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|name=Raken<br />
|image=[[File:Raken2.png|250px]]<br />
|homeworld=Unknown<br />
|birth=[[1 ABY to 10 ABY|8 ABY]]<br />
|death=<br />
|species=[[starwars:Elomin|Elomin]]<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|height=1.9 Meters<br />
|weight=111 Kilos<br />
|skin=Crimson<br />
|hair=None<br />
|eyes=White<br />
|cyber=<br />
|allies= <br />
|enemies= <br />
|saber= Titian<br />
|form= *[[Jar'Kai Niman]]<br />
*[[Niman]]<br />
*[[Soresu]]<br />
|fightingstyle= *[[starwars:Wrruushi|Wrruushi]]<br />
*Wampa Do<br />
|profession= *Warrior<br />
*[[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]]<br />
|position= [[Deputy Grand Master]]<br />
|era=*[[New Republic Era]]<br />
*[[New Jedi Order Era]]<br />
*[[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]<br />
|affiliation=[[Dark Council]]<br />
|dossier=[[dossier:7563|7563]]<br />
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{{Quote|He is midnight. He is the nameless; sick and powerful. Pain is his empire, and it is vast.|Unknown}}<br />
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'''Raken''' is a [[Sith]] [[Dark Side Adept|Adept]] of the [[Dark Brotherhood]]. Sometimes known as the ''bloodskin'', or ''spiderlord'', he has had many names and titles though few, if any, have held meaning for him. An Elomin outcast, Raken's only pride is in his will to survive what others cannot. He is a singular engine of purpose whose allegiance, however temporary, grants him access to power few in the galaxy have touched. <br />
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Currently, he serves the will of the [[Grand Master]] to unfathomable ends. Raken believes a day will come when he will revisit those who have made him what he is. All he must do is endure. In the interim, within the [[Dark Council]], the [[Deputy Grand Master|rogue]] moves in the shadows where little escapes his silent gaze.<br />
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== Character History ==<br />
''"The devil is not what you think..."''<br />
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Raken's history is the journey of a man who was once child, then slave, then monster. His name is the [[starwars:Basic|Basic]] derivative of the [[starwars:Dathomiri|Dathomiri]] word ''rah-k'ah'', or "beaten one". A fitting appellation given the unmitigated brutality of his existence. His tale ennumerates for us three of the four Stages of the Dark side: Temptation, Imperilment, and Submission. Within each phase we experience his pain and bear witness to his anger. He is a man lost to the universe through the cruelties of fate and the iniquities of those who serve themselves above all things. Say what one will, he has become what he was made.<br />
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===Enter the World of Pain===<br />
[[24 BBY to 1 BBY|8 BBY to 3 BBY]]<br />
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''"And you too shall walk the path..."''<br />
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[[image:terraform1.jpg|thumb|left|Sub-orbital view of planetary terraforming facility]]<br />
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Raken was born in the eighth year preceding the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]]. His parents, whose names are lost to us, were planetary engineers, or terraformers, who saw an opportunity for wealth and a secure future on a forgotten colony world. Making their home on the failed-core planet, the couple went about the arduous task of revitalizing the dead world. Raken was born on the Eve of Hope, an [[starwars:Elomin|Elomin]] religious holiday, to his excited parents.<br />
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The enormously heavy gravity of the world required the use of powered exoskeletons and made progress painfully slow. Horribly maimed in a [[starwars:Terraforming|terraforming]] accident, Raken's father would barely survive. Crippled and severely embittered by his condition, he distanced himself from the family forcing Raken's mother to take on more of the role of both mother and father. Over the subsequent years, Raken watched his father's health slowly fade as he drew away from his son to sink ever deeper into his misery.<br />
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Raken and his grief-stricken mother buried his father on the dead world when he was five years of age.<br />
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===Black Leaves===<br />
[[24 BBY to 1 BBY|3 BBY]] to [[1 ABY to 10 ABY|2 ABY]]<br />
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''"Only in the wake of fire can true strength be known..."''<br />
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By the summer of his fifth year, Raken's mother had gone quite mad with guilt and regret over the death of her husband. The terraforming project was flirting with bankruptcy and many colonists had already begun an exodus from the planet amid rumors of corporate sabotage intended to recoup the company's losses through insurance fraud.<br />
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The summer winds brought a sour tang with them that was discovered to be an unusually high concentration of methane and ammonia. The air quality worsened to the point of mandatory evacuations being ordered by the company directorate. What flora had been seeded to help revitalize the atmosphere now turned black starved for oxygen and poisoned by the mounting concentrations of deadly gasses.<br />
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The change came rapidly causing wide spread panic until the remaining populous broke and ran scrambling for any ship that would lift them beyond the lethal grip of the world's atmosphere. Unable to secure transport and under the reason of madness and delusion brought about by the noxious air, Raken's mother placed a small energy pistol in her mouth and vaporized the back of her head.<br />
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Finally alone, on a world in the throes of death, Raken succumbed to the thinning air at the feet of his mother's limp form.<br />
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Raken was rescued by the historically aloof figure, Vond. A merchant, trader, and sometimes slaver, Vond plucked the boy from the toxic planet while searching for items of value left behind by the fleeing colonists. A self-proclaimed Force lore enthusiast, a particularly dangerous hobby given the political climate of the day, Vond ravenously studied any and all artifacts he could lay hand to in his travels.<br />
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Having read of the famed [[starwars:Nightsisters|Nightsisters]] of [[starwars:Dathomir|Dathomir]], Vond traveled with Raken to the witch-planet in hopes of bartering the boy for some insight into the reclusive matriarchal society. Shortly after arriving, Vond would find himself on a pike outside the Frenzied River Clan stronghold, and Raken found himself slave to a clutch of women whose evil would become legend.<br />
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===Enslaved===<br />
[[1 ABY to 10 ABY|2 ABY]]<br />
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''"Without hope, the chains of weakness are released..."''<br />
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[[image:vasyn.jpg|thumb|right|Vasyn Cor Do'Muk Tu]]<br />
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Bartered away like chattel through the treachery of the slaver Vond, Raken found himself under the maniacal dominion of the Frenzied River Clan witches. This particularly brutal sect of Nightsisters viewed any male as property and as such, their lives were completely subject to the women's mercurial whim. <br />
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Ten years old, emancipated from his parents by death and madness, and sold as a slave, the already fragile psyche of the young Elomin began to unravel leaving it bare to the forces that would work their dark arts upon him. On this first day of his enslavement, Raken met the woman who was to be his ''Clan Mother''. He would come to fear this personification of evil more than any other in his lifetime. Vasyn Cor Do’Muk Tu, Grand Dragoon of the Frenzied River Clan would teach Raken personally of The First Order of Suffering.<br />
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===Whispers===<br />
[[1 ABY to 10 ABY|2 ABY to 3 ABY]]<br />
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''"In madness, at least, one is never alone..."''<br />
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[[image:dathomirforest.jpg|thumb|left|The Dathomiri forest surrounding the Frenzied River Clan stronghold]]<br />
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Raken's new home was made on the blood stained floor of a cell in the witches' keep. The days were passed with grueling labor in the fields reaping berries and fruits for the often harsh winters. The nights were often revels of [[starwars:Dark side|dark side]] magic and madness that saw the deaths of many of the other male captives used as sacrifices. In between there was the torture.<br />
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The witches of the Clan firmly believed the path to greater power lay through the pain and suffering of the male sex. Adherents to ''fan-gal ma'', or "the enlightenment of suffering", the sisters believed they could unlock the deeper secrets of their magics through the torture of their captives. The exquisite pain they induced upon the subjects opened their psyches to the subtler currents of the Force experienced by the men.<br />
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As if overhearing small voices, the women would pay great attention to every cry and moan uttered by the men in the throes of unrelenting agony. It was typical for a subject to slide into madness after only a few of the horrific rites were performed. Hence was the need for the sister's insatiable diet of subjects. Once driven mad, the men became as beasts and subsequently of equal use to the sanguinary witches.<br />
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For Raken, his experiences would be no different from the others. Over the next ten years he would be tortured, raped, mutilated, maimed and exposed to every vile experiment the sisters cared to perform. It was during this ceaseless physical and psychological cruciation that Raken would first hear the voices in his mind.<br />
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Initially they counseled him on small matters such as when to avoid a particularly angry sister who might invoke his end with a coarsely breathed spell. As his mind struggled to build barricades around what remained identifiably Humanoid, the dark whispers offered greater service to his increasingly animalistic will. Nearby bits of food would come seemingly unbidden to his hand. The rats that would often gnaw at his toes could now be sent away under the influence of his increasingly predatory stare.<br />
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Unwittingly, the sisters themselves served to educate Raken through bits of overheard incantation and spell. Though he seldom spoke, he listened constantly. He watched in silence as the witches communed with the intangible powers of nature. Alone, he would recall the acts and spells and to his surprise, was rewarded with similar results. Though Raken had never heard of the Force, he had found a conduit to it through the focus of his anger and his mind's desperate bid to save him from the quiet death of despair.<br />
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If anything remained of the heart of a boy who ever-so-briefly knew of life and joy, it had been supplanted with a furnace of hatred that burned like the cores of a thousand suns. To be alive in his world was pain. To succumb to the cloying charms of death was to have lived only to die. Raken's mind, executing the ancient genetic instructions of self-preservation, had searched for any and all reasons to keep his body alive. When it finally settled upon revenge, it seemed to him as good as any.<br />
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===Monster===<br />
[[1 ABY to 10 ABY|3 ABY to 7 ABY]]<br />
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''"That which you fear knows why..."''<br />
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[[image:RakenShadowSmall.jpg|thumb|left|Raken prior to the Sith tattoos that would later define him]]<br />
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It would be in this time that the transformation would occur. Vasyn Cor Do’Muk Tu, or Vasyn the Tu as she was known in the slave quarters, undertook Raken's "education" personally. If the galaxy at large thought it knew the definition of the word "suffering", among the Frenzied River Clan, a new defining did await. The witches' ferocity and brutality were legend among even the Great Clans of Dathomir.<br />
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Raken's suffering would mark the pages of their history as the example by which their cruelty was defined.<br />
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To say that Vasyn the Tu took a disliking to the starving, gangly youth of an Elomin would be gross understatement. Though malnourished and sickly, Raken was tall for his species. Even at the age of 11 standard years, he was several centimeters taller than Vasyn or the other Sisters. His skin was red in hue where every other slave of the Clan was of ashen pallor like the Sisters, or an alien loam that helped them to hide among the drab tones that predominated slave life.<br />
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Raken's crimson hide, on the other hand, painted him like a target constantly in the sights of any prowling Sister looking for prey. To worsen matters still, Raken's species was possessed of a naturally occurring chitinous "crown" of horns that could take on a Kingly appearance found most insulting by the Clan Matriarchs. Further ostracizing would haunt him, though he would not realize the cause for many years. The witches could sense his Force acumen and knew the depths of that wellspring were dark and powerful. This final trait at once doomed him to incessant violation and spared his life. Raken was thereafter designated as ''fen-ma'', "breeding stock".<br />
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And so it was that Vasyn would show him the meaning of power.<br />
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Somewhere between the merciless beatings, rapes, and denigrations of a life owned by another, Raken began to turn from what he was to what he would become. At night, the Sisters would circle round hearths for warmth and speak of things not fit for a slave's ear. They would muse that if The Eleventh Hour belonged to they of the Nightsister Order, then The Twelfth Hour under the Witch Moon was the domain of ''lo-sang'', or "the devil", in the Dathomiri tongue. Though they feared no man, this decidedly male incarnation of death haunted their lore from the earliest beginnings.<br />
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It was told among them that a man would come from the sky. He would be unlike anything they had ever seen and before this man's life would know its fate, there would be a reckoning. A thousand moons and more would pass through the heavens, but under the satin light of one, the Frenzied River Clan, the Nightsister Order, indeed the planet itself would fall before his wrath. But this remains a legend and has yet not come to pass.<br />
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The rumors that circulated about him, along with the aforementioned physical peculiarities, are what led him afoul of not just the Sisterhood's collective, but of the Tu as well. To survive the mental, emotional, and physical torment, the shell of Raken's psyche hardened like an [[starwars:Orbalisk|orbalisk]] seizing on its victim, drenching it in venom and beginning the aphotic symbiosis that would serve predator and prey.<br />
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At first, nothing visible could be seen to mark the change. Indeed the Sisters would likely have killed Raken had they been wise to the transmogrification taking place behind his eyes. The hunted was acquiring the tastes of the hunter. Slowly, gradually, his armor thickened to the point that derision nor violation could touch him. His skin became like iron both metaphorically and literally. As the beatings and ritual torture mounted in intensity and frequency, so too did Raken's resolve to stand over the lifeless bodies of every witch-whore that walked the grassy hills of the forsaken planet.<br />
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Though the change gradually progressed unknown, it was the Sisters themselves who gave Raken his first true outward expression of the nascent demon beneath the layers of scarified skin and calcified bone. It was on the night of his 13th year that he would receive the dark gift from Vasyn that would come to signify the monster under the skin of a child. It was she that would take both his eyes in a ritual arcane by even the Frenzied River Clan's measure. With an ancient and heavily runed stone blade, the Arch Dragoon took his sight so that he forever would know that she held sway over his future and over himself. For the Sisters, the eyes were symbolic of not only the way into one's soul, but their ability to decipher portent and past alike.<br />
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Little did Vasyn know how well her barbaric enucleation, meant to bind Raken's fate to her forever, had worked. Nor did she realize how much too late it had come. For the one known by many names: rah-k'ah, slave, paramour, defiled one, would one day come to be known by a different name. One of his own making, yet chosen by fate for him by what powers none could say. It was ever known to but a few heretical scholars of the arcane, but "Raken", in the old tongue of [[starwars:Elom (planet)|Elom]]—the homeworld of Raken's species—literally meant "devil", or what the Dathomiri witches feared above all: ''lo-sang''.<br />
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===The Arts of Revenge===<br />
[[1 ABY to 10 ABY|7 ABY]] to [[11 ABY to 19 ABY|12 ABY]]<br />
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''"To the disciplined mind and will, the body answers..."''<br />
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[[image:nightsisterelder.jpg|thumb|right|Sketch of a Frenzied River Clan Elder]]<br />
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As he had once prayed to nothing for death and release, so too did he now pray, but in a different form. He prayed to death not for release, but for salvation. Only the end of every life on this world of pain could address the anguish, shame and torment that churned his blood to fire. If intellect remained, and historians will argue if at this point in Raken's life it did, it attached itself with all the vigor and convention at its disposal to someday wield the power that would grant his prayers. Raken never expected Death to answer them. That he would have to see to himself.<br />
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Lo-sang was among them, yet they did not know. The Sisters continued the monotony of their spells, chants and tortures secure in the knowledge that no force on this world could oppose them. And indeed no force could...yet. Under their watchful eyes, but unseen, Raken absorbed their magics, tapped into the black eddies of power that swirled about him, and learned to harness his rage into something useful. Ability evolved where there had been only anger. His skill was sharpened by pain. Revenge powered his drive to pull into himself all the Dark Arts the Sisters could unwittingly teach him. To his surprise, other talents manifested all their own.<br />
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As Raken's power grew, he kept it buried beneath the fortress of his mind like a miser's treasure. It was for he and he alone. None other could know the sanctum where these riches lie, for his death would shortly follow their discovery. Time he needed. Time to learn, to perfect, to attain. And time he had.<br />
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For five long years he refined the tools that would serve him. Five years he endured further beatings, further mutilation, all in the knowledge that even then, at that jejune stage of his ascension, he could kill one or two, perhaps a handful of them before being brought down like an [[starwars:Acklay|acklay]] gone mad. But his end transcended the death of a few. Lo-sang, as befitting the old bitches' prophecy, required the death of all.<br />
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===Release===<br />
[[11 ABY to 19 ABY|12 ABY]]<br />
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''"Freedom is like immense pain; one does not truly know it, til he has experienced it..."''<br />
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At 20, Raken was an abomination. Years of torment had nearly killed him. He lived apart from the other slaves. None would go near him. Like a fine blade, the constant working of his mettle served only to harden his resolve to see every life of this world dead. He had no idea how many children he had fathered. When the time came, he would hunt them down and kill them too.<br />
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His power had grown nigh the point of escape. He knew he would never be able to mete out the Dark Justice he so desired unless he were to free himself of this world, travel beyond its borders and find teachers who could fill in the voids of power he could not attain on his own. But fate envisioned a different plan for Raken. Fate would deliver unto him a savior. A man from the sky not unlike himself. Though they would never meet, [[starwars:Kir Kanos|Kir Kanos]] would leave an indelible mark upon Raken's life.<br />
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It was to be this Crimson Knight from the [[starwars:Palpatine|Emperor's]] dead order of [[starwars:Emperor's Royal Guard|Guardsmen]] that would unwittingly free Raken from his enslavement. Kir and a band of operatives sought to dislodge the [[starwars:Imperial remnant|Imperial Remnant]] forces occupying the planet. During the ensuing battle, many of the Frenzied River Clan were slain or taken captive by Remnant forces. In the confusion, after 10 years of slavery, Raken threw off the chains of his tormentors. Blind and malnourished, he was like a reanimated corpse struggling to enjoy a moment of life's wonder free of the bonds of death.<br />
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It is not precisely known how Raken left Dathomir during the chaos. It is assumed he stowed away onboard a fleeing vessel, but the circumstances remain unclear to us. What is clear is that there will come a day when the man who was seemingly born to suffer will rise from the ruins of his beginnings to finish that which fate, and the voices in his head, have promised.<br />
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===Necessary Evil===<br />
[[20 ABY to 25 ABY|24 ABY]]<br />
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''"With dark intentions, one may find himself in the company of wolves..."''<br />
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Freed of the slave's mantle, Raken sought out the Dark Jedi Brotherhood after years of wandering the stars. Not as unknown as they would have the galaxy believe, the Brotherhood is a repository of knowledge and treachery to be plucked like a fruit ripened too long in the sun. The Elomin has entrenched himself among the squabbling, pedantic would-be darksiders. Unconcerned with their aimless lust for power, Raken moves among them continually learning where there is knowledge and readying himself for the day he will visit the witch-planet of Dathomir again.<br />
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===Rise to Power===<br />
===The House of Revan===<br />
===One Sith===<br />
===Dread Council===<br />
===ShadowHand===<br />
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==Character Information==<br />
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[[image:Raken.png|thumb|left|Raken circa 36 ABY]]<br />
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===Physical Appearance===<br />
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Raken is fairly large and well-built. Standing just under two meters, his frame is laden with heavy musculature. His crimson skin is almost completely covered in the patch-work lattice of scars from his past trials. Raken bears these wounds with pride often forgoing clothing over his torso.<br />
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The Elomin species normally bear several horns protruding from their skull, but Raken has removed his as an expression of his control over himself. Small stubs where the horns were cut can still be seen on his skull. Raken's eyes are artificial enhancements that appear incandescently white. His powerful hands taper to formidable claws.<br />
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Cultures not familiar with Elomin physiology often mock or scorn them for their 'demonic' appearance.<br />
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===Demeanor===<br />
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Raken is remarkably taciturn rarely uttering a word. When he does speak, it is normally in a polyglot hybrid of his native Elomin and Dathomiri. His words are guttural and often drip with derision and contempt for those weak enough to not take his meaning by his demeanor alone. Otherwise, action is his voice. Let others interpret what they will.<br />
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He interacts rarely with other members of the Brotherhood as his focus is consumed by improving his skill within the Dark Side of the Force. Otherwise, he is often occupied with various assignments from the [[Dark Council]] which he executes with silent professionalism.<br />
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==Portents==<br />
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''"Unto death foreseen, he shall know no bar to his will..."''<br />
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When Raken's eyes were taken by the Sisters in his 13th year, there was a dark vision shown him by the maddening whispers within his mind. As blood pooled in the sockets and his vision showed him his right eye removed with a dull stone knife, the pain sent Raken into a deep trance within the eddies of the Force.<br />
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A lake of blood stretched out before him rippling at his ankles as he wade deeper into its crimson depths. Floating face-down at the surface were the bodies of hundreds of Nightsisters slain by his hand. Their stringy dark hair spread out around their bloated heads like writhing snakes. Raken bled from many wounds inflicted during the battle. He could feel his life ebbing away, yet he was without fear. For the first time in his brutally short life he was at peace. The light faded as his refulgent eyes went dark and he slid beneath the surface of the lake.<br />
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From the relative peace of his vision, Raken was brought back to the muddy surface of consciousness by his own screams. The pulling of his left eye from its socket, he could of course not see, made all things dark forever.<br />
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Having seen his own death creates a liberation and calm for Raken that frees him to focus his considerable efforts to his mission.<br />
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==Rumors &amp; Legend==<br />
''"In their mouths were the words of his deeds, and in those words both truths and lies would tell his story..."''<br />
===The Spiderlord===<br />
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[[image:An Arachne Queen.jpg|thumb|An arachne queen like the one Raken killed to retrieve the coveted fangs that earned him the title, ''Spiderlord'']]<br />
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Many among the Brotherhood have heard the whispers of Raken having once been known as ''The Spiderlord''. This honorific was granted him by a primitive culture who worshiped their planet's giant arachnid species. They would send their warriors into the lush forest in search of the mighty spiders lurking within. Only the bravest and most skilled of them would emerge with the prize: the venom soaked fangs of the beasts ripped from their mouths by the warrior's own hands.<br />
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One in ten generations succeeded.<br />
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Raken accidentally had killed a villager in a contest of skill. The man was the small village's greatest warrior and next in line to assume the challenge of ''The Spiderlord''. Indifferent, though not evil, Raken agreed to take the man's place so that the village would keep its honor and send its finest warrior into the dark wood.<br />
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Eight moons rose and fell over the tiny village before a silhouette emerged under the light of the ninth moon. Envenomed and near dying, Raken staggered to the village commons and before the assembled people raised two blood-drenched articulated fangs over his head. A cheer went up that the villagers repeated on each of the next nine nights: ''cua'toi wa'na-keh''...<br />
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"Hail to ''The Spiderlord''"<br />
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==Tools of War==<br />
[[image:Coral Saber Blade.png|thumb|175px|left|Raken's custom blades]]<br />
===Raken's Second Custom Lightsaber===<br />
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'''Description'''<br />
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Raken's second custom blade designed and crafted by his own hand. The style of this blade was derived from Raken’s respect for his [[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong|Yuuzhan Vong]] enemies during the events of the [[Eighth Great Jedi War]]. Though he took their lives in battle, Raken was impressed by their culture and singular vision of order in the universe. Their weapons were at once elegant and efficient and many were superior to what could be found in this galaxy.<br />
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The [[starwars:Elomin|Elomin]] has sought to represent this elegance and brutal efficiency in an aesthetically organic design reminiscent of the weapons used by his enemy. Though completely mechanical, the hilt has the aspect of something grown rather than constructed. To this end Raken has built his new lightsaber by cannibalizing many of the parts of his former blade in order to remember a worthy foe.<br />
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'''Construction'''<br />
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Crafted from an alloy of [[starwars:Neutronium|neutronium]], the hilt (L34.5&nbsp;cm x D4.1&nbsp;cm) of the weapon is finely carved in swirling relief from emitter to pommel tapering to a vicious hook. The lightsaber’s finish is an anodized black marble polished to a lustrous sheen symbolic of the exceptional skill of the Yuuzhan Vong warriors Raken has felled.<br />
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The interior workings of the hilts are nearly identical to Raken’s former lightsaber. Many internal components have been reused. Red Corusca gems now power the crimson blades (L~1m), both focused by exceptional krayt pearls.<br />
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The saber is slightly shorter (L1.10m) than Raken’s former blade. The weapon weighs 647 grams.<br />
[[File:Power_Hammer2.png|thumb|100px|right|Raken's hammer]]<br />
===Raken's Hammer===<br />
'''Description'''<br />
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Thought to be originally manufactured by [[starwars:Czerka Arms|Czerka Arms]], the ''Slash-Buster Combat Hammer'' is an uncommon weapon that takes the premise of a simple maul and expands upon it by incorporating a micro-generator used to electrically actuate a powerful set of pistons to drive the hammer’s strike-face. The effect essentially doubles the kinetic energy delivered when the hammer strikes a target.<br />
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'''Construction'''<br />
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The helve of the weapon (L120cm x D5cm) is constructed of knurled ditanium bound in [[starwars:Rancor|rancor]] hide and weighs 1.4 kilos. The head (L39.37&nbsp;cm x W15.24&nbsp;cm x H22.86&nbsp;cm) is comprised of four different castings of Mandalorian iron that make up the strike-face, drive pistons, generator cowling, and bit. The entire head assembly weighs 10.8 kilos bringing the total weight of the weapon to 12.2 kilos. <br />
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The rare iron used in its construction gives the hammer durability and lightness equaled by few other metals and is also capable of withstanding [[starwars:Blaster|blaster]] strikes. In the hands of one skilled in its use, the [[starwars:Power hammer|power hammer]] can be surprisingly nimble and remarkably versatile.<br />
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== DJB Facts ==<br />
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===Contributions===<br />
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*Author of the [http://plagueis.darkjedibrotherhood.com/btbook.php Clan Plagueis Battleteam System]<br />
*Author of the [http://plagueis.darkjedibrotherhood.com/googlegroups.php DJB Google Groups Guide]<br />
*Creator of the [[Clan Plagueis]] Planetary System Images<br />
*Creator of the [[House Satal Keto]] [[Quaestor's Hand]]<br />
*Co-Author of the [http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.net/dbjedi/policies.php Antei System] Document<br />
*Creator of the [[Antei System]] Planetary Images<br />
*Author of the [http://codex.darkjedibrotherhood.com/awards.html Codex Awards] Descriptions<br />
*Co-Author of the [http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.net/dbjedi/policies.php Shroud] Document<br />
*Co-creator of [[Rite of Supremacy]]: [[Second Darkness]]<br />
*Co-creator of the [[Eighth Great Jedi War]]<br />
*Author of the [http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/gjw/index.asp Eighth Great Jedi War Storyline] - (Broken link, will fix soon)<br />
*Creator of the [[Rybanloth System]] awarded for the RoS: Second Darkness<br />
*Creator & Author of the [[Armed Forces of the Iron Throne]]<br />
*Creator & Author of the Dark Brotherhood [http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=5260 Plot Updates]<br />
*Co-creator of the [[Ninth Great Jedi War]]<br />
*Author of the Ninth Great Jedi War Storyline - (Link soon)<br />
*Creator of the [[Discipline System|Order Disciplines System]]<br />
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===Achievements===<br />
<br />
*Finished 9th Overall in the [[Seventh Great Jedi War]]<br />
*5th [[Prodigy of Plagueis]]<br />
*Co-founded [[Independent House Revan]]<br />
*Co-champion in Rite of Supremacy: [[Spoils of War]]<br />
*Led Independent House Revan to First Place victory in RoS: Spoils of War<br />
*Finished 3rd Overall in the [[Tenth Great Jedi War]]<br />
*Finished 2nd Overall in Rite of Supremacy: [[Horizons]]<br />
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===Positions Held===<br />
*[[Flight Leader]], [[Satal Victus]]<br />
*[[Battleteam Leader]], Satal Victus<br />
*[[Envoy]], House Satal Keto<br />
*[[Aedile]], House Satal Keto<br />
*[[Quaestor]], House Satal Keto<br />
*[[Magistrate]], [[Deputy Grand Master]]<br />
*[[Praetor]], Deputy Grand Master<br />
*Praetor, Grand Master<br />
*[[Left Hand of Justice]], Chamber of Justice<br />
*[[Fiction Tribune]]<br />
*[[Deputy Grand Master]]<br />
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== Trivia ==<br />
*Had never heard of an online Star Wars club before joining the DJB<br />
*Raken Spiderlord was the name of my [[starwars:Star wars galaxies|Star Wars Galaxies]] character<br />
*"Raken" is the infinitive form of the Dutch verb "to hit"<br />
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[[Category:DJB Characters]]<br />
[[Category:Dark Council]]<br />
[[Category:Sith Lords]]</div>Rakenhttps://wiki.darkjedibrotherhood.com/index.php?title=Sith_Lord&diff=129720Sith Lord2014-01-06T15:36:09Z<p>Raken: I see how it is...</p>
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<div>[[File:Order of the Sith Lord- BoS.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Order of the Sith Lords]]<br />
'''Sith Lord''' is the title carried by former [[Grand Master]]s as former [[Dark Lord of the Sith|Dark Lords of the Sith]]. Members the Grand Master deems worthy can also be elevated to the status of Sith Lord, this is often the case with [[Deputy Grand Master]]s after completing their formal apprenticeship as the Dark Lord's [[Shadow Hand]].<br />
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[[Sith Lord]]s are considered members of the [[Order of Sith Lords]]. Members holding the title of Sith Lord are permitted to style themselves as [[Lord]] (or [[Lord|Lady]]) or [[Darth]].<br />
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== List of Sith Lords of the Dark Brotherhood ==<br />
''Chronological; Former Dark Lords of the Sith are shown in '''bold.'''''<br />
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* '''[[Kane Vader|Lord Kane]]'''<br />
* '''[[Jedgar O. Paladin|Lord Paladin]]'''<br />
* '''[[Kreeayt Havok|Lord Havok]]'''<br />
* '''[[Crona|Lord Crona]]'''<br />
* '''[[Jac Cotelin|Lord Cotelin]]'''<br />
* '''[[Justinian Khyron|Lord Khyron]]'''<br />
* '''[[Justin Stryker|Lord Stryker]]'''<br />
* '''[[Thedek|Lord Thedek]]'''<br />
* '''[[Archibald Zoraan|Lord Zoraan]]'''<br />
* [[Torquemada|Lord Torquemada]]<br />
* '''[[Faethor|Lord Chi-Long]]'''<br />
* '''[[Firefox|Lord Firefox]]'''<br />
* [[Darth Vexatus]] ([[Darth Vexatus|Lord Zorrixor]])<br />
* '''[[Aristan Dantes|Darth Sarin]]''' ('''[[Aristan Dantes|Lord Dantes]]''')<br />
* [[Halcyon Rokir|Lord Rokir]]<br />
* '''[[Darth Ashen]]''' ('''[[Muz Ashen Keibatsu|Lord Keibatsu]]''')<br />
* [[Kir Taldrya Katarn|Lord Katarn]]<br />
* [[Raken|Lord Raken]]<br />
* [[Korras|Darth Aeternus]] ([[Korras|Lord Korras]])<br />
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== History ==<br />
While obviously referring to a master of [[Sith]] knowledge, the title of "Sith Lord" (or sometimes "Sith Lady" if referring to a female Dark Lord) seemed to be used somewhat ambiguously to refer to various things, including all [[Sith]], the [[Dark Lord of the Sith|Dark Lords of the Sith]], [[Sith Master]]s in Darth Bane's reformed order, or as a rank akin to that of the [[starwars:Jedi Master|Jedi Master]] for the [[starwars:Jedi|Jedi Order]]. Several Sith Lords also held the title [[Darth]].<br />
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Originally, "[[Sith Lord]]" referred to a high-ranking member of the Sith race's society. As the Sith civilization progressed, many claimed the title; Adas was one such lord.<br />
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== List of Sith Lords ==<br />
''Chronological; The Dark Lords of the Sith (leader of the Sith or Sith Master) are shown in '''bold.''' Sith Lords created for the Dark Brotherhood are shown in '''italics'''.''<br />
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=== Old Sith Empire ===<br />
* '''Ajunta Pall'''<br />
* '''XoXaan'''<br />
* '''Dathka Graush'''<br />
* '''Tulak Hord'''<br />
* '''Marka Ragnos'''<br />
* ''Urias Orian''<br />
* ''[[Okemi]]''<br />
* Simus<br />
* Dor Gal-ram<br />
* Horak-mul<br />
* Shar Dakhan<br />
* Garu<br />
* Tritos Nal<br />
* '''Naga Sadow'''<br />
* '''[[Ludo Kressh]]'''<br />
* '''Freedon Nadd'''<br />
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=== Brotherhood of the Sith ===<br />
* '''Exar Kun'''<br />
* Ulic Qel-Droma<br />
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=== Sith Empire ===<br />
* '''Darth Revan'''<br />
* '''Darth Malak'''<br />
* Darth Bandon<br />
* '''Darth Nihilus'''<br />
* Darth Traya<br />
* Darth Sion<br />
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=== New Sith Empire ===<br />
* '''Darth Ruin'''<br />
* '''Dark Underlord'''<br />
* '''Darth Rivan'''<br />
* '''Belia Darzu'''<br />
* Na'daz<br />
* '''Kaan'''<br />
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=== Brotherhood of Darkness ===<br />
* '''Kaan'''<br />
* '''Qordis'''<br />
* '''Kas'im'''<br />
* '''Kopecz'''<br />
* '''Githany'''<br />
* '''Seviss Vaa'''<br />
* '''LaTor'''<br />
* '''Kaox Krul'''<br />
* '''Darth Bane'''<br />
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=== Order of the Sith Lords ===<br />
* '''Darth Bane'''<br />
* '''Darth Zannah'''<br />
* '''Darth Cognus'''<br />
* '''Darth Millennial'''<br />
* '''Darth Vectivus'''<br />
* '''Darth Plagueis'''<br />
* '''Darth Sidious'''<br />
* '''Darth Maul'''<br />
* '''Darth Tyranus'''<br />
* '''Darth Vader'''<br />
* '''Lumiya'''<br />
* '''Darth Caedus'''<br />
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=== New Sith Order ===<br />
* '''Darth Krayt'''<br />
* Darth Kruhl<br />
* Darth Maladi<br />
* Darth Maleval<br />
* Darth Nihl<br />
* Darth Ruyn<br />
* Darth Stryfe<br />
* Darth Talon<br />
* Darth Wyyrlok III<br />
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=== Unknown ===<br />
* Darth Andeddu<br />
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[[Category:Titles]]</div>Rakenhttps://wiki.darkjedibrotherhood.com/index.php?title=Raken&diff=118863Raken2012-12-23T08:26:31Z<p>Raken: </p>
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<div>{{construction}}<br />
{{Eras|new|njo|djb}}<br />
{{Character<br />
|type=Sith<br />
|name=Raken<br />
|image=[[File:Raken2.png]]<br />
|homeworld=Unknown<br />
|birth=[[1 ABY to 10 ABY|8 ABY]]<br />
|death=<br />
|species=[[starwars:Elomin|Elomin]]<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|height=1.9 Meters<br />
|weight=111 Kilos<br />
|skin=Crimson<br />
|hair=None<br />
|eyes=White<br />
|cyber=<br />
|allies= <br />
|enemies= <br />
|saber= Titian<br />
|form= *[[Jar'Kai Niman]]<br />
*[[Niman]]<br />
*[[Soresu]]<br />
|fightingstyle= *[[starwars:Wrruushi|Wrruushi]]<br />
*Wampa Do<br />
|profession= *Warrior<br />
*[[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]]<br />
|position= [[Deputy Grand Master]]<br />
|era=*[[Rise of the Empire Era]]<br />
*[[Rebellion Era]]<br />
*[[New Republic Era]]<br />
*[[New Jedi Order Era]]<br />
*[[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]<br />
|affiliation=[[Dark Council]]<br />
|dossier=[[dossier:7563|7563]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Quote|He is midnight. He is the nameless; sick and powerful. Pain is his empire, and it is vast.|Unknown}}<br />
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'''Raken''' is a [[Sith]] [[Dark Side Adept|Adept]] of the [[Dark Brotherhood]]. Sometimes known as the ''bloodskin'', or ''spiderlord'', he has had many names and titles though few, if any, have held meaning for him. An Elomin outcast, Raken's only pride is in his will to survive what others cannot. He is a singular engine of purpose whose allegiance, however temporary, grants him access to power few in the galaxy have touched. <br />
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Currently, he serves the will of the [[Grand Master]] to unfathomable ends. Raken believes a day will come when he will revisit those who have made him what he is. All he must do is endure. In the interim, within the [[Dark Council]], the [[Deputy Grand Master|rogue]] moves in the shadows where little escapes his silent gaze.<br />
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== Character History ==<br />
''"The devil is not what you think..."''<br />
<br />
Raken's history is the journey of a man who was once child, then slave, then monster. His name is the [[starwars:Basic|Basic]] derivative of the [[starwars:Dathomiri|Dathomiri]] word ''rah-k'ah'', or "beaten one". A fitting appellation given the unmitigated brutality of his existence. His tale ennumerates for us three of the four Stages of the Dark side: Temptation, Imperilment, and Submission. Within each phase we experience his pain and bear witness to his anger. He is a man lost to the universe through the cruelties of fate and the iniquities of those who serve themselves above all things. Say what one will, he has become what he was made.<br />
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===Enter the World of Pain===<br />
[[24 BBY to 1 BBY|8 BBY to 3 BBY]]<br />
<br />
''"And you too shall walk the path..."''<br />
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[[image:terraform1.jpg|thumb|left|Sub-orbital view of planetary terraforming facility]]<br />
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Raken was born in the eighth year preceding the [[starwars:Battle of Yavin|Battle of Yavin]]. His parents, whose names are lost to us, were planetary engineers, or terraformers, who saw an opportunity for wealth and a secure future on a forgotten colony world. Making their home on the failed-core planet, the couple went about the arduous task of revitalizing the dead world. Raken was born on the Eve of Hope, an [[starwars:Elomin|Elomin]] religious holiday, to his excited parents.<br />
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The enormously heavy gravity of the world required the use of powered exoskeletons and made progress painfully slow. Horribly maimed in a [[starwars:Terraforming|terraforming]] accident, Raken's father would barely survive. Crippled and severely embittered by his condition, he distanced himself from the family forcing Raken's mother to take on more of the role of both mother and father. Over the subsequent years, Raken watched his father's health slowly fade as he drew away from his son to sink ever deeper into his misery.<br />
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Raken and his grief-stricken mother buried his father on the dead world when he was five years of age.<br />
<br />
===Black Leaves===<br />
[[24 BBY to 1 BBY|3 BBY]] to [[1 ABY to 10 ABY|2 ABY]]<br />
<br />
''"Only in the wake of fire can true strength be known..."''<br />
<br />
By the summer of his fifth year, Raken's mother had gone quite mad with guilt and regret over the death of her husband. The terraforming project was flirting with bankruptcy and many colonists had already begun an exodus from the planet amid rumors of corporate sabotage intended to recoup the company's losses through insurance fraud.<br />
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The summer winds brought a sour tang with them that was discovered to be an unusually high concentration of methane and ammonia. The air quality worsened to the point of mandatory evacuations being ordered by the company directorate. What flora had been seeded to help revitalize the atmosphere now turned black starved for oxygen and poisoned by the mounting concentrations of deadly gasses.<br />
<br />
The change came rapidly causing wide spread panic until the remaining populous broke and ran scrambling for any ship that would lift them beyond the lethal grip of the world's atmosphere. Unable to secure transport and under the reason of madness and delusion brought about by the noxious air, Raken's mother placed a small energy pistol in her mouth and vaporized the back of her head.<br />
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Finally alone, on a world in the throes of death, Raken succumbed to the thinning air at the feet of his mother's limp form.<br />
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Raken was rescued by the historically aloof figure, Vond. A merchant, trader, and sometimes slaver, Vond plucked the boy from the toxic planet while searching for items of value left behind by the fleeing colonists. A self-proclaimed Force lore enthusiast, a particularly dangerous hobby given the political climate of the day, Vond ravenously studied any and all artifacts he could lay hand to in his travels.<br />
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Having read of the famed [[starwars:Nightsisters|Nightsisters]] of [[starwars:Dathomir|Dathomir]], Vond traveled with Raken to the witch-planet in hopes of bartering the boy for some insight into the reclusive matriarchal society. Shortly after arriving, Vond would find himself on a pike outside the Frenzied River Clan stronghold, and Raken found himself slave to a clutch of women whose evil would become legend.<br />
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===Enslaved===<br />
[[1 ABY to 10 ABY|2 ABY]]<br />
<br />
''"Without hope, the chains of weakness are released..."''<br />
<br />
[[image:vasyn.jpg|thumb|right|Vasyn Cor Do'Muk Tu]]<br />
<br />
Bartered away like chattel through the treachery of the slaver Vond, Raken found himself under the maniacal dominion of the Frenzied River Clan witches. This particularly brutal sect of Nightsisters viewed any male as property and as such, their lives were completely subject to the women's mercurial whim. <br />
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Ten years old, emancipated from his parents by death and madness, and sold as a slave, the already fragile psyche of the young Elomin began to unravel leaving it bare to the forces that would work their dark arts upon him. On this first day of his enslavement, Raken met the woman who was to be his ''Clan Mother''. He would come to fear this personification of evil more than any other in his lifetime. Vasyn Cor Do’Muk Tu, Grand Dragoon of the Frenzied River Clan would teach Raken personally of The First Order of Suffering.<br />
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===Whispers===<br />
[[1 ABY to 10 ABY|2 ABY to 3 ABY]]<br />
<br />
''"In madness, at least, one is never alone..."''<br />
<br />
[[image:dathomirforest.jpg|thumb|left|The Dathomiri forest surrounding the Frenzied River Clan stronghold]]<br />
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Raken's new home was made on the blood stained floor of a cell in the witches' keep. The days were passed with grueling labor in the fields reaping berries and fruits for the often harsh winters. The nights were often revels of [[starwars:Dark side|dark side]] magic and madness that saw the deaths of many of the other male captives used as sacrifices. In between there was the torture.<br />
<br />
The witches of the Clan firmly believed the path to greater power lay through the pain and suffering of the male sex. Adherents to ''fan-gal ma'', or "the enlightenment of suffering", the sisters believed they could unlock the deeper secrets of their magics through the torture of their captives. The exquisite pain they induced upon the subjects opened their psyches to the subtler currents of the Force experienced by the men.<br />
<br />
As if overhearing small voices, the women would pay great attention to every cry and moan uttered by the men in the throes of unrelenting agony. It was typical for a subject to slide into madness after only a few of the horrific rites were performed. Hence was the need for the sister's insatiable diet of subjects. Once driven mad, the men became as beasts and subsequently of equal use to the sanguinary witches.<br />
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For Raken, his experiences would be no different from the others. Over the next ten years he would be tortured, raped, mutilated, maimed and exposed to every vile experiment the sisters cared to perform. It was during this ceaseless physical and psychological cruciation that Raken would first hear the voices in his mind.<br />
<br />
Initially they counseled him on small matters such as when to avoid a particularly angry sister who might invoke his end with a coarsely breathed spell. As his mind struggled to build barricades around what remained identifiably Humanoid, the dark whispers offered greater service to his increasingly animalistic will. Nearby bits of food would come seemingly unbidden to his hand. The rats that would often gnaw at his toes could now be sent away under the influence of his increasingly predatory stare.<br />
<br />
Unwittingly, the sisters themselves served to educate Raken through bits of overheard incantation and spell. Though he seldom spoke, he listened constantly. He watched in silence as the witches communed with the intangible powers of nature. Alone, he would recall the acts and spells and to his surprise, was rewarded with similar results. Though Raken had never heard of the Force, he had found a conduit to it through the focus of his anger and his mind's desperate bid to save him from the quiet death of despair.<br />
<br />
If anything remained of the heart of a boy who ever-so-briefly knew of life and joy, it had been supplanted with a furnace of hatred that burned like the cores of a thousand suns. To be alive in his world was pain. To succumb to the cloying charms of death was to have lived only to die. Raken's mind, executing the ancient genetic instructions of self-preservation, had searched for any and all reasons to keep his body alive. When it finally settled upon revenge, it seemed to him as good as any.<br />
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===Monster===<br />
[[1 ABY to 10 ABY|3 ABY to 7 ABY]]<br />
<br />
''"That which you fear knows why..."''<br />
<br />
[[image:RakenShadowSmall.jpg|thumb|left|Raken prior to the Sith tattoos that would later define him]]<br />
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It would be in this time that the transformation would occur. Vasyn Cor Do’Muk Tu, or Vasyn the Tu as she was known in the slave quarters, undertook Raken's "education" personally. If the galaxy at large thought it knew the definition of the word "suffering", among the Frenzied River Clan, a new defining did await. The witches' ferocity and brutality were legend among even the Great Clans of Dathomir.<br />
<br />
Raken's suffering would mark the pages of their history as the example by which their cruelty was defined.<br />
<br />
To say that Vasyn the Tu took a disliking to the starving, gangly youth of an Elomin would be gross understatement. Though malnourished and sickly, Raken was tall for his species. Even at the age of 11 standard years, he was several centimeters taller than Vasyn or the other Sisters. His skin was red in hue where every other slave of the Clan was of ashen pallor like the Sisters, or an alien loam that helped them to hide among the drab tones that predominated slave life.<br />
<br />
Raken's crimson hide, on the other hand, painted him like a target constantly in the sights of any prowling Sister looking for prey. To worsen matters still, Raken's species was possessed of a naturally occurring chitinous "crown" of horns that could take on a Kingly appearance found most insulting by the Clan Matriarchs. Further ostracizing would haunt him, though he would not realize the cause for many years. The witches could sense his Force acumen and knew the depths of that wellspring were dark and powerful. This final trait at once doomed him to incessant violation and spared his life. Raken was thereafter designated as ''fen-ma'', "breeding stock".<br />
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And so it was that Vasyn would show him the meaning of power.<br />
<br />
Somewhere between the merciless beatings, rapes, and denigrations of a life owned by another, Raken began to turn from what he was to what he would become. At night, the Sisters would circle round hearths for warmth and speak of things not fit for a slave's ear. They would muse that if The Eleventh Hour belonged to they of the Nightsister Order, then The Twelfth Hour under the Witch Moon was the domain of ''lo-sang'', or "the devil", in the Dathomiri tongue. Though they feared no man, this decidedly male incarnation of death haunted their lore from the earliest beginnings.<br />
<br />
It was told among them that a man would come from the sky. He would be unlike anything they had ever seen and before this man's life would know its fate, there would be a reckoning. A thousand moons and more would pass through the heavens, but under the satin light of one, the Frenzied River Clan, the Nightsister Order, indeed the planet itself would fall before his wrath. But this remains a legend and has yet not come to pass.<br />
