon was in tribute to Tarentum’s dedication to the Sith King, purple heralding royalty on many worlds and cultures.

His second sabre was constructed upon his ascension to the rank of Warlord, to both commemorate the event and to allow him to take advantage on the privilege afforded to people of that rank. Constructed out of Mandalorian iron for strength and stability the hilt is of a much more organic shape then many others in the Brotherhood, owing somewhat to a tribute Welshman pays to life which has given way to Death which fuels him. As an aside this blade hilts can be held with one hand or two for added power and has been lengthened to reflect this.

The blade colour of his second sabre is a traditional Sith red, a tribute to both the Sith of old and the mythical Dragon which was said to have guarded over the people of his nation on Yaga Minor for millennia.

His preferred combat form is Jar’Kai Niman for which the two blades he habitually carries around with comes in handy. Other forms he dabbles in include Niman, Shi-icho and Soresu. For many years he was also a practiconer of Makashi, the precise duelling form appealing to the perfectionist in him. Will this subtle form has been abandoned in favour of a more attack orientated form, Welshman still remembers the form and uses it occasionally.

==Orbalisk Armour==
[[Image:scan0001.gif‎|thumb|175px|right| Welsh's set of armour]]

Until the Second Darkness Rite of Supremacy, Welshman had spurned the wearing of armour. However as he lay prostrate on the floor of the Well of Darkness he found, to his initial disgust, his body crawling with trilobyte resembling creatures. Attempting to use the Force to pull them off resulted in them sinking their teeth into the Warlord's body. Feeling their toxin pour through his body, Welshman used the Force to neuter its effects, this only seemed to attract more of the creatures which by now had covered his whole body. Remembering a lesson he had taught long ago in the Sith CORE lessons he gave himself to the Orbalisks and came to accept their invasion of his body. He now has in his possesion a set of lightsabre resistant armour which's only downside is the time consuming and painful process of its removal and donning.

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

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Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

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Welshman:

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[[image:3206-warbanner.gif|thumb|200px|right| Welsh's warbanner, green representing the earth of his nation and the ancient dragon said to have protected his country aeons ago]]
Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle with his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

[[Image:Gladius base.jpg|thumb|100px|left| Sword's Sheath]]

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

==Lightsabres==

[[Image:3206-sabers.jpg‎|100px|left]]

The two sabres used by Welshman in his business in the Brotherhood were designed and built by his own hand, like many Jedi before him the construction of his sabre was to be the final stage in his journey to Knighthood. The first blade he constructed, the violet blade, was built after the Third Sith War. The hilt itself is made from black durasteel with a krayt pearl overlay fitted over the bare metal. The pearl itself was treated by Dark Side alchemy giving it its distinctive purple colour, a side affect of the alchemy is that the Dark Side energies now permeating the hilt allows it to withstand lightsabre slices, the immense energy of the enemy blade being transformed into a Force boost that Welshman can use to supplement his own reserves.

The blade itself is purple caused by a treated crystal. The reason Welshman chose the colour for his first weapon was in tribute to Tarentum’s dedication to the Sith King, purple heralding royalty on many worlds and cultures.

His second sabre was constructed upon his ascension to the rank of Warlord, to both commemorate the event and to allow him to take advantage on the privilege afforded to people of that rank. Constructed out of Mandalorian iron for strength and stability the hilt is of a much more organic shape then many others in the Brotherhood, owing somewhat to a tribute Welshman pays to life which has given way to Death which fuels him. As an aside this blade hilts can be held with one hand or two for added power and has been lengthened to reflect this.

The blade colour of his second sabre is a traditional Sith red, a tribute to both the Sith of old and the mythical Dragon which was said to have guarded over the people of his nation on Yaga Minor for millennia.

His preferred combat form is Jar’Kai Niman for which the two blades he habitually carries around with comes in handy. Other forms he dabbles in include Niman, Shi-icho and Soresu. For many years he was also a practiconer of Makashi, the precise duelling form appealing to the perfectionist in him. Will this subtle form has been abandoned in favour of a more attack orientated form, Welshman still remembers the form and uses it occasionally.

==Orbalisk Armour==
[[Image:scan0001.gif‎|thumb|175px|right| Welsh's set of armour]]

Until the Second Darkness Rite of Supremacy, Welshman had spurned the wearing of armour. However as he lay prostrate on the floor of the Well of Darkness he found, to his initial disgust, his body crawling with trilobyte resembling creatures. Attempting to use the Force to pull them off resulted in them sinking their teeth into the Warlord's body. Feeling their toxin pour through his body, Welshman used the Force to neuter its effects, this only seemed to attract more of the creatures which by now had covered his whole body. Remembering a lesson he had taught long ago in the Sith CORE lessons he gave himself to the Orbalisks and came to accept their invasion of his body. He now has in his possesion a set of lightsabre resistant armour which's only downside is the time consuming and painful process of its removal and donning.

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

[[category:DJB Characters]]
[[category:Clan Tarentum]]
[[category:Tarentae]]
[[category:Inner Order (Clan Tarentum)]]

Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

2007-04-16T18:09:42Z

Welshman:

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[[image:3206-warbanner.gif|thumb|200px|right| Welsh's warbanner, green representing the earth of his nation and the ancient dragon said to have protected his country aeons ago]]
Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle with his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

[[Image:Gladius base.jpg|thumb|100px|left| Sword's Sheath]]

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

==Lightsabres==

[[Image:3206-sabers.jpg‎|100px|left]]

The two sabres used by Welshman in his business in the Brotherhood were designed and built by his own hand, like many Jedi before him the construction of his sabre was to be the final stage in his journey to Knighthood. The first blade he constructed, the violet blade, was built after the Third Sith War. The hilt itself is made from black durasteel with a krayt pearl overlay fitted over the bare metal. The pearl itself was treated by Dark Side alchemy giving it its distinctive purple colour, a side affect of the alchemy is that the Dark Side energies now permeating the hilt allows it to withstand lightsabre slices, the immense energy of the enemy blade being transformed into a Force boost that Welshman can use to supplement his own reserves.

The blade itself is purple caused by a treated crystal. The reason Welshman chose the colour for his first weapon was in tribute to Tarentum’s dedication to the Sith King, purple heralding royalty on many worlds and cultures.

His second sabre was constructed upon his ascension to the rank of Warlord, to both commemorate the event and to allow him to take advantage on the privilege afforded to people of that rank. Constructed out of Mandalorian iron for strength and stability the hilt is of a much more organic shape then many others in the Brotherhood, owing somewhat to a tribute Welshman pays to life which has given way to Death which fuels him. As an aside this blade hilts can be held with one hand or two for added power and has been lengthened to reflect this.

The blade colour of his second sabre is a traditional Sith red, a tribute to both the Sith of old and the mythical Dragon which was said to have guarded over the people of his nation on Yaga Minor for millennia.

His preferred combat form is Jar’Kai Niman for which the two blades he habitually carries around with comes in handy. Other forms he dabbles in include Niman, Shi-icho and Soresu. For many years he was also a practiconer of Makashi, the precise duelling form appealing to the perfectionist in him. Will this subtle form has been abandoned in favour of a more attack orientated form, Welshman still remembers the form and uses it occasionally.

==Orbalisk Armour==
[[Image:scan0001.gif‎|thumb|175px|right| Welsh's set of armour]]

Until the Second Darkness Rite of Supremacy, Welshman had spurned the wearing of armour. However as he lay prostrate on the floor of the Well of Darkness he found, to his initial disgust, his body crawling with trilobyte resembling creatures. Attempting to use the Force to pull them off resulted in them sinking their teeth into the Warlord's body. Feeling their toxin pour through his body, Welshman used the Force to neuter its effects, this only seemed to attract more of the creatures which by now had covered his whole body. Remembering a lesson he had taught long ago in the Sith CORE lessons he gave himself to the Orbalisks and came to accept their invasion of his body. He now has in his possesion a set of lightsabre resistant armour which's only downside is the time consuming and painful process of its removal and donning.