<br />
The rumors that circulated about him, along with the aforementioned physical peculiarities, are what led him afoul of not just the Sisterhood's collective, but of the Tu as well. To survive the mental, emotional, and physical torment, the shell of Raken's psyche hardened like an [[starwars:Orbalisk|orbalisk]] seizing on its victim, drenching it in venom and beginning the aphotic symbiosis that would serve predator and prey.<br />
<br />
At first, nothing visible could be seen to mark the change. Indeed the Sisters would likely have killed Raken had they been wise to the transmogrification taking place behind his eyes. The hunted was acquiring the tastes of the hunter. Slowly, gradually, his armor thickened to the point that derision nor violation could touch him. His skin became like iron both metaphorically and literally. As the beatings and ritual torture mounted in intensity and frequency, so too did Raken's resolve to stand over the lifeless bodies of every witch-whore that walked the grassy hills of the forsaken planet.<br />
<br />
Though the change gradually progressed unknown, it was the Sisters themselves who gave Raken his first true outward expression of the nascent demon beneath the layers of scarified skin and calcified bone. It was on the night of his 13th year that he would receive the dark gift from Vasyn that would come to signify the monster under the skin of a child. It was she that would take both his eyes in a ritual arcane by even the Frenzied River Clan's measure. With an ancient and heavily runed stone blade, the Arch Dragoon took his sight so that he forever would know that she held sway over his future and over himself. For the Sisters, the eyes were symbolic of not only the way into one's soul, but their ability to decipher portent and past alike.<br />
<br />
Little did Vasyn know how well her barbaric enucleation, meant to bind Raken's fate to her forever, had worked. Nor did she realize how much too late it had come. For the one known by many names: rah-k'ah, slave, paramour, defiled one, would one day come to be known by a different name. One of his own making, yet chosen by fate for him by what powers none could say. It was ever known to but a few heretical scholars of the arcane, but "Raken", in the old tongue of [[starwars:Elom (planet)|Elom]]—the homeworld of Raken's species—literally meant "devil", or what the Dathomiri witches feared above all: ''lo-sang''.<br />
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===The Arts of Revenge===<br />
[[1 ABY to 10 ABY|7 ABY]] to [[11 ABY to 19 ABY|12 ABY]]<br />
<br />
''"To the disciplined mind and will, the body answers..."''<br />
<br />
[[image:nightsisterelder.jpg|thumb|right|Sketch of a Frenzied River Clan Elder]]<br />
<br />
As he had once prayed to nothing for death and release, so too did he now pray, but in a different form. He prayed to death not for release, but for salvation. Only the end of every life on this world of pain could address the anguish, shame and torment that churned his blood to fire. If intellect remained, and historians will argue if at this point in Raken's life it did, it attached itself with all the vigor and convention at its disposal to someday wield the power that would grant his prayers. Raken never expected Death to answer them. That he would have to see to himself.<br />
<br />
Lo-sang was among them, yet they did not know. The Sisters continued the monotony of their spells, chants and tortures secure in the knowledge that no force on this world could oppose them. And indeed no force could...yet. Under their watchful eyes, but unseen, Raken absorbed their magics, tapped into the black eddies of power that swirled about him, and learned to harness his rage into something useful. Ability evolved where there had been only anger. His skill was sharpened by pain. Revenge powered his drive to pull into himself all the Dark Arts the Sisters could unwittingly teach him. To his surprise, other talents manifested all their own.<br />
<br />
As Raken's power grew, he kept it buried beneath the fortress of his mind like a miser's treasure. It was for he and he alone. None other could know the sanctum where these riches lie, for his death would shortly follow their discovery. Time he needed. Time to learn, to perfect, to attain. And time he had.<br />
<br />
For five long years he refined the tools that would serve him. Five years he endured further beatings, further mutilation, all in the knowledge that even then, at that jejune stage of his ascension, he could kill one or two, perhaps a handful of them before being brought down like an [[starwars:Acklay|acklay]] gone mad. But his end transcended the death of a few. Lo-sang, as befitting the old bitches' prophecy, required the death of all.<br />
<br />
===Release===<br />
[[11 ABY to 19 ABY|12 ABY]]<br />
<br />
''"Freedom is like immense pain; one does not truly know it, til he has experienced it..."''<br />
<br />
At 20, Raken was an abomination. Years of torment had nearly killed him. He lived apart from the other slaves. None would go near him. Like a fine blade, the constant working of his mettle served only to harden his resolve to see every life of this world dead. He had no idea how many children he had fathered. When the time came, he would hunt them down and kill them too.<br />
<br />
His power had grown nigh the point of escape. He knew he would never be able to mete out the Dark Justice he so desired unless he were to free himself of this world, travel beyond its borders and find teachers who could fill in the voids of power he could not attain on his own. But fate envisioned a different plan for Raken. Fate would deliver unto him a savior. A man from the sky not unlike himself. Though they would never meet, [[starwars:Kir Kanos|Kir Kanos]] would leave an indelible mark upon Raken's life.<br />
<br />
It was to be this Crimson Knight from the [[starwars:Palpatine|Emperor's]] dead order of [[starwars:Emperor's Royal Guard|Guardsmen]] that would unwittingly free Raken from his enslavement. Kir and a band of operatives sought to dislodge the [[starwars:Imperial remnant|Imperial Remnant]] forces occupying the planet. During the ensuing battle, many of the Frenzied River Clan were slain or taken captive by Remnant forces. In the confusion, after 10 years of slavery, Raken threw off the chains of his tormentors. Blind and malnourished, he was like a reanimated corpse struggling to enjoy a moment of life's wonder free of the bonds of death.<br />
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It is not precisely known how Raken left Dathomir during the chaos. It is assumed he stowed away onboard a fleeing vessel, but the circumstances remain unclear to us. What is clear is that there will come a day when the man who was seemingly born to suffer will rise from the ruins of his beginnings to finish that which fate, and the voices in his head, have promised.<br />
<br />
===Necessary Evil===<br />
[[20 ABY to 25 ABY|24 ABY]]<br />
<br />
''"With dark intentions, one may find himself in the company of wolves..."''<br />
<br />
Freed of the slave's mantle, Raken sought out the Dark Jedi Brotherhood after years of wandering the stars. Not as unknown as they would have the galaxy believe, the Brotherhood is a repository of knowledge and treachery to be plucked like a fruit ripened too long in the sun. The Elomin has entrenched himself among the squabbling, pedantic would-be darksiders. Unconcerned with their aimless lust for power, Raken moves among them continually learning where there is knowledge and readying himself for the day he will visit the witch-planet of Dathomir again.<br />
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===Rise to Power===<br />
===The House of Revan===<br />
===One Sith===<br />
===Dread Council===<br />
===ShadowHand===<br />
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==Character Information==<br />
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[[image:Raken.png|thumb|left|Raken circa 36 ABY]]<br />
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===Physical Appearance===<br />
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Raken is fairly large and well-built. Standing just under two meters, his frame is laden with heavy musculature. His crimson skin is almost completely covered in the patch-work lattice of scars from his past trials. Raken bears these wounds with pride often forgoing clothing over his torso.<br />
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The Elomin species normally bear several horns protruding from their skull, but Raken has removed his as an expression of his control over himself. Small stubs where the horns were cut can still be seen on his skull. Raken's eyes are artificial enhancements that appear incandescently white. His powerful hands taper to formidable claws.<br />
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Cultures not familiar with Elomin physiology often mock or scorn them for their 'demonic' appearance.<br />
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===Demeanor===<br />
<br />
Raken is remarkably taciturn rarely uttering a word. When he does speak, it is normally in a polyglot hybrid of his native Elomin and Dathomiri. His words are guttural and often drip with derision and contempt for those weak enough to not take his meaning by his demeanor alone. Otherwise, action is his voice. Let others interpret what they will.<br />
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He interacts rarely with other members of the Brotherhood as his focus is consumed by improving his skill within the Dark Side of the Force. Otherwise, he is often occupied with various assignments from the [[Dark Council]] which he executes with silent professionalism.<br />
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==Portents==<br />
<br />
''"Unto death foreseen, he shall know no bar to his will..."''<br />
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When Raken's eyes were taken by the Sisters in his 13th year, there was a dark vision shown him by the maddening whispers within his mind. As blood pooled in the sockets and his vision showed him his right eye removed with a dull stone knife, the pain sent Raken into a deep trance within the eddies of the Force.<br />
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A lake of blood stretched out before him rippling at his ankles as he wade deeper into its crimson depths. Floating face-down at the surface were the bodies of hundreds of Nightsisters slain by his hand. Their stringy dark hair spread out around their bloated heads like writhing snakes. Raken bled from many wounds inflicted during the battle. He could feel his life ebbing away, yet he was without fear. For the first time in his brutally short life he was at peace. The light faded as his refulgent eyes went dark and he slid beneath the surface of the lake.<br />
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From the relative peace of his vision, Raken was brought back to the muddy surface of consciousness by his own screams. The pulling of his left eye from its socket, he could of course not see, made all things dark forever.<br />
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Having seen his own death creates a liberation and calm for Raken that frees him to focus his considerable efforts to his mission.<br />
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==Rumors &amp; Legend==<br />
''"In their mouths were the words of his deeds, and in those words both truths and lies would tell his story..."''<br />
===The Spiderlord===<br />
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[[image:An Arachne Queen.jpg|thumb|An arachne queen like the one Raken killed to retrieve the coveted fangs that earned him the title, ''Spiderlord'']]<br />
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Many among the Brotherhood have heard the whispers of Raken having once been known as ''The Spiderlord''. This honorific was granted him by a primitive culture who worshiped their planet's giant arachnid species. They would send their warriors into the lush forest in search of the mighty spiders lurking within. Only the bravest and most skilled of them would emerge with the prize: the venom soaked fangs of the beasts ripped from their mouths by the warrior's own hands.<br />
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One in ten generations succeeded.<br />
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Raken accidentally had killed a villager in a contest of skill. The man was the small village's greatest warrior and next in line to assume the challenge of ''The Spiderlord''. Indifferent, though not evil, Raken agreed to take the man's place so that the village would keep its honor and send its finest warrior into the dark wood.<br />
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Eight moons rose and fell over the tiny village before a silhouette emerged under the light of the ninth moon. Envenomed and near dying, Raken staggered to the village commons and before the assembled people raised two blood-drenched articulated fangs over his head. A cheer went up that the villagers repeated on each of the next nine nights: ''cua'toi wa'na-keh''...<br />
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"Hail to ''The Spiderlord''"<br />
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==Tools of War==<br />
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[[File:Power_Hammer2.png|thumb|150px|right|Raken's hammer]]<br />
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[[image:Coral Saber Blade.png|thumb|200px|left|Raken's custom blades]]<br />
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===Raken's Second Custom Lightsaber===<br />
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'''Description'''<br />
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Raken's second custom blade designed and crafted by his own hand. The style of this blade was derived from Raken’s respect for his [[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong|Yuuzhan Vong]] enemies during the events of the [[Eighth Great Jedi War]]. Though he took their lives in battle, Raken was impressed by their culture and singular vision of order in the universe. Their weapons were at once elegant and efficient and many were superior to what could be found in this galaxy.<br />
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The [[starwars:Elomin|Elomin]] has sought to represent this elegance and brutal efficiency in an aesthetically organic design reminiscent of the weapons used by his enemy. Though completely mechanical, the hilt has the aspect of something grown rather than constructed. To this end Raken has built his new lightsaber by cannibalizing many of the parts of his former blade in order to remember a worthy foe.<br />
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'''Construction'''<br />
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Crafted from an alloy of [[starwars:Neutronium|neutronium]], the hilt (L34.5&nbsp;cm x D4.1&nbsp;cm) of the weapon is finely carved in swirling relief from emitter to pommel tapering to a vicious hook. The lightsaber’s finish is an anodized black marble polished to a lustrous sheen symbolic of the exceptional skill of the Yuuzhan Vong warriors Raken has felled.<br />
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The interior workings of the hilts are nearly identical to Raken’s former lightsaber. Many internal components have been reused. Red Corusca gems now power the crimson blades (L~1m), both focused by exceptional krayt pearls.<br />
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The saber is slightly shorter (L1.10m) than Raken’s former blade. The weapon weighs 647 grams.<br />
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===Raken's Hammer===<br />
<br />
'''Description'''<br />
<br />
Thought to be originally manufactured by [[starwars:Czerka Arms|Czerka Arms]], the ''Slash-Buster Combat Hammer'' is an uncommon weapon that takes the premise of a simple maul and expands upon it by incorporating a micro-generator used to electrically actuate a powerful set of pistons to drive the hammer’s strike-face. The effect essentially doubles the kinetic energy delivered when the hammer strikes a target.<br />
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'''Construction'''<br />
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The helve of the weapon (L120cm x D5cm) is constructed of knurled ditanium bound in [[starwars:Rancor|rancor]] hide and weighs 1.4 kilos. The head (L39.37&nbsp;cm x W15.24&nbsp;cm x H22.86&nbsp;cm) is comprised of four different castings of Mandalorian iron that make up the strike-face, drive pistons, generator cowling, and bit. The entire head assembly weighs 10.8 kilos bringing the total weight of the weapon to 12.2 kilos. <br />
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The rare iron used in its construction gives the hammer durability and lightness equaled by few other metals and is also capable of withstanding [[starwars:Blaster|blaster]] strikes. In the hands of one skilled in its use, the [[starwars:Power hammer|power hammer]] can be surprisingly nimble and remarkably versatile.<br />
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== DJB Facts ==<br />
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===Contributions===<br />
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*Author of the [http://plagueis.darkjedibrotherhood.com/btbook.php Clan Plagueis Battleteam System]<br />
*Author of the [http://plagueis.darkjedibrotherhood.com/googlegroups.php DJB Google Groups Guide]<br />
*Creator of the [[Clan Plagueis]] Planetary System Images<br />
*Creator of the [[House Satal Keto]] [[Quaestor's Hand]]<br />
*Co-Author of the [http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.net/dbjedi/policies.php Antei System] Document<br />
*Creator of the [[Antei System]] Planetary Images<br />
*Author of the [http://codex.darkjedibrotherhood.com/awards.html Codex Awards] Descriptions<br />
*Co-Author of the [http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.net/dbjedi/policies.php Shroud] Document<br />
*Co-creator of [[Rite of Supremacy]]: [[Second Darkness]]<br />
*Co-creator of the [[Eighth Great Jedi War]]<br />
*Author of the [http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/gjw/index.asp Eighth Great Jedi War Storyline] - (Broken link, will fix soon)<br />
*Creator of the [[Rybanloth System]] awarded for the RoS: Second Darkness<br />
*Creator & Author of the [[Armed Forces of the Iron Throne]]<br />
*Creator & Author of the Dark Brotherhood [http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=5260 Plot Updates]<br />
*Co-creator of the [[Ninth Great Jedi War]]<br />
*Author of the Ninth Great Jedi War Storyline - (Link soon)<br />
*Creator of the [[Discipline System|Order Disciplines System]]<br />
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===Achievements===<br />
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*Finished 9th Overall in the [[Seventh Great Jedi War]]<br />
*5th [[Prodigy of Plagueis]]<br />
*Co-founded [[Independent House Revan]]<br />
*Co-champion in Rite of Supremacy: [[Spoils of War]]<br />
*Led Independent House Revan to First Place victory in RoS: Spoils of War<br />
*Finished 3rd Overall in the [[Tenth Great Jedi War]]<br />
*Finished 2nd Overall in Rite of Supremacy: [[Horizons]]<br />
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===Positions Held===<br />
*[[Flight Leader]], [[Satal Victus]]<br />
*[[Battleteam Leader]], Satal Victus<br />
*[[Envoy]], House Satal Keto<br />
*[[Aedile]], House Satal Keto<br />
*[[Quaestor]], House Satal Keto<br />
*[[Magistrate]], [[Deputy Grand Master]]<br />
*[[Praetor]], Deputy Grand Master<br />
*Praetor, Grand Master<br />
*[[Left Hand of Justice]], Chamber of Justice<br />
*[[Fiction Tribune]]<br />
*[[Deputy Grand Master]]<br />
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== Trivia ==<br />
*Had never heard of an online Star Wars club before joining the DJB<br />
*Raken Spiderlord was the name of my [[starwars:Star wars galaxies|Star Wars Galaxies]] character<br />
*"Raken" is the infinitive form of the Dutch verb "to hit"<br />
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| teammembers = *Darth Pravus<br />
*Darth Vexatus<br />
*Raken<br />
*Xia Long<br />
*Valhavoc}}<br />
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The '''Dread Council''' was an affiliation of powerful dark siders founded circa 30 ABY. Displeased with the Dark Brotherhood's direction and lack of progress, its members—both within the Brotherhood and without—implemented a series of plans in order to ensure the organization's survival.<br />
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At the onset of the Horizon plague the Dread Council were summoned to the ruins of a Sith Academy on Odacer-Faustin by Darth Pravus. The plague would provide the chaos necessary to begin executing the Dread Council's plans to eliminate the Dark Council and wrest control of the Brotherhood from its current leadership.<br />
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==Dread Council Members==<br />
===[[Darth Pravus]]===<br />
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===[[Darth Vexatus]]===<br />
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===[[Troutrooper]]===<br />
- 1 Paragraph Summary of what they did in Horizons<br />
- Several? Paragraph Epilogue of events shortly after Horizons<br />
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===[[Raken]]===<br />
Following the sudden death of [[Grand Master]] [[Sarin]] at the conclusion of the [[Ninth Great Jedi War]], and the rise of [[Muz Ashen]] to take his place, Raken saw the immediate need to establish a shadow council that would ensure his own vision for the Dark Brotherhood would continue. Upon Raken's exposure to the teachings of the [[starwars:One Sith|One Sith]] after the fall of [[House Revan]], it became clear to him that the Brotherhood need not be saved.<br />
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Rather, Raken's confidence in the rise of the One Sith as the next and true coming of the Sith religion, convinced him the Brotherhood was too fractured and weak to play a role in the coming shift in the balance of galactic power. Thus, while most who count themselves amongst the Dread Council's number believe they are working to save the Dark Brotherhood, Raken works to move the Council's efforts to destroy it.<br />
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===[[Maxamillian von Oberst-Tarentae]]===<br />
- 1 Paragraph Summary of what they did in Horizons<br />
- Several? Paragraph Epilogue of events shortly after Horizons<br />
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===[[Xia Long]]===<br />
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===[[Legorii Kryotek Entar]]===<br />
- 1 Paragraph Summary of what they did in Horizons<br />
- Several? Paragraph Epilogue of events shortly after Horizons<br />
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==Magistrate to the Dread Council==<br />
===[[Valhavoc]]===<br />
Prior to the Horizon event occurring Valhavoc was sent by Darth Pravus to the Shadow Academy to gain intelligence on the Headmaster. When Valhavoc arrived he assumed the guise of studying to earn a Dark Maven in Combat. The Horizon outbreak occurred partway through his studies, as a Journeyman Valhavoc was one of the first to become infected with the illness, suffering hallucinations and flashbacks to previous events in his life as it progressed.<br />
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After escaping from the Shadow Academy Valhavoc sought out Darth Pravus who conducted several experiments on the Knight. Pravus sought to isolate the virus so that he could maintain a sample for future use in the Dread Council's plans. Potentially engineering it to affect only specific individuals or races.<br />
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Valhavoc then returned to his mission observing the Headmaster at the Shadow Academy, again assuming the cover of studying towards a Dark Maven degree.<br />
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|image=[[image:al-Iloden_Keystone.jpg|250px]]<br />
|name=The Iloden Stone<br />
|homeworld=[[starwars:Begeren|Begeren]]<br />
|species=<br />
|birth=[[starwars:3,960_BBY|3,960 BBY]]<br />
|locations=[[New Tython]]<br />
|shape=Wedge<br />
|dimensions=*35cm w<br />
*50cm h<br />
*40cm d<br />
|weight=~15kilos<br />
|affiliations=*[[starwars:Jedi Order|Jedi Order]]<br />
*Ma'moud al-Iloden<br />
*The Jedi Martial Institute<br />
*The Order of al-Iloden<br />
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'''The Iloden Stone''', or '''Al-Iloden Keystone''', was a keystone from the ancient '''Jedi Martial Institute''' circa [[starwars:3,960_BBY|3,960 BBY]] founded by the controversial Jedi Master, '''Ma'moud al-Iloden'''.<br />
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==History==<br />
===Ma'moud Al-Iloden===<br />
====Early Childhood====<br />
[[image:Kaleesh_2.jpg|thumb|right|Jedi Master Ma'moud al-Iloden]]<br />
Ma'moud al-Iloden was a [[starwars:Kaleesh|Kaleesh]] [[starwars:Jedi Master|Jedi Master]] active circa 3,960 BBY. Born Ma'moud Nasoor al-Ta'Pi al-Qurai al-Iloden on [[starwars:Kalee|Kalee]], Ma'moud was initially passed over for selection by the [[starwars:Jedi Order|Jedi Order]] as an infant despite a relatively high [[starwars:Midi-chlorian|Midi-chlorian]] count. Instead, he spent the first ten years of his life raised in the warrior-culture of the Kaleesh. Throughout Ma'moud's childhood, his latent, but powerful, Force-sensitivity gained him considerable standing and recognition among the warrior caste of his people. At ten years of age, he was the equal of many full-grown Kaleesh in battle.<br />
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As al-Iloden's prowess grew, so too did his notoriety. Many saw potential for the young warrior to one day lead his clan. Others saw the boy's gifts as unnatural and antithetical to the Kaleesh way of life. In either case, his rise to clan leadership would not come to pass.<br />
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====The Jedi Order====<br />
{{Quote|Is that what you want? To become a god?|Klar Iberius Morbund}}<br />
{{Quote|I want my people to survive. I want those who would harm them to know the first spear they cross on Kalee will be mine.|Ma'moud al-Iloden}}<br />
{{Quote|For that, you need only become a man.|Klar Iberius Morbund}}<br />
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In [[starwars:3,994_BBY|3,994 BBY]], the Jedi Swordmaster Klar Iberius Morbund visited Kalee while researching various species' martial disciplines. Morbund first discovered Ma'moud at a tournament for Kaleesh warriors. The boy won the contest besting much older and more experienced opponents. Morbund was greatly impressed by the youth's performance as it was obvious, to him, Ma'moud was deftly employing his latent Force-sensitivity to enhance his combat acumen. Due to a severe shortage of martially competent Jedi (partly the reason for his trip) Klar set upon the idea of mentoring the boy and inducting him into the Jedi Order to become his [[starwars:Padawan|Padawan]]. After several months of time together with the old Jedi Master on Kalee, Ma'moud agreed to become a Jedi and travel to [[starwars:Coruscant|Coruscant]] if the Order would have him.<br />
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The [[starwars:Jedi High Council|Jedi High Council]] initially balked at Klar's proposal. At that time, it was nearly unheard of for one so old to begin training. However, Morbund, as well known for his oratorical skills as his swordsmanship, pleaded the case that the boy being passed over in the first place was a grievous error on the Order's part and that it had created an imbalance in the Force which must be corrected. In light of his reasoning, and undoubtedly related to their growing need of skilled Jedi warriors, the Council relented and Ma'moud was allowed to become a Jedi.<br />
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====The Influence of Al-Iloden====<br />
{{Quote|To drink the water, protect the well.|Kaleesh proverb}}<br />
Despite the disdain many Jedi held for Ma'moud's species' war-like ways, he nevertheless flourished in the Order and became a well-respected [[starwars:Jedi Knight|Jedi Knight]] and eventual Master. There were still some however, despite the many conflicts the Jedi were engaged in, who felt Ma'moud's--like his Master's before him--advocacy of martial solutions to the Jedi's problems tread too close to the [[starwars:Dark side of the Force|dark side]]. The issue came to a head when Ma'moud proposed a new academy whose purpose would be exclusively to steep the Jedi in the arts of war. Many Jedi were deeply off-put by the idea and voiced strong opposition to the school's founding citing the potential dangers of essentially training Jedi as soldiers. Also not without weight in the matter was the fact that most known Kaleesh Force-sensitives were [[starwars:Sith|Sith]].<br />
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These personal attacks on Ma'moud were viewed with disgust by many others in the Order and denounced as racism. The assaults intended to weaken his position had the opposite effect and rallied supporters to al-Iloden's side of the argument. The issue was indeed a polarizing one for the Council as the [[starwars:Mandalorian wars|Mandalorian wars]], the rumored threat of the [[starwars:True Sith|True Sith]], and the issues with [[starwars:Revan|Revan]] all weighed heavily on the Jedi leaders of the day. The wars had been costly and there seemed no end to the threats facing the galaxy. As such, Ma'moud's proposal was not without its supporters on the High Council. When the time for a vote came, the proposition was passed by the narrowest of margins. The academy began construction on (planet) and al-Iloden was installed as its first headmaster.<br />
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===The Jedi Martial Institute===<br />
[[image:CastleArt.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The Jedi Martial Institue on Begeren]]<br />
====Founding====<br />
The Jedi Martial Institute was constructed on [[starwars:Begeren|Begeren]] circa 3,960 BBY. It was a spartan campus built from dark stone quarried in the region. Like its founder, the school evoked a quiet utilitarian austerity meant to focus its students on the seriousness of their studies. Upon completion of construction, a special keystone, later to become known as '''The Al-Iloden Keystone''', was laid in the Arch of Resolve over the entrance to the school's courtyard.<br />
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====Curriculum====<br />
Unlike the [[starwars:Jedi Academy|Jedi Academy]] on [[starwars:Coruscant|Coruscant]], the Institute focused almost exclusively on the martial aspects of the Force. The curriculum was designed for new Knights as a martial graduate program though seasoned Knights and Masters could and did attend training. Ma'moud's upbringing on Kalee, as well as the turbulent events he witnessed as a Jedi, convinced him of the wisdom and practicality of the ancient maxim: <br />
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''Those who desire peace should prepare for war.''<br />
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Adhering to this doctrine, the school offered an intensive two-year program covering the following material:<br />
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*Advanced Lightsaber Forms<br />
*Telekinetic Offensive and Defensive Techniques<br />
*Unarmed Combat<br />
*Conventional Weapons<br />
*Survival-Evasion-Resistance-Escape training<br />
*Demolitions<br />
*Leadership of Conventional Forces<br />
*Battlefield Medicine and Healing<br />
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====Destruction====<br />
[[image:Malgus.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Darth Malgus allegedly pursued The al-Iloden Stone]]<br />
The Institute was destroyed in 3,653 BBY by [[starwars:Sith Empire|Sith Empire]] forces under Lords [[starwars:Baras|Baras]] and [[starwars:Angral|Angral]] during the [[starwars:Great Galactic War|Great Galactic War]]. Though the school had been founded to guard against just such a threat, the [[starwars:Jedi High Council|Jedi High Councilors]] and politicians in the centuries following Ma'moud had allowed the Institute to go under-funded and its influence duly waned. The Order had shifted away from preparing its members for war and when the Sith Empire broke [[starwars:The Treaty of Coruscant|The Treaty of Coruscant]], it cost them dearly. Despite the Institute's destruction, survivors smuggled out many documents and artifacts including the school's now famous '''Al-Iloden Keystone'''. At the time, it was rumored that [[starwars:Darth Malgus|Darth Malgus]] specifically sought the stone as he believed it contained a remarkably rare Adegan crystal.<br />
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Rescued from the rubble after the fall of Begeren by a young Jedi Knight, the stone was smuggled off-world and handed down by generations of of Jedi who believed the Order should heed the teachings of al-Iloden lest another catastrophe like the one suffered at Begeren, or [[starwars:The Sacking of Coruscant|The Sacking of Coruscant]] befall them again.<br />
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===The Order of Al-Iloden===<br />
The Order of Al-Iloden was a secret sect within the Jedi Order who followed the teachings and wisdom of Ma'moud al-Iloden. The al-Iloden Order formed informally at first following the Great Galactic War with the sole mandate of protecting The Al-Iloden Keystone from those aware of its existence who sought either to exploit or destroy it. Many Sith throughout the centuries, beginning with Malgus, sought the stone to harvest the rumored Adegan gem within. However, the Al-Iloden Order found themselves safeguarding the stone not only against treasure hunters and the Sith, but against the Jedi Order itself.<br />
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Rumors of the stone's existence, as well as the unsanctioned sect of Jedi protecting it, were seen as threats to the purity of the Jedi Order. The stone and secret sect were declared to be tainted by the dark side and any Jedi found to be of the Al-Iloden Order would be excommunicated. As a result, the Jedi Order itself became the greatest threat to the stone's existence. This hard-line, and in the eyes of some Jedi, narrow-minded, approach deepened the Order of Al-Iloden's resolve to not only protect the stone, but to ensure Ma'moud's teachings survived as well.<br />
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==The Iloden Stone==<br />
===Physical Description===<br />
[[image:al-Iloden_Keystone.jpg|thumb|left|200px|The only known rendering of the stone]]<br />
The keystone is carved from black igneous rock. Though severely worn over the centuries, the stone still roughly retains its wedge-like shape. It is approximately 35cm wide, 50cm high, and 40cm in depth. It weighs approximately 15 kilograms. The stone is rumored to reside in an oak box thought to have belonged to '''Ma'moud Al-Iloden''' himself.<br />
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Over the centuries many copies and fakes have been produced in order to protect the true '''Iloden Stone'''. Identification of the true stone is said to be possible only by members of '''The Order of al-Iloden''' or by those [[starwars:Force-sensitive|Force-sensitives]] who have discovered the stone's unique presence in the [[starwars:The Force|Force]]. The stone was a gift from Ma'moud's former Master, '''Klar Iberius Morbund'''. Klar had the stone cut and shaped to cap the Jedi Martial Institute's entrance arch from material he recovered from the planet [[starwars:Illum|Illum]]. Morbund claimed the stone was striated with veins of [[starwars:Adegan crystal|Adegan crystals]], but it has never been formally examined.<br />
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===The Crystal===<br />
[[image:Adegans.jpg|thumb|right|A rare Adegan gem is rumored to be at the heart of The al-Iloden Stone]]<br />
Though no imperical historical evidence exists that the stone indeed contains an exotic Adegan crystal, the rumor has persisted for centuries. Given the lengths and expenses gone to recover and protect it, there are many who believe that the stone's value exceeds mere historical relevancy. The legends and oral histories surrounding the stone indicate that within the dark rock rests and exotic Adegan crystal of the rarest order. Other myths hold that due to the crystal's nature, merely possessing the keystone, or a piece of it, grants a Force-user exceptional martial attunement with the Force.<br />
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===Contemporary Study===<br />
Thought the controversy surrounding the stone, its namesake, and the secret order protecting it, has abated over the centuries within the [[starwars:The Jedi Order|Jedi Order]], its significance as an archaeological curiosity has risen dramatically. Once sought by [[starwars:Sith Lords|Sith Lords]] and Inquisitors from the Jedi High Council, the stone has been pursued most fervently in the modern era by scholars and archaeologists. Of note was the eminent scholar on Jedi history '''Haf Alfonse Preenor'''. Preenor had studied and pursued the stone over the last twenty years both professionally and as a hobby. His colleagues refer to his interest in the stone as "Preenor's Obsession."<br />
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===Discovery on New Tython===<br />
[[image:Clan_Ordo.png|thumb|left|200px|The Tenth Great Jedi War led to the stone's eventual discovery]]<br />
After centuries of safeguarding by the Al-Iloden Order, the stone was discovered in [[26 ABY to Present|35 ABY]] on the planet [[New Tython|Harakoa]], sometimes referred to as '''New Tython'''. Harakoa was located in the [[starwars:Esstran sector|Esstran sector]]; a region of space within the dominion of the [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood]], an obscure group of [[starwars:Dark side of the Force|dark side]] adherents. During an [[Tenth Great Jedi War|internal conflict]] of the Brotherhood, the stone was accidentally discovered on the outskirts of [[Menat Ombo]], Harakoa's capital city, in the ruins of a Harakoan primary school. It was recovered by members of [[Odan-Urr|House Odan-Urr]], a paradoxical group of Light side Jedi within the Dark Jedi Brotherhood organization itself. It was unclear at the time of this writing whether the '''Al-Iloden Keystone''' remained in Odan-Urr's possession, was claimed by the Brotherhood's ruling body the [[Dark Council]], or seized by another of the contending factions on Harakoa at the time.<br />
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<div>== Image Categorization ==<br />
Hey Raken, for future reference you also need to categorize your uploaded images (with one or more of [[:Category:Image Categories|these]] categories). There's an example image there that shows what a properly categorized image upload should look like. Thanks --[[User:BenevolentWhiner|Benevolent Whiner]] <small>([[User talk:BenevolentWhiner|talk]] - [[dossier:2706|dossier]])</small> 23:26, 7 October 2011 (UTC)<br />
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<hr>Thanks, partner. Couldn't remember all the rules. No wikification in a long time. Will do in the future.--[[User:Raken|Raken]] 11:18, 8 October 2011 (UTC)</div>Rakenhttps://wiki.darkjedibrotherhood.com/index.php?title=Revan-Week2&diff=104334Revan-Week22011-10-07T16:39:59Z<p>Raken: </p>
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'''Clan Ordo''' was a group of [[starwars:Mandalorians|Mandalorian]] bounty hunters involved in the [[Tenth Great Jedi War]] circa [[26 ABY to Present|35 ABY]]. Their membership was comprised of outcasts, criminals, and other ''chakaar'' or undesirables. However, their brutal methods and cut-rate fees kept them competitive with the more established and honorable clans of the time.<br />
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==Contemporary History - 30 ABY to Present==<br />
===Contentious Beginnings===<br />
[[File:Mando_WarDroids.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Mandalore the Ultimate atop a Basilisk War Droid]]<br />
Though [[starwars:Clan Ordo|Clan Ordo]] can trace its history back some 4,000 years, it experienced somewhat of a resurgence in [[26 ABY to Present|30 ABY]] when a brash young Mandalorian named Ful Elizor took on the mantle of its leadership. Immediately Elizor ran afoul of then [[starwars:Mandalore|Mandalore]], and bounty hunter legend, [[starwars:Boba Fett|Boba Fett]] over the role Mandalorians were being asked to play in galactic politics. The upstart Elizor also challenged Fett on several philosophical issues of great concern to the ''mando'ad'' of the period. Most notable among these were: the handling of the overall direction of the Clans, hunters' rights, and particularly the role of the Mandalore himself.<br />
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Elizor's politics put him, as well as his clan, on difficult ground during an already tumultuous period in Mandalorian history. A polarizing figure, he was not without supporters as many among the Clans shared his views. As a result, Clan Ordo experienced an influx of new members that enabled Elizor to take on larger contracts and garner a reputation for delivering a quality product for a reasonable price. It was this product value, and the young leader's charisma, that eventually drew [[Michael Halcyon]] to reach out to Ful Elizor to broker a deal for a project he had under development on [[New Tython]].<br />
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==Relevance to the Dark Jedi Brotherhood==<br />
[[File:Clan_Ordo.png|thumb|250px|left|Clan Ordo Bloodhands descend on New Tython]]<br />
During the Tenth Great Jedi War many among the Great Clans of the Brotherhood believed the controversial [[House]] [[Odan-Urr]] to be an easy target. When [[Grand Master]] [[Muz Ashen]] finally issued the order to violently censure the light-siders, the invasion forces were surprised by the appearance of a mercenary fleet of Mandalorians bearing the mark of the Bloodhand. Arrived shortly after the initial invasion, Clan Ordo temporarily turned the tide of the war in Odan-Urr's favor.<br />
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==Notable Members==<br />
===Ful Elizor===<br />
{{Quote|The Sith had it wrong. Peace is a ''profitable'' lie.|Ful Elizor}}<br />
[[File:Dxun.jpg|thumb|150px|right|The Demon Moon]]<br />
[[File:Ful_Elizor.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Ful Elizor in ''beskar'gam'']]<br />
Ful Elizor was a charismatic human firebrand who led Clan Ordo during its resurgence circa 30 ABY. Born on the demon moon [[starwars:Dxun|Dxun]], Ful was the only child of Co and Reig Elizor. Elizor's parents were biologists conducting a three-month study of the moon's exotic fauna when they were marooned due to insurmountable technical issues with their ship. Ful and his father Reig survived eight years on Dxun until finally rescued by a geological survey team. Ful's mother died on the moon from an unknown fever when he was four years of age.<br />
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The experience on Dxun dramatically shaped the rest of Elizor's life. The adolescent became obsessed with the moon that took his mother's life. This insatiable quest for information eventually led him to discover the storied history of Canderous Ordo who had once taken refuge there. The Mandalorian lifestyle appealed greatly to Elizor and at the age of eighteen, his father having passed away two years earlier, he set out to join the clans where his iron will and extraordinary childhood served him well.<br />
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===Lar Rya===<br />
{{Quote|Make no mistake, Gand. You hired us to kill your enemies.|Lar Rya}}<br />
{{Quote|You were hired to protect this world and its people.|[[Ji]]}}<br />
{{Quote|You think there's a difference?|Lar Rya}}<br />
[[File:Lar_Rya.png|thumb|200px|right|Lar Rya observes her prey]]<br />
Lar Rya came to Clan Ordo shortly after Ful Elizor took power. She quickly gained a reputation as one of the Clan's more brutal hunters. Like Elizor, Rya was not born mando'ad. Refusing to speak of her past or what brought her to the Mandalorian way of life, she made few friends among Ordo's members and often found herself at odds with Elizor.<br />
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Rya was by all accounts and excellent, though brutal hunter. Though Mandalorians were known for their employment of advanced technologies and weapons systems, Rya seemed to excel in this regard. In order to fully leverage the capabilities of a lone hunter, she employed numerous ingenious devices personally modified to fit her work. Among the more ominous tools in her arsenal were a pair of [[starwars:YVH-series battle droids|YVH-series battle droids]] she had scavenged following the [[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong War|Yuuzhan Vong War]]. Named YVH-556 and YVH-762, the pair presented a formidable accompaniment to the bounty hunter.<br />
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Rya became a pivotal figure during the [[Tenth Great Jedi War]] when she captured the [[Krath]] witch [[Ashia Kagan Keibatsu]]. Near death after an assassination attempt by the traitor Coryn Vance, Ashia was discovered by Rya at an abandoned school on the outskirts of [[Menat Ombo]]. Rya attempted to claim a bounty of 3,000,000 [[starwars:Imperial Credits|IC]] from the Jedi of Odan-Urr. Refusing to pay the sum, [[starwars:Jedi Master|Jedi Master]] [[Michael Halcyon]] attempted to take Ashia's comatose body by force resulting in a duel between Halcyon and Rya's YVH hunter-killers.<br />
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'''Clan Ordo''' was a group of [[starwars:Mandalorians|Mandalorian]] bounty hunters involved in the [[Tenth Great Jedi War]] circa [[26 ABY to Present|35 ABY]]. Their membership was comprised of outcasts, criminals, and other ''chakaar'' or undesirables. However, their brutal methods and cut-rate fees kept them competitive with the more established and honorable clans.<br />
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==Contemporary History - 30 ABY to Present==<br />
===Contentious Beginnings===<br />
Though [[starwars:Clan Ordo|Clan Ordo]] can trace its history back some 4,000 years, it experienced somewhat of a resurgence in [[26 ABY to Present|30 ABY]] when a brash young Mandalorian named Ful Elizor took on the mantle of its leadership. Immediately Elizor ran afoul of then [[starwars:Mandalore|Mandalore]], and bounty hunter legend, [[starwars:Boba Fett|Boba Fett]] over the role Mandalorians were being asked to play in galactic politics. The upstart Elizor also challenged Fett on several philosophical issues of great concern to the ''mando'ad'' of the period. Most notable among these were: the handling of the overall direction of the Clans, hunters' rights, and particularly the role of the Mandalore himself.<br />
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Elizor's politics put him, as well as his clan, on difficult ground during an already tumultuous period in Mandalorian history. A polarizing figure, he was not without supporters as many among the Clans shared his views. As a result, Clan Ordo experienced an influx of new members that enabled Elizor to take on larger contracts and garner a reputation for delivering a quality product for a reasonable price. It was this product value, and the young leader's charisma, that eventually drew [[Michael Halcyon]] to reach out to Ful Elizor to broker a deal for a project he had under development on [[New Tython]].<br />
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==Relevance to the Dark Jedi Brotherhood==<br />
During the Tenth Great Jedi War many among the Great Clans of the Brotherhood believed the controversial [[House]] [[Odan-Urr]] to be an easy target. When [[Grand Master]] [[Muz Ashen]] finally did issue the order to violently censure the light-siders, the invasion forces were surprised by the appearance of a mercenary fleet of Mandalorians bearing the mark of the Bloodhand. Arrived shortly after the initial invasion, Clan Ordo temporarily turned the tide in Odan-Urr's favor.<br />
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==Notable Members==<br />
===Ful Elizor===<br />
===Lar Rya===<br />
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'''Clan Ordo''' was a group of [[starwars:Mandalorians|Mandalorian]] bounty hunters involved in the [[Tenth Great Jedi War]] circa [[26 ABY to Present|35 ABY]]. Their membership was comprised of outcasts, criminals, and other ''chakaar'' or undesirables. However, their brutal methods and cut-rate fees kept them competitive with the more established and honorable clans.<br />
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==Contemporary History==<br />
===Contentious Beginnings===<br />
Though [[starwars:Clan Ordo|Clan Ordo]] can trace its history back some 4,000 years, it experienced somewhat of a resurgence in [[26 ABY to Present|30 ABY]] when a brash young Mandalorian named Ful Elizor took on the mantle of its leadership. Immediately Elizor ran afoul of then [[starwars:Mandalore|Mandalore]], and bounty hunter legend, [[starwars:Boba Fett|Boba Fett]] over the role Mandalorians were being asked to play in galactic politics. The upstart Elizor also challenged Fett on several philosophical issues of great concern to the ''mando'ad'' of the period. Most notable among these were: the handling of the overall direction of the Clans, hunters' rights, and particularly the role of the Mandalore himself.</div>Rakenhttps://wiki.darkjedibrotherhood.com/index.php?title=Revan-Week2&diff=104310Revan-Week22011-10-07T12:18:55Z<p>Raken: </p>
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'''Clan Ordo''' was a group of [[starwars:Mandalorians|Mandalorian]] bounty hunters involved in the [[Tenth Great Jedi War]] circa [[26 ABY to Present|35 ABY]]. Their membership was comprised of outcasts, criminals, and other ''chakaar'' or undesirables. However, their brutal methods and cut-rate fees kept them competitive with the more established and honorable clans.<br />
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Forming some time in [[26 ABY to Present|30 ABY]], [[starwars:Clan Ordo|Clan Ordo]] was "reborn" directly as a result of Ful Elizor's falling-out with then [[starwars:Mandalore|Mandalore]] [[starwars:Boba Fett|Boba Fett]] over the role Mandalorians were playing in galactic politics. The upstart Elizor also took issue with Fett on a number of philosophical issues ranging from his handling of the overall direction of the Clans to hunters' rights.</div>Rakenhttps://wiki.darkjedibrotherhood.com/index.php?title=Revan-Week2&diff=104307Revan-Week22011-10-07T12:04:04Z<p>Raken: </p>
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'''Clan Ordo''' was a group of [[starwars:Mandalorians|Mandalorian]] bounty hunters active circa 35 ABY. Their membership was comprised of outcasts, criminals, and other ''chakaar'' or undesirables. However, their brutal methods and cut-rate fees kept them competitive with the more established and honorable clans.<br />
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|founder=[[Dark Side Adept]][[Raken]] and [[Grand Master]] [[Sarin]]<br />
|leader=*Raken, [[Quaestor]]<br />
*Sarin, [[Aedile]]<br />
|members=See Influential Members Section<br />
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House Revan is an Independent House founded under [[Muz Ashen| Grand Master Muz Ashen’s]] restructuring of the Dark Brotherhood. Designed under a new strategy and a wholly different kind of organization, Independent House Revan operates without a military, without the facade of a multi-trillion credit corporation, and without a planetary system to call home. House Revan does not rely on a quasi-feudal court, nor legions of Force-deaf sycophants, and it does not place its faith in a long lost Dark Lord. <br />
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The founders of House Revan believe a void in leadership plagues the Dark Brotherhood. This vacuum has recently been filled by emotional, destructive, and unnecessarily abusive dark Jedi who have reduced the Brotherhood's effectiveness. The insidious natures of many of these leaders have led to elite politics and the formation of unhealthy rivalries. Unfortunately, many new members of the Dark Brotherhood have modeled themselves after this behavior and believe it is the only way to survive or advance. House Revan is designed to offer an alternative to the politics and immaturity that thrive in other organizations by focusing on the House's agenda, advancing its members, and strengthening the Dark Brotherhood as a whole.<br />
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==Brief History==<br />
Following the reclamation of [[Antei]] in 30 ABY, Grand Master Muz Ashen sought to restructure and reinvigorate the basic organization and administration of the Dark Brotherhood. This strategic move both unsettled the status quo in the Dark Brotherhood and placed the Six Clans on notice that their survival was no longer a thing to be taken for granted. <br />
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The House Revan founders took advantage of this opportunity and sought out new dominion within the Brotherhood. Ignoring the normal structure and design of Dark Brotherhood Clans, House Revan was established on the basic premise that there is more to the Dark Brotherhood than the blind devotion to elders, personality cults, and failed traditions. <br />
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House Revan offers an alternative to the sophomoric politics and herd mentality plaguing some Clans in the Brotherhood. Our House model is one of individual accountability where every member is responsible for their success or failure and answers to each accordingly.<br />
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==Government and Politics==<br />
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===Operational Model===<br />
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'''Insurgency''' - An organized movement aimed at the overthrow of a constituted government through use of subversion and armed conflict. <br />
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House Revan operates without dogma, borders, and without conventional restrictions. We believe in utilizing an agile operational approach designed to provoke an uprising against the galactic order. Propaganda, subversion, and terrorism are the methods we utilize to achieve our goals. House Revan seeks out its enemy’s vulnerabilities, exploits those vulnerabilities, and then seeks to exhaust and bleed conventional forces in a battle of will. <br />
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===Organization ===<br />
House Revan is an extremely proficient, well-organized, and well-equipped force. A full-time clandestine network operates with logistics and operational teams. These teams in turn utilize a part-time network of contacts and sources who cooperate and provide assistance when called upon. House Revan utilizes a "cell structure" to organize agents operating under its flag. The following is a breakdown of the two House Revan Cells:<br />
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'''Echo''': The Elite Clandestine Cell within House Revan. Echo conducts activities under a model where if successful, they are completely unknown to their adversary. If at any time Echo is compromised they cease all operational activity and re-establish activity in a non-related theater of operations. <br />
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'''Sierra''': The Sleeper Cell within House Revan. Sierra is an isolated group of sleeper agents who attempt to infiltrate networks and organizations until they are activated to conduct terror attacks or sabotage. This cell acts in a covert capability, where the enemy knows something is happening, but they cannot identify who is conducting the attack or sponsoring it. <br />