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

[[category:DJB Characters]]
[[category:Clan Tarentum]]
[[category:Tarentae]]
[[category:Inner Order (Clan Tarentum)]]

Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

2007-04-16T18:08:57Z

Welshman:

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[[image:3206-warbanner.gif|thumb|200px|right| Welsh's warbanner, green representing the earth of his nation and the ancient dragon said to have protected his country aeons ago]]
Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle with his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

[[Image:Gladius base.jpg|thumb|100px|left| Sword's Sheath]]

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

==Lightsabres==

[[Image:3206-sabers.jpg‎|100px|left]]

The two sabres used by Welshman in his business in the Brotherhood were designed and built by his own hand, like many Jedi before him the construction of his sabre was to be the final stage in his journey to Knighthood. The first blade he constructed, the violet blade, was built after the Third Sith War. The hilt itself is made from black durasteel with a krayt pearl overlay fitted over the bare metal. The pearl itself was treated by Dark Side alchemy giving it its distinctive purple colour, a side affect of the alchemy is that the Dark Side energies now permeating the hilt allows it to withstand lightsabre slices, the immense energy of the enemy blade being transformed into a Force boost that Welshman can use to supplement his own reserves.

The blade itself is purple caused by a treated crystal. The reason Welshman chose the colour for his first weapon was in tribute to Tarentum’s dedication to the Sith King, purple heralding royalty on many worlds and cultures.

His second sabre was constructed upon his ascension to the rank of Warlord, to both commemorate the event and to allow him to take advantage on the privilege afforded to people of that rank. Constructed out of Mandalorian iron for strength and stability the hilt is of a much more organic shape then many others in the Brotherhood, owing somewhat to a tribute Welshman pays to life which has given way to Death which fuels him. As an aside this blade hilts can be held with one hand or two for added power and has been lengthened to reflect this.

The blade colour of his second sabre is a traditional Sith red, a tribute to both the Sith of old and the mythical Dragon which was said to have guarded over the people of his nation on Yaga Minor for millennia.

His preferred combat form is Jar’Kai Niman for which the two blades he habitually carries around with comes in handy. Other forms he dabbles in include Niman, Shi-icho and Soresu. For many years he was also a practiconer of Makashi, the precise duelling form appealing to the perfectionist in him. Will this subtle form has been abandoned in favour of a more attack orientated form, Welshman still remembers the form and uses it occasionally.

==Orbalisk Armour==
[[Image:scan0001.gif‎|thumb|175px|right| Welsh's set of armour]]

Until the Second Darkness Rite of Supremacy, Welshman had spurned the wearing of armour. However as he lay prostrate on the floor of the Well of Darkness he found, to his initial disgust, his body crawling with trilobyte resembling creatures. Attempting to use the Force to pull them off resulted in them sinking their teeth into the Warlord's body. Feeling their toxin pour through his body, Welshman used the Force to neuter its effects, this only seemed to attract more of the creatures which by now had covered his whole body. Remembering a lesson he had taught long ago in the Sith CORE lessons he gave himself to the Orbalisks and came to accept their invasion of his body. He now has in his possesion a set of lightsabre resistant armour which's only downside is the time consuming and painful process of its removal and donning.

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

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Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

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Welshman:

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[[image:3206-warbanner.gif|thumb|200px|right| Welsh's warbanner, green representing the earth of his nation and the ancient dragon said to have protected his country aeons ago]]
Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle with his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

[[Image:Gladius base.jpg|thumb|100px|left| Sword's Sheath]]

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

==Lightsabres==

[[Image:3206-sabers.jpg‎|100px|left]]

The two sabres used by Welshman in his business in the Brotherhood were designed and built by his own hand, like many Jedi before him the construction of his sabre was to be the final stage in his journey to Knighthood. The first blade he constructed, the violet blade, was built after the Third Sith War. The hilt itself is made from black durasteel with a krayt pearl overlay fitted over the bare metal. The pearl itself was treated by Dark Side alchemy giving it its distinctive purple colour, a side affect of the alchemy is that the Dark Side energies now permeating the hilt allows it to withstand lightsabre slices, the immense energy of the enemy blade being transformed into a Force boost that Welshman can use to supplement his own reserves.

The blade itself is purple caused by a treated crystal. The reason Welshman chose the colour for his first weapon was in tribute to Tarentum’s dedication to the Sith King, purple heralding royalty on many worlds and cultures.

His second sabre was constructed upon his ascension to the rank of Warlord, to both commemorate the event and to allow him to take advantage on the privilege afforded to people of that rank. Constructed out of Mandalorian iron for strength and stability the hilt is of a much more organic shape then many others in the Brotherhood, owing somewhat to a tribute Welshman pays to life which has given way to Death which fuels him. As an aside this blade hilts can be held with one hand or two for added power and has been lengthened to reflect this.

The blade colour of his second sabre is a traditional Sith red, a tribute to both the Sith of old and the mythical Dragon which was said to have guarded over the people of his nation on Yaga Minor for millennia.

His preferred combat form is Jar’Kai Niman for which the two blades he habitually carries around with comes in handy. Other forms he dabbles in include Niman, Shi-icho and Soresu. For many years he was also a practiconer of Makashi, the precise duelling form appealing to the perfectionist in him. Will this subtle form has been abandoned in favour of a more attack orientated form, Welshman still remembers the form and uses it occasionally.

==Orbalisk Armour==
[[Image:scan0001.gif‎|thumb|175px|right| Welsh's set of armour]]

Until the Second Darkness Rite of Supremacy, Welshman had spurned the wearing of armour. However as he lay prostrate on the floor of the Well of Darkness he found, to his initial disgust, his body crawling with trilobyte resembling creatures. Attempting to use the Force to pull them off resulted in them sinking their teeth into the Warlord's body. Feeling their toxin pour through his body, Welshman used the Force to neuter its effects, this only seemed to attract more of the creatures which by now had covered his whole body. Remembering a lesson he had taught long ago in the Sith CORE lessons he gave himself to the Orbalisks and came to accept their invasion of his body. He now has in his possesion a set of lightsabre resistant armour which's only downside is the time consuming and painful process of its removal and donning.

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

[[category:DJB Characters]]
[[category:Clan Tarentum]]
[[category:Tarentae]]
[[category:Inner Order (Clan Tarentum)]]

House Gladius

2007-04-13T22:30:13Z

Welshman:

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|founder= Shadow
|leader= [[Mune]], [[Dranik]]
|members= Shadow<br> Ciara Tearnan<br> Sith Bloodfyre<br> Telona Murrage
|headquarters= [[Itanna belt|Itanna Belt]], [[Yridia system|Yridia System]]
|locations= [[The Sword's Sheath]]
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House Gladius is part of [[Clan Tarentum]], it was originally a multi-order house and was turned into a Krath House until after the Fifth Great Jedi War when it became a multi-order house once again..

==History==
House Tarentum continued to grow as more [[Dark Jedi]] continued to attempt to meet there High standards and enter their hallowed halls, their underwater castle stared to get crowded, the atmosphere started to get volatile (it is not wise to keep [[Dark Jedi]] so cramped). It is unconfirmed, but rumors of fighting and even deaths were heard to have seeped from their castle. [[Grand Master]] [[Khyron]] decreed House Tarentum should form itself into Clan Tarentum and two new [[Houses]] should be formed under Clan Tarentum. [[Quaestor]], [[SBM]] Torquemada and [[Aedile]] Jammin were promoted to [[Consul]] and [[Proconsul]] of the new [[Clan Tarentum]]. Then came the formidable task of creating the two new [[Houses]], finding Quaestors and Aedils for both, and the most pressing problem, finding a new world for one of the [[Houses]] to move to.

As the new Clan Consul and Proconsul were trying to decide who the two new Quaestors should be, at the urging and support of the entire Hammerhead Squadron and many [[Obelisk]] and [[Krath]] members whom had fought side by side with him, [[Sith Battlemaster]] Shadow, then commander of the formidable House Squadron Hammerhead stepped forward and claimed one of the New Houses. As it is said from ancient times, a Warrior lives and dies by his sword, thus was born House Gladius (Sword)! [[Sith Warrior]] Bull, another Jedi of great renown, claimed the other House as his own, and thus was born [[House Tridens]]!

[[SBM]] Shadow had had enough of the in-House fighting. He was a member of the [[Order]] of the [[Sith]], he was born to space, as were all the members of Hammerhead who had followed him. Thus taking the Clans’s Victory Class Star Destroyer ''Corsair'' and all that would follow him, he set out to find a new Home for House Gladius. As they were preparing to leave the [[Yridia system]], Aedile Silver Fox informed Shadow that a small group of pirates were attacking an incoming freighter. As Hammerhead Squadron was dispatched to take care of the pirates a memory surfaced from years earlier of a large band of pirates that had plagued the [[Yridia system]] for years. Tarentum had tried for a long time to rid the system of the pirates, but they always disappeared into the [[Itanna belt|Itanna Belt]] on the edge of the [[Yridia system]]. Then Hammerhead was taken over by the legendary [[Dark Jedi]], [[Dark Side Adept]] Renell "Pappy" Gar. On one sortie against the pirates Pappy used his eminence dark side powers to allow him to follow one of the escaping pirates, undetected, back to there base in the [[Itanna belt|Itanna Belt]]. Pappy later led Hammerhead Squadron and the [[House]] Obelisk Brigade back to the pirate hideout, it was a large asteroid, hidden in the middle of the belt. The asteroid was well defended, but the forces of Tarentum prevailed. Most of the pirates died, and those that were not killed, were taken for questioning by the Dark Jedi, a destiny by some considered worse than death. Tarentum had been lucky, that asteroid had been equipped with a very powerful planetary shield and an ancient cloaking device. Both had been inoperable at the time, parts were so scarce for these antiques; they were always breaking down according to the pirates. He remembered walking through those ancient corridors with the other members of Tarentum. He had learned from the pirates that they had found the base by accident. They had not build it. They walked fascinated through the halls and corridors, they could almost feel that the place was ancient during the [[Old Republic Era]]; it had a power to it that seemed to radiate from the walls. None wanted to leave.

As Shadow stood on the deck of the ''Corsair'' he knew he had found Gladius a new home. Over the years, as members grew and went on to other pursuits, the memory and the actual location of the asteroid were all but forgotten, but to a few members of Hammerhead who could never forget the place or the power it seemed to have. They remembered! Shadow called a House conference of all members of House Gladius in the main hangar bay of the ''Corsair'', he, and other members told the House of the asteroid and that they wished to make it there new home. After hearing the entire story and the memories of the one’s who had been there, they all voted unanimously to make it their new Home. Thus was born ''[[The Sword's Sheath]]'', the name of the new home of Gladius!

With time, the Dark Jedi Knights residing in ''The Sword's Sheath'' rose in power. Especially the Krath liked the ancient base. With it’s stronghold, Star Destroyer, and skilled pilots and warriors, Gladius became a powerful House of The Dark Brotherhood. Shadow performed an excellent duty in running the House, and his superiors noticed his efforts. One day, an Imperial Shuttle requested permission to land in the base. Many members were surprised, since it’s location was only known to a few outside House Gladius. This was no ordinary shuttle, though. It was carrying an [[envoy]] from the [[Grand Master]]. Shadow was to immediately travel to the Dark Hall, and bring a young [[Jedi Hunter]] named Mandrax. The whole House saluted Shadow when he left, and the Hammerhead Squadron flew with him until he entered hyperspace.

Once on [[Eos]], Shadow was told that he had been promoted, to Proconsul of Clan Tarentum. Very honored by this, he left soon, to take on the duties of his new position. At this time, Mandrax was told that superiors had watched him, for his strength in the Force, and his rage and fury. He had been selected to take the position Shadow had left, as Quaestor of House Gladius. After this, Mandrax received very intense training in the force, and learned dimensions of it that he could never had imagined before. He was also taught how to create his own Lightsaber.

Mandrax then returned, now as an Obeliskan Warrior, to take his new position, and a new era of House Gladius began.

''By, SBL Shadow''

''Modified and added to by, OW Mandrax''

==Battle Teams==

Gladius currently has two [[Battle Team]]s, The Cabal and The [[Praxeum]]. Both Battle Teams are multi-order.

One of Gladius' former Battle Teams is the [[Keepers of the Night]].

==Quaestors Emeritus==
The current [[Quaestor]] of House Gladius is [[Sato Bruth'Kothae]]
#Shadow
#Mandrax
#Dreadnaught
#Imp22
#SithSpawn
#Kartena
#Nazkeldu
#Kartena
#Aari
#[[Sith Bloodfyre]]
#[[Telona Murrage]]
#[[Sith Bloodfyre]]
#Jason Hunter
#[[Anshar Kahn]]
#[[Welshman Corsair]]
#[[Frosty Romanae]]
#[[Sato Bruth'Kothae]]

[[Category: Clans & Houses]][[Category: Clan Tarentum]]

DJBWiki talk:Featured article/Queue

2007-04-13T16:17:27Z

Welshman:

Moved Jac down a week to buy more time. -- [[User:Kaine Mandaala|Kaine Mandaala]] 02:25, 1 November 2006 (Mountain Standard Time)

Shouldn't we make sure articles meet Featured Article quality first and only then add them to the FA queue? -- [[User:Reblet|Reblet]] 04:27, 15 January 2007 (Mountain Standard Time)

That would make a certain amount of sense, yes. [[User:Vladimir|Vladimir]] 11:24, 15 January 2007 (Mountain Standard Time)

I'm sorry ... who is nominating these "featured" articles? Firefox's article is nothing more than a glorified stub and a whole section or two of history is missing from Sarin's entry (although it is coming along rather nicely). A new system needs to be implemented. [[User:Vladimir|Vladimir]] 18:05, 1 February 2007 (Mountain Standard Time)

... Kir Katarn's wiki entry is indeed "featured" worthy. Didn't want to be totally negative. [[User:Vladimir|Vladimir]] 18:49, 1 February 2007 (Mountain Standard Time)

Firefox' is waiting for updates, and continously pushed down until it is full enough, like what happened to Jac's.--[[User:Korras|Korras]] 22:31, 1 February 2007 (Mountain Standard Time)

Can anyone be featured or is it an Elitist section only? [[User:Ylith Romanae|Ylith Romanae]] 07:43, 2 February 2007 (Mountain Standard Time)

It is my opinion that Firefox and Sarin be removed from the Upcoming Featured Article List. Prominant members of the Brotherhood they may be, but that doesn't mean anything in terms of having their Wiki pages featured for the community. Featured Articles highlight the best ''pages'' of the community, not the members themselves. [[User:Vladimir|Vladimir]] 08:31, 2 February 2007 (Mountain Standard Time)

== KM Answers ==
Vlad - Calm down. FF and Sarin had been added because no one else was adding anything. As Korras said, they'll be shoved down the list until they are ready. For a while, articles like those WERE the best ones. For SIX MONTHS I've been saying people need to take initiative in the Wiki (other than the staff), and yet there is minimal effort. If you have better suggestions, start talking. Otherwise, get to editing something worthy.

Ylith - Yes anyone/thing can be nominated. Great looking/finished articles are much better than stubs. -- [[image:km1.png]]

Last time I checked, [[House Galeres]] was not an elitist [[House]], though I'm sure they pride themselves on being an integral part of [[Clan Arcona]]. Glaeres is the featured article of the week for January 28, 2007. --[[User:Tron|Tron]] 12:47, 2 February 2007 (Mountain Standard Time)

What about [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]]? We recently updated our history documents and that's on there now. It seems pretty complete to me. -- [[User:RevengeX|RevengeX Palpatine]] 17:51, 2 February 2007 (Mountain Standard Time)

*CSP's wiki page isn't bad, but it could use some more images to break up the large amounts of text. After that I think it would be Featured Article worthy. [[User:Vladimir|Vladimir]] 19:07, 2 February 2007 (Mountain Standard Time)

== Question ==

So...how does anyone nominate an article to be featured? [[User:Ylith Romanae|Ylith Romanae]] 13:36, 3 February 2007 (Mountain Standard Time)

by nominating it [[Template_talk:Featured_article|here]]. --[[User:Korras|Korras]] 13:53, 3 February 2007 (Mountain Standard Time)