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===Chain of Command===<br />
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*'''Quaestor:''' [[Raken]]<br />
*'''Aedile:''' [[Sarin]]<br />
*'''Voice:''' [[Callus Bo'Amar]]<br />
*'''Cell Leader(s):'''<br />
**'''Echo:''' [[Jaredi Edius|Sarak Jemaane]]<br />
**'''Sierra:''' ''TBD''<br />
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==Astrography==<br />
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===Sigma Horizon===<br />
House Revan operates without a base of operations, however, the name Sigma Horizon has been given to locations used for meeting points. These meetings can take place anywhere and the location can vary from a planet to an asteroid, a capital starship or a casino. <br />
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==Important Figures==<br />
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House Revan derives power from its members. Thus, all members of House Revan are deemed important figures. No one member is esteemed above another nor would the House seek to publicize those members who have achieved operational or tactical success. <br />
Despite the belief that all members are important, House Revan does work under a meritocracy where appointments are made and responsibilities are given based on demonstrated talent and ability.<br />
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[[Category: Clan Prospectus]]<br />
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|name=Omancor Crask <br />
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*Murathenes Pho<br />
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{{Quote|We did this to ourselves. Anakin wasn’t evil. He lived in the Order as we all did and ultimately our weakness was his downfall. We created Vader. We made that monster. Palpatine pushed him over the edge, but we led him to it.|Jedi Master Omancor Crask speaks on the Jedi Order’s failure with Anakin Skywalker}}<br />
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'''Omancor Crask''', also known as '''Darth Carnus''' and '''He who is [[starwars:krel os'a hmi va ta|krel os'a hmi va ta]]''', was an exceptionally powerful [[starwars:Epicanthix|Epicanthix]] Force-user active in the span between the Rise of the Empire and the Dark Jedi Brotherhood eras. As a [[starwars:Jedi Master|Jedi Master]] he served in the [[starwars:Clone Wars|Clone Wars]] as a General and was a veteran of numerous campaigns. When Emperor [[starwars:Palpatine|Palpatine]] issued [[starwars:Order 66|Order 66]], Crask—like many of his former Jedi comrades—fled persecution from [[starwars:Galactic Empire|the Empire]] and went into seclusion. He was also one of the few Jedi known to have fallen to the dark side to become a Sith Lord, and yet return to the light many years later having mastered both ethereal facets of the Force. However, Crask’s journey back from darkness did not take him as close to the light of the Force as he had once been. The experience would see him embark on a new path all his own as no one before him had ever done.<br />
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==Character History==<br />
===An Early Light - 62 BBY===<br />
Born on [[starwars:Panatha|Panatha]] in 62 BBY, Crask was identified during infancy as being gifted with the Force. The Jedi Order removed him to [[starwars:Coruscant|Coruscant]] where he began his early training in the Jedi arts. Relative to his peers, Crask was very strong in the Force. Indeed a few Jedi Masters even thought Omancor could be the [[starwars:Chosen One|Chosen One]]. Gifted though he was, it was clear Crask’s talents lay in his early precision control over his abilities that took other students much longer to master. While it became evident his power in the Force did not run as deep as some, he developed a fine control that was seldom seen outside of the Masters.<br />
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===Way of the Jedi – 51 BBY (11 years of age)===<br />
[[image:Yur.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Jedi Master Yur Talo'tan]]<br />
In 51 BBY, Crask was accepted by the [[starwars:Elomin|Elomin]] Jedi Master Yur Talo’tan as a Padawan. The young Epicanthix apprentice took easily to the rigorous training and beneficent instructions of his master. Crask saw early on that the galaxy was in desperate need of those who would stand for peace and order. He wholly believed the Jedi Order to be the greatest bulwark to the events and beings seemingly determined to destroy the tentative peace of the time.<br />
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===Knighthood – 44 BBY (18 years of age)===<br />
At the age of 18 Crask’s exceptional control of his gifts saw him become one of the youngest Jedi of the time to be knighted. His reverence for the Force and belief that it was a gift bred in him a judicious and conservative mindset when calling its power. The [[starwars:Jedi High Council|Master’s Council]] was greatly concerned with commissioning Knights that shared their orthodox views of the Jedi’s role as protectors of the [[starwars:Galactic Republic|Republic]] despite the growing concern over the separation of Order and State. Crask wholeheartedly believed at the time that the Jedi were intrinsically bound to the Republic as it represented order, justice, and peace in the galaxy.<br />
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These tenuous concepts needed the care of those strong enough to ensure they would eventually take root elsewhere in a chaotic galaxy. For many Jedi like Crask, this was seen as their first duty and somewhere along the way the elusive Will of the Force was subordinated to the Will of the State. Unfortunately for Crask and the Jedi, their drive to protect peace and justice across the galaxy blinded them to the darkness rising in their midst.<br />
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===Jedi Master – 26 BBY (36 years of age)===<br />
[[image:Crask.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Jedi Master Omancor Crask in his days with the Order]]<br />
It was in the years following Crask’s ascension to Jedi Master that he began to see cracks in the veneer of the Order that led him to question their direction as Jedi. Before the Master ranks, many Jedi were not privy to the closed-door discussions of the Jedi Council. Nor were the younger of their Order aware of the elite circles of higher echelon Masters who debated grave issues not taught in the Jedi curriculum. It was clear to Crask in this time that much of what the Jedi had been taught were not whole and empirical truths, but partial ones. The deeper he examined what the Jedi Order was doing and why, the graver his concern became. Depsite this, Crask took his first apprentice, Meadan Clor.<br />
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===The Clone Wars – 22 BBY (40 years of age)===<br />
[[image:Clone_wars1.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Crask saw several campaigns as a Jedi General]]<br />
Like all wars, the [[starwars:Clone Wars|Clone Wars]] struck at the most inopportune of times for Crask. He already questioned the Order’s direction and his place in it. When the war came, Omancor found himself again uncertain as to the role of the Jedi in the political and military turmoil. Though Jedi were martial in nature, they were not soldiers. Crask was suddenly a brevet general in an order he was unsure of and embroiled in a war in which he felt their position should be not to intervene. <br />
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It was also in this time that Crask struggled as to how to properly guide his apprentice Meadan Clor (born 43 BBY); a vibrant and gifted young woman with whom Crask’s relationship was criticized. Conflicted, the Jedi Master had difficulty reconciling his feelings for Meadan in the ways the Council deemed inappropriate. Throughout her mentorship the two grew closer despite everything to the contrary. Crask was at war internally with the orthodoxy of the Jedi Order and what he perceived as his own weakness for his feelings about Clor. Despite himself, Crask contravened traditional Jedi stoicism and embraced his feelings.<br />
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===Order 66 – 19 BBY (43 years of age)===<br />
Near the end of the Clone Wars [[starwars:Order 66|Order 66]] was issued and Crask survived only to watch countless numbers of Jedi fall. [[starwars:Darth Vader|Anakin Skywalker]] cut them down without mercy and the already disillusioned Jedi Master was unable to stop him. Fleeing with Meadan and a few other survivors Crask was torn between anguish and dark elation. Though the Order was decimated and the loss bitter to him, he also realized that his feelings for Meadan could be realized and explored.<br />
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[[image:Conclave.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Koffi Arana slain by the sword of Shadday Potkin at the Conclave on Kessel]]<br />
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However, Crask’s apprentice did not survive the persecution of Skywalker now in the guise of Darth Vader. Meadan Clor was overwhelmed and killed by elements of Vader’s [[starwars:501st Legion|501st Legion]] en route to the [[starwars:Conclave on Kessel|Conclave on Kessel]]. Having traveled separately to the Jedi meeting, Crask chose not to continue on upon learning of her death. The misfortune of Meadan’s death and providence of Crask’s decision worked in turn to save his life. No Jedi who attended the meeting at [[starwars:Kessel|Kessel]] survived.<br />
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===Descent – 19 BBY – 9 BBY (43 to 53 years of age)===<br />
Mercilessly hunted by the Empire, Crask fled from world to world in the wake of the [[starwars:Jedi Purge|Jedi Purge]]. Sometime in 9 BBY having been hunted for nearly 10 years, Crask did the unthinkable for a Jedi and sacrificed an innocent life to save himself. Whether out of madness or instinct, Crask was deeply troubled by the act and unable to reconcile what he thought he was with what he seemed to have become. His dissolution, anger, and isolation had finally overwhelmed him to the point where he could no longer find even the slightest comfort or answer in the light side of the Force.<br />
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In the years following the Great Jedi Purge Crask had ample time to consider what had befallen them. Bitterness took hold within him as he examined every aspect of how Palpatine had made fools of them. Omancor remarked on how pompous they had been to think themselves impervious to threat. The more he contemplated their destruction, the more he believed that the fault was not with Palpatine or Vader, but themselves. He felt the Jedi were to blame for their arrogance, naïveté, and intractability.<br />
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Crask spent months visiting remote worlds free of inhabitants and distraction. He turned inward for answers to the questions that plagued him and found little solace. Finally Crask realized that he could find no answers in the Jedi way of the Force because he was no longer a Jedi in that sense. He had become something else in the interim of the Purge that had perhaps found its origin in him even before Palpatine issued his fateful order. He had done what was necessary to survive to include the taking of an innocent life. He had done finally what best served him alone.<br />
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This concept began to foment in his mind as the only valid course of action available to him. If he served no one, then he served himself. Crask reasoned that if this was the case then he was no longer bound by the strictures of the Jedi Order, the light side of the Force, or any code at all. His anger and nihilism deepened as he began to see that had he, the Order, or any of the Jedi been willing to do what was necessary, then Order 66, the Purge, the destruction of their way of life and the ascension of those with the courage of their convictions could never have come to pass. For Crask, if there was no light to guide his way, then there was only darkness.<br />
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===Sith Absolutism – 9 BBY – 24 ABY (53 to 86 years of age)===<br />
[[image:Darth_Carnus1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Darth Carnus]]<br />
It was in this time that Crask recognized himself as having fully separated from the light. His moral quandary over what he had become had long since faded to memory and he concerned himself with the progression of his skills unbound by Jedi law. As any follower of an old path would, Crask looked to those who had tread into darkness before him and studied the Sith Lords of old. In copies of ancient texts he found wisdom from the stigmatized perspective of the Sith and other adherents of arts without the light.<br />
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As he learned more of what the Council had suppressed, his anger ran deeper than ever before at how they had allowed themselves to be duped and annihilated. The warnings were all there. The strategies Palpatine employed had been penned a thousand years before. Crask reasoned the fall of the Jedi had been more inevitability than victory. Despite the blame he placed on [[starwars:Yoda|Yoda]] and the Council, he could not lay down his own guilt and when he learned of the deaths of Sidious and Vader he added their culpability to his burden as well.<br />
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Rather than elation, Omancor felt disgusted, ashamed, and bitter. He shed the last of himself he had carried in the years since to include his very name. But there remained one vestige of his former self that would never be laid down. He took a Sith name not out of vanity or ambition, but out of ''guilt''. Crask thought of himself from then on as Carnus; for that was what he had wrought: carnage. To his knowledge few remained of the days of the fall of the Jedi Order so he would bear the weight of its responsibility alone.<br />
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===One Sith – 24 ABY (86 years of age)===<br />
Despite some accounts indicating the [[starwars:One Sith|One Sith]] beginning c. 30 ABY, the organization may have likely found its early roots in 24 ABY with the political, philosophical, and organizational foundation being laid by the mysterious [[starwars:Darth Krayt|Darth Krayt]]; then known as A’Sharad Hett. Carnus, still searching for answers to questions raised in his time with the Jedi Order, was among the first brought into Krayt’s fold and for the first time in 45 years he was not alone.<br />
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[[image:Krayt.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Crask would become one of Darth Krayt's earliest disciples]]<br />
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Hett ostensibly shared Carnus’ grief over the events of the Purge and seemed to possess his sense of responsibility. Carnus underwent the [[starwars:Sith tattoo|ritual tattooing]] that would come to characterize the One Sith and was given the hallowed title of [[starwars:Darth|Darth]]. Fully indoctrinated, Darth Carnus’ power broadened as he learned techniques in the Force to which he had previously not had access. Under Krayt’s Order, he began to master doctrines, methodologies, and philosophies on the Force that represented 25,000 years of Sith thought.<br />
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[[image:One_Sith.jpg|thumb|200px|right|One Sith]]<br />
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===Yuuzhan Vong War – 25 ABY (87 years of age)===<br />
When the [[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong War|Yuuzhan Vong War]] began in 25 ABY it was but one of a number of schisms that divided the galaxy. Though Carnus’ path had taken him far from his days at the [[starwars:Jedi Temple]], he still bore a certain reverence for the Force in any incarnation, light or dark. So it was when the [[starwars:Far-Outsiders|Far-Outsiders]]—utter abominations in Carnus’ eyes—invaded, he called for the One Sith to act.<br />
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However, the [[starwars:Dread Lord|Dread Lord]] Darth Krayt harbored machinations that far outstripped the [[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong|Yuuzhan Vong]] and the war they had brought to the galaxy. His eyes were on the future and he did not fear the Vong and thus chose not to involve the nascent One Sith in a war whose outcome Krayt felt irrelevant to his goals. Carnus disagreed entirely and believed Krayt to have missed the significance of the invaders existence outside the Force. Krayt brooked no discord among his kind and a rift formed between the two that would ultimately see their parting.<br />
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===Back to the Light – 28 ABY (90 years of age)===<br />
It was in this time that Carnus’ eyes were opened to what the One Sith would bring about. In a vision of the future, Carnus witnessed the resurgence of what he referred to as “The Next Empire” that would be brought into being by the might of the One Sith. Despite his education in Sith philosophy and receptiveness to absolutist ideals, Carnus’ memories of his persecution ran deep and he could not accept another Empire constructed in the image of the old. Though decades had passed since her death, Carnus’ sense of loss over what could have been with Meadan was ever potent. In opposing a resurgent Empire, Carnus’ grief found purpose he felt to be beyond all he had done since the twilight of the Jedi.<br />
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Coupled with Krayt’s indifference to the abominable Yuuzhan Vong, Carnus chose to alter his path again and leave yet another order behind. But nor did Carnus agree with what the son of Skywalker had wrought with the Jedi in his absence from the light. Carnus took a harsh view of the fledgling [[starwars:New Jedi Order|New Jedi Order]] under [[starwars:Luke Skywalker|Luke Skywalker]] and deemed it unworthy to combat the threat of the Yuuzhan Vong. He knew he would require a force capable of both eradicating the Far-Outsiders and ultimately challenging Krayt’s bid for power that would renew the Empire.<br />
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===Crask’s Reform – 28 ABY (90 years of age)===<br />
To achieve his goals, Carnus realized he could look to no Sith or purported dark sider to aid him. Those he knew of answered to Darth Krayt alone and shared his ideals. In 28 ABY Carnus would leave off the Sith mantle and once again become Omancor Crask, Jedi Master. Though the paradigm of his thought on the Force and his place in it had not shifted, he felt his ends would be best served by making his way back towards the light.<br />
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But this was not the rebirth into the light so many previous fallen Jedi had experienced. He was not “saved” in any sense. Crask was nearly as lost as he had always been but for his commitment to expel the Far-Outsiders and stop the rise of the next Empire. Still the cynical pragmatist, this was perhaps the most Sith-like action he had ever undertaken in knowing that to defeat armies of darkness, he required armies of light. He drew to him those Force-users whose motives included the old dictums of the Jedi Order: Justice and Peace, but ones that were also willing to go farther to obtain these ends than Skywalker’s band.<br />
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Crask told these new adherents what they needed to hear and kept his past and true disposition secret from even their gifted senses. None, even Khaemyn Rua and Rade, knew he had been Darth Carnus. He trained them how he knew Jedi needed to be trained to exist in times without peace. He taught them the curriculum he felt he should have been given as a student at the Temple. He replaced the cryptic, contradictory philosophies of Master Yoda with practical philosophies of politics and war. Crask created in his young Jedi what he knew the galaxy would require to survive the next storm.<br />
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For those too weak in the Force or who would not fully accept his doctrine, Crask had another lesson to teach. In his time at study in the darker arts of the Force Crask had learned to wipe away one’s abilities and imprint him with new ones. This conversion not only affected the recipient’s powers, but his mind as well giving Crask the ability to forcibly shape what he required in his adherents.<br />
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===Expedition to Antei – 29 ABY (91 years of age)===<br />
In his exploits purging the galaxy of the abomination of the Far-Outsiders, Crask discovered the location of a Yuuzhan Vong task force in the remote [[Antei system]]. He was overwhelmed by the magnitude of his discovery when he realized he had found the Vong occupying a Sith stronghold only recently abandoned. Using a virulent strain of [[starwars:Alpha Red|Alpha Red]] obtained through a sympathetic source inside Skywalker’s New Jedi Order, Crask exterminated the Vong presence on [[Antei]] and throughout the anomaly known as [[the Shroud]] in order to learn more about these dark siders of whom almost no one was previously aware.<br />
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[[image:Crask_Antei.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Crask at war with the Brotherhood on Antei]]<br />
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Once the Yuuzhan Vong had been wiped out, Crask occupied the planet with a force of some fifty [[starwars:Jedi Knight|Jedi Knights]] accompanied by thousands of [[starwars:Battle droid|battle droids]] and several Jedi Masters. Crask had programmed his droids specifically to engage with Force-users in his preparations to eventually face the One Sith. The droids employed a variety of ballistic weaponry that negated much of a Jedi’s advantage to turn more conventional blaster bolts back on their opponents with their favored [[starwars:Lightsaber|lightsabers]]. Crasks’ forces had also trained extensively to combat the Yuuzhan Vong and found their mass-driver weaponry effective against the galactic invaders.<br />
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In addition to his primary force of battle droids, Crask had in his service a small number of [[starwars:IG-100 MagnaGuard|IG-100 MagnaGuards]]. These rare and prized vestiges of the Clone Wars were kept close-at-hand by Crask and his aides-de-camps. They were remarkably effective Jedi-killers and had received special software upgrades designed by Crask himself.<br />
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In what would become known as the [[Ninth Great Jedi War]], Crask's forces engaged the combined elements of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood at Antei.<br />
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===Demise===<br />
Crask's defeat came shortly after one of his greatest victories. The war for [[Antei]] reached a climax when Crask ostensibly surrendered himself to the Dark Lord [[Sarin]] in a gambit to put himself within striking distance of ending the conflict. On board the Brotherhood warship [[BAC Exodus|''Exodus'']], Crask revealed to all his true nature and the magnitude of his power. Taking the [[Grand Master]] and his cohort by surprise, Crask quickly turned the seemingly grim situation to his advantage and engaged Sarin in single combat.<br />
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The maelstrom created by the two great lords' conflict crippled ''Exodus'' sending the cruiser spinning helplessly into Antei's gravitational pull where it was destroyed on the surface. Barely surviving, Sarin rose to meet Omancor Crask once again to finish the duel that had begun in orbit and would now conclude on the surface amongst the burning remnants of the [[starwars:Bothan|Bothan]] assault cruiser.<br />
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Sarin, having lost his arm and his lightsaber, was no match for Crask as he pressed his advantage. Crask finished Sarin with a riposte that pierced the Grand Master's chest and the dark heart of the Brotherhood itself. However, moments after Sarin's death, Crask's own apprentice Rade slew the aged Epicanthix master after having learned of his betrayal and murder of Khaemyn Rua aboard ''Exodus''. Crask had ended the war, but it was the Brotherhood that survived.<br />
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==Characteristics==<br />
===Physical Appearance===<br />
His frame was compact at 1.82 meters but well-laden with muscle developed over nearly a century of hardship. Crask’s body was stocky and showed signs of his age even for an Epicanthix. But it was clear that his ruggedly tanned and battered skin still coursed with muscle and energy belying his age.<br />
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Crask’s hair was gray and often wild in appearance when not kept back from his face. Massive sideburns typically framed his square jaw that was often set grimly in disapproval of his apprentices. He wore simple garments of worn and coarse brown fabric that provided utility in warm and cold climates.<br />
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===Sith Tattoos===<br />
Though few had seen them, Crask’s entire body was covered in the faded remains of [[starwars:Sith tattoo|Sith tattoos]] from his days as Darth Carnus under the One Sith. The nature of the tattoos was such that they were indelibly marked into his skin. Over time Crask used his skill to suppress them so that they appeared faded and less noticeable though the remnants could sometimes be seen on his forearms or face, where the skin was exposed, especially when angered.<br />
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His skin tone remained ruddy but much lighter than the deep red pigment his body was stained with during his initiation to the One Sith. Suppressing the tattoos was a constant struggle. His students often mistook the dark circles under his eyes for fatigue, stress, and age, but when fed by anger or hatred the tattoos re-emerged to remind Crask that he would never be far from his past.<br />
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===Demeanor===<br />
Crask often walked alone in brooding contemplation. He was prone to shove his hands into the opposite sleeves of his robe and walk for hours with arms folded and head bowed. He was not easily approached and often such was done only by his senior apprentices Khaemyn Rua and Rade. Crask was not cantankerous, but was perceived so by some of the younger in his fold. He was quiet and grim. His anger was not easily roused, but could establish itself terribly and without warning hearkening back to his times of darkness.<br />
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==Beliefs==<br />
===The Craskian Theorem===<br />
This was the unofficial name of Crask’s particular school of thought he had developed regarding the Force. Ironically, he believed much the same as [[starwars:Palpatine|Palpatine]] had about the mystical energy field that bound together all living things. Crask felt there were no light or dark sides to the Force but rather it simply was and those who could touch it did with it what they would for better or worse. To Crask, intent was what mattered and the rest flowed from this core idea.<br />
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This belief nearly led him to dissent before the [[starwars:Jedi Order|Jedi Order]] was destroyed by [[starwars:Order 66|Order 66]]. It was reinforced endlessly over decades as Crask watched others die at the hands of Sidious and his apprentice Vader during the Purge until they too were struck down by the son of Skywalker. Crask did not see this as the holy restoration of “good” over “evil” as did the rest of the galaxy. To him this was yet another lesson that intent fueled with enough power achieved anything.<br />
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Yet Crask respected this synergy of will and power. He respected it and its origin: [[starwars:The Force|the Force]]. Where so many had trivialized it through its casual use, Crask maintained that like all power, it should be respected and thus not invoked lightly. So Crask and his followers did not employ it randomly or unnecessarily. It was used when needed and nothing more. The common uses by Skywalker’s New Jedi Order and Sidious’ fallen regime were viewed as perverse, vulgar displays of power by Crask’s Jedi. Clear evidence that their institutions of authority were corrupt and invalid. In Crask’s mind, one who abused his power so was fit to neither wield it nor see his will done through it.<br />
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==Important Relationships==<br />
To understand Omancor Crask is to understand a man at odds with the precepts of his world. Crask's path was influenced by several key relationships throughout his long history and three among them were the most important.<br />
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===Meadan Clor===<br />
A young human female, Meadan was Crask's first apprentice as a master in the twilight of the Jedi Order. Meadan was exceptionally bright and well-gifted in the Force, but what drew Crask to her was her intensity and drive to succeed. These qualities were rare in one so young. Crask found them lacking even in ones who had already attained Knighthood. He could not help but admire his student as he guided her for her fierce devotion to the Force. It was clear to him that somewhere this young woman had been instilled with personal standards beyond even what the Order expected of its students. Crask knew it had less to do with his tutelage and more to do with something intrinsic to her nature and being.<br />
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As things turned worse for the Order and Crask's beliefs were tested, Meadan had come to be less a student and more a constant center to him. The lines of their relationship blurred and drew criticism from the Jedi Council and other masters of the Order. Crask would later reflect with bitter irony on the Council's knowledge of his feelings for Meadan yet utter blindness to Palpatine's insidious plot in their very midst.<br />
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When Order 66 was issued, Crask and Meadan made plans to escape and [[starwars:Conclave on Kessel|rendezvous at Kessel]] with others fleeing the Purge. When Meadan's vessel was intercepted by elements of the new [[starwars:Imperial Navy|Imperial Navy]] and [[starwars:501st Legion|501st Legion]], she and her fellow refugees were slaughtered to a man. Meadan Clor's murder, coupled with his doubts-turned-disgust with the Order, pushed Crask into a very dark place in his life. His inability to predict what had befallen them, nor stop it, led to unmittigated rage and guilt that pushed wide the door to the dark side of the Force.<br />
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===Khaemyn Rua===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
===Rade===<br />
Rade was like a son to Crask. Though large and powerfully built for a human, Rade's physical gifts were far outstripped by those he possessed in [[starwars:The Force|the Force]]. The seemingly perfect Rade was a natural favorite of Crask's.<br />
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As Rade matured under Crask's guidance, he grew into a man who challenged and questioned the things around him. Crask secretly liked the young man all the more for it but at the same time found it troubling as the usually obedient Rade became more difficult to control.<br />
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The war against the Brotherhood further strained the pair's relationship as Rade expressed grave reserve over the merit of the endeavor. Ultimately he obeyed his master's will, but Crask knew the gamble he had taken on [[Antei]] and that if his true intentions were discovered, Rade would move against him.<br />
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What Crask did not perceive, or perhaps react appropriately to, were Rade's feelings for Jedi commrade Khaemyn Rua. This failure to recognize feelings Crask himself should have been intimately familiar with ultimately led to his downfall.<br />
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==Special Powers and Abilities==<br />
===Affect Force Imprint===<br />
As Darth Carnus, Crask had mastered the terrifying ability to strip one not only of his connection to the Force, but his very identity as a free-thinking being. He could then imprint his victim with a perspective that made him amenable to Crask's will effectively proselytizing his opponents instantly. This power most closely resembled Affect Force Imprint to students of the Brotherhood's dark arts but was far more refined.<br />
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Alternatively, Crask could seize one who was Force-deaf and imprint that subject with primitive and undisciplined, yet powerful, abilities turning them into what became colloquially known as a "Berserker" during the [[Ninth Great Jedi War]]. These Berserkers could be transformed in seconds from loyal soldiers of Crask's enemies to wild and flailing conduits of deadly [[starwars:Force Lightning|Force Lightning]] and other manifestations turned back on their masters. Berserkers seldom lived long beyond their transformation.<br />
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===Emerald Lightning===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
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==Possessions and Artifacts==<br />
===The Holocron of Omancor Crask===<br />
Constructed in the time of his return to the light, Crask’s [[starwars:Holocron|holocron]] is in the traditional Jedi design of a cube. Though versed in the construction of a pyramidal—arguably superior—[[starwars:Sith holocron|Sith holocron]], Crask chose the Jedi technique so that his lessons and teachings would not be mistaken for dark side madness and they would be accessible to more Force-users after his passing. In his holocron, Crask detailed the synthesis of ideas he explored while both Jedi and Sith and used the device as a memoir of his life.<br />
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The holocron was also believed to contain the text of Crask’s treatise: The Intent of Power.<br />
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===The Sword of Shadday Potkin===<br />
Omancor’s original lightsaber was destroyed in the ensuing chaos of Order 66. Following the death of his apprentice Meadan Clor, enroute to the Conclave on Kessel, Crask retrieved the [[starwars:Cortosis|cortosis]] sword of Jedi Master [[starwars:Shadday Potkin|Shadday Potkin]]. Herself slain at the meeting by Darth Vader, the blade was mistakenly left behind still buried in the chest of [[starwars:Koffi Arana|Koffi Arana]].<br />
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A short-sword in design, the blade was extremely effective at close-range and its metallurgic properties made it a formidable weapon especially when pitted against a lightsaber. The weapon had taken the lives of several Jedi Masters as well as having wounded Darth Vader himself. Crask believed it possible the blade had become tainted by the hatred it had been wielded with.<br />
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===The Sith Robes of Darth Carnus===<br />
Ornate robes saved by Crask as a reminder of how easily the fallacy of his trappings could define who he was.<br />
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{{Quote|We did this to ourselves. Anakin wasn’t evil. He lived in the Order as we all did and ultimately our weakness was his downfall. We created Vader. We made that monster. Palpatine pushed him over the edge, but we led him to it.|Jedi Master Omancor Crask speaks on the Jedi Order’s failure with Anakin Skywalker}}<br />
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'''Omancor Crask''', also known as '''Darth Carnus''' and '''He who is [[starwars:krel os'a hmi va ta|krel os'a hmi va ta]]''', was an exceptionally powerful [[starwars:Epicanthix|Epicanthix]] Force-user active in the span between the Rise of the Empire and the Dark Jedi Brotherhood eras. As a [[starwars:Jedi Master|Jedi Master]] he served in the [[starwars:Clone Wars|Clone Wars]] as a General and was a veteran of numerous campaigns. When Emperor [[starwars:Palpatine|Palpatine]] issued [[starwars:Order 66|Order 66]], Crask—like many of his former Jedi comrades—fled persecution from [[starwars:Galactic Empire|the Empire]] and went into seclusion. He was also one of the few Jedi known to have fallen to the dark side to become a Sith Lord, and yet return to the light many years later having mastered both ethereal facets of the Force. However, Crask’s journey back from darkness did not take him as close to the light of the Force as he had once been. The experience would see him embark on a new path all his own as no one before him had ever done.<br />
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==Character History==<br />
===An Early Light - 62 BBY===<br />
Born on [[starwars:Panatha|Panatha]] in 62 BBY, Crask was identified during infancy as being gifted with the Force. The Jedi Order removed him to [[starwars:Coruscant|Coruscant]] where he began his early training in the Jedi arts. Relative to his peers, Crask was very strong in the Force. Indeed a few Jedi Masters even thought Omancor could be the [[starwars:Chosen One|Chosen One]]. Gifted though he was, it was clear Crask’s talents lay in his early precision control over his abilities that took other students much longer to master. While it became evident his power in the Force did not run as deep as some, he developed a fine control that was seldom seen outside of the Masters.<br />
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===Way of the Jedi – 51 BBY (11 years of age)===<br />
[[image:Yur.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Jedi Master Yur Talo'tan]]<br />
In 51 BBY, Crask was accepted by the [[starwars:Elomin|Elomin]] Jedi Master Yur Talo’tan as a Padawan. The young Epicanthix apprentice took easily to the rigorous training and beneficent instructions of his master. Crask saw early on that the galaxy was in desperate need of those who would stand for peace and order. He wholly believed the Jedi Order to be the greatest bulwark to the events and beings seemingly determined to destroy the tentative peace of the time.<br />
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===Knighthood – 44 BBY (18 years of age)===<br />
At the age of 18 Crask’s exceptional control of his gifts saw him become one of the youngest Jedi of the time to be knighted. His reverence for the Force and belief that it was a gift bred in him a judicious and conservative mindset when calling its power. The [[starwars:Jedi High Council|Master’s Council]] was greatly concerned with commissioning Knights that shared their orthodox views of the Jedi’s role as protectors of the [[starwars:Galactic Republic|Republic]] despite the growing concern over the separation of Order and State. Crask wholeheartedly believed at the time that the Jedi were intrinsically bound to the Republic as it represented order, justice, and peace in the galaxy.<br />
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These tenuous concepts needed the care of those strong enough to ensure they would eventually take root elsewhere in a chaotic galaxy. For many Jedi like Crask, this was seen as their first duty and somewhere along the way the elusive Will of the Force was subordinated to the Will of the State. Unfortunately for Crask and the Jedi, their drive to protect peace and justice across the galaxy blinded them to the darkness rising in their midst.<br />
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===Jedi Master – 26 BBY (36 years of age)===<br />
[[image:Crask.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Jedi Master Omancor Crask in his days with the Order]]<br />
It was in the years following Crask’s ascension to Jedi Master that he began to see cracks in the veneer of the Order that led him to question their direction as Jedi. Before the Master ranks, many Jedi were not privy to the closed-door discussions of the Jedi Council. Nor were the younger of their Order aware of the elite circles of higher echelon Masters who debated grave issues not taught in the Jedi curriculum. It was clear to Crask in this time that much of what the Jedi had been taught were not whole and empirical truths, but partial ones. The deeper he examined what the Jedi Order was doing and why, the graver his concern became. Depsite this, Crask took his first apprentice, Meadan Clor.<br />
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===The Clone Wars – 22 BBY (40 years of age)===<br />
[[image:Clone_wars1.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Crask saw several campaigns as a Jedi General]]<br />
Like all wars, the [[starwars:Clone Wars|Clone Wars]] struck at the most inopportune of times for Crask. He already questioned the Order’s direction and his place in it. When the war came, Omancor found himself again uncertain as to the role of the Jedi in the political and military turmoil. Though Jedi were martial in nature, they were not soldiers. Crask was suddenly a brevet general in an order he was unsure of and embroiled in a war in which he felt their position should be not to intervene. <br />
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It was also in this time that Crask struggled as to how to properly guide his apprentice Meadan Clor (born 43 BBY); a vibrant and gifted young woman with whom Crask’s relationship was criticized. Conflicted, the Jedi Master had difficulty reconciling his feelings for Meadan in the ways the Council deemed inappropriate. Throughout her mentorship the two grew closer despite everything to the contrary. Crask was at war internally with the orthodoxy of the Jedi Order and what he perceived as his own weakness for his feelings about Clor. Despite himself, Crask contravened traditional Jedi stoicism and embraced his feelings.<br />
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===Order 66 – 19 BBY (43 years of age)===<br />
Near the end of the Clone Wars [[starwars:Order 66|Order 66]] was issued and Crask survived only to watch countless numbers of Jedi fall. [[starwars:Darth Vader|Anakin Skywalker]] cut them down without mercy and the already disillusioned Jedi Master was unable to stop him. Fleeing with Meadan and a few other survivors Crask was torn between anguish and dark elation. Though the Order was decimated and the loss bitter to him, he also realized that his feelings for Meadan could be realized and explored.<br />
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[[image:Conclave.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Koffi Arana slain by the sword of Shadday Potkin at the Conclave on Kessel]]<br />
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However, Crask’s apprentice did not survive the persecution of Skywalker now in the guise of Darth Vader. Meadan Clor was overwhelmed and killed by elements of Vader’s [[starwars:501st Legion|501st Legion]] en route to the [[starwars:Conclave on Kessel|Conclave on Kessel]]. Having traveled separately to the Jedi meeting, Crask chose not to continue on upon learning of her death. The misfortune of Meadan’s death and providence of Crask’s decision worked in turn to save his life. No Jedi who attended the meeting at [[starwars:Kessel|Kessel]] survived.<br />
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===Descent – 19 BBY – 9 BBY (43 to 53 years of age)===<br />
Mercilessly hunted by the Empire, Crask fled from world to world in the wake of the [[starwars:Jedi Purge|Jedi Purge]]. Sometime in 9 BBY having been hunted for nearly 10 years, Crask did the unthinkable for a Jedi and sacrificed an innocent life to save himself. Whether out of madness or instinct, Crask was deeply troubled by the act and unable to reconcile what he thought he was with what he seemed to have become. His dissolution, anger, and isolation had finally overwhelmed him to the point where he could no longer find even the slightest comfort or answer in the light side of the Force.<br />
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In the years following the Great Jedi Purge Crask had ample time to consider what had befallen them. Bitterness took hold within him as he examined every aspect of how Palpatine had made fools of them. Omancor remarked on how pompous they had been to think themselves impervious to threat. The more he contemplated their destruction, the more he believed that the fault was not with Palpatine or Vader, but themselves. He felt the Jedi were to blame for their arrogance, naïveté, and intractability.<br />
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Crask spent months visiting remote worlds free of inhabitants and distraction. He turned inward for answers to the questions that plagued him and found little solace. Finally Crask realized that he could find no answers in the Jedi way of the Force because he was no longer a Jedi in that sense. He had become something else in the interim of the Purge that had perhaps found its origin in him even before Palpatine issued his fateful order. He had done what was necessary to survive to include the taking of an innocent life. He had done finally what best served him alone.<br />
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This concept began to foment in his mind as the only valid course of action available to him. If he served no one, then he served himself. Crask reasoned that if this was the case then he was no longer bound by the strictures of the Jedi Order, the light side of the Force, or any code at all. His anger and nihilism deepened as he began to see that had he, the Order, or any of the Jedi been willing to do what was necessary, then Order 66, the Purge, the destruction of their way of life and the ascension of those with the courage of their convictions could never have come to pass. For Crask, if there was no light to guide his way, then there was only darkness.<br />
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===Sith Absolutism – 9 BBY – 24 ABY (53 to 86 years of age)===<br />
[[image:Darth_Carnus1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Darth Carnus]]<br />
It was in this time that Crask recognized himself as having fully separated from the light. His moral quandary over what he had become had long since faded to memory and he concerned himself with the progression of his skills unbound by Jedi law. As any follower of an old path would, Crask looked to those who had tread into darkness before him and studied the Sith Lords of old. In copies of ancient texts he found wisdom from the stigmatized perspective of the Sith and other adherents of arts without the light.<br />
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As he learned more of what the Council had suppressed, his anger ran deeper than ever before at how they had allowed themselves to be duped and annihilated. The warnings were all there. The strategies Palpatine employed had been penned a thousand years before. Crask reasoned the fall of the Jedi had been more inevitability than victory. Despite the blame he placed on [[starwars:Yoda|Yoda]] and the Council, he could not lay down his own guilt and when he learned of the deaths of Sidious and Vader he added their culpability to his burden as well.<br />
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Rather than elation, Omancor felt disgusted, ashamed, and bitter. He shed the last of himself he had carried in the years since to include his very name. But there remained one vestige of his former self that would never be laid down. He took a Sith name not out of vanity or ambition, but out of ''guilt''. Crask thought of himself from then on as Carnus; for that was what he had wrought: carnage. To his knowledge few remained of the days of the fall of the Jedi Order so he would bear the weight of its responsibility alone.<br />
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===One Sith – 24 ABY (86 years of age)===<br />
Despite some accounts indicating the [[starwars:One Sith|One Sith]] beginning c. 30 ABY, the organization may have likely found its early roots in 24 ABY with the political, philosophical, and organizational foundation being laid by the mysterious [[starwars:Darth Krayt|Darth Krayt]]; then known as A’Sharad Hett. Carnus, still searching for answers to questions raised in his time with the Jedi Order, was among the first brought into Krayt’s fold and for the first time in 45 years he was not alone.<br />
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[[image:Krayt.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Crask would become one of Darth Krayt's earliest disciples]]<br />
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Hett ostensibly shared Carnus’ grief over the events of the Purge and seemed to possess his sense of responsibility. Carnus underwent the [[starwars:Sith tattoo|ritual tattooing]] that would come to characterize the One Sith and was given the hallowed title of [[starwars:Darth|Darth]]. Fully indoctrinated, Darth Carnus’ power broadened as he learned techniques in the Force to which he had previously not had access. Under Krayt’s Order, he began to master doctrines, methodologies, and philosophies on the Force that represented 25,000 years of Sith thought.<br />
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[[image:One_Sith.jpg|thumb|200px|right|One Sith]]<br />
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===Yuuzhan Vong War – 25 ABY (87 years of age)===<br />
When the [[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong War|Yuuzhan Vong War]] began in 25 ABY it was but one of a number of schisms that divided the galaxy. Though Carnus’ path had taken him far from his days at the [[starwars:Jedi Temple]], he still bore a certain reverence for the Force in any incarnation, light or dark. So it was when the [[starwars:Far-Outsiders|Far-Outsiders]]—utter abominations in Carnus’ eyes—invaded, he called for the One Sith to act.<br />
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However, the [[starwars:Dread Lord|Dread Lord]] Darth Krayt harbored machinations that far outstripped the [[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong|Yuuzhan Vong]] and the war they had brought to the galaxy. His eyes were on the future and he did not fear the Vong and thus chose not to involve the nascent One Sith in a war whose outcome Krayt felt irrelevant to his goals. Carnus disagreed entirely and believed Krayt to have missed the significance of the invaders existence outside the Force. Krayt brooked no discord among his kind and a rift formed between the two that would ultimately see their parting.<br />
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===Back to the Light – 28 ABY (90 years of age)===<br />
It was in this time that Carnus’ eyes were opened to what the One Sith would bring about. In a vision of the future, Carnus witnessed the resurgence of what he referred to as “The Next Empire” that would be brought into being by the might of the One Sith. Despite his education in Sith philosophy and receptiveness to absolutist ideals, Carnus’ memories of his persecution ran deep and he could not accept another Empire constructed in the image of the old. Though decades had passed since her death, Carnus’ sense of loss over what could have been with Meadan was ever potent. In opposing a resurgent Empire, Carnus’ grief found purpose he felt to be beyond all he had done since the twilight of the Jedi.<br />
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Coupled with Krayt’s indifference to the abominable Yuuzhan Vong, Carnus chose to alter his path again and leave yet another order behind. But nor did Carnus agree with what the son of Skywalker had wrought with the Jedi in his absence from the light. Carnus took a harsh view of the fledgling [[starwars:New Jedi Order|New Jedi Order]] under [[starwars:Luke Skywalker|Luke Skywalker]] and deemed it unworthy to combat the threat of the Yuuzhan Vong. He knew he would require a force capable of both eradicating the Far-Outsiders and ultimately challenging Krayt’s bid for power that would renew the Empire.<br />
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===Crask’s Reform – 28 ABY (90 years of age)===<br />
To achieve his goals, Carnus realized he could look to no Sith or purported dark sider to aid him. Those he knew of answered to Darth Krayt alone and shared his ideals. In 28 ABY Carnus would leave off the Sith mantle and once again become Omancor Crask, Jedi Master. Though the paradigm of his thought on the Force and his place in it had not shifted, he felt his ends would be best served by making his way back towards the light.<br />
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But this was not the rebirth into the light so many previous fallen Jedi had experienced. He was not “saved” in any sense. Crask was nearly as lost as he had always been but for his commitment to expel the Far-Outsiders and stop the rise of the next Empire. Still the cynical pragmatist, this was perhaps the most Sith-like action he had ever undertaken in knowing that to defeat armies of darkness, he required armies of light. He drew to him those Force-users whose motives included the old dictums of the Jedi Order: Justice and Peace, but ones that were also willing to go farther to obtain these ends than Skywalker’s band.<br />
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Crask told these new adherents what they needed to hear and kept his past and true disposition secret from even their gifted senses. None, even Khaemyn Rua and Rade, knew he had been Darth Carnus. He trained them how he knew Jedi needed to be trained to exist in times without peace. He taught them the curriculum he felt he should have been given as a student at the Temple. He replaced the cryptic, contradictory philosophies of Master Yoda with practical philosophies of politics and war. Crask created in his young Jedi what he knew the galaxy would require to survive the next storm.<br />
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For those too weak in the Force or who would not fully accept his doctrine, Crask had another lesson to teach. In his time at study in the darker arts of the Force Crask had learned to wipe away one’s abilities and imprint him with new ones. This conversion not only affected the recipient’s powers, but his mind as well giving Crask the ability to forcibly shape what he required in his adherents.<br />
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===Expedition to Antei – 29 ABY (91 years of age)===<br />
In his exploits purging the galaxy of the abomination of the Far-Outsiders, Crask discovered the location of a Yuuzhan Vong task force in the remote [[Antei system]]. He was overwhelmed by the magnitude of his discovery when he realized he had found the Vong occupying a Sith stronghold only recently abandoned. Using a virulent strain of [[starwars:Alpha Red|Alpha Red]] obtained through a sympathetic source inside Skywalker’s New Jedi Order, Crask exterminated the Vong presence on [[Antei]] and throughout the anomaly known as [[the Shroud]] in order to learn more about these dark siders of whom almost no one was previously aware.<br />
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[[image:Crask_Antei.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Crask at war with the Brotherhood on Antei]]<br />
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Once the Yuuzhan Vong had been wiped out, Crask occupied the planet with a force of some fifty [[starwars:Jedi Knight|Jedi Knights]] accompanied by thousands of [[starwars:Battle droid|battle droids]] and several Jedi Masters. Crask had programmed his droids specifically to engage with Force-users in his preparations to eventually face the One Sith. The droids employed a variety of ballistic weaponry that negated much of a Jedi’s advantage to turn more conventional blaster bolts back on their opponents with their favored [[starwars:Lightsaber|lightsabers]]. Crasks’ forces had also trained extensively to combat the Yuuzhan Vong and found their mass-driver weaponry effective against the galactic invaders.<br />