Or you can go to [[DJBWiki:Featured article]] and at the bottom is a section for nominating - yes I stole it from Wookieepedia, but it works or rather hopefully will work. I'd like to begin using it at the least.--[[User:Tron|Tron]] 21:51, 3 February 2007 (Mountain Standard Time)

== StormRaven's queued article ==

Rasilvenaira Stormraven's article is currently not up to standards for a featured article, since topical and relevant opposition was voiced by Oberst within seven days of it being posted. This opposition was also not yet addressed. [[User:Karel|Karel]] 13:55, 12 April 2007 (MDT)

I have to agree with this. Like I said, it was worded nicely, but the errors in both style and function happen too frequently, too readily for them to be stylistic (i.e. using "And" to start a sentence to bring attention). Were these breaches of the convention of style far more sporadic, and far more judicious, I could easily look at the piece and say, "Oh. She's drawing my attention to something particularly significant/important." As it stands, the errors in style point to a "Frosh" attempt at writing. - [[User:Oberst|Oberst]] 22:12, 12 April 2007 (MDT)

Right... Well seeing as a great many DBers don't speak english as a primary language, and the majority are still in some form of school I'm pretty sure we're not going to go hardcore on the technical aspects of their wiki writing. I mean jesus... it's a featured article on a wiki. --[[User:Shadow Taldrya|Shadow Taldrya]] 01:46, 13 April 2007 (MDT)

I can only agree with Shadow, you guys really think starting a sentence with end is a crime which must be punished by death? Error in style... is this a competition? no this is not a competition [[User:Zeron|Zeron]] 07:42, 13 April 2007 (MDT)

If that's the attitude that people will take then surely featured articles are redundant? The whole point of featured article status is that the article in question is a good one. Granted I don't understand half the stuff Oberst was on about but I'm Welsh so sue me :P So if people don't care about the quality of articles that get nominated for the featured article status I table a motion that my article be a featured article next week! w00t :P Welsh

Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

2007-04-12T22:54:06Z

Welshman: /* Orbalisk Armour */

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[[image:3206-warbanner.gif|thumb|200px|right| Welsh's warbanner, green representing the earth of his nation and the ancient dragon said to have protected his country aeons ago]]
Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle with his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

[[Image:Gladius base.jpg|thumb|100px|left| Sword's Sheath]]

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

==Lightsabres==

[[Image:3206-sabers.jpg‎|100px|left]]

The two sabres used by Welshman in his business in the Brotherhood were designed and built by his own hand, like many Jedi before him the construction of his sabre was to be the final stage in his journey to Knighthood. The first blade he constructed, the violet blade, was built after the Third Sith War. The hilt itself is made from black durasteel with a krayt pearl overlay fitted over the bare metal. The pearl itself was treated by Dark Side alchemy giving it its distinctive purple colour, a side affect of the alchemy is that the Dark Side energies now permeating the hilt allows it to withstand lightsabre slices, the immense energy of the enemy blade being transformed into a Force boost that Welshman can use to supplement his own reserves.

The blade itself is purple caused by a treated crystal. The reason Welshman chose the colour for his first weapon was in tribute to Tarentum’s dedication to the Sith King, purple heralding royalty on many worlds and cultures.

His second sabre was constructed upon his ascension to the rank of Warlord, to both commemorate the event and to allow him to take advantage on the privilege afforded to people of that rank. Constructed out of Mandalorian iron for strength and stability the hilt is of a much more organic shape then many others in the Brotherhood, owing somewhat to a tribute Welshman pays to life which has given way to Death which fuels him. As an aside this blade hilts can be held with one hand or two for added power and has been lengthened to reflect this.

The blade colour of his second sabre is a traditional Sith red, a tribute to both the Sith of old and the mythical Dragon which was said to have guarded over the people of his nation on Yaga Minor for millennia.

His preferred combat form is Jar’Kai Niman for which the two blades he habitually carries around with comes in handy. Other forms he dabbles in include Niman, Shi-icho and Soresu. For many years he was also a practiconer of Makashi, the precise duelling form appealing to the perfectionist in him. Will this subtle form has been abandoned in favour of a more attack orientated form, Welshman still remembers the form and uses it occasionally.

==Orbalisk Armour==
[[Image:scan0001.gif‎|thumb|175px|right| Welsh's set of armour]]

Until the Second Darkness Rite of Supremacy, Welshman had spurned the wearing of armour. However as he lay prostrate on the floor of the Well of Darkness he found, to his initial disgust, his body crawling with trilobyte resembling creatures. Attempting to use the Force to pull them off resulted in them sinking their teeth into the Warlord's body. Feeling their toxin pour through his body, Welshman used the Force to neuter its effects, this only seemed to attract more of the creatures which by now had covered his whole body. Remembering a lesson he had taught long ago in the Sith CORE lessons he gave himself to the Orbalisks and came to accept their invasion of his body. He now has in his possesion a set of lightsabre resistant armour which's only downside is the time consuming and painful process of its removal and donning.

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

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Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

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Welshman:

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[[image:3206-warbanner.gif|thumb|200px|right| Welsh's warbanner, green representing the earth of his nation and the ancient dragon said to have protected his country aeons ago]]
Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle with his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

[[Image:Gladius base.jpg|thumb|100px|left| Sword's Sheath]]

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

==Lightsabres==

[[Image:3206-sabers.jpg‎|100px|left]]

The two sabres used by Welshman in his business in the Brotherhood were designed and built by his own hand, like many Jedi before him the construction of his sabre was to be the final stage in his journey to Knighthood. The first blade he constructed, the violet blade, was built after the Third Sith War. The hilt itself is made from black durasteel with a krayt pearl overlay fitted over the bare metal. The pearl itself was treated by Dark Side alchemy giving it its distinctive purple colour, a side affect of the alchemy is that the Dark Side energies now permeating the hilt allows it to withstand lightsabre slices, the immense energy of the enemy blade being transformed into a Force boost that Welshman can use to supplement his own reserves.

The blade itself is purple caused by a treated crystal. The reason Welshman chose the colour for his first weapon was in tribute to Tarentum’s dedication to the Sith King, purple heralding royalty on many worlds and cultures.

His second sabre was constructed upon his ascension to the rank of Warlord, to both commemorate the event and to allow him to take advantage on the privilege afforded to people of that rank. Constructed out of Mandalorian iron for strength and stability the hilt is of a much more organic shape then many others in the Brotherhood, owing somewhat to a tribute Welshman pays to life which has given way to Death which fuels him. As an aside this blade hilts can be held with one hand or two for added power and has been lengthened to reflect this.

The blade colour of his second sabre is a traditional Sith red, a tribute to both the Sith of old and the mythical Dragon which was said to have guarded over the people of his nation on Yaga Minor for millennia.

His preferred combat form is Jar’Kai Niman for which the two blades he habitually carries around with comes in handy. Other forms he dabbles in include Niman, Shi-icho and Soresu. For many years he was also a practiconer of Makashi, the precise duelling form appealing to the perfectionist in him. Will this subtle form has been abandoned in favour of a more attack orientated form, Welshman still remembers the form and uses it occasionally.

==Orbalisk Armour==
[[Image:scan0001.gif‎|175px|right]]

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

[[category:DJB Characters]]
[[category:Clan Tarentum]]
[[category:Tarentae]]
[[category:Inner Order (Clan Tarentum)]]

Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

2007-04-12T22:45:53Z

Welshman:

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*[[House Tridens]]
*[[House Gladius]]
*[[Tarentae]]
*WSLA
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[[image:3206-warbanner.gif|thumb|200px|right| Welsh's warbanner, green representing the earth of his nation and the ancient dragon said to have protected his country aeons ago]]
Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle with his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

[[Image:Gladius base.jpg|thumb|100px|left| Sword's Sheath]]

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

==Lightsabres==

[[Image:3206-sabers.jpg‎|100px|left]]

The two sabres used by Welshman in his business in the Brotherhood were designed and built by his own hand, like many Jedi before him the construction of his sabre was to be the final stage in his journey to Knighthood. The first blade he constructed, the violet blade, was built after the Third Sith War. The hilt itself is made from black durasteel with a krayt pearl overlay fitted over the bare metal. The pearl itself was treated by Dark Side alchemy giving it its distinctive purple colour, a side affect of the alchemy is that the Dark Side energies now permeating the hilt allows it to withstand lightsabre slices, the immense energy of the enemy blade being transformed into a Force boost that Welshman can use to supplement his own reserves.

The blade itself is purple caused by a treated crystal. The reason Welshman chose the colour for his first weapon was in tribute to Tarentum’s dedication to the Sith King, purple heralding royalty on many worlds and cultures.

His second sabre was constructed upon his ascension to the rank of Warlord, to both commemorate the event and to allow him to take advantage on the privilege afforded to people of that rank. Constructed out of Mandalorian iron for strength and stability the hilt is of a much more organic shape then many others in the Brotherhood, owing somewhat to a tribute Welshman pays to life which has given way to Death which fuels him. As an aside this blade hilts can be held with one hand or two for added power and has been lengthened to reflect this.

The blade colour of his second sabre is a traditional Sith red, a tribute to both the Sith of old and the mythical Dragon which was said to have guarded over the people of his nation on Yaga Minor for millennia.

His preferred combat form is Jar’Kai Niman for which the two blades he habitually carries around with comes in handy. Other forms he dabbles in include Niman, Shi-icho and Soresu. For many years he was also a practiconer of Makashi, the precise duelling form appealing to the perfectionist in him. Will this subtle form has been abandoned in favour of a more attack orientated form, Welshman still remembers the form and uses it occasionally.

==Orbalisk Armour==
[[Image:scan001.gif‎|175px|right]]

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

[[category:DJB Characters]]
[[category:Clan Tarentum]]
[[category:Tarentae]]
[[category:Inner Order (Clan Tarentum)]]

Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

2007-04-12T21:51:28Z

Welshman:

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*[[House Tridens]]
*[[House Gladius]]
*[[Tarentae]]
*WSLA
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[[image:3206-warbanner.gif|thumb|200px|right| Welsh's warbanner, green representing the earth of his nation and the ancient dragon said to have protected his country aeons ago]]
Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle with his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

[[Image:Gladius base.jpg|thumb|100px|left| Sword's Sheath]]

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

==Lightsabres==

[[Image:3206-sabers.jpg‎|100px|left]]

The two sabres used by Welshman in his business in the Brotherhood were designed and built by his own hand, like many Jedi before him the construction of his sabre was to be the final stage in his journey to Knighthood. The first blade he constructed, the violet blade, was built after the Third Sith War. The hilt itself is made from black durasteel with a krayt pearl overlay fitted over the bare metal. The pearl itself was treated by Dark Side alchemy giving it its distinctive purple colour, a side affect of the alchemy is that the Dark Side energies now permeating the hilt allows it to withstand lightsabre slices, the immense energy of the enemy blade being transformed into a Force boost that Welshman can use to supplement his own reserves.

The blade itself is purple caused by a treated crystal. The reason Welshman chose the colour for his first weapon was in tribute to Tarentum’s dedication to the Sith King, purple heralding royalty on many worlds and cultures.

His second sabre was constructed upon his ascension to the rank of Warlord, to both commemorate the event and to allow him to take advantage on the privilege afforded to people of that rank. Constructed out of Mandalorian iron for strength and stability the hilt is of a much more organic shape then many others in the Brotherhood, owing somewhat to a tribute Welshman pays to life which has given way to Death which fuels him. As an aside this blade hilts can be held with one hand or two for added power and has been lengthened to reflect this.

The blade colour of his second sabre is a traditional Sith red, a tribute to both the Sith of old and the mythical Dragon which was said to have guarded over the people of his nation on Yaga Minor for millennia.

His preferred combat form is Jar’Kai Niman for which the two blades he habitually carries around with comes in handy. Other forms he dabbles in include Niman, Shi-icho and Soresu. For many years he was also a practiconer of Makashi, the precise duelling form appealing to the perfectionist in him. Will this subtle form has been abandoned in favour of a more attack orientated form, Welshman still remembers the form and uses it occasionally.

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

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Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

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Welshman:

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[[image:3206-warbanner.gif|thumb|200px|right| Welsh's warbanner, green representing the earth of his nation and the ancient dragon said to have protected his country aeons ago]]
Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle with his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

==Lightsabres==

[[Image:3206-sabers.jpg‎|100px|left]]

The two sabres used by Welshman in his business in the Brotherhood were designed and built by his own hand, like many Jedi before him the construction of his sabre was to be the final stage in his journey to Knighthood. The first blade he constructed, the violet blade, was built after the Third Sith War. The hilt itself is made from black durasteel with a krayt pearl overlay fitted over the bare metal. The pearl itself was treated by Dark Side alchemy giving it its distinctive purple colour, a side affect of the alchemy is that the Dark Side energies now permeating the hilt allows it to withstand lightsabre slices, the immense energy of the enemy blade being transformed into a Force boost that Welshman can use to supplement his own reserves.

The blade itself is purple caused by a treated crystal. The reason Welshman chose the colour for his first weapon was in tribute to Tarentum’s dedication to the Sith King, purple heralding royalty on many worlds and cultures.

His second sabre was constructed upon his ascension to the rank of Warlord, to both commemorate the event and to allow him to take advantage on the privilege afforded to people of that rank. Constructed out of Mandalorian iron for strength and stability the hilt is of a much more organic shape then many others in the Brotherhood, owing somewhat to a tribute Welshman pays to life which has given way to Death which fuels him. As an aside this blade hilts can be held with one hand or two for added power and has been lengthened to reflect this.

The blade colour of his second sabre is a traditional Sith red, a tribute to both the Sith of old and the mythical Dragon which was said to have guarded over the people of his nation on Yaga Minor for millennia.

His preferred combat form is Jar’Kai Niman for which the two blades he habitually carries around with comes in handy. Other forms he dabbles in include Niman, Shi-icho and Soresu. For many years he was also a practiconer of Makashi, the precise duelling form appealing to the perfectionist in him. Will this subtle form has been abandoned in favour of a more attack orientated form, Welshman still remembers the form and uses it occasionally.

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

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Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

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Welshman:

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[[image:3206-warbanner.gif|200px|right| Welsh's warbanner, green representing the earth of his nation and the ancient dragon said to have protected his country aeons ago]]
Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle with his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

==Lightsabres==

[[Image:3206-sabers.jpg‎|100px|left]]

The two sabres used by Welshman in his business in the Brotherhood were designed and built by his own hand, like many Jedi before him the construction of his sabre was to be the final stage in his journey to Knighthood. The first blade he constructed, the violet blade, was built after the Third Sith War. The hilt itself is made from black durasteel with a krayt pearl overlay fitted over the bare metal. The pearl itself was treated by Dark Side alchemy giving it its distinctive purple colour, a side affect of the alchemy is that the Dark Side energies now permeating the hilt allows it to withstand lightsabre slices, the immense energy of the enemy blade being transformed into a Force boost that Welshman can use to supplement his own reserves.

The blade itself is purple caused by a treated crystal. The reason Welshman chose the colour for his first weapon was in tribute to Tarentum’s dedication to the Sith King, purple heralding royalty on many worlds and cultures.

His second sabre was constructed upon his ascension to the rank of Warlord, to both commemorate the event and to allow him to take advantage on the privilege afforded to people of that rank. Constructed out of Mandalorian iron for strength and stability the hilt is of a much more organic shape then many others in the Brotherhood, owing somewhat to a tribute Welshman pays to life which has given way to Death which fuels him. As an aside this blade hilts can be held with one hand or two for added power and has been lengthened to reflect this.

The blade colour of his second sabre is a traditional Sith red, a tribute to both the Sith of old and the mythical Dragon which was said to have guarded over the people of his nation on Yaga Minor for millennia.

His preferred combat form is Jar’Kai Niman for which the two blades he habitually carries around with comes in handy. Other forms he dabbles in include Niman, Shi-icho and Soresu. For many years he was also a practiconer of Makashi, the precise duelling form appealing to the perfectionist in him. Will this subtle form has been abandoned in favour of a more attack orientated form, Welshman still remembers the form and uses it occasionally.