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In addition to his primary force of battle droids, Crask had in his service a small number of [[starwars:IG-100 MagnaGuard|IG-100 MagnaGuards]]. These rare and prized vestiges of the Clone Wars were kept close-at-hand by Crask and his aides-de-camps. They were remarkably effective Jedi-killers and had received special software upgrades designed by Crask himself.<br />
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In what would become known as the [[Ninth Great Jedi War]], Crask's forces engaged the combined elements of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood at Antei.<br />
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===Demise===<br />
Crask's defeat came shortly after one of his greatest victories. The war for [[Antei]] reached a climax when Crask ostensibly surrendered himself to the Dark Lord [[Sarin]] in a gambit to put himself within striking distance of ending the conflict. On board the Brotherhood warship [[BAC Exodus|''Exodus'']], Crask revealed to all his true nature and the magnitude of his power. Taking the [[Grand Master]] and his cohort by surprise, Crask quickly turned the seemingly grim situation to his advantage and engaged Sarin in single combat.<br />
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The maelstrom created by the two great lords' conflict crippled ''Exodus'' sending the cruiser spinning helplessly into Antei's gravitational pull where it was destroyed on the surface. Barely surviving, Sarin rose to meet Omancor Crask once again to finish the duel that had begun in orbit and would now conclude on the surface amongst the burning remnants of the [[starwars:Bothan|Bothan]] assault cruiser.<br />
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Sarin, having lost his arm and his lightsaber, was no match for Crask as he pressed his advantage. Crask finished Sarin with a riposte that pierced the Grand Master's chest and the dark heart of the Brotherhood itself. However, moments after Sarin's death, Crask's own apprentice Rade slew the aged Epicanthix master after having learned of his betrayal and murder of Khaemyn Rua aboard ''Exodus''. Crask had ended the war, but it was the Brotherhood that survived.<br />
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==Characteristics==<br />
===Physical Appearance===<br />
His frame was compact at 1.82 meters but well-laden with muscle developed over nearly a century of hardship. Crask’s body was stocky and showed signs of his age even for an Epicanthix. But it was clear that his ruggedly tanned and battered skin still coursed with muscle and energy belying his age.<br />
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Crask’s hair was gray and often wild in appearance when not kept back from his face. Massive sideburns typically framed his square jaw that was often set grimly in disapproval of his apprentices. He wore simple garments of worn and coarse brown fabric that provided utility in warm and cold climates.<br />
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===Sith Tattoos===<br />
Though few had seen them, Crask’s entire body was covered in the faded remains of [[starwars:Sith tattoo|Sith tattoos]] from his days as Darth Carnus under the One Sith. The nature of the tattoos was such that they were indelibly marked into his skin. Over time Crask used his skill to suppress them so that they appeared faded and less noticeable though the remnants could sometimes be seen on his forearms or face, where the skin was exposed, especially when angered.<br />
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His skin tone remained ruddy but much lighter than the deep red pigment his body was stained with during his initiation to the One Sith. Suppressing the tattoos was a constant struggle. His students often mistook the dark circles under his eyes for fatigue, stress, and age, but when fed by anger or hatred the tattoos re-emerged to remind Crask that he would never be far from his past.<br />
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===Demeanor===<br />
Crask often walked alone in brooding contemplation. He was prone to shove his hands into the opposite sleeves of his robe and walk for hours with arms folded and head bowed. He was not easily approached and often such was done only by his senior apprentices Khaemyn Rua and Rade. Crask was not cantankerous, but was perceived so by some of the younger in his fold. He was quiet and grim. His anger was not easily roused, but could establish itself terribly and without warning hearkening back to his times of darkness.<br />
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==Beliefs==<br />
===The Craskian Theorem===<br />
This was the unofficial name of Crask’s particular school of thought he had developed regarding the Force. Ironically, he believed much the same as [[starwars:Palpatine|Palpatine]] had about the mystical energy field that bound together all living things. Crask felt there were no light or dark sides to the Force but rather it simply was and those who could touch it did with it what they would for better or worse. To Crask, intent was what mattered and the rest flowed from this core idea.<br />
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This belief nearly led him to dissent before the [[starwars:Jedi Order|Jedi Order]] was destroyed by [[starwars:Order 66|Order 66]]. It was reinforced endlessly over decades as Crask watched others die at the hands of Sidious and his apprentice Vader during the Purge until they too were struck down by the son of Skywalker. Crask did not see this as the holy restoration of “good” over “evil” as did the rest of the galaxy. To him this was yet another lesson that intent fueled with enough power achieved anything.<br />
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Yet Crask respected this synergy of will and power. He respected it and its origin: [[starwars:The Force|the Force]]. Where so many had trivialized it through its casual use, Crask maintained that like all power, it should be respected and thus not invoked lightly. So Crask and his followers did not employ it randomly or unnecessarily. It was used when needed and nothing more. The common uses by Skywalker’s New Jedi Order and Sidious’ fallen regime were viewed as perverse, vulgar displays of power by Crask’s Jedi. Clear evidence that their institutions of authority were corrupt and invalid. In Crask’s mind, one who abused his power so was fit to neither wield it nor see his will done through it.<br />
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==Important Relationships==<br />
To understand Omancor Crask is to understand a man at odds with the precepts of his world. Crask's path was influenced by several key relationships throughout his long history and three among them were the most important.<br />
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===Meadan Clor===<br />
A young human female, Meadan was Crask's first apprentice as a master in the twilight of the Jedi Order. Meadan was exceptionally bright and well-gifted in the Force, but what drew Crask to her was her intensity and drive to succeed. These qualities were rare in one so young. Crask found them lacking even in ones who had already attained Knighthood. He could not help but admire his student as he guided her for her fierce devotion to the Force. It was clear to him that somewhere this young woman had been instilled with personal standards beyond even what the Order expected of its students. Crask knew it had less to do with his tutelage and more to do with something intrinsic to her nature and being.<br />
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As things turned worse for the Order and Crask's beliefs were tested, Meadan had come to be less a student and more a constant center to him. The lines of their relationship blurred and drew criticism from the Jedi Council and other masters of the Order. Crask would later reflect with bitter irony on the Council's knowledge of his feelings for Meadan yet utter blindness to Palpatine's insidious plot in their very midst.<br />
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When Order 66 was issued, Crask and Meadan made plans to escape and [[starwars:Conclave on Kessel|rendezvous at Kessel]] with others fleeing the Purge. When Meadan's vessel was intercepted by elements of the new [[starwars:Imperial Navy|Imperial Navy]] and [[starwars:501st Legion|501st Legion]], she and her fellow refugees were slaughtered to a man. Meadan Clor's murder, coupled with his doubts-turned-disgust with the Order, pushed Crask into a very dark place in his life. His inability to predict what had befallen them, nor stop it, led to unmittigated rage and guilt that pushed wide the door to the dark side of the Force.<br />
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===Khaemyn Rua===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
===Rade===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
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==Special Powers and Abilities==<br />
===Affect Force Imprint===<br />
As Darth Carnus, Crask had mastered the terrifying ability to strip one not only of his connection to the Force, but his very identity as a free-thinking being. He could then imprint his victim with a perspective that made him amenable to Crask's will effectively proselytizing his opponents instantly. This power most closely resembled Affect Force Imprint to students of the Brotherhood's dark arts but was far more refined.<br />
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Alternatively, Crask could seize one who was Force-deaf and imprint that subject with primitive and undisciplined, yet powerful, abilities turning them into what became colloquially known as a "Berserker" during the [[Ninth Great Jedi War]]. These Berserkers could be transformed in seconds from loyal soldiers of Crask's enemies to wild and flailing conduits of deadly [[starwars:Force Lightning|Force Lightning]] and other manifestations turned back on their masters. Berserkers seldom lived long beyond their transformation.<br />
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===Emerald Lightning===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
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==Possessions and Artifacts==<br />
===The Holocron of Omancor Crask===<br />
Constructed in the time of his return to the light, Crask’s [[starwars:Holocron|holocron]] is in the traditional Jedi design of a cube. Though versed in the construction of a pyramidal—arguably superior—[[starwars:Sith holocron|Sith holocron]], Crask chose the Jedi technique so that his lessons and teachings would not be mistaken for dark side madness and they would be accessible to more Force-users after his passing. In his holocron, Crask detailed the synthesis of ideas he explored while both Jedi and Sith and used the device as a memoir of his life.<br />
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The holocron was also believed to contain the text of Crask’s treatise: The Intent of Power.<br />
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===The Sword of Shadday Potkin===<br />
Omancor’s original lightsaber was destroyed in the ensuing chaos of Order 66. Following the death of his apprentice Meadan Clor, enroute to the Conclave on Kessel, Crask retrieved the [[starwars:Cortosis|cortosis]] sword of Jedi Master [[starwars:Shadday Potkin|Shadday Potkin]]. Herself slain at the meeting by Darth Vader, the blade was mistakenly left behind still buried in the chest of [[starwars:Koffi Arana|Koffi Arana]].<br />
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A short-sword in design, the blade was extremely effective at close-range and its metallurgic properties made it a formidable weapon especially when pitted against a lightsaber. The weapon had taken the lives of several Jedi Masters as well as having wounded Darth Vader himself. Crask believed it possible the blade had become tainted by the hatred it had been wielded with.<br />
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===The Sith Robes of Darth Carnus===<br />
Ornate robes saved by Crask as a reminder of how easily the fallacy of his trappings could define who he was.<br />
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|name=Omancor Crask <br />
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|birth=[[100 BBY to 51 BBY#62 BBY|62 BBY]]<br />
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*Rade<br />
*Murathenes Pho<br />
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*[[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong|Yuuzhan Vong]]<br />
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{{Quote|We did this to ourselves. Anakin wasn’t evil. He lived in the Order as we all did and ultimately our weakness was his downfall. We created Vader. We made that monster. Palpatine pushed him over the edge, but we led him to it.|Jedi Master Omancor Crask speaks on the Jedi Order’s failure with Anakin Skywalker}}<br />
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'''Omancor Crask''', also known as '''Darth Carnus''' and '''He who is [[starwars:krel os'a hmi va ta|krel os'a hmi va ta]]''', was an exceptionally powerful [[starwars:Epicanthix|Epicanthix]] Force-user active in the span between the Rise of the Empire and the Dark Jedi Brotherhood eras. As a [[starwars:Jedi Master|Jedi Master]] he served in the [[starwars:Clone Wars|Clone Wars]] as a General and was a veteran of numerous campaigns. When Emperor [[starwars:Palpatine|Palpatine]] issued [[starwars:Order 66|Order 66]], Crask—like many of his former Jedi comrades—fled persecution from [[starwars:Galactic Empire|the Empire]] and went into seclusion. He was also one of the few Jedi known to have fallen to the dark side to become a Sith Lord, and yet return to the light many years later having mastered both ethereal facets of the Force. However, Crask’s journey back from darkness did not take him as close to the light of the Force as he had once been. The experience would see him embark on a new path all his own as no one before him had ever done.<br />
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==Character History==<br />
===An Early Light - 62 BBY===<br />
Born on [[starwars:Panatha|Panatha]] in 62 BBY, Crask was identified during infancy as being gifted with the Force. The Jedi Order removed him to [[starwars:Coruscant|Coruscant]] where he began his early training in the Jedi arts. Relative to his peers, Crask was very strong in the Force. Indeed a few Jedi Masters even thought Omancor could be the [[starwars:Chosen One|Chosen One]]. Gifted though he was, it was clear Crask’s talents lay in his early precision control over his abilities that took other students much longer to master. While it became evident his power in the Force did not run as deep as some, he developed a fine control that was seldom seen outside of the Masters.<br />
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===Way of the Jedi – 51 BBY (11 years of age)===<br />
[[image:Yur.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Jedi Master Yur Talo'tan]]<br />
In 51 BBY, Crask was accepted by the [[starwars:Elomin|Elomin]] Jedi Master Yur Talo’tan as a Padawan. The young Epicanthix apprentice took easily to the rigorous training and beneficent instructions of his master. Crask saw early on that the galaxy was in desperate need of those who would stand for peace and order. He wholly believed the Jedi Order to be the greatest bulwark to the events and beings seemingly determined to destroy the tentative peace of the time.<br />
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===Knighthood – 44 BBY (18 years of age)===<br />
At the age of 18 Crask’s exceptional control of his gifts saw him become one of the youngest Jedi of the time to be knighted. His reverence for the Force and belief that it was a gift bred in him a judicious and conservative mindset when calling its power. The [[starwars:Jedi High Council|Master’s Council]] was greatly concerned with commissioning Knights that shared their orthodox views of the Jedi’s role as protectors of the [[starwars:Galactic Republic|Republic]] despite the growing concern over the separation of Order and State. Crask wholeheartedly believed at the time that the Jedi were intrinsically bound to the Republic as it represented order, justice, and peace in the galaxy.<br />
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These tenuous concepts needed the care of those strong enough to ensure they would eventually take root elsewhere in a chaotic galaxy. For many Jedi like Crask, this was seen as their first duty and somewhere along the way the elusive Will of the Force was subordinated to the Will of the State. Unfortunately for Crask and the Jedi, their drive to protect peace and justice across the galaxy blinded them to the darkness rising in their midst.<br />
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===Jedi Master – 26 BBY (36 years of age)===<br />
[[image:Crask.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Jedi Master Omancor Crask in his days with the Order]]<br />
It was in the years following Crask’s ascension to Jedi Master that he began to see cracks in the veneer of the Order that led him to question their direction as Jedi. Before the Master ranks, many Jedi were not privy to the closed-door discussions of the Jedi Council. Nor were the younger of their Order aware of the elite circles of higher echelon Masters who debated grave issues not taught in the Jedi curriculum. It was clear to Crask in this time that much of what the Jedi had been taught were not whole and empirical truths, but partial ones. The deeper he examined what the Jedi Order was doing and why, the graver his concern became. Depsite this, Crask took his first apprentice, Meadan Clor.<br />
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===The Clone Wars – 22 BBY (40 years of age)===<br />
[[image:Clone_wars1.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Crask saw several campaigns as a Jedi General]]<br />
Like all wars, the [[starwars:Clone Wars|Clone Wars]] struck at the most inopportune of times for Crask. He already questioned the Order’s direction and his place in it. When the war came, Omancor found himself again uncertain as to the role of the Jedi in the political and military turmoil. Though Jedi were martial in nature, they were not soldiers. Crask was suddenly a brevet general in an order he was unsure of and embroiled in a war in which he felt their position should be not to intervene. <br />
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It was also in this time that Crask struggled as to how to properly guide his apprentice Meadan Clor (born 43 BBY); a vibrant and gifted young woman with whom Crask’s relationship was criticized. Conflicted, the Jedi Master had difficulty reconciling his feelings for Meadan in the ways the Council deemed inappropriate. Throughout her mentorship the two grew closer despite everything to the contrary. Crask was at war internally with the orthodoxy of the Jedi Order and what he perceived as his own weakness for his feelings about Clor. Despite himself, Crask contravened traditional Jedi stoicism and embraced his feelings.<br />
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===Order 66 – 19 BBY (43 years of age)===<br />
Near the end of the Clone Wars [[starwars:Order 66|Order 66]] was issued and Crask survived only to watch countless numbers of Jedi fall. [[starwars:Darth Vader|Anakin Skywalker]] cut them down without mercy and the already disillusioned Jedi Master was unable to stop him. Fleeing with Meadan and a few other survivors Crask was torn between anguish and dark elation. Though the Order was decimated and the loss bitter to him, he also realized that his feelings for Meadan could be realized and explored.<br />
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[[image:Conclave.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Koffi Arana slain by the sword of Shadday Potkin at the Conclave on Kessel]]<br />
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However, Crask’s apprentice did not survive the persecution of Skywalker now in the guise of Darth Vader. Meadan Clor was overwhelmed and killed by elements of Vader’s [[starwars:501st Legion|501st Legion]] en route to the [[starwars:Conclave on Kessel|Conclave on Kessel]]. Having traveled separately to the Jedi meeting, Crask chose not to continue on upon learning of her death. The misfortune of Meadan’s death and providence of Crask’s decision worked in turn to save his life. No Jedi who attended the meeting at [[starwars:Kessel|Kessel]] survived.<br />
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===Descent – 19 BBY – 9 BBY (43 to 53 years of age)===<br />
Mercilessly hunted by the Empire, Crask fled from world to world in the wake of the [[starwars:Jedi Purge|Jedi Purge]]. Sometime in 9 BBY having been hunted for nearly 10 years, Crask did the unthinkable for a Jedi and sacrificed an innocent life to save himself. Whether out of madness or instinct, Crask was deeply troubled by the act and unable to reconcile what he thought he was with what he seemed to have become. His dissolution, anger, and isolation had finally overwhelmed him to the point where he could no longer find even the slightest comfort or answer in the light side of the Force.<br />
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In the years following the Great Jedi Purge Crask had ample time to consider what had befallen them. Bitterness took hold within him as he examined every aspect of how Palpatine had made fools of them. Omancor remarked on how pompous they had been to think themselves impervious to threat. The more he contemplated their destruction, the more he believed that the fault was not with Palpatine or Vader, but themselves. He felt the Jedi were to blame for their arrogance, naïveté, and intractability.<br />
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Crask spent months visiting remote worlds free of inhabitants and distraction. He turned inward for answers to the questions that plagued him and found little solace. Finally Crask realized that he could find no answers in the Jedi way of the Force because he was no longer a Jedi in that sense. He had become something else in the interim of the Purge that had perhaps found its origin in him even before Palpatine issued his fateful order. He had done what was necessary to survive to include the taking of an innocent life. He had done finally what best served him alone.<br />
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This concept began to foment in his mind as the only valid course of action available to him. If he served no one, then he served himself. Crask reasoned that if this was the case then he was no longer bound by the strictures of the Jedi Order, the light side of the Force, or any code at all. His anger and nihilism deepened as he began to see that had he, the Order, or any of the Jedi been willing to do what was necessary, then Order 66, the Purge, the destruction of their way of life and the ascension of those with the courage of their convictions could never have come to pass. For Crask, if there was no light to guide his way, then there was only darkness.<br />
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===Sith Absolutism – 9 BBY – 24 ABY (53 to 86 years of age)===<br />
[[image:Darth_Carnus1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Darth Carnus]]<br />
It was in this time that Crask recognized himself as having fully separated from the light. His moral quandary over what he had become had long since faded to memory and he concerned himself with the progression of his skills unbound by Jedi law. As any follower of an old path would, Crask looked to those who had tread into darkness before him and studied the Sith Lords of old. In copies of ancient texts he found wisdom from the stigmatized perspective of the Sith and other adherents of arts without the light.<br />
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As he learned more of what the Council had suppressed, his anger ran deeper than ever before at how they had allowed themselves to be duped and annihilated. The warnings were all there. The strategies Palpatine employed had been penned a thousand years before. Crask reasoned the fall of the Jedi had been more inevitability than victory. Despite the blame he placed on [[starwars:Yoda|Yoda]] and the Council, he could not lay down his own guilt and when he learned of the deaths of Sidious and Vader he added their culpability to his burden as well.<br />
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Rather than elation, Omancor felt disgusted, ashamed, and bitter. He shed the last of himself he had carried in the years since to include his very name. But there remained one vestige of his former self that would never be laid down. He took a Sith name not out of vanity or ambition, but out of ''guilt''. Crask thought of himself from then on as Carnus; for that was what he had wrought: carnage. To his knowledge few remained of the days of the fall of the Jedi Order so he would bear the weight of its responsibility alone.<br />
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===One Sith – 24 ABY (86 years of age)===<br />
Despite some accounts indicating the [[starwars:One Sith|One Sith]] beginning c. 30 ABY, the organization may have likely found its early roots in 24 ABY with the political, philosophical, and organizational foundation being laid by the mysterious [[starwars:Darth Krayt|Darth Krayt]]; then known as A’Sharad Hett. Carnus, still searching for answers to questions raised in his time with the Jedi Order, was among the first brought into Krayt’s fold and for the first time in 45 years he was not alone.<br />
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[[image:Krayt.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Crask would become one of Darth Krayt's earliest disciples]]<br />
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Hett ostensibly shared Carnus’ grief over the events of the Purge and seemed to possess his sense of responsibility. Carnus underwent the [[starwars:Sith tattoo|ritual tattooing]] that would come to characterize the One Sith and was given the hallowed title of [[starwars:Darth|Darth]]. Fully indoctrinated, Darth Carnus’ power broadened as he learned techniques in the Force to which he had previously not had access. Under Krayt’s Order, he began to master doctrines, methodologies, and philosophies on the Force that represented 25,000 years of Sith thought.<br />
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[[image:One_Sith.jpg|thumb|200px|right|One Sith]]<br />
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===Yuuzhan Vong War – 25 ABY (87 years of age)===<br />
When the [[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong War|Yuuzhan Vong War]] began in 25 ABY it was but one of a number of schisms that divided the galaxy. Though Carnus’ path had taken him far from his days at the [[starwars:Jedi Temple]], he still bore a certain reverence for the Force in any incarnation, light or dark. So it was when the [[starwars:Far-Outsiders|Far-Outsiders]]—utter abominations in Carnus’ eyes—invaded, he called for the One Sith to act.<br />
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However, the [[starwars:Dread Lord|Dread Lord]] Darth Krayt harbored machinations that far outstripped the [[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong|Yuuzhan Vong]] and the war they had brought to the galaxy. His eyes were on the future and he did not fear the Vong and thus chose not to involve the nascent One Sith in a war whose outcome Krayt felt irrelevant to his goals. Carnus disagreed entirely and believed Krayt to have missed the significance of the invaders existence outside the Force. Krayt brooked no discord among his kind and a rift formed between the two that would ultimately see their parting.<br />
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===Back to the Light – 28 ABY (90 years of age)===<br />
It was in this time that Carnus’ eyes were opened to what the One Sith would bring about. In a vision of the future, Carnus witnessed the resurgence of what he referred to as “The Next Empire” that would be brought into being by the might of the One Sith. Despite his education in Sith philosophy and receptiveness to absolutist ideals, Carnus’ memories of his persecution ran deep and he could not accept another Empire constructed in the image of the old. Though decades had passed since her death, Carnus’ sense of loss over what could have been with Meadan was ever potent. In opposing a resurgent Empire, Carnus’ grief found purpose he felt to be beyond all he had done since the twilight of the Jedi.<br />
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Coupled with Krayt’s indifference to the abominable Yuuzhan Vong, Carnus chose to alter his path again and leave yet another order behind. But nor did Carnus agree with what the son of Skywalker had wrought with the Jedi in his absence from the light. Carnus took a harsh view of the fledgling [[starwars:New Jedi Order|New Jedi Order]] under [[starwars:Luke Skywalker|Luke Skywalker]] and deemed it unworthy to combat the threat of the Yuuzhan Vong. He knew he would require a force capable of both eradicating the Far-Outsiders and ultimately challenging Krayt’s bid for power that would renew the Empire.<br />
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===Crask’s Reform – 28 ABY (90 years of age)===<br />
To achieve his goals, Carnus realized he could look to no Sith or purported dark sider to aid him. Those he knew of answered to Darth Krayt alone and shared his ideals. In 28 ABY Carnus would leave off the Sith mantle and once again become Omancor Crask, Jedi Master. Though the paradigm of his thought on the Force and his place in it had not shifted, he felt his ends would be best served by making his way back towards the light.<br />
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But this was not the rebirth into the light so many previous fallen Jedi had experienced. He was not “saved” in any sense. Crask was nearly as lost as he had always been but for his commitment to expel the Far-Outsiders and stop the rise of the next Empire. Still the cynical pragmatist, this was perhaps the most Sith-like action he had ever undertaken in knowing that to defeat armies of darkness, he required armies of light. He drew to him those Force-users whose motives included the old dictums of the Jedi Order: Justice and Peace, but ones that were also willing to go farther to obtain these ends than Skywalker’s band.<br />
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Crask told these new adherents what they needed to hear and kept his past and true disposition secret from even their gifted senses. None, even Khaemyn Rua and Rade, knew he had been Darth Carnus. He trained them how he knew Jedi needed to be trained to exist in times without peace. He taught them the curriculum he felt he should have been given as a student at the Temple. He replaced the cryptic, contradictory philosophies of Master Yoda with practical philosophies of politics and war. Crask created in his young Jedi what he knew the galaxy would require to survive the next storm.<br />
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For those too weak in the Force or who would not fully accept his doctrine, Crask had another lesson to teach. In his time at study in the darker arts of the Force Crask had learned to wipe away one’s abilities and imprint him with new ones. This conversion not only affected the recipient’s powers, but his mind as well giving Crask the ability to forcibly shape what he required in his adherents.<br />
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===Expedition to Antei – 29 ABY (91 years of age)===<br />
In his exploits purging the galaxy of the abomination of the Far-Outsiders, Crask discovered the location of a Yuuzhan Vong task force in the remote [[Antei system]]. He was overwhelmed by the magnitude of his discovery when he realized he had found the Vong occupying a Sith stronghold only recently abandoned. Using a virulent strain of [[starwars:Alpha Red|Alpha Red]] obtained through a sympathetic source inside Skywalker’s New Jedi Order, Crask exterminated the Vong presence on [[Antei]] and throughout the anomaly known as [[the Shroud]] in order to learn more about these dark siders of whom almost no one was previously aware.<br />
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[[image:Crask_Antei.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Crask at war with the Brotherhood on Antei]]<br />
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Once the Yuuzhan Vong had been wiped out, Crask occupied the planet with a force of some fifty [[starwars:Jedi Knight|Jedi Knights]] accompanied by thousands of [[starwars:Battle droid|battle droids]] and several Jedi Masters. Crask had programmed his droids specifically to engage with Force-users in his preparations to eventually face the One Sith. The droids employed a variety of ballistic weaponry that negated much of a Jedi’s advantage to turn more conventional blaster bolts back on their opponents with their favored [[starwars:Lightsaber|lightsabers]]. Crasks’ forces had also trained extensively to combat the Yuuzhan Vong and found their mass-driver weaponry effective against the galactic invaders.<br />
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In addition to his primary force of battle droids, Crask had in his service a small number of [[starwars:IG-100 MagnaGuard|IG-100 MagnaGuards]]. These rare and prized vestiges of the Clone Wars were kept close-at-hand by Crask and his aides-de-camps. They were remarkably effective Jedi-killers and had received special software upgrades designed by Crask himself.<br />
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In what would become known as the [[Ninth Great Jedi War]], Crask's forces engaged the combined elements of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood at Antei.<br />
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===Demise===<br />
Crask's defeat came shortly after one of his greatest victories. The war for [[Antei]] reached a climax when Crask ostensibly surrendered himself to the Dark Lord [[Sarin]] in a gambit to put himself within striking distance of ending the conflict. On board the Brotherhood warship [[BAC Exodus|''Exodus'']], Crask revealed to all his true nature and the magnitude of his power. Taking the [[Grand Master]] and his cohort by surprise, Crask quickly turned the seemingly grim situation to his advantage and engaged Sarin in single combat.<br />
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The maelstrom created by the two great lords' conflict crippled ''Exodus'' sending the cruiser spinning helplessly into Antei's gravitational pull where it was destroyed on the surface. Barely surviving, Sarin rose to meet Omancor Crask once again to finish the duel that had begun in orbit and would now conclude on the surface amongst the burning remnants of the [[starwars:Bothan|Bothan]] assault cruiser.<br />
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Sarin, having lost his arm and his lightsaber, was no match for Crask as he pressed his advantage. Crask finished Sarin with a riposte that pierced the Grand Master's chest and the dark heart of the Brotherhood itself. However, moments after Sarin's death, Crask's own apprentice Rade slew the aged Epicanthix master after having learned of his betrayal and murder of Khaemyn Rua aboard ''Exodus''. Crask had ended the war, but it was the Brotherhood that survived.<br />
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==Characteristics==<br />
===Physical Appearance===<br />
His frame was compact at 1.82 meters but well-laden with muscle developed over nearly a century of hardship. Crask’s body was stocky and showed signs of his age even for an Epicanthix. But it was clear that his ruggedly tanned and battered skin still coursed with muscle and energy belying his age.<br />
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Crask’s hair was gray and often wild in appearance when not kept back from his face. His massive sideburns framed his square jaw that was often set grimly in disapproval of his apprentices. He wore simple garments of worn and course brown fabric that provided utility in warm and cold climates.<br />
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===Sith Tattoos===<br />
Though few had seen them, Crask’s entire body was covered in the faded remains of Sith tattoos from his days as Darth Carnus under the One Sith. The nature of the tattoos was such that they were indelibly marked into his skin. Over time Crask used his skill to suppress them so that they appeared faded and less noticeable though the remnants could sometimes be seen on his forearms or face, where the skin was exposed, in times of anger.<br />
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His skin tone remained ruddy but much lighter than the deep red pigment his body was stained with during his initiation to the One Sith. Suppressing the tattoos was a constant struggle. His students often mistook the dark circles under his eyes for fatigue, stress, and age, but when fed by anger or hatred the tattoos re-emerged to remind Crask that he would never be far from his past.<br />
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===Demeanor===<br />
Crask often walked alone in brooding contemplation. He was prone to shove his hands into the opposite sleeves of his robe and walk for hours with arms folded and head bowed. He was not easily approached and often such was done only by his senior apprentices Khaemyn Rua and Rade. Crask was not cantankerous, but was perceived so by some of the younger in his fold. He was quiet and grim. His anger was not easily roused, but could establish itself terribly and without warning hearkening back to his times of darkness.<br />
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==Beliefs==<br />
===The Craskian Theorem===<br />
This was the unofficial name of Crask’s particular school of thought he had developed regarding the Force. Ironically, he believed much the same as Palpatine had about the mystical energy field that bound together all living things. Crask felt there were no light or dark sides to the Force but rather it simply was and those who could touch it did with it what they would for better or worse. To Crask, intent was what mattered and the rest flowed from this core idea.<br />
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This belief nearly led him to dissent before the Jedi Order was destroyed by Order 66. It was reinforced endlessly over decades as Crask watched others die at the hands of Sidious and his apprentice Vader during the Purge until they too were struck down by the son of Skywalker. Crask did not see this as the holy restoration of “good” over “evil” as did the rest of the galaxy. To him this was yet another lesson that intent fueled with enough power achieved anything.<br />
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Yet Crask respected this synergy of will and power. He respected it and its origin: [[starwars:The Force|the Force]]. Where so many had trivialized it through its casual use, Crask maintained that like all power, it should be respected and thus not invoked lightly. So Crask and his followers did not employ it randomly or unnecessarily. It was used when needed and nothing more. The common uses by Skywalker’s New Jedi Order and Sidious’ fallen regime were viewed as perverse, vulgar displays of power by Crask’s Jedi. Clear evidence that their institutions of authority were corrupt and invalid. In Crask’s mind, one who abused his power so was fit to neither wield it nor see his will done through it.<br />
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==Important Relationships==<br />
===Meadan Clor===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
===Khaemyn Rua===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
===Rade===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
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==Special Powers and Abilities==<br />
===Affect Force Imprint===<br />
As Darth Carnus, Crask had mastered the terrifying ability to strip one not only of his connection to the Force, but his very identity as a free-thinking being. He could then imprint his victim with a perspective that made him amenable to Crask's will effectively proselytizing his opponents instantly. This power most closely resembled Affect Force Imprint to students of the Brotherhood's dark arts but was far more refined.<br />
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Alternatively, Crask could seize one who was Force-deaf and imprint that subject with primitive and undisciplined, yet powerful, abilities turning them into what became colloquially known as a "Berserker" during the [[Ninth Great Jedi War]]. These Berserkers could be transformed in seconds from loyal soldiers of Crask's enemies to wild and flailing conduits of deadly [[starwars:Force Lightning|Force Lightning]] and other manifestations turned back on their masters. Berserkers seldom lived long beyond their transformation.<br />
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===Emerald Lightning===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
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==Possessions and Artifacts==<br />
===The Holocron of Omancor Crask===<br />
Constructed in the time of his return to the light, Crask’s [[starwars:Holocron|holocron]] is in the traditional Jedi design of a cube. Though versed in the construction of a pyramidal—arguably superior—[[starwars:Sith holocron|Sith holocron]], Crask chose the Jedi technique so that his lessons and teachings would not be mistaken for dark side madness and they would be accessible to more Force-users after his passing. In his holocron, Crask detailed the synthesis of ideas he explored while both Jedi and Sith and used the device as a memoir of his life.<br />
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The holocron was also believed to contain the text of Crask’s treatise: The Intent of Power.<br />
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===The Sword of Shadday Potkin===<br />
Omancor’s original lightsaber was destroyed in the ensuing chaos of Order 66. Following the death of his apprentice Meadan Clor, enroute to the Conclave on Kessel, Crask retrieved the [[starwars:Cortosis|cortosis]] sword of Jedi Master [[starwars:Shadday Potkin|Shadday Potkin]]. Herself slain at the meeting by Darth Vader, the blade was mistakenly left behind still buried in the chest of [[starwars:Koffi Arana|Koffi Arana]].<br />
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A short-sword in design, the blade was extremely effective at close-range and its metallurgic properties made it a formidable weapon especially when pitted against a lightsaber. The weapon had taken the lives of several Jedi Masters as well as having wounded Darth Vader himself. Crask believed it possible the blade had become tainted by the hatred it had been wielded with.<br />
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===The Sith Robes of Darth Carnus===<br />
Ornate robes saved by Crask as a reminder of how easily the fallacy of his trappings could define who he was.<br />
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[[Category: NPCs]]</div>Rakenhttps://wiki.darkjedibrotherhood.com/index.php?title=Brent_%22Archangel%22_Ligur_Victae&diff=71896Brent "Archangel" Ligur Victae2009-10-23T15:25:51Z<p>Raken: </p>
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<div>{{character<br />
|type=Sith<br />
|image=[[Image:Brent.jpg|250 px]]<br />
|name=Brent Ligur Victae<br />
|aka=Archangel, Brent Tainer, Eton Jade<br />
|homeworld=[[Shaevalis Prime]]<br />
|birth=[[250 BBY to 101 BBY|106 BBY]]<br />
|death=N/A<br />
|species=[[Shaevalians|Shaevalian]]<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|height=7'1"<br />
|weight=250 lb<br />
|skin=Bronzed fair skin<br />
|hair=Jet black dreadlocks<br />
|eyes=White<br />
|age=134<br />
|cyber=<br />
|allies=[[Erianna "Rayne" Victae|Erianna Victae]], [[Dacien "BubbaX" Victae|Dacien Victae]], [[Rasilvenaira StormRaven]]<br />
|enemies=<br />
|saber=Light Green<br />
|form=[[Vapaad]]<br />
|fightingstyle=<br />
|profession=Noble, General, Training Sergeant, Imperial Officer.<br />
|position=Quaestor, House Caliburnus<br />
|era=[[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]<br />
|affiliation=[[Clan Scholae Palatinae]], [[House Caliburnus]]<br />
|ship=Heart of Gold<br />
|dossier=[[dossier:7589|7589]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Brent Ligur Victae''', also known as Archangel, is a ruthless Sith Battlemaster, whose appitite for war and victory is matched only by his pride. Though often bordering on the arrogant, his attitude is well deserved, having won distinctions in numerous campaigns within the Dark Jedi Brotherhood and with out. He rose through the ranks within the clans of Plagueis and Scholae Palatinae, and was appointed to lead House Caliburnus for a long spell, before disappearing into the quiet after Great Jedi War IX.<br />
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{{quote|Never Tempt the Mighty|Brent Ligur Victae}}<br />
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== Timeline ==<br />
This is the timeline of the life and doings of Brodo Nul<br />
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===Beginnings===<br />
[[Image:Illysia.jpg|thumb|left|100 px|Illysia, Brodo's Mother]]<br />
*''106 BBY'' - '''Birth'''<br />
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{{Quote|The Past, Present and Future<br>Are all visible in a child's eyes |Unknown}}<br />
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Born Brodo Nul, though he would be called Brodo for short. His parents were Illysia and Korvem. Korvem was a military leader of skill and prestige in the Nul military. He lead the 2nd Grand Battalion into several conquests along the outer rim of the Nul space. His mother was an outsider, a half Kiffar from the shipyards surrounding the planet [[Starwars:Sluis_Van|Sluis Van]]. She was on a freighter assisting her employers in transporting a load of metals for the factory's foundries when it came under attack by pirates. The captain of the freighter sent the vessel into a blind hyperspace jump. Amongst all the manouvers the man could have done, a blind hyperspace jump is likely to have been the most dangerous and foolish choice possible. In the end, the freighter skimmed an asteroid and left hyperspace in a tumble, barely under power. Only Illysia and the helmsman was left alive, and they worked together to get the spin under control.<br />
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A frigate in the Nul military at the time, the Cordite Hawk, was in the vicinity at the time, and recorded the entire reentry to normal space, and the subsequent slowing of the spin. The Hawk, led by a young Korvem, hailed the severely damaged ship, and offered assistance, which was quickly taken. The helmsman died of his wounds after being transported to the frigate, but Illysia was alive, and fell in love with her rescuer, Korvem, deciding to stay with him rather than returning to her life of work and toil. They would make their home in the Shin'Tar District of Shaevalis City, the capital of [[Shaevalis Prime]].<br />
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*''75 BBY'' - '''Assasination attempt'''<br />
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{{Quote|Few would deign to such a heresy, as an assassin to a murder|Nul'Korvem'a}} <br />
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This attempt, which unfortunately is rather common amongst the higher ups in the Shaevailian society, took place at an official banquet where Brodo's father was to be awarded a large portion of land for his success in the Subjugation of the Ifrica Belt. During the ceremony, while the guests and dignitaries were looking towards the dais where the ceremony would take place, an agent sent by one of Nul's greatest rivals, the Arka, poured a clear, tasteless liquid into Korvem's drinking cup. Brodo, being of the relatively young age of 31, had not really had much access to alcohol, and tried to get a taste from his father's cup while everyone was distracted. Brodo began to feel ill immediately, and was violently sick on the floor. The ceremony came to an abrupt halt as Brodo was rushed to the nearest medical centre by a very worried Korvem. <br />
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The doctors didn't know what the poison was, or how it was taken, because only Brodo knew this. He would stay ill for many days, Korvem never leaving his side, even to attend to duties. Brodo remained in a deep coma for much of the time as the poison did it's work. The poison was such that it would kill its victim slowly, inducing a coma known as the Sleeping Death, while corroding their organs, causing leaks and ulcers. These cause further damage and excruciating pain, which the victim feels all the time. Brodo got to this stage before the Arka agent was found, and brought to Korvem. It is said that Korvem beat the man for a day and a night AFTER the poison's name and type was revealed. Brodo was slow to regain consciousness, but when he did, he let out a minute long scream, and was quickly sedated.<br />
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[[Image:brodo-young.jpg|thumb|left|100 px|A young Brodo]]<br />
*''74 BBY'' - '''Awake'''<br />
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{{Quote|How can there be Gods when such a travesty happens to someone so young? |Unknown}}<br />
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Nearly a year had gone by, and finally Brodo had healed enough to be woken. He had a long physical therapy schedule, but managed to finish it early. He was very touched by how his father had acted, and sought to do him proud with everything he did. He spent another month in hospital still getting over his near-death experience as well as the year in a coma. <br />
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The first couple weeks was spent doing tests for neurological problems and any extra signs of the poison. While no real neurological problems were found, some psychological problems arose, especially along the lines of mild paranoia (which was expected), and a survival instinct that surpassed even the most war hardened Shaevalian warriors (which was mostly unexpected).<br />
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A determined Brodo started walking a full three weeks earlier than he should have been able to. He struggled to regain his motor skills but not for want of trying. In a week of collapses and pulling himself up, he finally managed to walk unaided for a distance of ten meters, this fact in itself being a feat. In the next two weeks were spent relearning how to move in a variety of ways, including jumping and running. He was unable to eat solid foods just yet, his stomach and other organs needing a bit more time to heal the scars.<br />
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Upon arriving home, Brodo learned of the death of his mother. At the age of 54, she'd been returning from her work as an assistant at the local engineering corporation when another assassin attacked. His mother was killed by a hold-out blaster to the kidneys. She was pronounced dead the same hospital that Brodo had been in that very same day and all the days for a year before that. The pain of her death would shock Brodo to the core,and would hurt his father almost beyond repair. The assailant had escaped amid the confusion after the shooting. Brodo swore that he would find the disgusting peon who thought he could destroy his family, and show him just how much stronger he is from the experience. And he would show him no mercy, no quick death, no dignity in death. Brodo's blood threat would become a legend among the high society of the Shaevalian home planet.<br />
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[[Image:QuinVos-Survivor.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Brodo on a forest prowl]]<br />
*''70 BBY'' - '''Forged Anew'''<br />
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{{Quote|When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away. |Proverb}}<br />
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A scant four years after his near death experience and the resulting coma, Brodo was fitter than many men his age. Instead of just surviving, Brodo had prospered, his newly found desire to survive by being the fittest, the strongest, the fastest, led him to train his body for the majority of the day. He didn't spend his time learning from books, like most of his generation. His time was spent making long treks through the wildernesses of which border the capital city of the planet. He would spend more and more time on these treks, often spending the majority of the time at a near running pace.<br />
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During one of his sojourns into the dark wilderness, he came across a small cottage. Not expecting to find such a structure in this area, he tentatively knocked on the door. The door swung open a moment later, revealing a much shorter human, draped in an old, tattered cloak and dressed in a cream and yellow coloured tunic. The human invited Brodo in, speaking in Basic, but with an accent Brodo had never heard before. He offered Brodo some water, which he took gladly.<br />
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[[Image:Rahm_Kota.jpg|thumb|left|200 px|The Hermit]]<br />
Then the man began to talk. Brodo had never heard these stories before, but found himself enthralled in their intricacy. These tales were tales of the feats of warriors little known to him, called the Jedi. These warriors bore swords of light which could cut through just about anything, and had powers only they could use. They could influence minds and matter at will. They were peacekeepers in a galaxy of chaos, as the old hermit called them. <br />
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Brodo begged for more stories when they heard a noise outside. The hermit smiled to himself and stood, the cloak falling away from his shoulders. On his belt hung a beautifully decorated [[Starwars:Lightsaber|lightsaber]]. At the emitter was a sculpted silver tiger's head, maw open around the emitter and the butt was shaped like the talon of an eagle. He pulled the hilt from his belt and flashed a toothy smile at Brodo, and said "They have come to kill me, young one. And they will probably succeed. My only request is that once I have fallen, that they not leave with either my body or my lightsaber. I entrust this lightsaber to you."<br />
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The hermit lit the lightsaber, its pale green glow filling the room. With a battle cry worthy of any Shaevalian war hero, he charged out of the cottage to confront those who had come to kill him. Brodo followed him, but stopped at the door way, his jaw dropping at the sight before him. The old hermit had transformed, in moments, in a mighty Jedi soldier, his lightsaber flashing brightly as he cleaved through his assailants. These assailants were clothed only in black, with red tinted goggles where their eyes would be. They carried with them lightsabers of their own, but in a red hue.<br />
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But the odds were against the Jedi; eight on one is never fair, no matter who you are. When the Jedi finally did fall, he had already been wounded multiple times, and had cut all but one of his enemies down. Brodo had stared at awe at the display of raw power and finesse up until that moment, when he realized that having witnesses was not something these assailants would've wanted. The last remaining opponent looked to Brodo and advanced.<br />
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The only weapon that Brodo had on him as his long bladed knife, used to cut his way through the foliage. It would not stand up to a lightsaber. Brodo looked to the Jedi's body for a moment before deciding what he would do. He cocked his arm back before launching the knife as fast as he could towards the man. As soon as he could he followed in the knifes wake, his course taking him past the Jedi's body, and the lightsaber which had fallen beside him. Brodo grabbed the lightsaber and lit it in one fluid motion before bring it up towards his opponent. Distracted by the flying knife, the man was caught on his side by the green blade of the lightsaber Brodo was wielding, cleaving him clean in half.<br />