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

[[category:DJB Characters]]
[[category:Clan Tarentum]]
[[category:Tarentae]]
[[category:Inner Order (Clan Tarentum)]]

Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

2007-04-12T18:27:19Z

Welshman:

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[[image:3206-warbanner.gif|200px|right|Welsh's warbanner, green representing the earth of his nation and the ancient dragon said to have protected his country aeons ago]]
Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle with his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

==Lightsabres==

[[Image:3206-sabers.jpg‎|100px|left]]

The two sabres used by Welshman in his business in the Brotherhood were designed and built by his own hand, like many Jedi before him the construction of his sabre was to be the final stage in his journey to Knighthood. The first blade he constructed, the violet blade, was built after the Third Sith War. The hilt itself is made from black durasteel with a krayt pearl overlay fitted over the bare metal. The pearl itself was treated by Dark Side alchemy giving it its distinctive purple colour, a side affect of the alchemy is that the Dark Side energies now permeating the hilt allows it to withstand lightsabre slices, the immense energy of the enemy blade being transformed into a Force boost that Welshman can use to supplement his own reserves.

The blade itself is purple caused by a treated crystal. The reason Welshman chose the colour for his first weapon was in tribute to Tarentum’s dedication to the Sith King, purple heralding royalty on many worlds and cultures.

His second sabre was constructed upon his ascension to the rank of Warlord, to both commemorate the event and to allow him to take advantage on the privilege afforded to people of that rank. Constructed out of Mandalorian iron for strength and stability the hilt is of a much more organic shape then many others in the Brotherhood, owing somewhat to a tribute Welshman pays to life which has given way to Death which fuels him. As an aside this blade hilts can be held with one hand or two for added power and has been lengthened to reflect this.

The blade colour of his second sabre is a traditional Sith red, a tribute to both the Sith of old and the mythical Dragon which was said to have guarded over the people of his nation on Yaga Minor for millennia.

His preferred combat form is Jar’Kai Niman for which the two blades he habitually carries around with comes in handy. Other forms he dabbles in include Niman, Shi-icho and Soresu. For many years he was also a practiconer of Makashi, the precise duelling form appealing to the perfectionist in him. Will this subtle form has been abandoned in favour of a more attack orientated form, Welshman still remembers the form and uses it occasionally.

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

[[category:DJB Characters]]
[[category:Clan Tarentum]]
[[category:Tarentae]]
[[category:Inner Order (Clan Tarentum)]]

Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

2007-04-12T18:26:44Z

Welshman:

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Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle with his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

==Lightsabres==

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The two sabres used by Welshman in his business in the Brotherhood were designed and built by his own hand, like many Jedi before him the construction of his sabre was to be the final stage in his journey to Knighthood. The first blade he constructed, the violet blade, was built after the Third Sith War. The hilt itself is made from black durasteel with a krayt pearl overlay fitted over the bare metal. The pearl itself was treated by Dark Side alchemy giving it its distinctive purple colour, a side affect of the alchemy is that the Dark Side energies now permeating the hilt allows it to withstand lightsabre slices, the immense energy of the enemy blade being transformed into a Force boost that Welshman can use to supplement his own reserves.

The blade itself is purple caused by a treated crystal. The reason Welshman chose the colour for his first weapon was in tribute to Tarentum’s dedication to the Sith King, purple heralding royalty on many worlds and cultures.

His second sabre was constructed upon his ascension to the rank of Warlord, to both commemorate the event and to allow him to take advantage on the privilege afforded to people of that rank. Constructed out of Mandalorian iron for strength and stability the hilt is of a much more organic shape then many others in the Brotherhood, owing somewhat to a tribute Welshman pays to life which has given way to Death which fuels him. As an aside this blade hilts can be held with one hand or two for added power and has been lengthened to reflect this.

The blade colour of his second sabre is a traditional Sith red, a tribute to both the Sith of old and the mythical Dragon which was said to have guarded over the people of his nation on Yaga Minor for millennia.

His preferred combat form is Jar’Kai Niman for which the two blades he habitually carries around with comes in handy. Other forms he dabbles in include Niman, Shi-icho and Soresu. For many years he was also a practiconer of Makashi, the precise duelling form appealing to the perfectionist in him. Will this subtle form has been abandoned in favour of a more attack orientated form, Welshman still remembers the form and uses it occasionally.

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

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Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

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Welshman:

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Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle with his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

==Lightsabres==

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The two sabres used by Welshman in his business in the Brotherhood were designed and built by his own hand, like many Jedi before him the construction of his sabre was to be the final stage in his journey to Knighthood. The first blade he constructed, the violet blade, was built after the Third Sith War. The hilt itself is made from black durasteel with a krayt pearl overlay fitted over the bare metal. The pearl itself was treated by Dark Side alchemy giving it its distinctive purple colour, a side affect of the alchemy is that the Dark Side energies now permeating the hilt allows it to withstand lightsabre slices, the immense energy of the enemy blade being transformed into a Force boost that Welshman can use to supplement his own reserves.

The blade itself is purple caused by a treated crystal. The reason Welshman chose the colour for his first weapon was in tribute to Tarentum’s dedication to the Sith King, purple heralding royalty on many worlds and cultures.

His second sabre was constructed upon his ascension to the rank of Warlord, to both commemorate the event and to allow him to take advantage on the privilege afforded to people of that rank. Constructed out of Mandalorian iron for strength and stability the hilt is of a much more organic shape then many others in the Brotherhood, owing somewhat to a tribute Welshman pays to life which has given way to Death which fuels him. As an aside this blade hilts can be held with one hand or two for added power and has been lengthened to reflect this.

The blade colour of his second sabre is a traditional Sith red, a tribute to both the Sith of old and the mythical Dragon which was said to have guarded over the people of his nation on Yaga Minor for millennia.

His preferred combat form is Jar’Kai Niman for which the two blades he habitually carries around with comes in handy. Other forms he dabbles in include Niman, Shi-icho and Soresu. For many years he was also a practiconer of Makashi, the precise duelling form appealing to the perfectionist in him. Will this subtle form has been abandoned in favour of a more attack orientated form, Welshman still remembers the form and uses it occasionally.

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

[[category:DJB Characters]]
[[category:Clan Tarentum]]
[[category:Tarentae]]
[[category:Inner Order (Clan Tarentum)]]

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2007-04-12T18:00:30Z

Welshman:

Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

2007-04-12T17:59:31Z

Welshman:

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Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle with his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

[[category:DJB Characters]]
[[category:Clan Tarentum]]
[[category:Tarentae]]
[[category:Inner Order (Clan Tarentum)]]

Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

2007-04-12T17:59:01Z

Welshman:

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Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle with his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

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Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

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Welshman:

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Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle with his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

[[category:DJB Characters]]
[[category:Clan Tarentum]]
[[category:Tarentae]]
[[category:Inner Order (Clan Tarentum)]]

Welshman Corsair Erinos Tarentae

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Welshman:

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Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle with his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

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[[category:Tarentae]]
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Welshman:

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Welshman Corsair Tarentae (15BBY-present) a Consul emeritus of the Clan Tarentum and the current Aedile of House Tridens of Tarentum and member of the Honoured familie of the Tarentae.

== '''Character History''' ==

=== Childhood (15BBY-0BBY) ===

Welshman experienced a rather uneventful childhood living life in relative comfort with his middle-class Imperial Beaurocrat parents. His father was a civil servant in the Yaga Minor shipyards who’s main job was balancing the accounts whilst his mother was a local parish councillor.

===Adolescence (0ABY-4ABY)===

One of the most defining moments of his life occurred on his 15th birthday, the destruction of the first Death Star, it was during the battle of Yavin that he discovered a taste for everything military and promised himself that a naval career was the one for him. The marvel infused in him by watching the dogfights on the news holo and the courageous deaths sustained by those on the Death Star made him feel a sense of pride and duty to his Empire.

On his 17th birthday Welshman fulfilled that dream by enrolling to the Imperial Naval Academy on Carida.

During his stay at the Academy Welshman discovered he was a natural pilot, often outperforming even some of his instructors, a trait which saw him pass close to the top of his class all the time. Other aspects of study were quickly followed up on to make a better pilot, computing, martial arts and even languages. A well rounded warrior was a warrior who survived.

Two years later and badged as a fully fledged Imperial TIE Fighter pilot Welshman was sent to join the Open Circle Armada operating out of the Core Worlds.

===Imperial Service (4ABY-19ABY)===

After joining the Open Circle Armada he underwent 8 months of intense anti-piracy and rebellion interdiction missions came the news of the death of Emperor Palpatine at Endor. During the months of upheaval that followed Welshman remained loyal to the forces of the Empire and its leaders.

And on this went until Grand Admiral Thrawn once more gave hope to the Imperial forces, for a glorious year Welshman flew under the banner of Thrawn from the Imperial Star Destroyer Nemesis until the traitorous Noghiri bodyguard slaughtered Thrawn at his command seat.

And so it went for many years and many torturous defeats Welshman staying at the side of Thrawn’s chosen successor, Admiral Pelleon. For 15 years Welshman excelled behind the cockpit of a T/I rising to the rank of wing commander, the man responsible for the whole fighter contingent aboard the ISD Nemesis and it was here he stayed until 17 years after Yavin when he was promoted to General and assigned a groundside office in charge of the planetary defences of one of the few worlds still loyal to the Empire, it was here during the closing stages of the Civil War that he almost met his match. As the planetary shields crumbled and the defence force fled from orbit down closer to the planet Welshman attempted to make his way to the hangers so that he may rally his fighters for a final counter-assault, this was not to be as a turbolaser blast thundered from orbit to destroy the headquarters he had only recently vacated, thrown about by the shockwave and peppered by shrapnel Welshman waited to die.

===Brotherhood Service (19ABY-Present)===

It was in this state that emissaries from the Brotherhood found him, broken and dejected. Sensing potential within the pilot they placed him in a healing trance and took him aboard their ship. For the whole five day journey from Garqi to Yridia Welshman was cared for by the two Dark Jedi who had been sent to Garqi to attempt to buy unique xenoc agro-products.

Upon arrival in Castle Tarentum Welshman was immediately taken to the medical ward where he suffered a further two weeks of bacta and Force treatment to nurse his battered body back to health however one part of his body was beyond repair, his eyes. To compensate for his loss of vision the Tarenti surgeons fitted him with an archaic looking set of optical goggles to enable him to see.

Once healed he was sent on his way to Lyspair and the Shadow Academy to begin his tuition in the ways of the Dark Side.

After only a few days at the Academy Welshman came to realise that he was destined to follow the path of the Sith, a noble institution and heirs to a great power Welshman became enthralled with the history of the great Sith Lords of the past, Exar Kun, Naga Sadow, Darth Vader and Freedon Nadd. To follow in these great men’s footsteps and to perhaps achieve such power as they did was indeed a great lure to the old Imperial officer.

Due to his past experiences Welshman excelled in the martial aspects of his studies besting even those Journeymen who had had long training in ways of the occult. Within months he had progressed enough to be bestowed with the rank of Apprentice and sent on his way back to the Clan which had saved him.

Upon his arrival in House Tridens of Tarentum Welshman assumed the duties expected of a lowly member such as himself his prowess in the cockpit however soon endeared him to his fellow squad mates in Hammerhead squadron and within weeks he had caught the eye of the Quaestor of the House, one Rekio Corsair, who then took Welshman on as his apprentice.

Under the tutelage of his Master Welshman climbed quickly through the Journeymen ranks rising to Jedi Hunter and his own squadron command within a year. With himself at the head of Stingray Welshman prepared for his most trying time so far in the Brotherhood.

===The Third Sith War===

It was a grand venture to solidify the Brotherhood’s grasp over its new home that gave Welshman his first taste of a Force war. Leading his squadron through battle after battle Welsh distinguished himself in dogfight after dogfight leading to him being given command of a multi-Clan task force in the final battle against the Antaran hordes. The Dark Council’s ships were being kept out of the Antaran shipyards by the heavy Golan defence platforms and Welsh’s squad were given the mission of infiltrating the yards and causing as much damage and destruction as possible before turning on the defence platforms and attacking them from within. This attack was met with great success and the ISD Heresiarch was able to punch a hole in the weakened perimeter and allow Brotherhood forces to flow into the alien’s shipyards.

Due to his commendable actions Welshman was promoted to a Dark Jedi Knight and along with his new lightsabre even newer doors were to open for him in the Brotherhood.

===Leadership===

Arriving home from Antei exhausted but also exhilarated Welshman was surprised to find himself called to the office of then Aedile Oberst. Tarentum considered Welsh an investment and one they expected to see a return on, as such they trusted him enormously with a position on the house Summit of Tridens, and then began a period in which Welshman would rise from humble Rollmaster of the greatest House of the Sith to one day rule the Clan that had rescued him and given him life.

===The Fifth Great Jedi War===

The time of peace that followed the Sith War did not last long and all too soon the Brotherhood once more succumbed to war. This time due to an insidious virus which infected the minds of almost half of the Brotherhood causing them to fight against fellow members. Welshman for almost the whole war fought on the side of the Clean against the infected ones and earned himself distinction, rising to the rank of Sith Warrior after a series of particularly lengthy battles however the golden age of this War was not to last long. In a battle with his Consul, Sith Bloodfyre, Welshman was soundly defeated and infected with the mind plague. Under the influence of the insidious virus Welshman travelled to Antei where he took command of a squadron of capital ships in defence of the Infected leadership. His three picket destroyers and frigates however did not last long against the combined might of the Clean fleet and his ships were left drifting and burning until the disease state was lifted from everyone by the Grand Master. Shame burning through him at the thought of having helped the traitors Welshman travelled to Yridia to await the trial he thought would be forthcoming.

===Inclusion into the Tarentae===

Upon his arrival in Tarentum home space Welshman was immediately escorted to a room he had only been in once previously, on his promotion to Dark Jedi Knight, a dark room in which it was only possible to make the rough outline of half a dozen individuals. His Force senses revealed them to be all members of the Clan’s elite, here no doubt to preside over his trial. Instead this transpired to be one the days in which he felt most honoured, he had been granted the right to use the name Tarentae. His loyalty to Tarentum had now been sealed and only death would break that vow.

===Gladius===

Following the tumultuous times of the past Great War and the depletion suffered by al Clans, Tarentum was forced to reshuffle her assets. The once noble House Cestus decimated by war had to be merged with Tridens and Gladius causing a gradual shift of all the Clan’s Houses from the previously well defined single order groupings to Houses which would soon incorporate all the disciplines followed in the Brotherhood. Seeing the potential difficulties Welshman was approached to become the Aedile of House Gladius, once a proud Krath House that had since war’s end seen a dramatic influx of Sith disciples and Obelisk warriors and High Command fearing any backlash decided that a Sith follower on the Summit would be of help to the willy Krath leader, the future Headmaster himself Anshar Kahn.

Soon Welshman was to rise to lead this great House, the first Sith in an age to rule over a predominately Krath House but not the last. It was around this period that he began training his first apprentice, Nit’Chu, who unfortunately failed to master his grip on the Dark Side and was driven away from the Clan by the power which he could not control. Distraught over the failure of his promising Apprentice Welshman himself apprenticed himself to Warlord Oberst in a effort to learn more about the subtleties of the Force and the skills of leadership. It was this move which first brought him to touch with Clan Tarentum’s area of Force expertise, the power of Necromancy. Under Oberst’s guidance Welshman began on his first steps down the long road to becoming one of the Death Dealers of Tarentum.

Welshman was proud to be the leader of such a fine House for many years, leaving his mark on some of the younger members whom inside them he saw great potential. Indeed a few of his closest friends during this time have themselves gone on to great things. After two years of successful management of House Gladius and the instigator of many a reform Welshman was granted the honour of ascending to the Clan summit.

As an aside it was during his tenure as Quaestor of Gladius that Welshman became involved in the Clan wide action to stop pirate incursions into the system, especially the area known as the Phoenix crest. After the completion of this exercise Welshman was awarded joint ownership of the mining facilities which later grew to full ownership after the defection of the other party to a rival clan.

===Clan Summit===

His first taste at leading a Clan came during the ascension of his former QUA, Anshar Tarentae, to the position of CON. Being chosen over a pool of candidates Welshman instantly threw himself into his new position, monitoring the Master/Apprenticeship pairings within the Clan and attempting to ingrate newer members into the Clan Hierarchy.