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Brodo breathed deeply and looked around him, extinguishing the lightsaber. He turned to the Jedi's body, and picked it up. As he did, however, the body began to fade and disappear. Brodo knew what this was from the stories he had been told just earlier. The old Jedi had rejoined the Force.<br />
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This experience had many deep impacts on Brodo. He kept the lightsaber of the Jedi, but made sure that it was always hidden, lest it be found and he would have to answer questions. He ran the battle over and over in his mind, and tried to copy and reproduce the moves that both the Jedi and the men trying to kill him had accomplished. He had limited success. One thing that came from this episode in Brodo's life, was that he believed now more than ever that he would need to be armed at all times, and he set about acquiring a weapon for his personal protection.<br />
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*''61 BBY'' - '''Weapon's Beginning'''<br />
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{{Quote|Few may stand before the power of a cavalry charge, or the might of a single singing spear|Shaevalian Warrior saying}}<br />
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While such an act is forbidden before adulthood, Brodo has promised himself that he would create a weapon to protect himself and his family. This promise he made in secret, so no complaints or objections were raised. He didnt even mention it to his father, though Korvem did suspect something had changed around his son.<br />
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But as the saying goes, the doing is often far harder than the saying. While Brodo had been searching the forests and jungles of Shaevalis Prime, he had barely scratched the surface of the vastness of the planet. He had not gone near the Hermit's cottage since the incident, which prevented him from searching a rather large region of forest. As he looked down the mountain, Her'Luk Peak, he felt his heart steel over with grief and remorse, knowing that to accomplish his promise, he would need to pass that cottage again.<br />
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[[Image:Ironwood.jpg|thumb|left|200 px|The Ferrum Cartilumnar]]<br />
He approached the cottage at a reluctant pace, his hand squeezing the hilt of the old Hermit's lightsaber. It had been over 7 years since he'd been here, and barely anything had changed. The bodies of the enemy had disappeared, either by their back up or by the various large carnivores which lived in the forests. The cottage was slightly overgrown with weeds and vines but still habitable. On a moment's thought, Brodo decided to have a look inside.<br />
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The cottage was small by Brodo's standards, as his head was barely an inch from the roof, and he had to stoop each time he came near an illumination fitting. There was a small simple bed, a fire pit and various items of furniture. The one piece of interest, to Brodo anyways, as a floor to ceiling bookcase made of a strangely grey wood, and was full of datacards and infochits. As Brodo approached it, the hairs on the back of his head rose, and an air of apprehension set in. He took the nearest datacard and began to read.<br />
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Most of it was planetary and cultural information about thousands of planets and star systems, which seemed to be controlled by a governing body called the [[Starwars:Republic|Republic]]. This 'Republic' interested Brodo, which spurred on his reading. He spent most of the day reading, and after setting a fire and cooking a small mammel for dinner, he resumed. He found stories of great battles in the past, and the duels between dark and light Jedi.<br />
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One infocard, however, caught Brodo's attention. It described a plant called the Ferrum Cartilumnar, the Broken Iron Tree. It stood tens of meters tall, and it's wood had a very special property. It was basically a nearly indestructible metal which, when melted and forged, would crack like the grain and bark of a tree. Upon reading this, something clicked in Brodo's mind. The bookcase was built with this Ironwood! Brodo searched for more references to this wood and locations. But it was to no avail.<br />
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The following morning, Brodo got ready to go home. He had decided to make this cottage his lodge away from home, to allow him to search further into the forests. He searched the forests for year, and then another. He found no material suitable for his needs. Upon returning to the cottage, Brodo looked to the sunset, the star of his planet dipping away. Then in the distance, a man strode towards him. He was bent over slightly, and walking with a cane.<br />
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[[Image:celtic_spear.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Ironwood Spear]]<br />
"Hello young one" the man said. Brodo's eyes widened, as the man in front of him was dead. The Hermit! The Hermit smiled, and explained how he was there, as the Force allowed him to return to those who he trusted and had a connection with. After the initial shock wore off, Brodo asked the Hermit about the Ferrum Cartilumnar. The Hermit seemed surprised but just smiled, and pointed to the tree which grew behind the cottage, "There it is, young one. Have you not looked there? Use my lightsaber, and cut away the bark, then cut a piece of the wood away. This will be your weapon. A spear of great power and size. Use it wisely". The Hermit then faded slowly, leaving Brodo with more questions than answers.<br />
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He did, however, follow the Hermit's instructions. The wood was pliable and strong at the same time, allowing Brodo to carve it into a straight and streamline haft for a spear. Upon returning home, he crafted a spear head from a small amount of very tough metal that the Shaevalian use to build their largest battleships.<br />
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At least he had a weapon of strength and worth. He called his Ironwood Spear by the name he had found in the infocards: Ferrum Peregrinus, the Iron Crusader.<br />
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[[Image:Brodo-Vos.JPG|thumb|left|250 px|Brodo and Quinlan]]<br />
*''47 BBY'' - '''A New Friend'''<br />
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{{Quote|The gift of the few is a weapon to the many|Unknown}}<br />
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Older now, with a neatly kept beard and long hair, Brodo was now a powerful tall man. His exploration and training with his spear had honed his muscles to near the fine edge of perfection. He was also well read, having had access to the many files and literature left behind by the old hermit. He knew he would someday follow his father into the Nul Armed Forces (NAF). But a chance meeting changed this certainty for him, as he realized how precarious his future was.<br />
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Whilst on a particularly dangerous jaunt through the jungles of Jun’kir’lu, he was set upon by a lightsaber-wielding man. Thinking that this was the remnant of the attack party who killed the old hermit, Brodo drew his lightsaber, and ignited, ready to fend off the attack. But the appearance of the lightsaber had startled the man, who shut off his, and looked Brodo up and down.<br />
This man turned out to be Quinlan Vos, a fact which Brodo learnt soon after forcing himself to extinguish his lightsaber.<br />
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Quinlan Vos was a Jedi, same as the Old Hermit. He used a similar colour lightsaber, but what seemed to be a very different style. The pair became fast friends, discussing every topic their minds touched on. After some maneuvering, Brodo managed to move Quinlan reluctantly to the subject of lightsabers. The Jedi explained lightsaber combat and concept to Brodo in as much detail as he felt that he was allowed to. Brodo listened with fascination, and even managed to get Quinlan to take him through some of the practices.<br />
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Though the pair had been dreading the day, Quinlan had to return to the Jedi temple on some distant planet called Coruscant. Reluctantly, Brodo handed over the Old Hermit’s lightsaber so it could be returned to the temple. In return, Quinlan left Brodo with a lingering remark.<br />
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“You know you’re Force sensitive?”<br />
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This, of course, sent Brodo’s mind reeling. To quell his torrent of questions, Quinlan gave him a datapad of lower order Jedi techniques. Quinlan left soon after, though Brodo was pretty sure they would meet again.<br />
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With his mind still full of questions and starved of answers, Brodo made his way home. He decided that he would talk to his father about this. During his life, his father had always been a single strong point in a sea of confusion. But upon his return home, Brodo learned of a family on the other side of the planet, which had recently been nearly wiped out and its remnants banished for their connection to some occult thing called the Force.<br />
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With much reluctance, Brodo was almost forced into hiding his gift, as he saw it. He would be joining the NAF the next year, and had to be as careful as possible.<br />
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*''46 BBY'' - '''Military Academy'''<br />
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{{Quote|The Army will make a man out of you. It's up to you if you make it out alive or dead.|Nul'Korvem'a}}<br />
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[[Image:Livefire.JPG|thumb|right|250 px|Live Fire Training Exercise]]<br />
For a Shaevalian of Brodo's heritage and skills, coming of age only meant one thing: Joining the Army. Namely the Nul Armed Forces, the standing army of the Nul family. He followed in the footsteps of over twelve generations of the Nul family in the army.<br />
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In the initial recruit stages, Brodo excelled in all manner of physical activities, owing the success to his forays into the jungles of the planet. One major problem that Brodo had was having to take orders. He had always been brought up to listen to his superiors, but more recently he had been very free-thinking and out of society. Over time, however, he changed his mind set, almost reluctantly.<br />
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During his tenure at the military academy, he came to admire the tenacity and rough charisma exhibited by the drill sergeants. He believed that if a drill sergeant was put in charge of a battalion, wars would be won in a matter of days, for fear of push ups.<br />
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*''42 BBY'' - '''Hereditary Promotion'''<br />
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{{Quote|He's too young, far too young. But I am far too old to stand in his way.|Nul'Korvem'a}}<br />
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Korvem, Brodo's father, was aging, and years of campaigning in the nearby sectors had taken their strain on the man. After a length debate between himself and the other Grand Generals, Korvem decided to retire from military service. As was the custom in Shaevalian society, the son is promoted to follow his father. It is expected that the blood would be enough to make an excellent general. Brodo was promoted from a low level rank to Grand General of the 2nd Grand Battalion. <br />
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Inexperience and lack of trust in his leadership abilities did not stem his enthusiasm. He immediately set about planning an offensive, one his father had on the drawing board, but hadn't managed to get to. The Ter'Lak'a Rift was a wide expanse of space, mostly unpopulated and barren. It did, however, have an abundance of [[Starwars:Tibanna|Tibanna Gas]],in the form of numerous gas giants orbiting the majority of the stars in the region. This Tibanna Gas would help power blasters and would assist in many forms of construction. The problem is a rebellion in the Ifrica region.<br />
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*'''Ifrica'''<br />
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The Ifrica Region, an area of space taken in recent wars conducted by the Shaevalian Military, rose up against their conquerors in a vicious uprising that in the first days killed over thirty Shaevalian military and administrative personnel. As the region was designated a Nul protectorate, Brodo was sent with his Grand Battalion to quell the rebellion. Landfall was simple and uneventful, with his troops taking key locations on the main planets in the region. Riots and gangs rampaged through the streets at random, but no direct contact to the Shaevalians was made, other than the deaths in the first days.<br />
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However, this did not last. Twenty-four days into the rebellion, a leader appeared from the midsts of the chaos. Ventario Kalliam, a local marshal, was an outspoken proponant against the Shaevalian occupation. He had fought in the battles which had led up the occupation, and had been in prison for much of the time between the wars and the rebellion. He preached the extermination of the Shaevalian "bourgeoisie" and the liberation of the war heroes from the Shaevalian prison camps.<br />
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He ordered several surgical strikes on 2nd Grand locations, including an ammunition dump. Several Shaevalians were killed in the strikes, including several wounded. In reply, Brodo ordered an entire company of special forces commandos be sent into the cities, taking out anyone sporting the dagger and star logo of the Rebellion. Their secondary objective was to find out any information about the leaders, and their location. This tactic, however, backfired.<br />
[[Image:Ifrica.JPG|thumb|left|250 px|The main population centre on Ifrica]]<br />
The riots and mobs increased in number and intensity as the commandos assassinated hundreds of civilians who hadn't been involved in any of the rebellious behavior. Facing an all out war with the main planet's population, Brodo ordered his Battalion to bunker down and prepare for new orders. With the riots ravaging the planets, their economy and civil structure collapsed quickly, soon followed by social disintigation.<br />
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Seven months into the rebellion, Brodo implemented Operation Fallen Hawk. The operation was simple: a systematic census and cleansing of the planet's population, including large scale bombardment of suspected rebellion headquarters. The intent of the Operation was fear and control, and with the use of high-yield proton bombs, it succeeded. The population slowly returned to their old ways. But, as one would expect, the rebellion leader, Kalliam, did not give up. <br />
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Instead, in a last ditch attempt, he hurled all of his supporters, some 7000 men and women, into a strike on Brodo's Headquarters. Fanatic rebels ran through the hallways, having overcome the outer defences by sheer weight of number. Brodo lead his personal guard in a counter-assault, often resorting to hand-to-hand combat to defeat the fanatics. After what seemed like hours of fighting, the two leaders of the different factions came face to face. Their weapons depleted of charge, they attacked each other with fist and weapon butts. Brodo's Shaevalian size and strength overcame the rebel's rhetoric and trickery. He beat the man to death and hung his bloodied body over the archway of the main market of the planet, as an example to those who would follow his ideas.<br />
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While Brodo has often been critised by his peers for his reckless endangerment of civilians and his grotesque display of the leader's body, the region has fallen into place quickly, and almost no rebellious problems have been reported since. Brodo's victory is examined as a prime example of the use of fear and control at the Shaevalian War Academy.<br />
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[[Image:ShaeVaeFleet.jpg|thumb|right|200 px|The Shaevalian Fleet]]<br />
*'''Expansion Invasion of the Ter'Lak'A Rift'''<br />
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After a brief two month respite, Brodo unveiled his plan to the ruling generals and the royal council of the Shaevalians. The invasion of the Ter’Lak’A Rift would take place in three stages. The first would be a simple reconnaissance into the area, making sure that the Shaevalian maps were correct. This recon mission would be under the guise of a mapping and exploration team, intent on knowledge not invasion. Once the target area has been fully surveyed, which could take a month at most, the second phase of the plan could be initiated. <br />
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The second phase was the systematically envelop the region, capturing or conquering the planets and systems making up the ‘rim’ of the area. This ‘noose’ would capture entire populations and economies in the area inside, allowing the Shaevalians to invade with most of the populous and infrastructure still standing. This would greatly increase immediate benefits of the invasion, where a normal occupation would require months, or maybe even years, of time to rebuild destroyed settlements or economies.<br />
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Once the second phase had been completed, the third and final phase could be accomplished. This phase would call for the Shaevalian forces to invade deep into the core of the area, striking at the large tibanna gas fields. This strike would be carried out from eight different directions, leaving invasion forces at targets of opportunity. Once the central region is secure, the eight fleets can ‘turn around’, and take the areas they’d missed. While these areas would have had more time to prepare for the invasion, and the Shaevalian fleets would be damaged and haggard from all the fighting it would have to endure over the years, Brodo had hoped that their superior fire power and numbers would win through.<br />
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It took the council and generals only a day of deliberation before approving the proposal. Brodo wasted no time in calling up the troops, four Grand Battalions, and eight full battle fleets. While tiny compared to most fleets from the Clone Wars and on, it was still a strong force, especially in a region lacking in military presence.<br />
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The first phase, code named Red Shift for the red neon of their new sensor packs, commenced the very next day with ten heavily modified frigates were sent out, calling for free passage to survey the area and update maps held by the benevolent race of the Shaevalians. In just under a month, the entire area was mapped and cataloged, with the main targets of opportunity laid out, and the lanes of attack being determined.<br />
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The second phase, code named Spider’s Web, began soon after the completion of Red Shift. This would take the better part of a year, as the region was sizable, but with such a valuable bounty of tibanna gas, it was also hotly contested. Very few of the planets or systems capitulated immediately, and more than a few had to be subdued by overwhelming force. Brodo had his forces split into two groups, one to head along the eastern edge of the region, led by one of his subordinate, Colonel Gram, while the other group would along the western edge, led by Brodo himself.<br />
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[[Image:Dolberon.JPG|thumb|right|250 px|Dolberon Cluster]]<br />
One particular system, known as the Dolberon Cluster, was a binary star system, with a pair of blue dwarf stars caught in each other’s gravity. With system boasted three large gas giants, virtually brimming with tibanna gas and other minerals, as well as a inhabitable temperate planet. It had been selected as one of the ‘hubs’ Brodo’s forces would use to turn inwards towards the core. However, the unusual system wreaked havoc with the fleet’s sensors, making detection of incoming attacks almost impossible.<br />
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It was here that one of Brodo’s main rivals in the region would make his stand. Izzkpat was an insectoid Pirate, leading a sizable fleet of mostly patched together vessels. Though his fleet was undermanned and in need of proper repair, his reputation was legendary in the region for his ruthlessness and his viciousness of tactics. Izzkpat had been a large figure in regional politics, often using his wealth and reputation to influence populations to elect rulers who he had chosen.<br />
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The Dolberon Cluster, because of its unusual topography and influence of shipboard sensors, was an ideal place for a pirate’s hideout, especially one large enough to keep and maintain all of Izzkpat’s ships. While Brodo hadn’t expected the system’s effect on his fleet, he had expected Izzkpat to show his face, and try and stop Brodo’s advance. It was well know that the pirate thought of this area as his little playground and he didn’t want any other bullies coming in and taking over.<br />
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Immediately upon dropping out of hyperspace within the gravitational shadow of the outer most gas giant, Brodo’s fleet was set upon by thirteen corvette size ships, two frigate size ships and one cruiser, which had a transponder naming it Izzkpat’s Pride. After quelling the sudden panic on his bridge with a single call, Brodo rallied his fleet and set it into a pair of lines, a classic fleet to fleet tactic. It had one flaw, which was if the lead ship was disabled or destroyed, it would block the path of those that followed it.<br />
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Brodo knew that Izzkpat would know this, which is why he did it. With his ships following a line, he put his ship at the front of the fire line. The fire line unleashed a huge salvo into the pirate ranks, firing over and over. Izzkpat ordered his fleet to focus their attention on the front vessel, to foil the huge broadside that Brodo had created.<br />
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As the pirate fleet zoned in on Brodo’s flagship, the rest of his plan unfolded. With the attention of the pirates devoted to a single ship, the rest of the fire line slowed, and curled, creating a crossfire effect. This maneuver was completed by the entrance of the second fire line, firing ‘down’ on the pirate fleet now trapped in the pocket. Brodo’s flagship turned to meet the barrage, all guns blazing. The Izzkpat’s Pride and three corvettes survived the first onslaught, and quickly made an escape.<br />
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With his first conclusive space victory, Brodo took the rest of the assigned rim with ease, rumors and stories of his tactics and daring spreading quickly before his fleet. Over 80% of the systems that his fleet visited after that battle capitulated to him or even welcomed him with open arms. The fleets met at the northern most point of the rim. He allowed his forces a week’s rest, to get them ready for the drive into the core. But due to problems along the eastern rim, he had to postpone the strike for an extra two weeks.<br />
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[[Image:Expansion.jpg|thumb|left|300 px|The Ter'Lak'A Rift and important features of region]]<br />
The third phase, code named Fly, for the fly caught in a Spider’s Web, took some time to begin, and even more time to be completed. With the delays with the eastern edge of the rift, Brodo became anxious and often annoyed with his subordinate Colonel Garm. When the eastern edge was finally secured, Brodo had the entire force begin the third phase immediately, not allowing the eastern forces any time to rest.<br />
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The western force made huge headway in the first week, reaching the two thirds mark easily. The eastern force did much worse and took that week to make an eighth of the way into the core. The phase itself had four targets in the core, the four main tibanna producing planets: Tiblo, Gaddi, Largosia and Gran-Fa. All of these planets are massive gas giants, easily the same size of the planet Yavin.<br />
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These four planets were controlled by three different groups, with Tiblo and Gaddi both controlled by one group. The first group, the one in control of Tiblo and Gaddi was known as the Consortium, and was the main economic power of the three groups. It was financially strong, but inferior in terms of regional power and influence. While the leaders made huge profits selling the tibanna gas to the surrounding sectors, it was in constant danger of folding.<br />
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The second group was far more technologically and militarily advanced, and was called the Gorn Conglomerate. This group originated in a sector in the galactic north of the Rift, from the Gorn civilization. While advanced technologically, the Gorn were barely above savage, and would be the main opposition for the invasion. This group controlled Largosia.<br />
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The last group was likened to a farmer’s collective. A group of small corporations clambered together and set up claims for those who wished to collect tibanna gas. While the group did not have a name, their representative corporation was called the Lan-Tera Syndicate. Small and barely influential, the group would capitulate in the face of the Shaevalian fleet. This group controlled Gran-Fa.<br />
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The northern most and southern most planets were hit first by the Shaevalian fleet. The eastern force, tasked with the capture of these planets, Gran-Fa and Largosia, hit them both simultaneously. Gran-Fa capitulated and accepted the occupation force. The fleet there headed north towards Gaddi. It would be joined there within a week by the first elements of the western force, and would be taken by the following week.<br />
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At Largosia, the fleet commanded by Brodo , met a large force conducted by the Gorn Conglomerate’s main military arm. The Gorn fleet set up a simple protective shield around the large space stations orbiting the planet. After repeated attempts at diplomacy, the Gorn fled, but only after destroying the stations. Their destruction and the debris that fell into the planet’s orbit would disrupt the construction of a replacement station for almost six months.<br />
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Tiblo, attacked by a fleet commanded by Colonel Garm, would take more than two weeks to make any head way against the defences. Brodo, frustrated with his subordinate and furious at how his failure was diminishing his victory, sent all of his remaining forces to Tiblo. The defences of Tiblo would be crushed in days.<br />
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Upon his return home, Brodo was ‘knighted’ by the royal prince, and was inducted into the Hall of Heroes, a tribute wall listing the names of all of the great heroes of Shaevalian history.<br />
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*''39 BBY'' - '''A Secret Revealed'''<br />
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{{Quote|By order of the Grand Generals of the Shaevalian Military, you are sentenced to death. Prepare.|Random Royal Legionnaire}}<br />
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A year after his victory in the Ter’Lak’A Rift, Brodo made a journey to his father’s home in the mountains surrounding the capital, Shaevalis City, as he had not seen his father in nearly ten years. He was greeted warmly by the now elderly man, and was asked to recant all of his stories of battle. Korvem, being a Grand General, had seen his fair share of battle, and enjoyed the tales his son wove for him. <br />
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As they talked, Brodo felt a connection with his father he had never felt with anyone else before, and so, it seemed, his father did as well. Korvem studied his son for a long few moments before asking if Brodo had ever met the old hermit living in the forests, in a hut beside an iron coloured tree. Upon the affirmative reply, Korvem smiled and embraced his son, before showing him the reason for the connection they both felt by levitating a small pear. Astounded, Brodo asked his father to teach him everything he knew.<br />
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Korvem taught Brodo all he had learned from the old man, and Brodo had a few things to teach his elderly father. While on a trip into the city to buy food, the pair was stopped by a group of Royal Legionaries. The Legionnaires, dressed in full military regalia, recited the charges that were to be laid upon the pair. Highest on the list was sedition and the unlawful use of the Force. Korvem shouted to his son to flee, which he did immediately. Only a moment passed before Brodo realized that his father hadn’t followed him, and he turned to see his father being cut down by the legionaries.<br />
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His entire world crashed down as he fled from the scene. On his route, he was made to kill seven Legionnaires, as he made his way to his living quarters, just outside the city. Commandeering an armed freighter and packing as much of his possessions as he could manage, along with his spear and the lightsaber he had acquired, he made his escape. Though the fleet moved to intercept him, his supporters made that interception slow and laborious enough for him to escape unharmed.<br />
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===Republic===<br />
[[Image:Vos1.jpg|thumb|right|200 px|Vos Clan insignia]]<br />
*''35 BBY'' - '''Homecoming of sorts'''<br />
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{{Quote|Keep the hearth warm. You can never anticipate the next knock on the door |Kiffar saying}}<br />
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Brodo had picked the very first planet on the list of possible destinations during his frantic escape from his home world. He was surprised to find that this destination was the planet Kiffu, the home world of his mother, Illysia. He didn’t know if it was his father’s doing, or if the Force had had something to do with it. Now that he was an exile from his home planet, he would have to find another on which to live, and due to his heritage and blood, the best place to start would probably be Kiffu.<br />
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He took the long voyage to look up information about his mother, from the notes and data gathered from various sources by his father. He learned about the clan she was a part of, which coincidentally was the same as his friend from so long ago. Upon arrival in the [[Starwars:Kiffu|Kiffu System]], he immediately contacted [[Starwars:Clan_Vos|Clan Vos]]. He was given landing coordinates, and asked to set down on the aft platform of the facility.<br />
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Upon landing, he was quickly surrounded by Kiffar Guardians, an elite unit of Kiffar soldiers, dedicated to the protection of the Kiffu/Kiffex system. They ordered him to exit his craft unarmed and with his hands up. He complied with their wishes, calmly leaving his vessel and standing before him. His Vos insignia on his shoulder plate, and his Kiffar tattoos stood as examples of his heritage. A Vos representative arrived and brought him before the matriarch of the Vos Clan, [[Starwars:Tint%C3%A9_Vos|Tinté Vos]]. She presented herself as the sheyf of the dual planets and the Clan Vos.<br />
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She questioned his parentage and his bloodline, and why he bore the emblem and markings of her Clan. He explained his lineage, leaving out as much as possible about his Shaevalian side. The matriarch seemed dubious but accepted him as a blood member of her clan.<br />
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Over the next while, he tried to intergrate himself into Vos life, training in the mornings with the clan Guardians, spending much of the afternoon studying the galaxy he had known nothing about until leaving his home planet. The shadow of his 'transgressions' on his homeworld kept his mind unfocused and worried, emotions which bled into the Force. This was until he found the data file detailing his mother's life and her career in the Kiffar Guardians. He was incredibly interested in this, and in the Kiffar Guardians, who he had considered as a career choice.<br />
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His decision was made for him when a general called [[Starwars:Zac%27ryah_Vos|Zac'ryah Vos]] saw him training alone in a courtyard in the Vos complex. The man was so impressed with how Brodo handed his weapon and his exemplary discipline, he had Brodo 'picked up' by Guardians and inducted into the Guardians. He didnt resist much, relishing the chance to be in battle again. He trained almost constantly, even training many of the older Guardians in his methods and tactics of war.<br />
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[[Image:JangoFett.jpg|thumb|left|150 px|The Bounty Hunter sent to hire Brodo]]<br />
*''32 BBY'' - '''A Secret Project'''<br />
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{{Quote|Im being paid HOW MUCH? |Brodo}}<br />
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After a trio of short-lived years, Brodo's past, and the rest of the galaxy, caught up with him. Having heard of the legend of a formidible warrior and tactical genius from an unknown region in Wildspace, a bounty hunter came looking for Brodo on Kiffu. The bounty hunter said he had a proposal for him, and was admited into the Vos facility if he were to leave his armour and weaponry on his vessel. Brodo agreed to meet with the bounty hunter, who only gave his name as [[Starwars:Jango_Fett|Fett]], as if it were a name Brodo should have known.<br />
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The meeting went smoothly, the small talk gave way into the point of the meeting, the proposal. For giving over years of his time and life to the bounty hunter's employers, he would be handsomely rewarded. Brodo laughed, and suggested that the man's parentage had a major flaw in it's intelligence genes. Fett did not take this jab lightly. He rose to his feet and immediately set upon Brodo with his hands.<br />
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Brodo's much larger size was a factor... to his disadvantage. Fett quickly subdued him and kept him in near constant pain. The one solid hit Brodo got in was a heavy right that connected with Fett's jaw, sending him reeling across the room into a pillar. Fett rose and smiled, nodding. He said that Brodo had passed his test, having been one of the few who could land a strike on him. Brodo accepted the man's offer, more for the respect he felt for the man than the money he'd been offered.<br />
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The trip from Kiffu to the unknown planet was long, and the pair dodged past more than a few pirates and patrols. They arrived on the ocean planet to very little celebration. This was not, Brent had thought, a very nice place. He was assigned quarters, and was then ushered into an antechamber. Moments later, four boys, no more than three years old, were brought in by a very tall alien with a thin neck. The alien welcomed to this place, Kamino, and introduced him to the boys. They were Aleph, a clone commando squad. Brodo could barely believe that these boys would grow up to be commandos, but after he watched them field strip a blaster in just a few seconds, he felt they might be up to the challenge.<br />
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In his first weeks, he met most of the other training sergeants. A few of them, the Mandalorians, were a tough bunch, and Brodo felt a strong respect for their kind. One in particular, Kal Skirata, took care of his boys as a fighter and a father would, similar to Brodo's own upbringing. He started to incorporate some of Kal's teachings into his own.<br />
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Soon, he would have four teams under him: Aleph, Harta, Zeta and Kamda.<br />
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*''29 BBY'' - '''Death of a Son'''<br />
[[Image:Harta.jpg|thumb|right|150 px|Harta Squad just before accident]]<br />
{{Quote|It's okay, Sarge. We're ready for live fire/live explosive training. Please, we want to do our best |RC-1888 "Cho"}}<br />
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The training company assigned to Brodo was full of intelligent, creative, and altogether, deadly boys. He'd not seen such devotion to the art of war in all of his life. He set out to train all of his men to the utmost of his abilities. Aside from the teams assigned to him, he instructed the entire brigade in hand-to-hand combat, as well as melee weaponry. More than once the quick-witted youngsters caught him out, and got a touch on him (they used blunted weapons to prevent injuries).<br />
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But with all this talent, there was one team which excelled. Harta, one of his training squads, was ahead in every single field, and were, as one, the match of any of the training sergeants. Brodo could have not been prouder of his boys, and made sure they knew it, even at the neglect of the other squads. His pride would be his folly.<br />
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When the squads had had only a year of full time training, some of the older clone troopers were having demolition and live munitions testing. Harta, who was not slated to start their live sessions for another half year went on a hunger strike, after being told they would not be allowed to take their tests now. Brodo pleaded with them to take nutrients, or to come back to training, but they would not relent. <br />
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Brodo, however, did. He forced the Kamino administrators to allow them onto the live munitions ranges. In the beginning, they did what they had always done: excelled. They broke every record they came up against, and had an incredible 81% accuracy rate. Brodo used these statistics to taunt the other training sergeants, who had dissented when informed about this unusual occurance.<br />
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This period of success did not last very long. Harta's Sergeant, Cho, had his men set up a door breach action. Disaster struck as the fuse was improperly placed, and the plastic explosives took out the entire structure they were using, crushing the clones almost instantly. The only clone to survive was Ro, the team's medic, who had to severe his own leg at the knee to escape the wreakage.<br />
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Brodo was devestated, and barely left his rooms. The person he had contact with was Ro, who he apologiesed to over and over, swearing to any diety his poor mind could think of that he would make amends for his prideful acts. Ro, barely more than a teen, reached out to another training sergeant for assistance, Rayne.<br />
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[[Image:BrentErianna.jpg|thumb|175px|left|Brodo and Erianna kiss]]<br />
*''29 BBY'' - '''A Snow Angel's Caress'''<br />
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{{Quote|In thy face I see honor, truth and loyalty.|Unknown}}<br />
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Brodo was destroyed by the loss of his men, spending hours in his quarters away from any contact. All he did was train his men, and leave. He barely ate, and lost so much weight that his troopers went on hunger strikes to get him to eat. With the Harta deaths so fresh in his mind, he immediately began eating again. The other training sergeants were worried, not for the man, because losing men was a part of a military man's life, but for the hit to the morale of the men. Brodo had been a well liked and respected instructor, and his demeanour was deterimental to the troopers.<br />
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Lots were drawn amongst the sergeants, and the 'winner' was sent to try and snap him out of his downward spiral. And that winner was Erianna Rielle, also known Snow Angel. Her training speciality had been Cold weather, and her snow white hair along with her angelic features had been the basis of this nickname, but the troopers tended to call her "Ice". She tended to be cold during training, showing little emotion. But, she was probably the most helpful of the sergeants, her demeanour not cold, but calculating, looking for faults and where troopers could improve.<br />
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She took to the challenge with what could only be described as gusto, trying her best to cheer him up. At first he was cold, occasionally striking out at her to 'shut her up'. He never connected though, and had he been fully cognative at the time, he'd realized he'd been pulling his punches. He felt himself drawn to the woman, though he tried his best to remain in his stoicism.<br />
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Over time, he began to react to her, his walls of defiance and pain subsiding under her constant pressure. Slowly their relationship turned into something more than a Sergeant helping a collegue, through the realm of friends, and onto something a lot more close. Over the years, they spent more and more time together, and their relationship flourished. But with their schedules as packed as they were, and the ever present spectre of war over their heads, they never made any plans, and figured it couldn't hurt to have some fun now while the calm before the storm lasted.<br />
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===Clone War===<br />
*''22 BBY'' - '''"Begun the Clone War has"'''<br />
[[Image:Br-GrandArmy.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|The men who fought]]<br />
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The Clone Wars was, in Brodo's eyes, inevitable, but nowhere near a desire. He saw the build of up these Clone troopers, and saw how many past through his care. He still saw them as mere boys, children in years and experience, but with the knowledge and skills of season veterans. To Brodo, no amount of skill with a blaster pistol or tactical imagination could help a soldier who is as green as the grass he's hiding in during a battle.<br />
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With the eve of battle practically at hand, Brodo had been training his men in guerilla tactics. While this was not on the normal ciriculeum, he, along with some of the other Training Sergeants, believed it to be nessesary. And since he grew up in the jungles and forests of Shaevalis Prime, he was the natural instructor. For almost a month, every night he commandeered the jungle scenario landscape for his own purposes, and took the men through the training.<br />
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The lessons were often hard, and slow to take hold. These men had been brought up learning standard tactical warfare, and using gunfire to overwhelm and numbers to subdue. But in the jungles of this landscape, and future ones, such tactics meant nothing. To add a touch of realism, he had his three remaining Commando teams, Aleph, Zeta, Kamda, as the 'insurgents'. Their training had included quite an astonishing array of traps, tripwires and pitfalls, along with other standard guerilla weapons of war.<br />
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Along the way, there were questions asked, and a few unexplained injuries led to the Kamino autorities to Brodo, who brushed off their threats. While the threats continued, he pushed more and more men into training. But by the time the first shots were being fired, only one clone for every company out there actually had the skills nessesary for anti-guerilla warfare. Unfortunately, the first shots in Brodo's war were fired on Kamino.<br />
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[[Image:BattleofKamino.jpg|thumb|left|250 px|Kamino Under Attack]]<br />
*''22 BBY'' - '''Defense of Kamino''' <br />
Two months before the arrival of the Confederacy in the Kamino system, Brodo had watched most of his Clone trainees and all three of his Commando teams charge off to the defence of some Jedi on a dust ball called Geonosis. Being so far out from the mainstream holonet, very little news got back. The only thing to return were the helmets from the fallen troopers which could be used over again. Countless helmets were returned, many of them commando Katana visors.<br />
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He could feel his heart sink every time a Katana visor was unpacked from the transports. When a three Zeta visors appeared, he felt crushed, but stood tall. They had followed their orders, and did their duty. There was no sense in mourning those who fall in combat, their deeds will live on forever, and they will be remembered. He redoubled his training efforts. Two months after the Battle of Geonosis, he'd managed to get two of his Commando teams back under his protective wing: Aleph and Zeta.<br />
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Aleph, always the half-and-half attitude of a team built from two previous teams, had melded into a supremely skilled fighting unit. Apparently, their time under fire had helped them settle their differences and would now call each other Brother. Brodo knew this was a step in the right direction, and often spoke on leaving the past behind you. In private, Erianna would chide him, as he still held onto the loss of Harta as a leaden anchor in the back of his mind.<br />
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Zeta, on the other hand, was just like Aleph at the beginning, but there were four different factions in the four-man team. Nuro, the sergeant of the original Kamda, had fallen into command again, even though he'd tried to refuse it. He blamed himself for the deaths of his pod brothers. The other three Brodo knew, but not in the way he knew Nuro. They were from other trainers, and had their own quirks. For instance, Sec, the medic of the team, would often line his gauntlets with fur, a remnant of his training for Erianna. He would often remarked at the relationship between her and Brodo, and had in turn recieved a large number of painful elbows to the ribs.<br />
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Brodo did his best to help the teams mend their bodies and their morale, but didnt have much time to do so in. He'd had help from Erianna, and from Ro, the only Harta trooper left. He became an almost surrogate father to the teams as well as adopted mascot, due to his ungainly prosthetic limb replacements. Then all hell broke loose.<br />
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One a particularly stormy day on Kamino, the droid fleet arrived to conqueror. Though they had had warning, they didnt know at what time it would arrive. There had been new Jedi arriving every day by that time, even the prestigious Skywalker and Kenobi pairing. Brodo did his best to keep his Force presence in check, but would often get glances from the Jedi when passing them in the halls.<br />
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When the droid spacecraft began to drop troops, Brodo had already had his men in full battle gear for an hour. He could see that the men were anxious, though he wasn't sure what of: the upcoming danger or their first chance to kill droids. Each training sergeant had been pair and then given a group of troopers to take after, and make sure as many of them made it through the assault as possible. With all luck, Brodo had been assigned to the Commando brigade stationed on Kamino along with Erianna.<br />
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The brigade had been assigned to defend one of the advanced learning centres, which was near the epicentre of the invasion. When the first B2 Super Droids made their way up towards the centre, they were met with a hail of blaster fire. This wall of energy held them back long enough for a pair of ARC troopers to arrive and start clearing them away. With Brodo charging at the front, the troopers advanced quickly towards the landing areas. The droids were pushed back to their landing craft, and several were captured before they could lift off. <br />
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Brodo sent small groups of commandos out to clean up the outlaying landing pads, and sent a larger group along with Erianna to assist at the other main landing zone. The day was, at least for Brodo, won. The troopers celebrated that evening, and remembers their fallen brothers, their lost and the living.<br />
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[[Image:Muunilist.jpg|thumb|right|200 px|Muunilist just before attack]]<br />
*''21 BBY'' - '''Muunilist'''<br />
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Two months after the attack on Kamino, Brodo left the ocean planet for the first time in many years. He and his men had spent the previous two months either assisting in the rebuilding of the Kamino ocean city, or on covert missions deep into Confederate space. Brodo could feel his skin shiver every time he saw the backs of his three Commando teams disappearing into a waiting LAAT/i. Every time he felt it would be the last time he'd see them. Over time, he realized they were like sons to him.<br />
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But there was something in the back of his mind that kept bugging him. He couldn't really understand it, but every time one of the surface to space transports lifted off, his skin and muscles felt like they wanted to be rising with them. Finally, he realized what it was: battlelust. Not the kind one would see in the seething eyes of a Sith on a rampage. This was the lust for combat, the feeling of adrenaline pumping through one's veins, and charging the enemy. He'd been sat still for far too long, now was time to do his part for the cause.<br />
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His opportunity arrived when his company was activated and collected together in preparation for a new assault, this time on the CIS held world of Muunilist. As the training sergeant, he was allowed to follow, and was assigned to command a lance of 4 AT-TEs. He was not used to mechanised combat, admittedly one of the areas of warfare he was not well versed in, but he took what he could. He trusted the vehicle commanders knew what they were doing, and hoped he could do the same.<br />
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Though he had trained with his men time and time again, he'd never been allowed to participate in what the troopers called The Drop. Essentially, The Drop was the transportation of a land-based vehicle to the surface by way of the modified LAATs, which could drop an AT-TE at a time. The manuovre was a common enough one that it didnt unsettle the men at all as the vehicle bounced and dropped through space as the LAAT fought the turbulance and winds. Brodo had difficulty keeping his lunch down, much to the enjoyment of the clone commander of the vehicle.<br />
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It was funny until Brodo gave up and painted the commander's bright white and yellow armour a not-so-pleasent olive colour.<br />
[[Image:AT-TE.jpg|thumb|left|200 px|All-Terrain Tactical Enforcer]]<br />
When the AT-TE had finally landed on the surface, Brodo recovered quickly; a few sips of water and a breath of the Muunilist air had him feeling as right as rain. The AT-TE was already trudging towards the city of Harnaidan. The city was archaic in architecture, and massive in size. And it had swarms of Droids and a heavy power grid which could keep all of the powerful defences running smoothly. A Recon ARC team had already been inserted, and the ground army prayed they could get their mission done in time.<br />
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Within a few minutes, the big guns of the Army began to open up on the leading edge of the Droid army. The sound inside the AT-TE was defeaning, as the cannon on top of the six-legged beast pumped shell after shell into the ranks of Droids. Evidently, the designers had expected the users of this walker to be wearing the acoustic-dampening helmets that all Clone troopers wore.<br />
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The droid army was massive, but the Republic forces were exacting a heavy toll. The Clone Commander in the vehicle with Brodo commented at the ease, which made Brodo wonder. This seemed too easy to him, and after commenting on this sentiment, the Commander agreed. Brodo kept the AT-TE lance back, feigning mechanical trouble to the questioning voices over the comm system. He wanted to be ready in case the droids used some sort of Ace to win the battle.<br />
[[Image:Durge.jpg|thumb|right|200 px|Durge and his Lancer Droids]]<br />
That Ace was, in fact, Durge, and his Lancer droids. Riding hoverbikes and moving at breakneck speeds, they ripped through the Clone ranks, and destroyed almost all of the SPHA Heavy artillery. Brodo screamed at his lance to fire on the bikes, but they were too fast. Instead, Brodo had the lance retreat slowly, keeping the lancers in front of them. It was only the sudden appreance of Master Kenobi which saved the lance from total destruction.<br />
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After praising the efforts of the Jedi over the comm, the lance headed into the city to take the headquarters. The mop up was easy once the lancers had been removed and Durge had been chased away by the Jedi. Many Clone lives had been lost that day, including a Jedi, whose cremation Brodo made a point of attending. Under his breath, he muttered his families Ode to the Fallen Warrior, a piece he'd made sure to memorises, knowing the day would come when he'd need to use it.<br />
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*''22 BBY'' - '''Brentaal IV'''<br />
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After Muunlist, Brodo's teams went on several missions without him, something which he was not happy about. He'd spent too much time and energy training these men for the Republic to throw them away on useless missions. Luckily, no casualities were sustained, though seveal men were injured and their teams were put on standby while they healed.<br />
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[[Image:BrentTorture.jpg|thumb|left|250 px|Brodo under interrogation]]<br />
Brodo's entire platoon was redeployed to an Acclaimator troop ship fleet under the command of Plo Koon. Brodo had heard a lot of this Jedi master and respected him already before meeting him. The Jedi Master took the time to talk to the men who had recently swelled the ranks of his force, and this alone endeared the Jedi Master to Brodo. The man was quiet, unassuming, but had the logic and wit of a trained diplomat.<br />
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The fleet set out towards the Core Worlds, their target being Brentaal IV. A large CIS fortress dominated the planet, and threatened to cut the vital link in the Perlemian Trade Route connecting the Core Worlds and the Tion Cluster. This could not, and would not, be allowed to occur.<br />
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Brodo's platoon was assigned two LAATs, and was ordered into the depths of fortress. The power plants were buried deep inside the infrastructure of the building, and would take a long time to reach. Landing under fire, the team charged forward. THey made their way through the maze of air ducts and other essential systems, slowly heading down into the basements of the fortress. Even as the teams progressed the near constant wumph-wumph of the Ion cannons could be felt.<br />
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At an important junction in the corridors leading towards the main reactors, a force of droids had been set up to repell them. Several Super Battle Droids fired their wrist-mounted rockets, collapsing the main path to the reactor. Brodo sent his teams in different directions, hoping that they'll find their way through and to the objective. Unfortunately, moments after his men were out of sigh, Brodo was stunned, and lost consciousness.<br />
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He awoke in a dazed state. He was slung up by his arms and legs in a contraption which had probably served as a torture device in a past life. A female voice could be heard, but was hard to understand. There seemed to be a medical droid near by, and was injecting him with something. He felt his mind sear with pain, and grunted with the effort of staying awake.<br />
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His captor was a Dark Jedi, whose name escaped him, no matter how many times he asked. She asked him question after question; troop displacement, morale, locations of Jedi Generals. Every time, Brodo grunted, or snapped a witless comment at her. The Sith woman found herself becoming tired of his man, beating him repeatedly having done little to jar his mind.<br />
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Just before she gave the order to give Brent a lethal dose of some concotion of truth drugs, four explosion rang out. Zeta Squad charged through the disapating clouds, guns blazing, Rielle leading the charge. The Sith woman, suddenly raging, fled through a hail of blaster fire. The droid escaped, somehow, and Zeta managed to extract Brodo without further hassle, Rielle personally taking the man's weight on her shoulders to drag him out. After a week's rest and a short stint in a bacta tank, he was his old self again, ready for the next battle.<br />
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[[Image:B3UltraDroid.jpg|thumb|right|200 px|B3 Ultra Battle Droid in action]]<br />
*''21 BBY'' - '''Iktotch''' <br />
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The war suddenly went very quiet for Brodo. The Jedi Commanders, considering the impact of a torture from a Dark Jedi, were wary of using him in a military function. Instead, he was posted aboard an Acclaimator troop transport, retraining Clone troopers who had been wounded or placed into mixed teams. While Brodo was left in stagnation, his company's activity skyrocketed. Over three months he never saw two teams at the same time, and even when they were given downtime, they were always cut short by a crisis or a mission.<br />
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The Acclaimator Troop transport, named the Prestigious, was soon assigned to the taskforce lead by Mace Windu, one of the most famous Jedi Masters. While this did not matter much to Brodo at the time, soon missions were coming faster and faster. His commando teams were more on the ship awaiting assignment than out on missions. Brodo could feel the energy in the air. Something was coming up.<br />
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That something was announced to the troops two days before it actually happened. The planet of Iktotch had been taken by the droid armies of the Seperatists. This planet, while not vital, was important to have a show of power. While Brodo agreed that a show of power in these bleak times would be useful, he could not help but feel there were ulterior motives involved in the decision making.<br />
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The taskforce arrived on station into a hail of laser fire. A flotilla of Separatists had jumped the armada, attacking the outer troop ships. The flagship of the Republic fleet, the Grandeur, charged off through the formation to take on the flotilla. The troop ships continued to the planet, dropping LAAT/i dropships throughout the atmosphere. Through the swarm of dropships, the Acclaimators bombarded important locations, preparing them for the assault.<br />
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Brodo and his commando teams dropped in a group of dropships led by the vessel carrying the Jedi Masters Mace Windu and Saesee Tiin. Their target seemed clear: the main command facility. Brodo still wondered why both the Jedi Masters were on their way to the same location, and why it was so important. Charging through the halls, the Jedi made amazing time, and were incredible fighters, taking down droids before Brodo had time to take a shot.<br />
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As the teams delved deeper into the building, Brodo's sense of anxiety grew. His anxiety was finally answered when a massive form lumbered down the corridors. The massive formed opened fire, lighting it up with crimson flashes. The Jedi shouted at the troopers to take cover. As Brodo moved to the side, a laser blast clipped him in the chest, spinning him and putting him down. Commando troopers dragged him to the side as he swore and cursed over the din of battle.<br />
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Brodo was evacuated, and as transported to the medical facilities orbiting the planet of Duro.<br />
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[[Image:Duro-Polluted.jpg|thumb|left|200 px|Duro]]<br />
*''20 BBY'' - '''Duro'''<br />
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The orbiting cities of Duro were an important Republic fleet staging area, especially for strikes into the Mid Rim and Outer Rim where the Seperatists were strongest. It was also the site of a Republic Medical facility, where Brodo had been placed after his injury on Iktotch. For the first week, he was in and out of bacta tanks, as the staff there upgraded his condition from critical to stable. He was moved from the ICU area to a large ward where Clone Troopers were also being treated.<br />
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This was his very first serious injury, which is amazing considering his long military career. He blamed himself for his injury, being too cocky in the face of overwhelming danger. He should have been more careful, he told himself. Putting himself into that kind of situation put his troopers into danger, which was unacceptable. He promised himself that he would never do such a stupid thing again. Hopefully he could keep it.<br />
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His recovery was slow, a trait owing to his lack of injury before. His body was not used to repairing itself after a massive shock or damage to his system. Bacta patches were constantly being pressed against his wound or replaced as they were used up. At least the company was good. Most of the Clone Troopers knew him or had served under him in some instance, so sharing stories and experience became an evening ritual in Brodo's ward.<br />
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The Physio assigned to Brodo's case was a friendly Duro female, who was frequently overworked with all of the major injuries in the ward. Oftentimes she would just leave Brodo to his own devices, which suited him just fine. One day, while walking through the botanical garden of the floating city on an excursion allowed by the ward's chief nurse, he saw something that made all of his misery and pain disappear.<br />
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Ms Rielle was as beautiful as he remembered her, sitting amongst a group of troopers as she showed them how to clean a new type of pistol. He caught her eye from the shade of a small grove, and waited until she could excuse herself from the troopers, and meet up with him. Their reunion had a very significant impact on Brodo, his feelings for this wonderful woman being rekindled as if by the flame of a thousand suns. But in the midst of a war, such a reunion would be short lived. He knew in his heart that he had to do something, so he took a leap of faith.<br />
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He asked her to marry him, and she accepted, with the ceremony completed by the captain of the Acclaimator-class starship Judgement. When Brodo's ward was transfered to the Judgement, Rielle went with him. This brief respite, as Brodo has predicted, as short lived. A half a day after the transfer of the ward, the Seperatists attacked the Duro system in a lightning fast strike, taking the floating cities in mere hours. The Judgement was the last major vessel out of the combat zone. It met up with the fleet under the command of an old friend of Brodo's, Quinlan Vos, though Brodo made sure never to reveal himself to the man, in hopes that he would not compromise him. Rielle was at his side always.<br />
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*''19 BBY'' - '''Boz Pity'''<br />
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Moving from hotspot to hotspot, Brodo had little time to recover properly. His injuries were healing, although very slowly. He was going to be out of commision for longer than he had hoped. His troopers often left for missions without him, only his words of encouragement and experience to aid them. Though this momentary weakned state was tempered slightly by the presence of Rielle.<br />
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The Judgement had become their home since their escape from Duro, though it's halls bustled with troops and naval personnel. Their relationship blossomed as their time together grew longer. This tranquility was short, but sweet. The taskforce was ordered to the Boz Pity sector to support the landings of Obi Wan Kenobi and his force. Brodo could see the other taskforce from the viewport, but they never got close enough to do any actual fighting. Several sorties of fighters were sent out to assist in the aerial battle, but nothing else from the Vos taskforce.<br />
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Brodo felt frustrated at the lack of action, both because of his injury and because of all of the troopers dying down there which he could have prevented. He had grown attached to his troopers over the years, and had tried to instill a strong survival instinct into them to help them survive the war. He only hoped that they would follow his advice.<br />
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Due to actions elsewhere and the apparent victory in the holes of Boz Pity, the Vos taskforce was diverted to the Kashyyyk system, on the eve of the Battle of Kachirho City.<br />
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[[Image:Kashyyyk1.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|The Battle of Kachirho City]]<br />
*''19 BBY'' - '''Kashyyyk'''<br />
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The forest planet of Kashyyyk lay before the massive Republic fleet which had congregated in orbit. Three seperate taskforces of men and equipment had been ordered to this lynch pin in Republic controlled space. Brodo, still bandaged but full mobile and capable of fighting, boarded the same LAAT/i as his last commando squad, Kamda. He waved goodbye to his wife, Rielle, as the gunship dropped away from the Judgement, heading for terra firma.<br />
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He could see the massive trees which covered the world as they headed for the main hotspot for the battle, a Wookiee city by the name of Kachirho. By Kashyyyk standards it was a metropolis, with dozens of villages connected with numerous massive vines which the furry creatures seemed to use for transportation and walkways. It would be a nightmare to defend, as there were so many different ways to get into the city, and almost no real cover other than the various levels that the city was built on.<br />
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Brodo set about ordering his troops around, keeping Kamda with him as a flying squad, to be used to plug any holes in the line or assist were the line needed help as the fight ensued. His company was mostly scout clone troopers, excellent for use in this sort of terrain, but they were thinly spread. The droid army numbered the hundreds of thousands of units, not to mention their heavy weaponry.<br />
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During their wait, the dawn slowly approached, they finally heard the rumble of Seperatist power stations as they powered up. This was the sign that the attack was imminent. Brodo ran up and down his line, checking to make sure every man and Wookiee was ready for the battle. He had found that he felt some kind of comradery with the massive furry aliens, who in a sense resembled him in many ways. He did not understand their language, which wasn't much more than growls and strange purrs, but he respected their fighting skill, having seen it first hand when a male raptor of some kind strayed into his command centre. A massive Wookiee dispatched the beast with little more than a swipe of his Ryyk blade.<br />
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[[Image:Kashyyyk2.jpg|thumb|left|250 px|Kamda firing on incoming Droid army]]<br />
The droid armies approached slowly, the large lake between them and the city being the only real barrier to their advance. The Seperatist fliers were the vanguard of the attack, slicing through the gathered ranks of clone troopers and Wookiees. Several massive Juggernauts advanced from the rear of the Republic battlements, dispatching some of the fliers and opening fire on the surface of the water, boiling it.<br />
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The first droids appeared from below the surface of the lake into a hail of blaster fire. The Wookiees employed their bowcasters to great effect, these incredibly accurate weapons being able to pick off tank commanders from a great distance. Yet again, Brodo found himself impressed by this aliens, and their fighting, some even swinging into battle on ropes and dispositing mines onto the oncoming droid tanks.<br />
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Brodo sent Kamda squad to reinforce one of the weaker battlements which had been hit by a stray missle. This would be the last time he saw his boys, but he did not know whether they were alive or dead. He hoped for the former, but knew that in all likelihood, the latter was the truth.<br />
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Suddenly, an order appeared on the clone trooper arm bands around him. Order 66 had been given. Brodo had no idea what this meant, but the Clone troopers started firing on the jedi around them, many being cut down by their allies blasters. Horrified by this sudden change, Brodo slipped away, hoping that this order did not include him. He knew no one in the area knew he was Force sensitive, but he could not take that chance. He started making his way through the trees towards a spaceworthy craft he'd spotted earlier that day. He could make his escape that way.<br />
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[[Image:BrentForce.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Brodo making his escape]]<br />
The final jump to get to the hangar floor would have been far too far for someone who did not have force powers, but Brodo decided to risk it. He used the Force to propell him up onto the hangar... right in front of a Clone commander by the name of Irit. The Clone commander opened his mouth, his arm raised to point at Brodo, but the Shaevalian acted faster, using the Force to push the Clone into the trunk of the massive tree, then off of the platform all together.<br />
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The craft made it to space, but he was stopped by an Acclaimator vessel and boarded as if he was just returning from the battle. No one seemed to know or care that he was Force sensitive, but he could feel the Jedi on the planet as they were extinguished or killed. He made inquires about the Judgement and the fate of his wife. One controlled, sympathetic to the training sergeant, told him that the Judgement had been lost, with all hands.<br />
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Brodo felt a coldness grip him and his heart, which he could not shake. He did not cry, or show any outward emotions upon hearing the news. He just felt cold, with a deep pain that he could not and would not try and temper.<br />
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*''19 BBY'' - '''Imperial Rising'''<br />
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{{Quote|Your fealty is to the Emperor, not some archaic form of government. Get that into your head or you will lose it.|Imperial Moff Falon Karrinos, addressing Brodo}}<br />
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Kashyyyk was Brodo's last battle before being officially inducted into the new Imperial Army. The changes were slight, but noticeable. All of the non-human species were either removed or transfered away from the main military formations, and human officers replaced them. These replacements were already quite adept at their roles, possibly because the higher ups had seen their need and prepared for the worst.<br />
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The Clone Troopers were reformed into legions of Stomtroopers, though their training sergeants were ignored for the most part. A select few were offered positions within the new Imperial military, under the command of the Emperor. Brodo was one of the few to do so, owing mostly to the apparent loss of his wife. He missed her, his heart felt torn, but he strode on. He wanted to live up to her memory.<br />
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===Empire===<br />
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[[Image:ImpGeneral.jpg|thumb|left|250 px|Colonel Brent Tainer]]<br />
*''15 BBY'' - '''In the Emperor's Name...'''<br />
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{{Quote|Trooper, if I see you lay a hand on an innocent civilian again, I will execute you myself.|Brodo}}<br />
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As he had been absorbed into the Imperial Army, his commanding officers decided he would be best suited for training, as he had been all those years before. Brodo hadn't felt that this would be a moral problem at all. He believed that the Empire would be just about the same as the Republic, if not better. He believed that their anti-alien policy was pretty fair, and didn't think that it would effect him, as he just looked like a much larger human.<br />
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However, at this point in time, he'd decided to change his name to conform more with the standard naming systems in the Galaxy. He had already taken his mother's name, but to put himself even further from his past, and any possible troubles that could come up from his Force sensitivity and abilities, he changed his first name to Brent. He was commissioned as Colonel Brent Tainer, of the Imperial Army, in 15 BBY.<br />
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Stationed at the Imperial Army training centre on [[Starwars:Academy_of_Carida|Carida]], he was put in command of one of the training legions. This legion, known as the Devil's Own, was very very green when Brent got a hold of them. He employed all his training experience and knowledge to teach them all he knew about combat. He also tried to instill them with a sense of honour and pride, as most of these men were not volunteers. <br />
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Over the course of a year, he kept them training hard, pushing them through each section of the training scheme as quickly as he could. He wanted these men to know that they could be expected to fight for days and months without any real relaxation, or even sleep. They hated him for it, but he knew that it would make them much stronger.<br />
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By the end of the training course, the entire Legion gained full honours, and an unprecedented 17 Legions of Merit, awarded for excelling in all fields of training and combat skills. Brent was so proud of his men, and knew that they would do their job properly and well. He requested a transfer to the Army's command structure so that he could command these men on the field, and his request was approved.<br />
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[[Image:DevilsOwn.jpg|thumb|right|350 px|The Devil's Own Legion]]<br />
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*''9 BBY'' - '''Dissent and Deceit'''<br />
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{{Quote|Did you see that alien drop? It was like a bag of spuds!|A soon to be dead Stormtrooper}}<br />
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The Devil's Own made a name for itself for being able to overturn overwhelming odds and defeat their enemies outright. With their commander, Brent, they hopped from hot spot to hot spot, clearing each swiftly, almost clinicly. Brent was very proud of his men. The problem, he found, were the replacements. These men, not trained by Brent, and obviously brainwashed by propaganda from [[Starwars:COMPNOR|COMPNOR]], and their training sergeants, seemed to want to make it their goal to spread said propaganda through the ranks of his legion.<br />
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More than once he had to discipline his own men for acts that they had been egged on to do by replacements. Eventually he had had enough, and began punishing the replacements for their actions. This, unfortunately, sparked the attention of the Imperial Security Bureau. They sent an officer to investigate Brent, which was the last thing he'd wanted to happen. He knew there had been a dissident group in his legion, but hadn't tried to rout them out, believing that this kind of thinking was natural in soldiers who hadn't volunteered, and who had families and wives back home.<br />
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He contacted the man he believed to be their leader, and explained his situation to him. Lucky for Brent, this man had a contact with the new resistance group known to the Imperials as the [[Starwars:Rebel_Alliance|Rebel Alliance]]. While he didn't want to desert from the Empire, he believed that their uncompromising rhetoric was incredibly overzealous, and frequently deadly to those who didn't approve of it. A week before the [[Starwars:ISB|ISB]] was set to arrive, Brent took a shuttle to [[Starwars:Fondor|Fondor]], where he subdued the pilot, and escaped to a hidden Rebel base. Once in the system, he immediately started transmitting that he was defecting. Seemingly, the rebels hadn't heard this, and fired on him in their Headhunter fighters. With the pilot incapacitated, Brent took the controls, his frantic movements turning the shuttle almost into a nimble one-seater fighter. Finally, his calls were answered, and he was allowed to land.<br />
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===Rebellion===<br />
[[Image:rebel_logo.jpg|thumb|left|200 px|The Rebel Alliance]]<br />
*''0 ABY'' - '''New Comrades'''<br />
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{{Quote|Do you believe in the cause, Mr Tainer?<br>Does the cause believe in me?|Brodo under interrogation upon arrival Rebel Base}}<br />
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Arrested upon arrival, Brent was dragged from his fighter and thrown immediately into an interrogation room. He had ample time to consider his decision to defect while the Rebels seemed to have forgotten him. After many hours of boredem and several recitations of classical Shaevalian verse, a Rebel officer entered the room. He introduced himself as Commander Tanaka, and placed a hefty file on the table before him.<br />
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Commander Tanaka then spent the better part of an hour describing atrocities commited by the Devil's Own Legion, the Legion he commanded and trained. The list was grievously long, each new charge compounding his disgust at how far his men had fallen. After the recitation, the Commander asked for an explaination and why he shouldn't have Brent killed right then and there for war charges.<br />
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[[Image:RebelBase2.jpg|thumb|right|300 px|Rebel Base on Yavin]]<br />
Brent smiled, and nodded to the stack of papers in the man's folder and explained that the day all of those atrocities started was the day his troops were 'reinforced' by COMPNOR troopers, undermining the integrity and discipline of his troops. He continued to point out how little control he had over the situation, and finally had had enough. The Commander smiled, and left.<br />
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Confident in his innocence of the charges, Brent was still worried by the unpredictability of these Rebels. About a half an hour later, a General entered. In his customary formalness, Brent stood up quickly, and saluted the higher ranked man, who smiled, commenting that it had been over two years since he'd been saluted properly. Though he did not introduce himself, Brent surmised that his man was important in the Rebellion. The General placed a small badge on the table in front of him, seemingly some rank in the Rebellion forces. The General said to put it on, and be ready to command within 24 hours.<br />
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Overwhelmed with gratitude, Brent shook the man's hand, before discarding his Imperial insignia, replacing them with the Rebel rank of Major. As the General turned his back, however, Brent pocketed his Imperial rank badge. As Brent left the interrogation room, alarms sounded, causing the General to start running, Brent followed quickly, being led to what could only be the base's control room. An Imperial landing force was set to arrive. From snippets of conversation, Brent learned of some great victory the Rebels had just won, and this would probably be the retaliation.<br />
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Brent tried to get answers, but the General was busy. Commander Tanaka pulled him to one side, and said that if he wanted to prove his trustworthiness, he would help lead the Rebel troops to victory over the Imperial forces. Nodding grimly, Brent accepted, and sped off down the corridors. He stepped out of the hangar bay with several platoons of mottled Rebel troopers in his wake, and began setting them out in defensive patterns.<br />
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He took pleasure in taking the first Imperial tag that day, his sniper bolt connecting with a COMPNOR security officer, wiping the smug grin off his face. His shot caused several dozen more to lance out from the trees and Massassi stones. The ensuing firefight last most of the day, with the Rebels winning the day. Brent would be commended that day, by the General himself, with the Burdine Cluster, awarded for bravery, and the Yavin IV battle tab.<br />
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*''2 ABY'' - '''Ghost'''<br />
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{{Quote|But you... you were dead...<br>Only a little bit|Brent and Erianna reunited.}}<br />
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Stationed on the outpost of Polus, found by Emperor's Hand. Turns out to be Rielle, under the name of Erianna.<br />
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[[Image:Strike_Cruiser.jpg|thumb|right|350 px|Strike Cruiser Valiant]]<br />
*''4 ABY'' - '''Deathblow'''<br />
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{{Quote|Imperial Fleet, your Emperor is dead. Your leaders are defeated. Lay down your arms and you will be treated fairly|Admiral Akbar}}<br />
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2nd Death Star blows up, Brent commandeers a Strike Cruiser, proclaiming his Imperial rank and escapes with second Strike Cruiser in tow.<br />
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*''5 ABY'' - '''Remnants'''<br />
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{{Quote|Pirates plunder for money. We plunder for justice.|Mav Yarin}}<br />
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Joins small band of Imperials who are raiding various Rebel outposts with two aging Strike Cruisers.<br />
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[[Image:MavYarin.jpg|thumb|left|100 px|Mav Yarin, the pirate]]<br />
*''10 ABY'' - '''Strike Fleet'''<br />
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{{Quote|You would contest me? You are nothing but a failed Imperial!<br>I have not failed. I have only been delayed.|Brodo contests Mav Yarin's leadership of the Strike Fleet}}<br />
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Becomes leader of the band, and leads them towards the Minos Cluster, capturing several capital ships on the way.<br />
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===Emperor's Hammer===<br />
[[Image:EHlogo.jpg|thumb|left|200 px|Emperor's Hammer]]<br />
*''12 ABY'' - '''A New Grand Admiral'''<br />
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{{Quote|Those damn red eyes are so intense...|Brent on Grand Admiral Ronin}}<br />
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A new Grand Admiral, Ronin, hears of this band of Imperials who have been playing havoc with the Rebel supply lines, and whose fleet had grown to ten small capital ships. He decides to invite the band into the Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet. This offer is accepted by Brodo, on the condition that his men be accorded the same respect, honours, and benefits as befits what they have done in the past few years.<br />
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*''15 ABY'' - '''A Fresh Start'''<br />
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{{Quote|Before him stood the Legion, and the Legion cried as one "For The Hammer, For the Fist".|The Decarat Chronicles}}<br />
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Brodo joins the Emperor's Hammer officially, after making sure his men and equipment are sorted out properly. He opts to go to join the Hammer's Fist, the stormtrooper legion attached to the Emperor's Hammer Strike Fleet. Name changed to Decarat.<br />
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*''17 ABY'' - '''Elite of the Elite'''<br />
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{{Quote|The Nightstalkers needs a strong leadership. I have Balefire. I want you.|Field Marshal Dante talking to Decarat}}<br />
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Decarat is very influential in the creation of the First Special Operations Group (1SOG) of the Hammer's Fist, and becomes the first platoon leader of its primary commando platoon, the Nightstalkers. He is promoted several times, and ends at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.<br />
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===Dark Jedi Brotherhood===<br />
*''25 ABY'' - '''Another Departure'''<br />
[[Image:Brent-Sith.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Brodo as a EHDB Sith]]<br />
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{{Quote|Let those who stand before me know... I'm getting out of here, dont expect to stop me|Decarat to Detention Troopers who had come to take him into custody}}<br />
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HIs training in the Force in the Dark Brotherhood had led him to believe that the Emperor's Hammer had not maintained its bargain to his men. He decided that his tenure in the Emperor's Hammer should come to an end. So a small group of his loyal officers, a couple Dark Jedi and Brodo, fled into the vastness of space. They finally find their way to the Dark Jedi Brotherhood, where his men are treated well as befitting war veterans. Brodo joins the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Joining CP.<br />
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*''26 ABY'' - '''Change of Scenery'''<br />
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{{Quote|The Royal Clan is far more successful at what they do than ten Plagueis Clans.|Eton Jade}}<br />
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Clan Plagueis was vastly different from Clan Tarentum, the Clan he was a part of in the Emperor's Hammer. He found their ways unusual, and found himself almost a pariah when trying to succeed. He knew the Consul of the Clan, [[Sarin]], from the Emperor's Hammer, and still had an incredible amount of respect for the man. <br />
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His first break came at the coattails of another Emperor's Hammer escapee, [[Dacien "BubbaX" Victae]]. He had been given permission to create a new Battleteam for House Satal Keto. This new battleteam would server the House and Clan, but would also be a single fighting element. [[Dacien "BubbaX" Victae|Dacien]] knew that Archangel had the skills he needed, and recruited him as his Executive Officer. This battleteam would later be named [[Satal Victus]] - "Satal Victorious".<br />
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The team grew quickly, and was soon taking out enemies of the Clan. Archangel was promoted once or twice and was awarded for his work, but didn't like how the Clan was being run after the promotions of Sarin to Deputy Grand Master. After a heated argument with several of the other Protectors, and severely wounding one, Archangel fled the Clan, seeking refuge with those of the same mindset as himself - [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]].<br />
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*''27 ABY'' - '''Intrusion'''<br />
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{{Quote|I challenge you to an honourable duel, heretic Jeedai<br>I doubt you have the honour to not hide behind a line of troops, Dur Knah|Dur Knah and Brent Ligur Victae trade taunts}}<br />
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Vong invasion<br />
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[[Image:Brodo-duel.jpg|thumb|left|200 px|Brodo battling a fellow Dark Jedi]]<br />
*''27 ABY'' - '''Reclaimation'''<br />
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{{Quote|We go back to our homes, back to our planet. Destroy the vermin before us. Remove them from existance!|Proconsul Lucien during the Reclaimation campaign}}<br />
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Reclaimation<br />
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[[Image:Brodo-tech.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Brodo, Present Day]]<br />
*''28 ABY'' - '''New Resposiblities'''<br />
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{{Quote|Time has come for you to lead the House, Brent. See that you do so with pride|Rasilvenaira StormRaven}}<br />
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The Reclaimation took an entire year, but when it was complete, the system was the Clan's again. After the ordeal the Clan had gone through seemed to be complete, a few changes had to be made in how it opperated and how it was run. Many a time the troops faltered when they should have stood firm, and too many Dark Jedi died during this conflict where they should have been victorious.<br />
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[[Rasilvenaira StormRaven|Rasilvenarira]] saw this as well, and took some action. She stood down and gave her position of Quaestor to [[Yzarc Rellik Kaeth|Yzarc]]. Brent was promoted to Yzarc's former position as Aedile. Along with this sudden elevation in responsiblity, Brent was also tasked with assisting Dante with the reorganisation of the Legions of the Clan. They were in a sorry state, especially after the beating they took while retaking Ptolomea.<br />
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Brent applied himself to these new roles with vigour, trying his best not to show off, but to help the Clan succeed. He saw in it the values and ideals he'd once held close to his heart on his home planet of Shaevalis Prime, as well as his adopted home of Kiffu. He finally felt at home, and wanted to protect it with blade and muscle.<br />
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Yzarc soon stepped down from the Quaestor position, citing problems with the Clan leadership. Following the traditions of the Clan, Brent was promoted to replace him. Quaestor of the House Caliburnus had been not only a goal for him, but a dream. And he had finally made it.<br />
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*''29 ABY'' - '''To protect memories'''<br />
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{{Quote|To fight beside those I abandoned? I have no qualms. Just make sure they stay out of my way|Brent on working with Clan Plagueis during the Uneasy Alliance}}<br />
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Where most of the Clan's systems and planets were now under Clan control, other groups were not so lucky. [[Clan Plagueis]], often found to be a refuge for those fleeing the might of Clan Scholae Palatinae, was now on the defensive. A large Yuuzhan Vong fleet was now bearing down on [[Jusadih System]], and the newly appointed Consul [[Braecen Kaeth]] was desperately defending his capital. He called in all the favours he had left in Clan Scholae Palatinae, which were too many for the Clan to ignore. The fleet set sail for Jusadih system, Brent and House Caliburnus in tow.<br />
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In his position as the Commander of the Expeditionary Force, a 48,000 man strong corps, Brent set about landing troops at key locations both inside the city and behind the Yuuzhan Vong forces. He had his air fleet, which was meager in number, but boosted the advanced [[MAAT/SOC Gunship]] transport, flying supplies in and out of the city, helping the relieve the supply shortages.<br />
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[[Timbal]] had the Star Destroyers bombard Yuuzhan Vong positions in preparation for Dante and Brent to charge in from all sides. Braecen's forces, though battered, would play their part in the destruction of the Yuuzhan Vong force. Unfortunately, the Yuuzhan Vong attack only served to redirect the attentions of the Clan's leadership away from the main danger: [[Clan Arcona]].<br />
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Clan Arcona, having lost its system to the Yuuzhan Vong, was looking for an easy kill, and pounced on the war-stricken Jusadih System. Their primary strikes into the system were devastating, causing several Plagueis capital ships to withdraw. The Scholae Star Destroyers swung into battle, and fended off the main advance. By the time this had occured, Arconan forces were on the ground. The combined Plaguis/Scholae forces took on the Arconans in a long bloody battle which lasted a week.<br />
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In the end, the Arconans fled the field of battle, Plagueis retained its system, and Scholae returned to their system.<br />
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But for Brent, this was unsettling. He felt that Scholae had been made to use its resources to help a traitor clan. This cut him so deeply that he openly attacked the Proconsul at the time, Lucien, for folding for the traitor's wishes. He was easily beaten, however, leaving him with a scar which followed the length of his arm.<br />
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*''29 ABY'' - '''Sojourn'''<br />
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{{Quote|Long walk to cleanse, to heal, or just to wander.|Brodo's message to the House upon the discovery of his disappearance.}}<br />
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Brodo returns home, is scorned, but wins over the people by bringing economic prosperity to the area.<br />
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*''30 ABY'' - '''Take the long way home'''<br />
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{{Quote|Home, Hearth, Family.|Nul family motto}}<br />
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Brodo returns to the DJB, seeing it preparing for battle.<br />
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*''31 ABY'' - '''Take back what is ours'''<br />
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{{Quote|Into the Shroud, my brethen, take back our skies|Grand Master Sarin}}<br />
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GJW 9. Commanding legions, landfall, duel with Alaris, mission with Jac.<br />
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*''31 ABY'' - '''Relocation'''<br />
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Leaving for House Revan<br />
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==Names==<br />
Throughout the years, Brodo has had to change his name on several occasions either to assume a new identity, or to hide his current one. Here is a quick list of the ones he used and where/what for:<br />
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*''Brodo Nul'' - Birth Name<br />
*''Brodo Tainer'' - Upon joining the Republic Army with his Commandos, he decided to take his mother's last name rather than his birth name, both to hide his heritage, and so as not to give the Administration any more headaches than it already had.<br />
*''Brent Tainer'' - Understanding the Xenophobia that the Imperials seemed to have, he changed his name to Brent Tainer to belie his roots even further, even though his race were very similar to humans.<br />
*''Decarat Tainer'' - After going AWOL from the Imperial Army, he found that using his old name probably wasn't a good idea. Changing his name to Decarat Tainer allowed him to join the Rebel Alliance without any problems.<br />
*''Brent Tainer'' - Again, he found himself in the service of Imperials, this time the Emperor's Hammer. He decided that his old name would probably be best to use, so show off almost, to the Grand Admiral of the EHSF.<br />
*''Eton Jade'' - He took this name both because of his joining the Jade family, as well as an alias to use for escape. The Emperor's Hammer didn't suit him anymore, and disappearing for a man of his status would be difficult. So he assumed the name and mannerisms of Eton Jade, and slipped away.<br />
*''Brent Ligur Victae'' - Shrugging off his fear of the Emperor's Hammer also meant he had to change his name. He rather liked the name Brent, and the Ligur came from the tattoo of a Liger on his chest. Ligur means "of the Liger". Victae, which means "victorious", was his family name, with his new wife Erianna.<br />
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==Training Squads==<br />
[[Image:RC-1.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Republic Commandos.]]<br />
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*'''Aleph Squad'''<br />
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''Tek'' - RC-9811 - Sergeant - Died of his wounds, attacked on Boz Pity. Survived long enough to call in orbital bombardment<br />
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''Kad'' - RC-9812 - Sniper - Killed on Boz Pity by Droid'ikas<br />
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''Holl'' - RC-9854 - Technician - Killed on Boz Pity by Droid'ikas<br />
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''Mul'' - RC-9855 - Medic - Killed on Boz Pity by Droid'ikas<br />
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Aleph Squad was the first squad that Brodo trained. Training accidents before he got there meant that this team was actually two halves of two other squads. This formed two factions within the squad, Tek and Kad on one side, and Holl and Mul on the other. Alot of work was required even to get them to fight together. This is when Brodo took command of them. The first time he met the squad, Kad had Holl up against a wall, and was only being held back by Mul. Tek had come to meet Brodo as the sergeant of the squad. Brodo's large hand gripped and squeezed Kad, and pulled him away from his squadmate. Kad tried to take a swing at Brodo, but only recieved a kick half way across the room. This act alone formed Brodo's dominance over the squad. Aleph was always the rogue squad in Brodo's training platoon, always trying to push the boundaries, and do the best they could. The natural rivalry between the two factions in the squad has pushed them to overdo each other's feats, trying to beat each other in every way posisible.<br />
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During the Battle of Boz Pity, Aleph Squad was sent on a raid on a high level Trade Federation outpost, consisting mainly of a trio of battleships on the ground. Their target was a high level CIS official by the name of Gun Nemoifa, a Nemiodian known for his prowess in ship-to-ship tactics. The Republic wanted to remove him from the space battle above the planet. After successfully completing their mission in well under the alloted time, Aleph was making its way out of the complex when it was set upon by a trio of Droid'ikas. Unable to get through the shielding, Aleph retreated quickly. Tek, deciding that their position was untenable, ordered his squad to disperse and cause mayhem. Holl and Kad were killed within a few minutes, after tearing apart a droid storage area. Mul managed to get into the core of the ship, setting all his explosives and thermol detonators. Tek's last act as squad leader was to call down an orbital strike to take out the trio of capital ships. Brodo took their loss hard.<br />
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*'''Zeta Squad'''<br />
[[Image:NuroZeta.jpg|thumb|left|250 px|Nuro on patrol]]<br />
''Nuro'' - RC-1780 – Sergeant – Whereabouts Unknown<br />
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''Racell'' - RC-1781 – Medic – Whereabouts Unknown<br />
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''Sec'' - RC-1782 – Sniper – Whereabouts Unknown<br />
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''Paji'' - RC-1783 – Technician – Whereabouts Unknown<br />
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When in their accelerated growth capsules, the clone embryos destined to form Zeta Squad were slated for disposal due to some defect genes in their optical nerves. A congenital defect stemming from mis-aligned chromosmes during the implantation process had caused this, and it would seriously damage the Clones optical abilities and would effectively blind them for life. This, however, was not caught until the embryos were 'hatching' and stumbled around rather than walking away like all of their brothers did.<br />
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Reminicent of the Null clones, these boys were saved by Kal Skirata, who saw a use for them. He personally assigned them to Brodo, who he knew would be able to train these boys in a specific way which would be perfect for them: Hunters. The tales of the Blind Hunters of Shaevalis Prime were legendary across their end of the Unknown Regions, and Brodo had trained for some time with them. He took this new squad under his wing, and kept them out of trouble. He even had to discipline some Commandos who teased the Zeta boys, whose disability was the target of most jeers and comments in the Commando ranks.<br />
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The squad spent hours tracking and training their four remaining senses to assist them in their hunt. At first it was very difficult, and they tends towards giving up after failing so many times. It took time and hours of frustration before they made breakthrough after breakthrough. Soon they were hunting Commando squads as they were doing their jungle training. They spent many a day hunting a team which had taunted them before, setting up traps and caltrips in their path. This went on for months until they were assigned to the 41st Elite Legion, as scouts and trackers. They went on to fight on a variety of planets, finally on Kashyyyk.<br />
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Their deaths were never officially confirmed as their bodies were never found and their tracking beacons were turned off.<br />
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<br />
*'''Harta Squad'''<br />
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''Cho'' - RC-1888 – Sergeant – Killed in training accident, blamed for deaths of team<br />
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''Ro'' - RC-1889 – Medic – Lost a leg in training accident, became training sergeant for clone troopers<br />
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''Ade'' - RC-1890 – Sniper – Killed in training accident<br />
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''Bale'' - RC-1891 – Technician – Killed in training accident<br />
[[Image:Commando2.jpg|thumb|left|250 px|Harta Squad just before accident]]<br />
Harta Squad was the third batch of clone boys Brodo was given to train, and consequently he didn’t have as much time as he would’ve wanted to teach them. He had two full clone teams to deal with without the added work of Harta. This of course had a negative effect on their self-esteem and personalities. It made them always strive for greatness, surpassing many of their age group in intelligence, aptitude and learning speed. This was all a means to an end, as they only wanted to make their training sergeant, Brodo, proud of them. Their drive for greatness morphed into a form of arrogance that bordered on lunacy.<br />
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Only a few months old, and looking as if their mid-teens, Harta Squad was excelling in all fields. Cho, their sergeant, had been asked to assist younger clone groups, as well as normal clone trooper units. However, their arrogance and drive to please Brodo led them to beg him to allow them into Live Fire exersies several months early. Brodo consented after much deliberation, but he would regret this decision.<br />
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The first Live Fire exercise was blasting and assaulting a locked ship style doorway. This is a procedure which would be completed hundreds of times during the Clone Wars, as well as afterward. The procedure called for a shaped plastic explosive to be placed on the outside of the door, followed by the detonation of that explosive. Then two squad members clear the room with a pair of thermal detonators, before the entire team collapses into the room, clearing any final resistance.<br />
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The plan was followed well by Harta, up until the thermal detonators were to be used. The mission briefing stated that the devices be set at a 2 second interval, and to be followed 5 seconds later. However, these numbers were mixed up by the Sergeant, Cho, and was not caught by anyone. During the exercise, the detonators were thrown into the test chamber with a 5 second interval, and they entered 2 seconds later, just in time to catch the full blast of the two thermal detonators. Cho, Bale and Ade were killed instantly. Ro lost a leg, but went on to train clone troopers. He never saw action again.<br />
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<br />
*'''Kamda Squad'''<br />
[[Image:KashyyykKamda.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|Kamda's last mission]]<br />
''Lemin'' - RC-3249 – Medic – Missing, presumed killed<br />
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''Iohel'' - RC-809 – Sergeant – Missing, presumed killed<br />
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''Hras'' - RC-6512 – Sniper – Missing, presumed killed<br />
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''Graw'' - RC-5012 – Technician – Missing, presumed killed<br />
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As with many Republic Commando squads after the Battle of Geonosis, Kamda was a conglomeration of four other squads who only had one member left. The squad was formed only a week after the end of the Battle of Geonosis, so their loses were still very fresh in their minds. This lose translated into anger towards their new squad mates, culminating in a fist fight that left two of them in the medical ward.<br />
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This lead them to be assigned to Brodo's company. The first time he met them was when he visited them in the medical ward. His imposing size didn't impress them much, but they knew of him. They were some of the younger troopers, and hadn't had him as a training sergeant, though Lemin, the medic, had served in Kamda before the reformation. After a few minutes of silence, Brodo went on the offensive, ripping the squad apart for their naievity, their stupidity and their unprofessional behavior.<br />
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One of the troopers, Iohel, had had enough, and swung out at Brodo. Brodo let it hit him, an event that would stay with the trooper for the rest of his career. Brodo allowing the punch struck a nerve in the troopers. They had come to believe in the frailty of humans, and that no one gave a damn about clones. For a non-clone to take a hit just to prove his point, it sunk in.<br />
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After the incident and the medical ward trip, the squad, while not completely happy with the situation, began working together. After a month of retraining, they were sent out into the field.<br />
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The entire squad was listed as missing, presumed killed, during the Battle of Kashyyyk.<br />
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==Holdings==<br />
During his time in the Corporate Division, along with other Subgroups of the Emperor's Hammer, and now in the Dark Jedi Brotherhood, Brodo has started, and run several companies, and corporations to give him a stable and ample income.<br />
*'''Lumina Corporation''' (LUC) - Advertising and Public Relations<br />
*'''Archangel Intergalactic Bakeries''' (AIB) - Delightful cookies and other treats<br />
*'''Wildspace ArmsCorps''' (WAC) - Small arms, fighter parts, weapon emplacements<br />
*'''Prime Ironworks''' (PIW) - Heavy vehicles, walkers, tanks, construction droids.<br />
*'''Victae Shipyards''' (VCS) - Small capital ships, fighters, shuttles, luxury yachts<br />
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== Information ==<br />
'''Identifying Marks'''<br />
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Carefully applied yellow-black tattoos adorn his right arm in a tribal design, with a large five-pointed star as the focal point. A huge tattoo adorns his chest, in the shape of a giant cat of orange and black. On his back, a pair of feathered wings has been tattooed.<br />
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'''Physical Description'''<br />
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Broad shouldered, and muscular, his frame is that of a born fighter. With his massive size (big even on his race's standards) and powerful build, he was trained in ground combat, which shows itself in his great upper body strength. His dark hair is always in dreadlocks, which are left to hang, framing his face like the mane of a giant cat. His eyes are a steely white, and his skin seems to have a constant bronze tan.<br />
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'''Planet of Origin:'''<br />
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* [[Shaevalis Prime]]<br />
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'''Current Residence:'''<br />
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* Location Unknown<br />
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'''Spouse:'''<br />
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* [[Erianna "Rayne" Victae]] - Wife<br />
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[[Image:sniperrifle2.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|DH-112 Sniper Rifle]]<br />
'''Personal Weapons:'''<br />
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*'''Ironwood Spear''' - Primary weapon in battle along with his lightsaber.<br />
*'''Ligur Lightsaber''' - Custom Lightsaber, presented to him by the Herald staff upon his elevation to the rank of Sith Battlemaster. The emitter of the emerald lightsaber is carved into the opened maw of a Liger, and the shaft is decorated in raised black 'stripes' with the lowered areas in an orange metal.<br />