Whilst serving as Proconsul Welsh took part in the Clan expedition to attempt to secure the Obsidian Blade for the Clan, a powerful ancient Sith relic which the lore keepers said were forged by a family of Dark Siders who then sunk into insanity before killing each other for control of the blade. Now recovered, it rests in the armoury of Clan Tarentum.

Under Anshar’s tutelage Welshman began to understand the intricacies of managing a large, committed Clan like Tarentum however the training under Anshar was cut short when the position of Headmaster became vacant and Anshar was chosen to replace Dark Jedi Master Spears, unwilling to take on the responsibility of leading a Clan with his current lack of experience Welshman agreed to remain on as PCON whilst Spears took the rains of Consul. This partnership to was short lived, in the run up to a joint military exercise Spears decided to step down, unable to abdicate responsibility anymore Welshman ascended to Consul and was confronted with having to lead a Clan into a war after an accident.

===CP/CSP/CNS/TAR Feud===

After a spy had managed to infiltrate the Tarentum flagship Corsair and toggle the power settings for their weaponry so they fired a full power burst into the CSP flagship, almost destroying the vessel. Relationships rapidly deteriorated until two distinct camps had formed, one centred around Tarentum and the other around Scholae. Full scale warfare soon started with skirmishes breaking out between the once friendly forces.

His burgeoning duties as Consul did not prevent Welshman taking an active roll in this conflict. Taking command of the Marauder Corvette Creeping Death he led from the fore taking part in numerous sorties in the Aranna system. Fighting continued for many weeks until the forces of Tarentum and her allies planned an audacious invasion of Scholae’s home system and their command and control centre. The complete surprise and ferocity of the invasion threw the enemy instantly on the defensive and within hours they were forced to sue for peace.

As spoils of this specific conflict Tarentum was awarded the Gunship Stygian to augment its already formidable military prowess.

===6th GJW===

The months after the war with CSP/CP were mercifully quiet allowing Welshman time to aid in the rebuilding of Tarentum. Under his reign Tarentum began to look outwards, to acquiring new systems from which they could solidify their grasp on the Brotherhood’s economy. Corva Yag and its fields of death became areas where Tarentum’s disciples could go and learn more about the ways of the Necromantics, money laundering houses sprung up on the cosmopolitan Karideph whilst many many more business fronts popped up across the sector offering wares and business which existed only to serve Tarentum. And this was how it continued for nigh on a year until quiet inexplicably the Clans seemed to begin attacking one another.

Soon war broke out with every Clan for herself as Jedi died for no obvious reason. For weeks this dragged on, Jedi killing Jedi, until fed up and concerned over the nebulous and illogical happenings in Brotherhood space the Consuls met in secret at and for perhaps the first time in years were openly honest about their Clans to their erstwhile enemies. Soon it became obvious that the Clans were being manipulated once more by elements of the Dark Council, alliances were drawn with CNS, CP and Tar siding together in almost open war against the Dark Council with their brothers in Arc and Tal in a rebirth of the TalCona alliance at their side. Within days of their cessation of hostilities and mounting anger at the Council civil war almost ripped some of the Clans apart with Consul Korras being deposed from stewardship of CNS due to the machinations of some key members. These odd moments aside the fleets of the clans stood ready to invade Antei but this is when one of the more bizarre moments in the War occurred, it seemed that there were two Jacs, one the original and one a Clone and the Clone had been behind the spate of attacks and War. The only problem was which GM was the real one…

Real war broke out over this question as Clan fought Clan and even Clans turned on itself as some members proclaimed allegiance to one GM whilst members of their own Houses joined the ranks of the Other. Welshman indifferent to this travesty of a war by now proclaimed marginal loyalty to the “Red” camp and offered them a paltry token of support by sending material aid and a few infantry brigades to defend the GMs base. This indifference was challenged when a severe disturbance began thrumming through the Force calling on all who could feel it to come to the Antei system for the final battle. Hoping to settle a few old grudges and try and claim as much booty and glory as possible for Tarentum Welshman ordered the fleet to Antei and to its destiny…

It turns out the Force disturbance was the two Grand Masters involved in an epic duel one matched in scope of sheer ferocity by the clashing of fleets in orbit and the clamour and death of converging armies on the ground. Taking a troop transport down to Antei along with a batch of reinforcements to continue the siege of the Dark Hall, engaging in hand to hand combat with numerous defenders Welshman eventually broke through into the city surrounding the Dark Hall and allowed reinforcements and supplies to flow to his ground commanders in the sector. Job complete he marched towards the forward post and viewed the culmination of the campaign.

The battle between the two Jacs soon drew to a close as their cadres of Elders fought each other tooth and nail but victory was not so straight forward, the two Grand Masters joined back into one, the war finishing as abruptly and as confusingly as it begun.

=== Exile ===

Disheartened by the state of affairs in the Brotherhood Welshman announced his resignation from Consul and allowed Sith Bloodfyre to ascend once more to the pinnacle of Clan Tarentum. Knowing the Clan was in safe hands Welshman appropriated a shuttle and departed for ports unknown…

=== Return ===

Whilst visiting his homeworld of Yaga Minor Welshman was caught by a severe disturbance in the Force as millions of souls rushed together into the netherworld his Tarentae senses allowed him to perceive. Shocked, but also slightly thrilled at the prospect of such carnage and destruction, Welshman piloted his shuttle in the direction he felt the disturbance.

After hours in space his shuttle dropped out of hyperspace into a system his computer flagged as Serpindal, a planet of once pristine beauty and serenity, instead his sensors picked up a shattered hulk, planet ripped of its atmosphere and a huge crater gouged out of the crust, the material having been thrown into space to form the beginnings of a small asteroid field. The next fact he detected was the absence of one of the moons and the perturbation caused to the planets orbit. His Force senses could still pick up the tendrils of fear and anger that permeated the vacuum of space around the broken world but no sense of malice. Invigorated by this discovery Welshman forgot about his self imposed pilgrimage and returned to Tarentum to relay this new information, and to prepare for the coming storm...

== Mentality ==

Ever since his childhood and later life Welshman has been a logical creature preferring to use brain power rather then brawn to solve a problem. This logic pervades every facet of his existence making him a rather atypical Sith. Emotions do not rule him and he refuses to be driven by a bloodlust, instead he makes his emotions serve him most of the time throwing about the power of the Dark Side with cold dispassion. A pragmatic person he will use any tool to achieve his ends even if it means siding with an enemy or using something devised by a hated individual, pride runs against survival in Welshman’s book.

This detachedness however will soon crumble should someone threaten one of the two things he holds dear. His Clan and those he has come to call his friends. Indeed these two are his only weaknesses.

Force exuberance, such as flicking on light switches or fetching fruit is abhorrent to the Tarenti, however he readily delves into the arcane mysteries of Necromantics and the deeper meanings of the Dark Side rising to a high level of knowledge pertaining to the path of the Death Dealers.

Welshman has been known to delight in torturing and then killing prisoners or opponents using the Doom Within power.

== Titles and ranks ==

*Warlord of the Sith
*Member of the Tarentae
*Death Dealer of Tarentum
*Consul Emeritus
*Aedile of House Tridens
*Baron Welshman of Tarentum
*Prefect of Tarentum
*Commodore within the Tarentum Navy
*Eclectic Pedagogue of Sith CORE and Capital Ship Studies
*Former Quaestor of House Gladius
*Master of the Phoenix Crest
*Lord of the Fiefdom of Poen Plains of Yridia VI
*Commander of Battlegroup Mako

== Possessions ==

*The Holocron of Dark Lord Rhiannon
*Set of Orbalisk armour
*Blastech A-280 blaster rifle
*Dual custom built lightsabres
*Optical enhancement goggles.
*Modified Preybird fighter won during a competition hosted by SHW Bloodfyre
*T-65 X-wing liberated from a Republic base
*TIE Defender
*Lambda Shuttle
*4x Bodyguard combat droids granted by DA Korras

==Trivia==
*'''Loves the sheep.'''
*Would rather sleep with Xayun than with a 50-year old woman. It must be loooooove...
*This isn't Welshman's wiki page. '''THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAA!'''

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