*'''DH-112 Sniper rifle''' - Presented to Brent, under his assumed name of Decarat, upon his completion of the Advanced Sniper training in the Hammer's Fist and upon his twentith confirmed kill.<br />
*'''Combat knives (x2)''' - Standard issue in the Hammer's Fist. He kept them when he left the Emperor's Hammer.<br />
*'''E-11 blaster rifle''' - Standard issue in the Hammer's Fist. He kept them when he left the Emperor's Hammer.<br />
*'''Storm Commando armour''' - During his time in the Hammer's Fist, under the assumed name of Decarat, Brent made a name for himself as an elite solidier in any condition. He helped form the special operations company as well as the premier elite unit, the Nightstalkers. Throughout this time, he participated in numerous operations, and was awarded many times for his fighting prowess. Upon completing the Special Forces course, he was awarded with Storm Commando armour, only the 10th man in Hammer's Fist history to do so.<br />
*'''Clone Commando gauntlets''' - Given to him by one of his trainees, Ro, upon the deaths of his squadmates. These guantlets, painted in a matte black finish, are still as functional as if they were built yesterday. Though they would normally require the power provided by the Katarn Commando armour, Brent has fashioned a small portable power pack in wrist of the right gauntlet. While it makes it heavier, it allows the knuckle-mounted vibro blade to be extended and powered for a limited amount of time.<br />
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'''Clothing Description:'''<br />
*''Pilot: Dark grey Flightsuit, with navy blue piping.''<br />
*''Formal: Black flowing cloak with hood, dark grey armour and pants, combat gloves and brown boots. A thick utility belt, without tools, but with lightsaber, Vos shoulder emblem.''<br />
*''Combat: Dark grey training shirt, arms removed. Black-Grey armour, with a grey tunic, along with combat vest. Dark brown combat boots. One Pauldron on right shoulder, displaying Clan Vos star. Thick utilty belt with various tools and weapons, as well as lightsaber. Clone Commando gauntlets, along with vibroblade, painted matte black.''<br />
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'''Languages Known:'''<br />
*''Basic, Shaevalian, Zabrak, Twi'lek, several Wildspace languages''<br />
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'''Talents/Training:'''<br />
*''Basic Ground Warfare: Shaevailian War Academy (SWA)''<br />
*''Hand-to-Hand/Weaponry training: SWA''<br />
*''Tactical/Strategic Training: SWA''<br />
*''Basic flying training: Imperial Weapons And Training School (IWATS)''<br />
*''Stormtrooper Basics, Advanced, Officer: Hammer's Fist Training College (HFTC)''<br />
*''Stormtrooper Commando: HFTC''<br />
*''Various environmental, and occupational trainings: HFTC, IWTC''<br />
*''Force Power Training: EHDB, DJB''<br />
*''Force Combat Training: EHDB, DJB''<br />
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'''Pets:'''<br />
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* One domesticated feline - white, female kitten called Snow<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
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''DJB Special Awards''<br />
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* [[Order of the Serpent]]: Proselyte of Fire<br />
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''DJB positions held''<br />
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* Flight Leader, Satal Victus Battleteam, [[Clan Plagueis]].<br />
* Flight Leader, [[Souls of Darkness]] Battleteam, [[House Caliburnus]], [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]].<br />
* Magistrate of the Herald ([[Shikyo]]).<br />
* Sith Commander, Souls of Darkness Battleteam, [[House Caliburnus]], [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]].<br />
* [[Aedile]], [[House Caliburnus]], Clan Scholae Palatinae<br />
* [[Quaestor]], [[House Caliburnus]], Clan Scholae Palatinae<br />
* Commander of the Expeditionary Force (48,000 man strong force in the CSP Legions)<br />
* Surface Marshal of the Forces of House Caliburnus<br />
* Executive Officer, Validus Nocta Battleteam, [[House Caliburnus]], [[Clan Scholae Palatinae]].<br />
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''DJB Contributions''<br />
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* Souls of Darkness battleteam Roleplaying revamp (now removed)<br />
* Banners for all the Clan Scholae Palatinae Legions and Regiments.<br />
* Table of Equipment and Organization for the same.<br />
* Provided names for: Validus Nocta and Satal Victus Battleteams, ISD-IIs Warspite and Indomitable, and Regiments Bastion, Vendetta, and Eclipse and Legions Imperator, Sequentis, Judicator, Equinox, Luna and Umbra.<br />
* Barracks and Armour/Vehicle Depot sections of House Caliburnus Facilities Document.<br />
* Created and implemented the Validus Nocta battle team system<br />
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''Students''<br />
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* First Student - [[Erianna "Rayne" Victae|Erianna Victae]] - Reached Knighthood<br />
* Second Student - [[Ginnafae Delacor|Ginnafae Delacor]] - Currently Protector<br />
* Third Student - [[Faukes]] - Currently Acolyte<br />
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''Emperor's Hammer Trivia''<br />
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* Served as Consul of Tarentum for six months and won Rites of Supremacy<br />
* Served as Wing Commander of Wing XX and won the BGCOM's Judgement four months out of six<br />
* Served as President of the Corporate Division Sub Group for seven months<br />
* Founded the Nightstalkers Special Operations platoon and served there for ten months<br />
** Tie Corps - Colonel<br />
** Infiltrator Wing - Brigadier General<br />
** Hammer's Fist - Lieutenant Colonel<br />
** Corporate Division - Admiral<br />
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''Trivia''<br />
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* Brodo is married to [[Erianna "Rayne" Victae]] (and is engaged to her in real life <3 Rayne :) wuv and snuggles! My girl :) )<br />
* My very first IRC nickname was Archnagel. No, I didnt spell it wrong... there's a bot called Archangel in another Undernet channel, so I couldnt use it. :/<br />
* Brodo was voted in as ''Mr EH'' for 2005<br />
* And was expelled 10 days later!<br />
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{{character<br />
|type=Sith<br />
|name=Erianna "Rayne" Victae<br />
|image=[[image:CombatRayne.jpg|250px]]<br />
|homeworld=[[Shaevalis Prime]]<br />
|birth= [[250 BBY to 101 BBY|104 BBY]]<br />
|species= half-[[Shaevalian]]/ half-[[Starwars:Hapan|Hapan]]<br />
|gender=Female<br />
|height=1.83 m (6'0")<br />
|weight=58 kg (127 lbs)<br />
|skin=Alabaster<br />
|hair=Icy white<br />
|eyes=Intensely bright aqua<br />
|saber=Violet<br />
|form=*Makashi<br />
*Soresu<br />
*Vaapad<br />
|profession= *[[Starwars:Spy|Spy]]<br />
*Dark Jedi<br />
*Training Sergeant<br />
*[[Starwars:Emperor's Hand|Emperor's Hand]]<br />
*Entertainer<br />
|position=<br />
|affiliation=[[Independent House Revan]]<br />
|era=[[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]<br />
|allies= *[[Brent "Archangel" Ligur Victae]] <br />
*[[Anarya Elvendar]]<br />
*[[Nasake Shinjin]]<br />
*[[Shikyo Keibatsu]]<br />
*[[Mayda Ferium]]<br />
|ship=IceFire<br />
|dossier=[[dossier:8405|8405]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Erianna "Rayne" Victae''' aka. '''Rayne''' for short, is a near-Human, born to a Hapan mother and a [[Shaevalian]] father. Born on [[Shaevalis Prime]]. She is currently a member of [[Independent House Revan|House Revan]] and a Sith Warrior. <br />
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{{quote|If you think things can't get any worse it's probably because you lack sufficient imagination.|Erianna Victae}}<br />
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==History==<br />
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Rough Draft: (I know it needs work. I'm putting what information I have now and will work on the structure of it as I go.)<br />
===Childhood===<br />
She never could fit in on her home planet, being half-breed amongst a xenophobic race, and intensely distrusted strangers. Her father hid her and her mother away from his people. She has a knack for finding things, a natural ability she was born with. Her father used to gather information about anything that was needed. Both parents are Force-sensitive.<br />
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===Adolesent===<br />
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===Adult===<br />
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====Becoming a Training SRGT in Clone Wars====<br />
====Finding Brent====<br />
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-29 BBY on Kamino<br />
Rayne worked alongside her fellow Sergeant throughout their time spent training Clone troops. They knew each other as colleagues. Rayne however, remembered Brodo from an earlier time too. Being born around the same time on Shaevalis Prime, though she was rarely seen much around the other Shaevalians because she was 'different' than the others. <br />
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When she heard Brodo had fallen into severe depression after the accident of his squad with no end in sight, she began talking with other Sergeant.<br />
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====Marriage====<br />
[[Image:RayneSinger.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Rayne under the guise of a singer and dancer for the Imperial Palace, but really an Emperor's Hand.]]<br />
===Discovering the Force===<br />
====Emperor's Hand====<br />
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Clone Wars, she survived the crash of the Judgment. She was alive, but barely, and was discovered by one of the Emperor's Inquisitors after finding out she was Force-sensitive. She spent weeks recovering in the bacta tank. Once she wasn't in critical condition any longer. They approached her and flat out said to swear loyalty to the New Empire or face death. Choosing the first option, they began to train her as an Emperor's Hand. She inquired about what had happened to her husband with not much of a response.<br />
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An order came from the Emperor to find Brodo. She locates him on a planet. Sneaks into his quarters through a window at night as he sits in his room, eyes closed in deep thought or meditation, next to a fire in the fireplace. Her emotions for him tug on her heart. Seeing him after all these years apart and seeing her still wears a band around his finger. Forgetting her mission, she quietly approaches him. However, he sensed another presence in his room, and turned to surprise the intruder. Completely shocked to see his wife standing before him, it takes him a moment to realize she's real and not a dream, and immediately embraces her, both elated to be together again.<br />
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(Under major construction: TBC...)<br />
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==Family==<br />
*Ne'Frey'a - Grand General of Shaevalis and her father<br />
*Aria Rielle - Hapan noble and her mother<br />
*Possibly other siblings<br />
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==Names==<br />
Rayne has used a few different names. Nowadays, everyone she meets knows her by Rayne.<br />
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*Erianna Rielle - Her name at birth. <br />
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*Snow Angel - The name of her Imperial days. "Ice" was the nickname from the troopers she had trained.<br />
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*Rayne - Her "Spy" name when she was on missions.<br />
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*Erianna "Rayne" Victae - Her name now after marrying the love of her life, Brent.<br />
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==Profile==<br />
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===Appearance===<br />
[[Image:Rayneeyes.jpg|thumb|90px|left|The eyes of Rayne]]<br />
Rayne takes great care of her appearance. She stands tall with a willowy build, her skin a flawless ivory color. She has amazingly pristine white silky hair, and her aqua eyes are very vivid and almost have a glow to them. She has an elegant beauty about her, given her Hapan and Shaevalian heritage. Her appearance makes it impossible to hide amongst a crowd. She will find hiding herself behind a cloak much more pleasant. Rayne exercises in various places on [[Ptolomea]] to keep actively fit, and has been taught many techniques. She has very good reflexes & eyesight, which she has trained hard to perfect given her Hapan heritage. <br />
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===Attire===<br />
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As her mother was a Hapan Noble, Rayne has inherited many regal outfits of the finest quality, however, she prefers not to wear most of them. She does admire them, but she needs to be subtle and unnoticed for her line of work. She prefers to wear figure-hugging clothing and outfits that accent her feminine physique nicely, though she favors a bit more modest style rather than overly-revealing clothing.<br />
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Rayne can be found in what is most appropriate and wears attire that doesn’t restrict her movement should she suddenly have to engage in unarmed combat at any point in time. Mostly, she prefers her combat attire as it is comfortable, attractive, and has very easy mobility.<br />
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[[Image:Rayne.jpg|thumb|175px|right|]]<br />
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===Demeanor===<br />
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Rayne is a quiet one, she's respectful especially to anyone superior to her. She would think twice before raising her voice, as well she should be amongst Dark Jedi. She feels she has gained enough worth that she feels she can voice her opinions and still remain reverent. Rayne can also be stubborn and she will not answer to anyone who is disrespectful. She is a quiet individual who listens, which has allowed her to gather large amounts of information. Rayne is serene and collected. Her composure will drop a bit more affectionately around her husband, but still will remain professional.<br />
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When she can be at ease, she is with friends and her husband, and is fun-loving and clam. She loves to laugh and to enjoy life to its fullest, appreciating a moment to relax before the next crisis happens.<br />
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As a professional Spy and as an Emperor's Hand, she can be seemingly cold to those just meeting her.<br />
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===Possessions===<br />
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She wears her wedding ring her husband had given to her. Rayne also possesses a form of miniature communications device, a [[Starwars:Subcutaneous comlink|Subcutaneous comlink]], that she uses for her missions of espionage and a personal [[Starwars:Stealth field generators|stealth field generator]] which she was able to obtain during her years of being a spy. She is able to use [[Starwars:Electronic lock breaker|Electronic lock breaker]]s.<br />
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===Impediments===<br />
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Rayne has acute hearing. She is able to hear amazingly well to a certain extent, however, loud sounds can stun her ranging from a distraction and loss of concentration, to debilitating and physical pain.<br />
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===Current Residence===<br />
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[[Serpent's Vanguard]] at the [[Obsidian Palace]], [[Ptolomea]], [[Cocytus System]]. She lives with her husband in their quarters.<br />
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===Pets===<br />
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Rayne has one feline [[Starwars:Cat|cat]] which lives with her and her husband in their quarters. A white female kitten named Snow.<br />
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===Personal Weapons===<br />
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Rayne currently has a small assortment of armament. Trained in both blasters and melee weapons of different kinds, she favors the melee and now the lightsaber, using a blaster only when essential. <br />
[[Image:StaffSword.jpg|thumb|125px|right|Frey's Staffsword]]<br />
She owns a pair of [[Starwars:Ryyk kerarthorr|Ryyk kerarthorr]] blades, 3 Locust Knives, a customized sword that belonged to her father, the Staffsword, a [[Starwars:DH-17 blaster pistol|DH-17 blaster pistol]] and dual [[Starwars:scout blaster|scout blaster]]s. She is able to use a [[Starwars:sniper rifle|sniper rifle]], yet doesn't own one personally. Her absolute all-time favorite weapon is a Chaingun, specifically, the [[Starwars:Z-6 rotary blaster cannon|Z-6 rotary blaster cannon]], after using one in during Clone Wars. She's hoping she'll own one someday.<br />
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Her father's sword is a specialized weapon he had ordered to be made. A staff sword. The hilt of each sword serves as the scabbard for the other that can then be locked together to form a staff. She will choose this weapon when a lightsaber will be of little use.<br />
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On her person, she carries her lightsaber and her Scout Blasters on a holster on each of her thighs wherever she travels to. Otherwise, she takes whichever she deems necessary. <br />
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===Known Languages===<br />
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*Spoken - Basic, Hapan, Sheavalian<br />
*Understood - In addition to, Droidspeak, Huttese, Shyriiwook, Twi'leki, Chenneh<br />
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===Specialized Training===<br />
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Spy work or Espionage, Reconnaissance.<br />
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== DJB Facts ==<br />
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*'''Rank''': Sith Warrior<br />
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*Learned the ways to Knighthood under the apprenticeship of her own husband, [[Brent "Archangel" Ligur Victae|Brodo]].<br />
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*Rayne is a Viscountess amongst the [[Clan Scholae Palatinae Titles of Nobility|Nobles of Scholae Palatinae]] and has been permitted to keep her title.<br />
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*She is a Second Echelon [[Sith#Inquisitor|Inquisitor]] of the Sith.<br />
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*Rayne was a Brigadier General of the [[3rd Ptolomea Regiment - Scholae Palatinae|3rd Ptolomea Regiment]] for the [[Clan_Scholae_Palatinae_Military|Military of Scholae Palatinae]].<br />
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[[Image:RayneDJK.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Rayne wielding her cerulean lightsaber]]<br />
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=== Outstanding Achievements ===<br />
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In the following order:<br />
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*Earned her first, already constructed red lightsaber. <br />
*Appointed Commander of [[Nightshade Squadron]].<br />
*Attained the title - Proselyte of Beauty - June 2008, and entered [[Order of the Serpent]].<br />
*Awarded the [[Serpent's Fangs]] title as well, along with the specially commissioned dagger.<br />
*Appointed Commander of [[Souls of Darkness]].<br />
*Appointed [[Rollmaster]] of [[House Caliburnus]]<br />
*Attained Dark Jedi Knighthood.<br />
*Constructed a cerulean lightsaber of her own.<br />
*Appointed to Aedile of [[House Caliburnus]]<br />
*Promoted into the Equites.<br />
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==Trivia==<br />
{{quote|Meeting you was fate, becoming your friend was a choice, but falling in love with you was beyond my control.|Erianna Victae to her husband}}<br />
[[Image:BrentErianna.jpg|thumb|175px|left|Brent and Erianna kiss]]<br />
*Rayne is married to [[Brent "Archangel" Ligur Victae]] and the two are engaged in real life. <3 my Archangel always and I'm so happy he's all mine. :)<br />
*She has made many friends since arriving in the DB and in different clans. More so in the Clan Plagueis than anywhere. A few of her close friends include [[Nasake Shinjin]], [[Lacey Serina Mortashka Vorrac]], [[Mayda Ferium]], [[Tyren Atema]], Sakh nhem and many others of those she met and grew with while in Clan Plagueis. <br />
*Being in Clan Scholae Palatinae, she had worked hard to prove her value to the Clan, eventually earning Rollmaster and then Aedile over House Caliburnus. <br />
*Rayne had been in a leadership position consecutively from 6/1/08 to 7/3/09.<br />
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[[Category: DJB Characters]]<br />
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|name=''Deep Ice''<br />
|image=[[image:Nebulon-b.jpg|250px]]<br />
|class=[[starwars:Capital Ship|Capital Ship]]<br />
|modifier=[[starwars:Verpine|Verpine]]<br />
|sysmods=*Targeting<br />
*Countermeasures<br />
|length=300 meters<br />
|width=72 meters<br />
|height=166 meters<br />
|max accel=1,200 g<br />
|mglt=40 MGLT<br />
|max speed=800 km/h<br />
|engine=Kuat Drive Yards Galaxy-15 ion engines (7)<br />
|hyperdrive=Class 2.0<br />
|hdsystem=<br />
|poweroutput=<br />
|power=<br />
|shield gen=Serridge SEAL Shielding System or enhanced Delphus JC-671 projectors<br />
|hull=<br />
|sensor=Fabritech ANs 9.5w wide-range sensor<br />
|target=Plat Dromma targeting computer<br />
|navigation=Verpine Navigator SPS<br />
|avionics=<br />
|countermeasures=EM1<br />
|armament=*Taim & Bak XI7 turbolasers (12)<br />
*Borstel RH8 laser cannons (12)<br />
*Phylon Q7 tractor beam projector<br />
|complement=*TIE starfighters (24)<br />
|crew=*Crew (854)<br />
*Gunners (66)<br />
*Troops (75)<br />
|skeleton=307<br />
|passengers=Troops (75)<br />
:-Capacity complement<br />
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|consumables=2 years<br />
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|role=Frigate<br />
|status=Active<br />
|commission=[[26 ABY to Present|27 ABY]]<br />
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'''''Deep Ice''''' was a Nebulon-B escort frigate that served in the Imperial Navy under the name ''[[starwars:Vehemence|Vehemence]]'' during the Galactic Civil War. The ship was stationed in the Outer Rim during the Battle of Endor and eventually found service in the [[Emperor's Hammer]]. Following the [[Exodus]] ''Deep Ice'' entered the service of the Dark Council. In 30 ABY the ship was given to [[Independent House Revan]] and currently serves as their mobile operations platform. <br />
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== Vessel Info ==<br />
=== Construction ===<br />
''Deep Ice'' was constructed under the name ''Vehemence'' in 19 BBY following the conclusion of the Clone Wars. Kuat Drive Yards was awarded a contract to develop a Command Platform that could replace the aging Class-C Frigate and the EF76 design was born. ''Deep Ice'' was constructed in obscurity alongside 20 other EF76 platforms assigned to duty in the Outer Rim Territories. <br />
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In 30 ABY [[Independent House Revan]] commissioned [[starwars:Slayn & Korpil|Slayn & Korpil]] to upgrade and customize ''Deep Ice'' to suit Independent House Revan's unique operational methods. Notably among the modifications the ship's primary hull received a matte-black stealth material coating that rendered the ship nearly invisible to the naked eye as well as imparting properties that made detection by normal sensor arrays difficult. The [[starwars:Verpine|Verpine]] engineers also installed a transponder code package allowing ''Deep Ice'' to rotate and broadcast multiple identities ensuring the ship could operate incognito when necessary. <br />
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=== Commander ===<br />
Captain Pantaro; Commanding Officer, ''Deep Ice''<br />
*Species: Human<br />
*Home World: Coruscant<br />
*Sex: Male<br />
*Height: 1.85 meters<br />
*Weight: 92 kilograms<br />
*Eye Color: Blue <br />
*Hair Color: Brown<br />
*Distinguishing Feature(s): Prosthetic Right Leg<br />
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== Role ==<br />
Deep Ice served House Revan as both an operational support platform and intelligence-gathering vessel.<br />
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== Action ==<br />
The initial years in service to the Empire were relatively uneventful with the ship performing its duties faithfully, usually in an escort role or as a light planetary raider. Of particular note was an important escort detail (c. 19 BBY) while ''Vehemence'' was operating in the [[starwars:Eriadu system|Eriadu system]] awaiting the arrival of [[starwars:Grand Moff|Grand Moff]] [[starwars:Wilhuff Tarkin|Wilhuf Tarkin]] to transport him to the then under-construction [[starwars:Death Star|Death Star]]. The Grand Moff's shuttle came under attack by Rebel forces but Tarkin was no longer aboard. The assault did manage to free his slave, the Mon Calamari Ackbar, despite fierce resistance by TIE Interceptors launched from ''Vehemence''.<br />
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After this, ''Vehemence'' continued its duties until after the death of [[starwars:Palpatine|Emperor Palpatine]]. Afterward, the ship was transferred in the service of the [[Emperor's Hammer]] and served in a defensive role as a fleet picket. Eventually the ship settled into protecting Brotherhood assets.<br />
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Just prior to the events of the [[Exodus]], The [[Seven]] ensured that the Brotherhood fleet had Captains and crews that were loyal to them alone, and thus the ship accompanied the rest of the Brotherhood fleet during the Exodus.<br />
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The vessel was redesignated ''Deep Ice'' after transfer to House Revan and has since operated in complete secrecy.<br />
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== Vessel Complement ==<br />
=== Air ===<br />
None<br />
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=== Ground ===<br />
Unknown<br />
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{{character<br />
|type=Jedi<br />
|image=[[Image:JediLord.jpg|250px]]<br />
|name=Omancor Crask <br />
|homeworld=[[starwars:Panatha|Panatha]]<br />
|birth=62 BBY<br />
|death=30 ABY<br />
|species=[[starwars:Epicanthix|Epicanthix]]<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|hair=White<br />
|eyes=Light Blue<br />
|height=1.82m<br />
|weight=83.4k<br />
|cyber= <br />
|allies=*Khaemyn Rua<br />
*Rade<br />
*Murathenes Pho<br />
|enemies=*[[starwars:One Sith|One Sith]]<br />
*[[Dark Jedi Brotherhood]]<br />
*[[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong|Yuuzhan Vong]]<br />
*[[starwars:New Jedi Order|New Jedi Order]]<br />
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|form=[[Jar'Kai]]<br />
|fightingstyle=<br />
|profession=*[[starwars:Jedi|Jedi]]<br />
|position=*[[starwars:Jedi Master|Jedi Master]]<br />
|era=*[[starwars:Rise of the Empire era|Rise of the Empire era]]<br />
*[[starwars:Rebellion era|Rebellion era]]<br />
*[[New Republic Era]]<br />
*[[New Jedi Order Era]]<br />
*[[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]<br />
|affiliation=Unnamed Fundamentalist Jedi Order<br />
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{{Quote|We did this to ourselves. Anakin wasn’t evil. He lived in the Order as we all did and ultimately our weakness was his downfall. We created Vader. We made that monster. Palpatine pushed him over the edge, but we led him to it.|Jedi Master Omancor Crask speaks on the Jedi Order’s failure with Anakin Skywalker}}<br />
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'''Omancor Crask''', also known as '''Darth Carnus''' and '''He who is [[starwars:krel os'a hmi va ta|krel os'a hmi va ta]]''', was an exceptionally powerful [[starwars:Epicanthix|Epicanthix]] Force-user active in the span between the Rise of the Empire and the Dark Jedi Brotherhood eras. As a [[starwars:Jedi Master|Jedi Master]] he served in the [[starwars:Clone Wars|Clone Wars]] as a General and was a veteran of numerous campaigns. When Emperor [[starwars:Palpatine|Palpatine]] issued [[starwars:Order 66|Order 66]], Crask—like many of his former Jedi comrades—fled persecution from [[starwars:Galactic Empire|the Empire]] and went into seclusion. He was also one of the few Jedi known to have fallen to the dark side to become a Sith Lord, and yet return to the light many years later having mastered both ethereal facets of the Force. However, Crask’s journey back from darkness did not take him as close to the light of the Force as he had once been. The experience would see him embark on a new path all his own as no one before him had ever done.<br />
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==Character History==<br />
===An Early Light - 62 BBY===<br />
Born on [[starwars:Panatha|Panatha]] in 62 BBY, Crask was identified during infancy as being gifted with the Force. The Jedi Order removed him to [[starwars:Coruscant|Coruscant]] where he began his early training in the Jedi arts. Relative to his peers, Crask was very strong in the Force. Indeed a few Jedi Masters even thought Omancor could be the [[starwars:Chosen One|Chosen One]]. Gifted though he was, it was clear Crask’s talents lay in his early precision control over his abilities that took other students much longer to master. While it became evident his power in the Force did not run as deep as some, he developed a fine control that was seldom seen outside of the Masters.<br />
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===Way of the Jedi – 51 BBY (11 years of age)===<br />
[[image:Yur.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Jedi Master Yur Talo'tan]]<br />
In 51 BBY, Crask was accepted by the [[starwars:Elomin|Elomin]] Jedi Master Yur Talo’tan as a Padawan. The young Epicanthix apprentice took easily to the rigorous training and beneficent instructions of his master. Crask saw early on that the galaxy was in desperate need of those who would stand for peace and order. He wholly believed the Jedi Order to be the greatest bulwark to the events and beings seemingly determined to destroy the tentative peace of the time.<br />
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===Knighthood – 44 BBY (18 years of age)===<br />
At the age of 18 Crask’s exceptional control of his gifts saw him become one of the youngest Jedi of the time to be knighted. His reverence for the Force and belief that it was a gift bred in him a judicious and conservative mindset when calling its power. The [[starwars:Jedi High Council|Master’s Council]] was greatly concerned with commissioning Knights that shared their orthodox views of the Jedi’s role as protectors of the [[starwars:Galactic Republic|Republic]] despite the growing concern over the separation of Order and State. Crask wholeheartedly believed at the time that the Jedi were intrinsically bound to the Republic as it represented order, justice, and peace in the galaxy.<br />
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These tenuous concepts needed the care of those strong enough to ensure they would eventually take root elsewhere in a chaotic galaxy. For many Jedi like Crask, this was seen as their first duty and somewhere along the way the elusive Will of the Force was subordinated to the Will of the State. Unfortunately for Crask and the Jedi, their drive to protect peace and justice across the galaxy blinded them to the darkness rising in their midst.<br />
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===Jedi Master – 26 BBY (36 years of age)===<br />
[[image:Crask.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Jedi Master Omancor Crask in his days with the Order]]<br />
It was in the years following Crask’s ascension to Jedi Master that he began to see cracks in the veneer of the Order that led him to question their direction as Jedi. Before the Master ranks, many Jedi were not privy to the closed-door discussions of the Jedi Council. Nor were the younger of their Order aware of the elite circles of higher echelon Masters who debated grave issues not taught in the Jedi curriculum. It was clear to Crask in this time that much of what the Jedi had been taught were not whole and empirical truths, but partial ones. The deeper he examined what the Jedi Order was doing and why, the graver his concern became. Depsite this, Crask took his first apprentice, Meadan Clor.<br />
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===The Clone Wars – 22 BBY (40 years of age)===<br />
[[image:Clone_wars1.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Crask saw several campaigns as a Jedi General]]<br />
Like all wars, the [[starwars:Clone Wars|Clone Wars]] struck at the most inopportune of times for Crask. He already questioned the Order’s direction and his place in it. When the war came, Omancor found himself again uncertain as to the role of the Jedi in the political and military turmoil. Though Jedi were martial in nature, they were not soldiers. Crask was suddenly a brevet general in an order he was unsure of and embroiled in a war in which he felt their position should be not to intervene. <br />
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It was also in this time that Crask struggled as to how to properly guide his apprentice Meadan Clor (born 43 BBY); a vibrant and gifted young woman with whom Crask’s relationship was criticized. Conflicted, the Jedi Master had difficulty reconciling his feelings for Meadan in the ways the Council deemed inappropriate. Throughout her mentorship the two grew closer despite everything to the contrary. Crask was at war internally with the orthodoxy of the Jedi Order and what he perceived as his own weakness for his feelings about Clor. Despite himself, Crask contravened traditional Jedi stoicism and embraced his feelings.<br />
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===Order 66 – 19 BBY (43 years of age)===<br />
Near the end of the Clone Wars [[starwars:Order 66|Order 66]] was issued and Crask survived only to watch countless numbers of Jedi fall. [[starwars:Darth Vader|Anakin Skywalker]] cut them down without mercy and the already disillusioned Jedi Master was unable to stop him. Fleeing with Meadan and a few other survivors Crask was torn between anguish and dark elation. Though the Order was decimated and the loss bitter to him, he also realized that his feelings for Meadan could be realized and explored.<br />
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[[image:Conclave.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Koffi Arana slain by the sword of Shadday Potkin at the Conclave on Kessel]]<br />
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However, Crask’s apprentice did not survive the persecution of Skywalker now in the guise of Darth Vader. Meadan Clor was overwhelmed and killed by elements of Vader’s [[starwars:501st Legion|501st Legion]] en route to the [[starwars:Conclave on Kessel|Conclave on Kessel]]. Having traveled separately to the Jedi meeting, Crask chose not to continue on upon learning of her death. The misfortune of Meadan’s death and providence of Crask’s decision worked in turn to save his life. No Jedi who attended the meeting at [[starwars:Kessel|Kessel]] survived.<br />
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===Descent – 19 BBY – 9 BBY (43 to 53 years of age)===<br />
Mercilessly hunted by the Empire, Crask fled from world to world in the wake of the [[starwars:Jedi Purge|Jedi Purge]]. Sometime in 9 BBY having been hunted for nearly 10 years, Crask did the unthinkable for a Jedi and sacrificed an innocent life to save himself. Whether out of madness or instinct, Crask was deeply troubled by the act and unable to reconcile what he thought he was with what he seemed to have become. His dissolution, anger, and isolation had finally overwhelmed him to the point where he could no longer find even the slightest comfort or answer in the light side of the Force.<br />
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In the years following the Great Jedi Purge Crask had ample time to consider what had befallen them. Bitterness took hold within him as he examined every aspect of how Palpatine had made fools of them. Omancor remarked on how pompous they had been to think themselves impervious to threat. The more he contemplated their destruction, the more he believed that the fault was not with Palpatine or Vader, but themselves. He felt the Jedi were to blame for their arrogance, naïveté, and intractability.<br />
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Crask spent months visiting remote worlds free of inhabitants and distraction. He turned inward for answers to the questions that plagued him and found little solace. Finally Crask realized that he could find no answers in the Jedi way of the Force because he was no longer a Jedi in that sense. He had become something else in the interim of the Purge that had perhaps found its origin in him even before Palpatine issued his fateful order. He had done what was necessary to survive to include the taking of an innocent life. He had done finally what best served him alone.<br />
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This concept began to foment in his mind as the only valid course of action available to him. If he served no one, then he served himself. Crask reasoned that if this was the case then he was no longer bound by the strictures of the Jedi Order, the light side of the Force, or any code at all. His anger and nihilism deepened as he began to see that had he, the Order, or any of the Jedi been willing to do what was necessary, then Order 66, the Purge, the destruction of their way of life and the ascension of those with the courage of their convictions could never have come to pass. For Crask, if there was no light to guide his way, then there was only darkness.<br />
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===Sith Absolutism – 9 BBY – 24 ABY (53 to 86 years of age)===<br />
[[image:Darth_Carnus1.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Darth Carnus]]<br />
It was in this time that Crask recognized himself as having fully separated from the light. His moral quandary over what he had become had long since faded to memory and he concerned himself with the progression of his skills unbound by Jedi law. As any follower of an old path would, Crask looked to those who had tread into darkness before him and studied the Sith Lords of old. In copies of ancient texts he found wisdom from the stigmatized perspective of the Sith and other adherents of arts without the light.<br />
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As he learned more of what the Council had suppressed, his anger ran deeper than ever before at how they had allowed themselves to be duped and annihilated. The warnings were all there. The strategies Palpatine employed had been penned a thousand years before. Crask reasoned the fall of the Jedi had been more inevitability than victory. Despite the blame he placed on [[starwars:Yoda|Yoda]] and the Council, he could not lay down his own guilt and when he learned of the deaths of Sidious and Vader he added their culpability to his burden as well.<br />
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Rather than elation, Omancor felt disgusted, ashamed, and bitter. He shed the last of himself he had carried in the years since to include his very name. But there remained one vestige of his former self that would never be laid down. He took a Sith name not out of vanity or ambition, but out of ''guilt''. Crask thought of himself from then on as Carnus; for that was what he had wrought: carnage. To his knowledge few remained of the days of the fall of the Jedi Order so he would bear the weight of its responsibility alone.<br />
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===One Sith – 24 ABY (86 years of age)===<br />
Despite some accounts indicating the [[starwars:One Sith|One Sith]] beginning c. 30 ABY, the organization may have likely found its early roots in 24 ABY with the political, philosophical, and organizational foundation being laid by the mysterious [[starwars:Darth Krayt|Darth Krayt]]; then known as A’Sharad Hett. Carnus, still searching for answers to questions raised in his time with the Jedi Order, was among the first brought into Krayt’s fold and for the first time in 45 years he was not alone.<br />
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[[image:Krayt.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Crask would become one of Darth Krayt's earliest disciples]]<br />
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Hett ostensibly shared Carnus’ grief over the events of the Purge and seemed to possess his sense of responsibility. Carnus underwent the [[starwars:Sith tattoo|ritual tattooing]] that would come to characterize the One Sith and was given the hallowed title of [[starwars:Darth|Darth]]. Fully indoctrinated, Darth Carnus’ power broadened as he learned techniques in the Force to which he had previously not had access. Under Krayt’s Order, he began to master doctrines, methodologies, and philosophies on the Force that represented 25,000 years of Sith thought.<br />
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[[image:One_Sith.jpg|thumb|200px|right|One Sith]]<br />
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===Yuuzhan Vong War – 25 ABY (87 years of age)===<br />
When the [[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong War|Yuuzhan Vong War]] began in 25 ABY it was but one of a number of schisms that divided the galaxy. Though Carnus’ path had taken him far from his days at the [[starwars:Jedi Temple]], he still bore a certain reverence for the Force in any incarnation, light or dark. So it was when the [[starwars:Far-Outsiders|Far-Outsiders]]—utter abominations in Carnus’ eyes—invaded, he called for the One Sith to act.<br />
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However, the [[starwars:Dread Lord|Dread Lord]] Darth Krayt harbored machinations that far outstripped the [[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong|Yuuzhan Vong]] and the war they had brought to the galaxy. His eyes were on the future and he did not fear the Vong and thus chose not to involve the nascent One Sith in a war whose outcome Krayt felt irrelevant to his goals. Carnus disagreed entirely and believed Krayt to have missed the significance of the invaders existence outside the Force. Krayt brooked no discord among his kind and a rift formed between the two that would ultimately see their parting.<br />
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===Back to the Light – 28 ABY (90 years of age)===<br />
It was in this time that Carnus’ eyes were opened to what the One Sith would bring about. In a vision of the future, Carnus witnessed the resurgence of what he referred to as “The Next Empire” that would be brought into being by the might of the One Sith. Despite his education in Sith philosophy and receptiveness to absolutist ideals, Carnus’ memories of his persecution ran deep and he could not accept another Empire constructed in the image of the old. Though decades had passed since her death, Carnus’ sense of loss over what could have been with Meadan was ever potent. In opposing a resurgent Empire, Carnus’ grief found purpose he felt to be beyond all he had done since the twilight of the Jedi.<br />
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Coupled with Krayt’s indifference to the abominable Yuuzhan Vong, Carnus chose to alter his path again and leave yet another order behind. But nor did Carnus agree with what the son of Skywalker had wrought with the Jedi in his absence from the light. Carnus took a harsh view of the fledgling [[starwars:New Jedi Order|New Jedi Order]] under [[starwars:Luke Skywalker|Luke Skywalker]] and deemed it unworthy to combat the threat of the Yuuzhan Vong. He knew he would require a force capable of both eradicating the Far-Outsiders and ultimately challenging Krayt’s bid for power that would renew the Empire.<br />
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===Crask’s Reform – 28 ABY (90 years of age)===<br />
To achieve his goals, Carnus realized he could look to no Sith or purported dark sider to aid him. Those he knew of answered to Darth Krayt alone and shared his ideals. In 28 ABY Carnus would leave off the Sith mantle and once again become Omancor Crask, Jedi Master. Though the paradigm of his thought on the Force and his place in it had not shifted, he felt his ends would be best served by making his way back towards the light.<br />
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But this was not the rebirth into the light so many previous fallen Jedi had experienced. He was not “saved” in any sense. Crask was nearly as lost as he had always been but for his commitment to expel the Far-Outsiders and stop the rise of the next Empire. Still the cynical pragmatist, this was perhaps the most Sith-like action he had ever undertaken in knowing that to defeat armies of darkness, he required armies of light. He drew to him those Force-users whose motives included the old dictums of the Jedi Order: Justice and Peace, but ones that were also willing to go farther to obtain these ends than Skywalker’s band.<br />
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Crask told these new adherents what they needed to hear and kept his past and true disposition secret from even their gifted senses. None, even Khaemyn Rua and Rade, knew he had been Darth Carnus. He trained them how he knew Jedi needed to be trained to exist in times without peace. He taught them the curriculum he felt he should have been given as a student at the Temple. He replaced the cryptic, contradictory philosophies of Master Yoda with practical philosophies of politics and war. Crask created in his young Jedi what he knew the galaxy would require to survive the next storm.<br />
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For those too weak in the Force or who would not fully accept his doctrine, Crask had another lesson to teach. In his time at study in the darker arts of the Force Crask had learned to wipe away one’s abilities and imprint him with new ones. This conversion not only affected the recipient’s powers, but his mind as well giving Crask the ability to forcibly shape what he required in his adherents.<br />
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===Expedition to Antei – 29 ABY (91 years of age)===<br />
In his exploits purging the galaxy of the abomination of the Far-Outsiders, Crask discovered the location of a Yuuzhan Vong task force in the remote [[Antei system]]. He was overwhelmed by the magnitude of his discovery when he realized he had found the Vong occupying a Sith stronghold only recently abandoned. Using a virulent strain of [[starwars:Alpha Red|Alpha Red]] obtained through a sympathetic source inside Skywalker’s New Jedi Order, Crask exterminated the Vong presence on [[Antei]] and throughout the anomaly known as [[the Shroud]] in order to learn more about these dark siders of whom almost no one was previously aware.<br />
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[[image:Crask_Antei.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Crask at war with the Brotherhood on Antei]]<br />
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Once the Yuuzhan Vong had been wiped out, Crask occupied the planet with a force of some fifty [[starwars:Jedi Knight|Jedi Knights]] accompanied by thousands of [[starwars:Battle droid|battle droids]] and several Jedi Masters. Crask had programmed his droids specifically to engage with Force-users in his preparations to eventually face the One Sith. The droids employed a variety of ballistic weaponry that negated much of a Jedi’s advantage to turn more conventional blaster bolts back on their opponents with their favored [[starwars:Lightsaber|lightsabers]]. Crasks’ forces had also trained extensively to combat the Yuuzhan Vong and found their mass-driver weaponry effective against the galactic invaders.<br />
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In addition to his primary force of battle droids, Crask had in his service a small number of [[starwars:IG-100 MagnaGuard|IG-100 MagnaGuards]]. These rare and prized vestiges of the Clone Wars were kept close-at-hand by Crask and his aides-de-camps. They were remarkably effective Jedi-killers and had received special software upgrades designed by Crask himself.<br />
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In what would become known as the [[Ninth Great Jedi War]], Crask's forces engaged the combined elements of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood at Antei.<br />
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''More to follow...''<br />
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===Demise===<br />
Crask's defeat came shortly after one of his greatest victories. The war for [[Antei]] reached a climax when Crask ostensibly surrendered himself to the Dark Lord [[Sarin]] in a gambit to put himself within striking distance of ending the conflict. On board the Brotherhood warship [[BAC Exodus|''Exodus'']], Crask revealed to all his true nature and the magnitude of his power. Taking the [[Grand Master]] and his cohort by surprise, Crask quickly turned the seemingly grim situation to his advantage and engaged Sarin in single combat.<br />
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The maelstrom created by the two great lords' conflict crippled ''Exodus'' sending the cruiser spinning helplessly into Antei's gravitational pull where it was destroyed on the surface. Barely surviving, Sarin rose to meet Omancor Crask once again to finish the duel that had begun in orbit and would now conclude on the surface amongst the burning remnants of the [[starwars:Bothan|Bothan]] assault cruiser.<br />
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Sarin, having lost his arm and his lightsaber, was no match for Crask as he pressed his advantage. Crask finished Sarin with a riposte that pierced the Grand Master's chest and the dark heart of the Brotherhood itself. However, moments after Sarin's death, Crask's own apprentice Rade slew the aged Epicanthix master after having learned of his betrayal and murder of Khaemyn Rua aboard ''Exodus''. Crask had ended the war, but it was the Brotherhood that survived.<br />
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==Characteristics==<br />
===Physical Appearance===<br />
His frame was compact at 1.82 meters but well-laden with muscle developed over nearly a century of hardship. Crask’s body was stocky and showed signs of his age even for an Epicanthix. But it was clear that his ruggedly tanned and battered skin still coursed with muscle and energy belying his age.<br />
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Crask’s hair was gray and often wild in appearance when not kept back from his face. His massive sideburns framed his square jaw that was often set grimly in disapproval of his apprentices. He wore simple garments of worn and course brown fabric that provided utility in warm and cold climates.<br />
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===Sith Tattoos===<br />
Though few had seen them, Crask’s entire body was covered in the faded remains of Sith tattoos from his days as Darth Carnus under the One Sith. The nature of the tattoos was such that they were indelibly marked into his skin. Over time Crask used his skill to suppress them so that they appeared faded and less noticeable though the remnants could sometimes be seen on his forearms or face, where the skin was exposed, in times of anger.<br />
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His skin tone remained ruddy but much lighter than the deep red pigment his body was stained with during his initiation to the One Sith. Suppressing the tattoos was a constant struggle. His students often mistook the dark circles under his eyes for fatigue, stress, and age, but when fed by anger or hatred the tattoos re-emerged to remind Crask that he would never be far from his past.<br />
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===Demeanor===<br />
Crask often walked alone in brooding contemplation. He was prone to shove his hands into the opposite sleeves of his robe and walk for hours with arms folded and head bowed. He was not easily approached and often such was done only by his senior apprentices Khaemyn Rua and Rade. Crask was not cantankerous, but was perceived so by some of the younger in his fold. He was quiet and grim. His anger was not easily roused, but could establish itself terribly and without warning hearkening back to his times of darkness.<br />
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==Beliefs==<br />
===The Craskian Theorem===<br />
This was the unofficial name of Crask’s particular school of thought he had developed regarding the Force. Ironically, he believed much the same as Palpatine had about the mystical energy field that bound together all living things. Crask felt there were no light or dark sides to the Force but rather it simply was and those who could touch it did with it what they would for better or worse. To Crask, intent was what mattered and the rest flowed from this core idea.<br />
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This belief nearly led him to dissent before the Jedi Order was destroyed by Order 66. It was reinforced endlessly over decades as Crask watched others die at the hands of Sidious and his apprentice Vader during the Purge until they too were struck down by the son of Skywalker. Crask did not see this as the holy restoration of “good” over “evil” as did the rest of the galaxy. To him this was yet another lesson that intent fueled with enough power achieved anything.<br />
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Yet Crask respected this synergy of will and power. He respected it and its origin: [[starwars:The Force|the Force]]. Where so many had trivialized it through its casual use, Crask maintained that like all power, it should be respected and thus not invoked lightly. So Crask and his followers did not employ it randomly or unnecessarily. It was used when needed and nothing more. The common uses by Skywalker’s New Jedi Order and Sidious’ fallen regime were viewed as perverse, vulgar displays of power by Crask’s Jedi. Clear evidence that their institutions of authority were corrupt and invalid. In Crask’s mind, one who abused his power so was fit to neither wield it nor see his will done through it.<br />
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===Conversion===<br />
It has been rumored that through the use of his power to affect one’s Force imprint, Crask was able to proselytize Force-sensitives to his cause. Precisely how this was done, if true, has remained a mystery.<br />
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==Important Relationships==<br />
===Meadan Clor===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
===Khaemyn Rua===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
===Rade===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
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==Special Powers and Abilities==<br />
===Affect Force Imprint===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
===Emerald Lightning===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
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==Possessions and Artifacts==<br />
===The Holocron of Omancor Crask===<br />
Constructed in the time of his return to the light, Crask’s [[starwars:Holocron|holocron]] is in the traditional Jedi design of a cube. Though versed in the construction of a pyramidal—arguably superior—[[starwars:Sith holocron|Sith holocron]], Crask chose the Jedi technique so that his lessons and teachings would not be mistaken for dark side madness and they would be accessible to more Force-users after his passing. In his holocron, Crask detailed the synthesis of ideas he explored while both Jedi and Sith and used the device as a memoir of his life.<br />
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The holocron was also believed to contain the text of Crask’s treatise: The Intent of Power.<br />
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===The Sword of Shadday Potkin===<br />
Omancor’s original lightsaber was destroyed in the ensuing chaos of Order 66. Following the death of his apprentice Meadan Clor, enroute to the Conclave on Kessel, Crask retrieved the [[starwars:Cortosis|cortosis]] sword of Jedi Master [[starwars:Shadday Potkin|Shadday Potkin]]. Herself slain at the meeting by Darth Vader, the blade was mistakenly left behind still buried in the chest of [[starwars:Koffi Arana|Koffi Arana]].<br />
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A short-sword in design, the blade was extremely effective at close-range and its metallurgic properties made it a formidable weapon especially when pitted against a lightsaber. The weapon had taken the lives of several Jedi Masters as well as having wounded Darth Vader himself. Crask believed it possible the blade had become tainted by the hatred it had been wielded with.<br />
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===The Sith Robes of Darth Carnus===<br />
Ornate robes saved by Crask as a reminder of how easily the fallacy of his trappings could define who he was.<br />
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|name=Omancor Crask <br />
|homeworld=[[starwars:Panatha|Panatha]]<br />
|birth=62 BBY<br />
|death=30 ABY<br />
|species=[[starwars:Epicanthix|Epicanthix]]<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|hair=White<br />
|eyes=Light Blue<br />
|height=1.82m<br />
|weight=83.4k<br />
|cyber= <br />
|allies=*Khaemyn Rua<br />
*Rade<br />
*Murathenes Pho<br />
|enemies=*[[starwars:One Sith|One Sith]]<br />
*[[Dark Jedi Brotherhood]]<br />
*[[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong|Yuuzhan Vong]]<br />
*[[starwars:New Jedi Order|New Jedi Order]]<br />
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|position=*[[starwars:Jedi Master|Jedi Master]]<br />
|era=*[[starwars:Rise of the Empire era|Rise of the Empire era]]<br />
*[[starwars:Rebellion era|Rebellion era]]<br />
*[[New Republic Era]]<br />
*[[New Jedi Order Era]]<br />
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{{Quote|We did this to ourselves. Anakin wasn’t evil. He lived in the Order as we all did and ultimately our weakness was his downfall. We created Vader. We made that monster. Palpatine pushed him over the edge, but we led him to it.|Jedi Master Omancor Crask speaks on the Jedi Order’s failure with Anakin Skywalker}}<br />
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'''Omancor Crask''', also known as '''Darth Carnus''' and '''He who is [[starwars:krel os'a hmi va ta|krel os'a hmi va ta]]''', was an exceptionally powerful [[starwars:Epicanthix|Epicanthix]] Force-user active in the span between the Rise of the Empire and the Dark Jedi Brotherhood eras. As a [[starwars:Jedi Master|Jedi Master]] he served in the [[starwars:Clone Wars|Clone Wars]] as a General and was a veteran of numerous campaigns. When Emperor [[starwars:Palpatine|Palpatine]] issued [[starwars:Order 66|Order 66]], Crask—like many of his former Jedi comrades—fled persecution from [[starwars:Galactic Empire|the Empire]] and went into seclusion. He was also one of the few Jedi known to have fallen to the dark side to become a Sith Lord, and yet return to the light many years later having mastered both ethereal facets of the Force. However, Crask’s journey back from darkness did not take him as close to the light of the Force as he had once been. The experience would see him embark on a new path all his own as no one before him had ever done.<br />
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==Character History==<br />
===An Early Light - 62 BBY===<br />
Born on [[starwars:Panatha|Panatha]] in 62 BBY, Crask was identified during infancy as being gifted with the Force. The Jedi Order removed him to [[starwars:Coruscant|Coruscant]] where he began his early training in the Jedi arts. Relative to his peers, Crask was very strong in the Force. Indeed a few Jedi Masters even thought Omancor could be the [[starwars:Chosen One|Chosen One]]. Gifted though he was, it was clear Crask’s talents lay in his early precision control over his abilities that took other students much longer to master. While it became evident his power in the Force did not run as deep as some, he developed a fine control that was seldom seen outside of the Masters.<br />
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===Way of the Jedi – 51 BBY (11 years of age)===<br />
[[image:Yur.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Jedi Master Yur Talo'tan]]<br />
In 51 BBY, Crask was accepted by the [[starwars:Elomin|Elomin]] Jedi Master Yur Talo’tan as a Padawan. The young Epicanthix apprentice took easily to the rigorous training and beneficent instructions of his master. Crask saw early on that the galaxy was in desperate need of those who would stand for peace and order. He wholly believed the Jedi Order to be the greatest bulwark to the events and beings seemingly determined to destroy the tentative peace of the time.<br />
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===Knighthood – 44 BBY (18 years of age)===<br />
At the age of 18 Crask’s exceptional control of his gifts saw him become one of the youngest Jedi of the time to be knighted. His reverence for the Force and belief that it was a gift bred in him a judicious and conservative mindset when calling its power. The [[starwars:Jedi High Council|Master’s Council]] was greatly concerned with commissioning Knights that shared their orthodox views of the Jedi’s role as protectors of the [[starwars:Galactic Republic|Republic]] despite the growing concern over the separation of Order and State. Crask wholeheartedly believed at the time that the Jedi were intrinsically bound to the Republic as it represented order, justice, and peace in the galaxy.<br />
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These tenuous concepts needed the care of those strong enough to ensure they would eventually take root elsewhere in a chaotic galaxy. For many Jedi like Crask, this was seen as their first duty and somewhere along the way the elusive Will of the Force was subordinated to the Will of the State. Unfortunately for Crask and the Jedi, their drive to protect peace and justice across the galaxy blinded them to the darkness rising in their midst.<br />
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===Jedi Master – 26 BBY (36 years of age)===<br />
[[image:Crask.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Jedi Master Omancor Crask in his days with the Order]]<br />
It was in the years following Crask’s ascension to Jedi Master that he began to see cracks in the veneer of the Order that led him to question their direction as Jedi. Before the Master ranks, many Jedi were not privy to the closed-door discussions of the Jedi Council. Nor were the younger of their Order aware of the elite circles of higher echelon Masters who debated grave issues not taught in the Jedi curriculum. It was clear to Crask in this time that much of what the Jedi had been taught were not whole and empirical truths, but partial ones. The deeper he examined what the Jedi Order was doing and why, the graver his concern became. Depsite this, Crask took his first apprentice, Meadan Clor.<br />
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===The Clone Wars – 22 BBY (40 years of age)===<br />
[[image:Clone_wars1.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Crask saw several campaigns as a Jedi General]]<br />
Like all wars, the [[starwars:Clone Wars|Clone Wars]] struck at the most inopportune of times for Crask. He already questioned the Order’s direction and his place in it. When the war came, Omancor found himself again uncertain as to the role of the Jedi in the political and military turmoil. Though Jedi were martial in nature, they were not soldiers. Crask was suddenly a brevet general in an order he was unsure of and embroiled in a war in which he felt their position should be not to intervene. <br />
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It was also in this time that Crask struggled as to how to properly guide his apprentice Meadan Clor (born 43 BBY); a vibrant and gifted young woman with whom Crask’s relationship was criticized. Conflicted, the Jedi Master had difficulty reconciling his feelings for Meadan in the ways the Council deemed inappropriate. Throughout her mentorship the two grew closer despite everything to the contrary. Crask was at war internally with the orthodoxy of the Jedi Order and what he perceived as his own weakness for his feelings about Clor. Despite himself, Crask contravened traditional Jedi stoicism and embraced his feelings.<br />
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===Order 66 – 19 BBY (43 years of age)===<br />
Near the end of the Clone Wars [[starwars:Order 66|Order 66]] was issued and Crask survived only to watch countless numbers of Jedi fall. [[starwars:Darth Vader|Anakin Skywalker]] cut them down without mercy and the already disillusioned Jedi Master was unable to stop him. Fleeing with Meadan and a few other survivors Crask was torn between anguish and dark elation. Though the Order was decimated and the loss bitter to him, he also realized that his feelings for Meadan could be realized and explored.<br />
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[[image:Conclave.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Koffi Arana slain by the sword of Shadday Potkin at the Conclave on Kessel]]<br />
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However, Crask’s apprentice did not survive the persecution of Skywalker now in the guise of Darth Vader. Meadan Clor was overwhelmed and killed by elements of Vader’s [[starwars:501st Legion|501st Legion]] en route to the [[starwars:Conclave on Kessel|Conclave on Kessel]]. Having traveled separately to the Jedi meeting, Crask chose not to continue on upon learning of her death. The misfortune of Meadan’s death and providence of Crask’s decision worked in turn to save his life. No Jedi who attended the meeting at [[starwars:Kessel|Kessel]] survived.<br />
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===Descent – 19 BBY – 9 BBY (43 to 53 years of age)===<br />
Mercilessly hunted by the Empire, Crask fled from world to world in the wake of the [[starwars:Jedi Purge|Jedi Purge]]. Sometime in 9 BBY having been hunted for nearly 10 years, Crask did the unthinkable for a Jedi and sacrificed an innocent life to save himself. Whether out of madness or instinct, Crask was deeply troubled by the act and unable to reconcile what he thought he was with what he seemed to have become. His dissolution, anger, and isolation had finally overwhelmed him to the point where he could no longer find even the slightest comfort or answer in the light side of the Force.<br />
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In the years following the Great Jedi Purge Crask had ample time to consider what had befallen them. Bitterness took hold within him as he examined every aspect of how Palpatine had made fools of them. Omancor remarked on how pompous they had been to think themselves impervious to threat. The more he contemplated their destruction, the more he believed that the fault was not with Palpatine or Vader, but themselves. He felt the Jedi were to blame for their arrogance, naïveté, and intractability.<br />
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Crask spent months visiting remote worlds free of inhabitants and distraction. He turned inward for answers to the questions that plagued him and found little solace. Finally Crask realized that he could find no answers in the Jedi way of the Force because he was no longer a Jedi in that sense. He had become something else in the interim of the Purge that had perhaps found its origin in him even before Palpatine issued his fateful order. He had done what was necessary to survive to include the taking of an innocent life. He had done finally what best served him alone.<br />
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This concept began to foment in his mind as the only valid course of action available to him. If he served no one, then he served himself. Crask reasoned that if this was the case then he was no longer bound by the strictures of the Jedi Order, the light side of the Force, or any code at all. His anger and nihilism deepened as he began to see that had he, the Order, or any of the Jedi been willing to do what was necessary, then Order 66, the Purge, the destruction of their way of life and the ascension of those with the courage of their convictions could never have come to pass. For Crask, if there was no light to guide his way, then there was only darkness.<br />
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===Sith Absolutism – 9 BBY – 24 ABY (53 to 86 years of age)===<br />
It was in this time that Crask recognized himself as having fully separated from the light. His moral quandary over what he had become had long since faded to memory and he concerned himself with the progression of his skills unbound by Jedi law. As any follower of an old path would, Crask looked to those who had tread into darkness before him and studied the Sith Lords of old. In copies of ancient texts he found wisdom from the stigmatized perspective of the Sith and other adherents of arts without the light.<br />
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As he learned more of what the Council had suppressed, his anger ran deeper than ever before at how they had allowed themselves to be duped and annihilated. The warnings were all there. The strategies Palpatine employed had been penned a thousand years before. Crask reasoned the fall of the Jedi had been more inevitability than victory. Despite the blame he placed on [[starwars:Yoda|Yoda]] and the Council, he could not lay down his own guilt and when he learned of the deaths of Sidious and Vader he added their culpability to his burden as well.<br />
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Rather than elation, Omancor felt disgusted, ashamed, and bitter. He shed the last of himself he had carried in the years since to include his very name. But there remained one vestige of his former self that would never be laid down. He took a Sith name not out of vanity or ambition, but out of ''guilt''. Crask thought of himself from then on as Carnus; for that was what he had wrought: carnage. To his knowledge few remained of the days of the fall of the Jedi Order so he would bear the weight of its responsibility alone.<br />
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===One Sith – 24 ABY (86 years of age)===<br />
Despite some accounts indicating the [[starwars:One Sith|One Sith]] beginning c. 30 ABY, the organization may have likely found its early roots in 24 ABY with the political, philosophical, and organizational foundation being laid by the mysterious [[starwars:Darth Krayt|Darth Krayt]]; then known as A’Sharad Hett. Carnus, still searching for answers to questions raised in his time with the Jedi Order, was among the first brought into Krayt’s fold and for the first time in 45 years he was not alone.<br />
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[[image:Krayt.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Crask would become one of Darth Krayt's earliest disciples]]<br />
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Hett ostensibly shared Carnus’ grief over the events of the Purge and seemed to possess his sense of responsibility. Carnus underwent the [[starwars:Sith tattoo|ritual tattooing]] that would come to characterize the One Sith and was given the hallowed title of [[starwars:Darth|Darth]]. Fully indoctrinated, Darth Carnus’ power broadened as he learned techniques in the Force to which he had previously not had access. Under Krayt’s Order, he began to master doctrines, methodologies, and philosophies on the Force that represented 25,000 years of Sith thought.<br />
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[[image:One_Sith.jpg|thumb|200px|right|One Sith]]<br />
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===Yuuzhan Vong War – 25 ABY (87 years of age)===<br />
When the [[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong War|Yuuzhan Vong War]] began in 25 ABY it was but one of a number of schisms that divided the galaxy. Though Carnus’ path had taken him far from his days at the [[starwars:Jedi Temple]], he still bore a certain reverence for the Force in any incarnation, light or dark. So it was when the [[starwars:Far-Outsiders|Far-Outsiders]]—utter abominations in Carnus’ eyes—invaded, he called for the One Sith to act.<br />
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However, the [[starwars:Dread Lord|Dread Lord]] Darth Krayt harbored machinations that far outstripped the [[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong|Yuuzhan Vong]] and the war they had brought to the galaxy. His eyes were on the future and he did not fear the Vong and thus chose not to involve the nascent One Sith in a war whose outcome Krayt felt irrelevant to his goals. Carnus disagreed entirely and believed Krayt to have missed the significance of the invaders existence outside the Force. Krayt brooked no discord among his kind and a rift formed between the two that would ultimately see their parting.<br />
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===Back to the Light – 28 ABY (90 years of age)===<br />
It was in this time that Carnus’ eyes were opened to what the One Sith would bring about. In a vision of the future, Carnus witnessed the resurgence of what he referred to as “The Next Empire” that would be brought into being by the might of the One Sith. Despite his education in Sith philosophy and receptiveness to absolutist ideals, Carnus’ memories of his persecution ran deep and he could not accept another Empire constructed in the image of the old. Though decades had passed since her death, Carnus’ sense of loss over what could have been with Meadan was ever potent. In opposing a resurgent Empire, Carnus’ grief found purpose he felt to be beyond all he had done since the twilight of the Jedi.<br />
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Coupled with Krayt’s indifference to the abominable Yuuzhan Vong, Carnus chose to alter his path again and leave yet another order behind. But nor did Carnus agree with what the son of Skywalker had wrought with the Jedi in his absence from the light. Carnus took a harsh view of the fledgling [[starwars:New Jedi Order|New Jedi Order]] under [[starwars:Luke Skywalker|Luke Skywalker]] and deemed it unworthy to combat the threat of the Yuuzhan Vong. He knew he would require a force capable of both eradicating the Far-Outsiders and ultimately challenging Krayt’s bid for power that would renew the Empire.<br />
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===Crask’s Reform – 28 ABY (90 years of age)===<br />
To achieve his goals, Carnus realized he could look to no Sith or purported dark sider to aid him. Those he knew of answered to Darth Krayt alone and shared his ideals. In 28 ABY Carnus would leave off the Sith mantle and once again become Omancor Crask, Jedi Master. Though the paradigm of his thought on the Force and his place in it had not shifted, he felt his ends would be best served by making his way back towards the light.<br />
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But this was not the rebirth into the light so many previous fallen Jedi had experienced. He was not “saved” in any sense. Crask was nearly as lost as he had always been but for his commitment to expel the Far-Outsiders and stop the rise of the next Empire. Still the cynical pragmatist, this was perhaps the most Sith-like action he had ever undertaken in knowing that to defeat armies of darkness, he required armies of light. He drew to him those Force-users whose motives included the old dictums of the Jedi Order: Justice and Peace, but ones that were also willing to go farther to obtain these ends than Skywalker’s band.<br />
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Crask told these new adherents what they needed to hear and kept his past and true disposition secret from even their gifted senses. None, even Khaemyn Rua and Rade, knew he had been Darth Carnus. He trained them how he knew Jedi needed to be trained to exist in times without peace. He taught them the curriculum he felt he should have been given as a student at the Temple. He replaced the cryptic, contradictory philosophies of Master Yoda with practical philosophies of politics and war. Crask created in his young Jedi what he knew the galaxy would require to survive the next storm.<br />
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For those too weak in the Force or who would not fully accept his doctrine, Crask had another lesson to teach. In his time at study in the darker arts of the Force Crask had learned to wipe away one’s abilities and imprint him with new ones. This conversion not only affected the recipient’s powers, but his mind as well giving Crask the ability to forcibly shape what he required in his adherents.<br />
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===Expedition to Antei – 29 ABY (91 years of age)===<br />
In his exploits purging the galaxy of the abomination of the Far-Outsiders, Crask discovered the location of a Yuuzhan Vong task force in the remote [[Antei system]]. He was overwhelmed by the magnitude of his discovery when he realized he had found the Vong occupying a Sith stronghold only recently abandoned. Using a virulent strain of [[starwars:Alpha Red|Alpha Red]] obtained through a sympathetic source inside Skywalker’s New Jedi Order, Crask exterminated the Vong presence on [[Antei]] and throughout the anomaly known as [[the Shroud]] in order to learn more about these dark siders of whom almost no one was previously aware.<br />
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[[image:Crask_Antei.jpg|thumb|200px|left|Crask at war with the Brotherhood on Antei]]<br />
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Once the Yuuzhan Vong had been wiped out, Crask occupied the planet with a force of some fifty [[starwars:Jedi Knight|Jedi Knights]] accompanied by thousands of [[starwars:Battle droid|battle droids]] and several Jedi Masters. Crask had programmed his droids specifically to engage with Force-users in his preparations to eventually face the One Sith. The droids employed a variety of ballistic weaponry that negated much of a Jedi’s advantage to turn more conventional blaster bolts back on their opponents with their favored [[starwars:Lightsaber|lightsabers]]. Crasks’ forces had also trained extensively to combat the Yuuzhan Vong and found their mass-driver weaponry effective against the galactic invaders.<br />
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In addition to his primary force of battle droids, Crask had in his service a small number of [[starwars:IG-100 MagnaGuard|IG-100 MagnaGuards]]. These rare and prized vestiges of the Clone Wars were kept close-at-hand by Crask and his aides-de-camps. They were remarkably effective Jedi-killers and had received special software upgrades designed by Crask himself.<br />
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In what would become known as the [[Ninth Great Jedi War]], Crask's forces engaged the combined elements of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood at Antei.<br />
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''More to follow...''<br />
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===Demise===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
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==Characteristics==<br />
===Physical Appearance===<br />
His frame was compact at 1.82 meters but well-laden with muscle developed over nearly a century of hardship. Crask’s body was stocky and showed signs of his age even for an Epicanthix. But it was clear that his ruggedly tanned and battered skin still coursed with muscle and energy belying his age.<br />
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Crask’s hair was gray and often wild in appearance when not kept back from his face. His massive sideburns framed his square jaw that was often set grimly in disapproval of his apprentices. He wore simple garments of worn and course brown fabric that provided utility in warm and cold climates.<br />
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===Sith Tattoos===<br />
Though few had seen them, Crask’s entire body was covered in the faded remains of Sith tattoos from his days as Darth Carnus under the One Sith. The nature of the tattoos was such that they were indelibly marked into his skin. Over time Crask used his skill to suppress them so that they appeared faded and less noticeable though the remnants could sometimes be seen on his forearms or face, where the skin was exposed, in times of anger.<br />
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His skin tone remained ruddy but much lighter than the deep red pigment his body was stained with during his initiation to the One Sith. Suppressing the tattoos was a constant struggle. His students often mistook the dark circles under his eyes for fatigue, stress, and age, but when fed by anger or hatred the tattoos re-emerged to remind Crask that he would never be far from his past.<br />
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===Demeanor===<br />
Crask often walked alone in brooding contemplation. He was prone to shove his hands into the opposite sleeves of his robe and walk for hours with arms folded and head bowed. He was not easily approached and often such was done only by his senior apprentices Khaemyn Rua and Rade. Crask was not cantankerous, but was perceived so by some of the younger in his fold. He was quiet and grim. His anger was not easily roused, but could establish itself terribly and without warning hearkening back to his times of darkness.<br />
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==Beliefs==<br />
===The Craskian Theorem===<br />
This was the unofficial name of Crask’s particular school of thought he had developed regarding the Force. Ironically, he believed much the same as Palpatine had about the mystical energy field that bound together all living things. Crask felt there were no light or dark sides to the Force but rather it simply was and those who could touch it did with it what they would for better or worse. To Crask, intent was what mattered and the rest flowed from this core idea.<br />
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This belief nearly led him to dissent before the Jedi Order was destroyed by Order 66. It was reinforced endlessly over decades as Crask watched others die at the hands of Sidious and his apprentice Vader during the Purge until they too were struck down by the son of Skywalker. Crask did not see this as the holy restoration of “good” over “evil” as did the rest of the galaxy. To him this was yet another lesson that intent fueled with enough power achieved anything.<br />
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Yet Crask respected this synergy of will and power. He respected it and its origin: [[starwars:The Force|the Force]]. Where so many had trivialized it through its casual use, Crask maintained that like all power, it should be respected and thus not invoked lightly. So Crask and his followers did not employ it randomly or unnecessarily. It was used when needed and nothing more. The common uses by Skywalker’s New Jedi Order and Sidious’ fallen regime were viewed as perverse, vulgar displays of power by Crask’s Jedi. Clear evidence that their institutions of authority were corrupt and invalid. In Crask’s mind, one who abused his power so was fit to neither wield it nor see his will done through it.<br />
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===Conversion===<br />
It has been rumored that through the use of his power to affect one’s Force imprint, Crask was able to proselytize Force-sensitives to his cause. Precisely how this was done, if true, has remained a mystery.<br />
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==Important Relationships==<br />
===Meadan Clor===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
===Khaemyn Rua===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
===Rade===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
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==Special Powers and Abilities==<br />
===Affect Force Imprint===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
===Emerald Lightning===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
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==Possessions and Artifacts==<br />
===The Holocron of Omancor Crask===<br />
Constructed in the time of his return to the light, Crask’s [[starwars:Holocron|holocron]] is in the traditional Jedi design of a cube. Though versed in the construction of a pyramidal—arguably superior—[[starwars:Sith holocron|Sith holocron]], Crask chose the Jedi technique so that his lessons and teachings would not be mistaken for dark side madness and they would be accessible to more Force-users after his passing. In his holocron, Crask detailed the synthesis of ideas he explored while both Jedi and Sith and used the device as a memoir of his life.<br />
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The holocron was also believed to contain the text of Crask’s treatise: The Intent of Power.<br />
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===The Sword of Shadday Potkin===<br />
Omancor’s original lightsaber was destroyed in the ensuing chaos of Order 66. Following the death of his apprentice Meadan Clor, enroute to the Conclave on Kessel, Crask retrieved the [[starwars:Cortosis|cortosis]] sword of Jedi Master [[starwars:Shadday Potkin|Shadday Potkin]]. Herself slain at the meeting by Darth Vader, the blade was mistakenly left behind still buried in the chest of [[starwars:Koffi Arana|Koffi Arana]].<br />
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A short-sword in design, the blade was extremely effective at close-range and its metallurgic properties made it a formidable weapon especially when pitted against a lightsaber. The weapon had taken the lives of several Jedi Masters as well as having wounded Darth Vader himself. Crask believed it possible the blade had become tainted by the hatred it had been wielded with.<br />
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===The Sith Robes of Darth Carnus===<br />
Ornate robes saved by Crask as a reminder of how easily the fallacy of his trappings could define who he was.<br />
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|image=[[Image:JediLord.jpg|250px]]<br />
|name=Omancor Crask <br />
|homeworld=[[starwars:Panatha|Panatha]]<br />
|birth=62 BBY<br />
|death=30 ABY<br />
|species=[[starwars:Epicanthix|Epicanthix]]<br />
|gender=Male<br />
|hair=White<br />
|eyes=Light Blue<br />
|height=1.82m<br />
|weight=83.4k<br />
|cyber= <br />
|allies=*Khaemyn Rua<br />
*Rade<br />
*Murathenes Pho<br />
|enemies=*[[starwars:One Sith|One Sith]]<br />
*[[Dark Jedi Brotherhood]]<br />
*[[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong|Yuuzhan Vong]]<br />
*[[starwars:New Jedi Order|New Jedi Order]]<br />
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|position=*[[starwars:Jedi Master|Jedi Master]]<br />
|era=*[[starwars:Rise of the Empire era|Rise of the Empire era]]<br />
*[[starwars:Rebellion era|Rebellion era]]<br />
*[[New Republic Era]]<br />
*[[New Jedi Order Era]]<br />
*[[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]<br />
|affiliation=Unnamed Fundamentalist Jedi Order<br />
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{{Quote|We did this to ourselves. Anakin wasn’t evil. He lived in the Order as we all did and ultimately our weakness was his downfall. We created Vader. We made that monster. Palpatine pushed him over the edge, but we led him to it.|Jedi Master Omancor Crask speaks on the Jedi Order’s failure with Anakin Skywalker}}<br />
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'''Omancor Crask''', also known as '''Darth Carnus''' and '''He who is [[starwars:krel os'a hmi va ta|krel os'a hmi va ta]]''', was an exceptionally powerful [[starwars:Epicanthix|Epicanthix]] Force-user active in the span between the Rise of the Empire and the Dark Jedi Brotherhood eras. As a [[starwars:Jedi Master|Jedi Master]] he served in the [[starwars:Clone Wars|Clone Wars]] as a General and was a veteran of numerous campaigns. When Emperor [[starwars:Palpatine|Palpatine]] issued [[starwars:Order 66|Order 66]], Crask—like many of his former Jedi comrades—fled persecution from [[starwars:Galactic Empire|the Empire]] and went into seclusion. He was also one of the few Jedi known to have fallen to the dark side to become a Sith Lord, and yet return to the light many years later having mastered both ethereal facets of the Force. However, Crask’s journey back from darkness did not take him as close to the light of the Force as he had once been. The experience would see him embark on a new path all his own as no one before him had ever done.<br />
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==Character History==<br />
===An Early Light - 62 BBY===<br />
Born on [[starwars:Panatha|Panatha]] in 62 BBY, Crask was identified during infancy as being gifted with the Force. The Jedi Order removed him to [[starwars:Coruscant|Coruscant]] where he began his early training in the Jedi arts. Relative to his peers, Crask was very strong in the Force. Indeed a few Jedi Masters even thought Omancor could be the [[starwars:Chosen One|Chosen One]]. Gifted though he was, it was clear Crask’s talents lay in his early precision control over his abilities that took other students much longer to master. While it became evident his power in the Force did not run as deep as some, he developed a fine control that was seldom seen outside of the Masters.<br />
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===Way of the Jedi – 51 BBY (11 years of age)===<br />
In 51 BBY, Crask was accepted by the [[starwars:Elomin|Elomin]] Jedi Master Yur Talo’tan as a Padawan. The young Epicanthix apprentice took easily to the rigorous training and beneficent instructions of his master. Crask saw early on that the galaxy was in desperate need of those who would stand for peace and order. He wholly believed the Jedi Order to be the greatest bulwark to the events and beings seemingly determined to destroy the tentative peace of the time.<br />
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===Knighthood – 44 BBY (18 years of age)===<br />
At the age of 18 Crask’s exceptional control of his gifts saw him become one of the youngest Jedi of the time to be knighted. His reverence for the Force and belief that it was a gift bred in him a judicious and conservative mindset when calling its power. The [[starwars:Jedi High Council|Master’s Council]] was greatly concerned with commissioning Knights that shared their orthodox views of the Jedi’s role as protectors of the [[starwars:Galactic Republic|Republic]] despite the growing concern over the separation of Order and State. Crask wholeheartedly believed at the time that the Jedi were intrinsically bound to the Republic as it represented order, justice, and peace in the galaxy.<br />
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These tenuous concepts needed the care of those strong enough to ensure they would eventually take root elsewhere in a chaotic galaxy. For many Jedi like Crask, this was seen as their first duty and somewhere along the way the elusive Will of the Force was subordinated to the Will of the State. Unfortunately for Crask and the Jedi, their drive to protect peace and justice across the galaxy blinded them to the darkness rising in their midst.<br />
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===Jedi Master – 26 BBY (36 years of age)===<br />
It was in the years following Crask’s ascension to Jedi Master that he began to see cracks in the veneer of the Order that led him to question their direction as Jedi. Before the Master ranks, many Jedi were not privy to the closed-door discussions of the Jedi Council. Nor were the younger of their Order aware of the elite circles of higher echelon Masters who debated grave issues not taught in the Jedi curriculum. It was clear to Crask in this time that much of what the Jedi had been taught were not whole and empirical truths, but partial ones. The deeper he examined what the Jedi Order was doing and why, the graver his concern became. Depsite this, Crask took his first apprentice, Meadan Clor.<br />
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===The Clone Wars – 22 BBY (40 years of age)===<br />
Like all wars, the [[starwars:Clone Wars|Clone Wars]] struck at the most inopportune of times for Crask. He already questioned the Order’s direction and his place in it. When the war came, Omancor found himself again uncertain as to the role of the Jedi in the political and military turmoil. Though Jedi were martial in nature, they were not soldiers. Crask was suddenly a brevet general in an order he was unsure of and embroiled in a war in which he felt their position should be not to intervene. <br />
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It was also in this time that Crask struggled as to how to properly guide his apprentice Meadan Clor (born 43 BBY); a vibrant and gifted young woman with whom Crask’s relationship was criticized. Conflicted, the Jedi Master had difficulty reconciling his feelings for Meadan in the ways the Council deemed inappropriate. Throughout her mentorship the two grew closer despite everything to the contrary. Crask was at war internally with the orthodoxy of the Jedi Order and what he perceived as his own weakness for his feelings about Clor. Despite himself, Crask contravened traditional Jedi stoicism and embraced his feelings.<br />
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===Order 66 – 19 BBY (43 years of age)===<br />
Near the end of the Clone Wars [[starwars:Order 66|Order 66]] was issued and Crask survived only to watch countless numbers of Jedi fall. [[starwars:Darth Vader|Anakin Skywalker]] cut them down without mercy and the already disillusioned Jedi Master was unable to stop him. Fleeing with Meadan and a few other survivors Crask was torn between anguish and dark elation. Though the Order was decimated and the loss bitter to him, he also realized that his feelings for Meadan could be realized and explored.<br />
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However, Crask’s apprentice did not survive the persecution of Skywalker now in the guise of Darth Vader. Meadan Clor was overwhelmed and killed by elements of Vader’s [[starwars:501st Legion|501st Legion]] en route to the [[starwars:Conclave on Kessel|Conclave on Kessel]]. Having traveled separately to the Jedi meeting, Crask chose not to continue on upon learning of her death. The misfortune of Meadan’s death and providence of Crask’s decision worked in turn to save his life. No Jedi who attended the meeting at [[starwars:Kessel|Kessel]] survived.<br />
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===Descent – 19 BBY – 9 BBY (43 to 53 years of age)===<br />
Mercilessly hunted by the Empire, Crask fled from world to world in the wake of the [[starwars:Jedi Purge|Jedi Purge]]. Sometime in 9 BBY having been hunted for nearly 10 years, Crask did the unthinkable for a Jedi and sacrificed an innocent life to save himself. Whether out of madness or instinct, Crask was deeply troubled by the act and unable to reconcile what he thought he was with what he seemed to have become. His dissolution, anger, and isolation had finally overwhelmed him to the point where he could no longer find even the slightest comfort or answer in the light side of the Force.<br />
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In the years following the Great Jedi Purge Crask had ample time to consider what had befallen them. Bitterness took hold within him as he examined every aspect of how Palpatine had made fools of them. Omancor remarked on how pompous they had been to think themselves impervious to threat. The more he contemplated their destruction, the more he believed that the fault was not with Palpatine or Vader, but themselves. He felt the Jedi were to blame for their arrogance, naïveté, and intractability.<br />
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Crask spent months visiting remote worlds free of inhabitants and distraction. He turned inward for answers to the questions that plagued him and found little solace. Finally Crask realized that he could find no answers in the Jedi way of the Force because he was no longer a Jedi in that sense. He had become something else in the interim of the Purge that had perhaps found its origin in him even before Palpatine issued his fateful order. He had done what was necessary to survive to include the taking of an innocent life. He had done finally what best served him alone.<br />
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This concept began to foment in his mind as the only valid course of action available to him. If he served no one, then he served himself. Crask reasoned that if this was the case then he was no longer bound by the strictures of the Jedi Order, the light side of the Force, or any code at all. His anger and nihilism deepened as he began to see that had he, the Order, or any of the Jedi been willing to do what was necessary, then Order 66, the Purge, the destruction of their way of life and the ascension of those with the courage of their convictions could never have come to pass. For Crask, if there was no light to guide his way, then there was only darkness.<br />
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===Sith Absolutism – 9 BBY – 24 ABY (53 to 86 years of age)===<br />
It was in this time that Crask recognized himself as having fully separated from the light. His moral quandary over what he had become had long since faded to memory and he concerned himself with the progression of his skills unbound by Jedi law. As any follower of an old path would, Crask looked to those who had tread into darkness before him and studied the Sith Lords of old. In copies of ancient texts he found wisdom from the stigmatized perspective of the Sith and other adherents of arts without the light.<br />
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As he learned more of what the Council had suppressed, his anger ran deeper than ever before at how they had allowed themselves to be duped and annihilated. The warnings were all there. The strategies Palpatine employed had been penned a thousand years before. Crask reasoned the fall of the Jedi had been more inevitability than victory. Despite the blame he placed on [[starwars:Yoda|Yoda]] and the Council, he could not lay down his own guilt and when he learned of the deaths of Sidious and Vader he added their culpability to his burden as well.<br />
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Rather than elation, Omancor felt disgusted, ashamed, and bitter. He shed the last of himself he had carried in the years since to include his very name. But there remained one vestige of his former self that would never be laid down. He took a Sith name not out of vanity or ambition, but out of ''guilt''. Crask thought of himself from then on as Carnus; for that was what he had wrought: carnage. To his knowledge few remained of the days of the fall of the Jedi Order so he would bear the weight of its responsibility alone.<br />
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===One Sith – 24 ABY (86 years of age)===<br />
Despite some accounts indicating the [[starwars:One Sith|One Sith]] beginning c. 30 ABY, the organization may have likely found its early roots in 24 ABY with the political, philosophical, and organizational foundation being laid by the mysterious [[starwars:Darth Krayt|Darth Krayt]]; then known as A’Sharad Hett. Carnus, still searching for answers to questions raised in his time with the Jedi Order, was among the first brought into Krayt’s fold and for the first time in 45 years he was not alone.<br />
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Hett ostensibly shared Carnus’ grief over the events of the Purge and seemed to possess his sense of responsibility. Carnus underwent the [[starwars:Sith tattoo|ritual tattooing]] that would come to characterize the One Sith and was given the hallowed title of [[starwars:Darth|Darth]]. Fully indoctrinated, Darth Carnus’ power broadened as he learned techniques in the Force to which he had previously not had access. Under Krayt’s Order, he began to master doctrines, methodologies, and philosophies on the Force that represented 25,000 years of Sith thought.<br />
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===Yuuzhan Vong War – 25 ABY (87 years of age)===<br />
When the [[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong War|Yuuzhan Vong War]] began in 25 ABY it was but one of a number of schisms that divided the galaxy. Though Carnus’ path had taken him far from his days at the [[starwars:Jedi Temple]], he still bore a certain reverence for the Force in any incarnation, light or dark. So it was when the [[starwars:Far-Outsiders|Far-Outsiders]]—utter abominations in Carnus’ eyes—invaded, he called for the One Sith to act.<br />
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However, the [[starwars:Dread Lord|Dread Lord]] Darth Krayt harbored machinations that far outstripped the [[starwars:Yuuzhan Vong|Yuuzhan Vong]] and the war they had brought to the galaxy. His eyes were on the future and he did not fear the Vong and thus chose not to involve the nascent One Sith in a war whose outcome Krayt felt irrelevant to his goals. Carnus disagreed entirely and believed Krayt to have missed the significance of the invaders existence outside the Force. Krayt brooked no discord among his kind and a rift formed between the two that would ultimately see their parting.<br />
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===Back to the Light – 28 ABY (90 years of age)===<br />
It was in this time that Carnus’ eyes were opened to what the One Sith would bring about. In a vision of the future, Carnus witnessed the resurgence of what he referred to as “The Next Empire” that would be brought into being by the might of the One Sith. Despite his education in Sith philosophy and receptiveness to absolutist ideals, Carnus’ memories of his persecution ran deep and he could not accept another Empire constructed in the image of the old. Though decades had passed since her death, Carnus’ sense of loss over what could have been with Meadan was ever potent. In opposing a resurgent Empire, Carnus’ grief found purpose he felt to be beyond all he had done since the twilight of the Jedi.<br />
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Coupled with Krayt’s indifference to the abominable Yuuzhan Vong, Carnus chose to alter his path again and leave yet another order behind. But nor did Carnus agree with what the son of Skywalker had wrought with the Jedi in his absence from the light. Carnus took a harsh view of the fledgling [[starwars:New Jedi Order|New Jedi Order]] under [[starwars:Luke Skywalker|Luke Skywalker]] and deemed it unworthy to combat the threat of the Yuuzhan Vong. He knew he would require a force capable of both eradicating the Far-Outsiders and ultimately challenging Krayt’s bid for power that would renew the Empire.<br />
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===Crask’s Reform – 28 ABY (90 years of age)===<br />
To achieve his goals, Carnus realized he could look to no Sith or purported dark sider to aid him. Those he knew of answered to Darth Krayt alone and shared his ideals. In 28 ABY Carnus would leave off the Sith mantle and once again become Omancor Crask, Jedi Master. Though the paradigm of his thought on the Force and his place in it had not shifted, he felt his ends would be best served by making his way back towards the light.<br />
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But this was not the rebirth into the light so many previous fallen Jedi had experienced. He was not “saved” in any sense. Crask was nearly as lost as he had always been but for his commitment to expel the Far-Outsiders and stop the rise of the next Empire. Still the cynical pragmatist, this was perhaps the most Sith-like action he had ever undertaken in knowing that to defeat armies of darkness, he required armies of light. He drew to him those Force-users whose motives included the old dictums of the Jedi Order: Justice and Peace, but ones that were also willing to go farther to obtain these ends than Skywalker’s band.<br />
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Crask told these new adherents what they needed to hear and kept his past and true disposition secret from even their gifted senses. None, even Khaemyn Rua and Rade, knew he had been Darth Carnus. He trained them how he knew Jedi needed to be trained to exist in times without peace. He taught them the curriculum he felt he should have been given as a student at the Temple. He replaced the cryptic, contradictory philosophies of Master Yoda with practical philosophies of politics and war. Crask created in his young Jedi what he knew the galaxy would require to survive the next storm.<br />
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For those too weak in the Force or who would not fully accept his doctrine, Crask had another lesson to teach. In his time at study in the darker arts of the Force Crask had learned to wipe away one’s abilities and imprint him with new ones. This conversion not only affected the recipient’s powers, but his mind as well giving Crask the ability to forcibly shape what he required in his adherents.<br />
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===Expedition to Antei – 29 ABY (91 years of age)===<br />
In his exploits purging the galaxy of the abomination of the Far-Outsiders, Crask discovered the location of a Yuuzhan Vong task force in the remote [[Antei system]]. He was overwhelmed by the magnitude of his discovery when he realized he had found the Vong occupying a Sith stronghold only recently abandoned. Using a virulent strain of [[starwars:Alpha Red|Alpha Red]] obtained through a sympathetic source inside Skywalker’s New Jedi Order, Crask exterminated the Vong presence on [[Antei]] and throughout the anomaly known as [[the Shroud]] in order to learn more about these dark siders of whom almost no one was previously aware.<br />
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Once the Yuuzhan Vong had been wiped out, Crask occupied the planet with a force of some fifty [[starwars:Jedi Knight|Jedi Knights]] accompanied by thousands of [[starwars:Battle droid|battle droids]] and several Jedi Masters. Crask had programmed his droids specifically to engage with Force-users in his preparations to eventually face the One Sith. The droids employed a variety of ballistic weaponry that negated much of a Jedi’s advantage to turn more conventional blaster bolts back on their opponents with their favored [[starwars:Lightsaber|lightsabers]]. Crasks’ forces had also trained extensively to combat the Yuuzhan Vong and found their mass-driver weaponry effective against the galactic invaders.<br />
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In addition to his primary force of battle droids, Crask had in his service a small number of [[starwars:IG-100 MagnaGuard|IG-100 MagnaGuards]]. These rare and prized vestiges of the Clone Wars were kept close-at-hand by Crask and his aides-de-camps. They were remarkably effective Jedi-killers and had received special software upgrades designed by Crask himself.<br />
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In what would become known as the [[Ninth Great Jedi War]], Crask's forces engaged the combined elements of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood at Antei.<br />
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''More to follow...''<br />
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===Demise===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
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==Characteristics==<br />
===Physical Appearance===<br />
His frame was compact at 1.82 meters but well-laden with muscle developed over nearly a century of hardship. Crask’s body was stocky and showed signs of his age even for an Epicanthix. But it was clear that his ruggedly tanned and battered skin still coursed with muscle and energy belying his age.<br />
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Crask’s hair was gray and often wild in appearance when not kept back from his face. His massive sideburns framed his square jaw that was often set grimly in disapproval of his apprentices. He wore simple garments of worn and course brown fabric that provided utility in warm and cold climates.<br />
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===Sith Tattoos===<br />
Though few had seen them, Crask’s entire body was covered in the faded remains of Sith tattoos from his days as Darth Carnus under the One Sith. The nature of the tattoos was such that they were indelibly marked into his skin. Over time Crask used his skill to suppress them so that they appeared faded and less noticeable though the remnants could sometimes be seen on his forearms or face, where the skin was exposed, in times of anger.<br />
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His skin tone remained ruddy but much lighter than the deep red pigment his body was stained with during his initiation to the One Sith. Suppressing the tattoos was a constant struggle. His students often mistook the dark circles under his eyes for fatigue, stress, and age, but when fed by anger or hatred the tattoos re-emerged to remind Crask that he would never be far from his past.<br />
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===Demeanor===<br />
Crask often walked alone in brooding contemplation. He was prone to shove his hands into the opposite sleeves of his robe and walk for hours with arms folded and head bowed. He was not easily approached and often such was done only by his senior apprentices Khaemyn Rua and Rade. Crask was not cantankerous, but was perceived so by some of the younger in his fold. He was quiet and grim. His anger was not easily roused, but could establish itself terribly and without warning hearkening back to his times of darkness.<br />
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==Beliefs==<br />
===The Craskian Theorem===<br />
This was the unofficial name of Crask’s particular school of thought he had developed regarding the Force. Ironically, he believed much the same as Palpatine had about the mystical energy field that bound together all living things. Crask felt there were no light or dark sides to the Force but rather it simply was and those who could touch it did with it what they would for better or worse. To Crask, intent was what mattered and the rest flowed from this core idea.<br />
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This belief nearly led him to dissent before the Jedi Order was destroyed by Order 66. It was reinforced endlessly over decades as Crask watched others die at the hands of Sidious and his apprentice Vader during the Purge until they too were struck down by the son of Skywalker. Crask did not see this as the holy restoration of “good” over “evil” as did the rest of the galaxy. To him this was yet another lesson that intent fueled with enough power achieved anything.<br />
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Yet Crask respected this synergy of will and power. He respected it and its origin: [[starwars:The Force|the Force]]. Where so many had trivialized it through its casual use, Crask maintained that like all power, it should be respected and thus not invoked lightly. So Crask and his followers did not employ it randomly or unnecessarily. It was used when needed and nothing more. The common uses by Skywalker’s New Jedi Order and Sidious’ fallen regime were viewed as perverse, vulgar displays of power by Crask’s Jedi. Clear evidence that their institutions of authority were corrupt and invalid. In Crask’s mind, one who abused his power so was fit to neither wield it nor see his will done through it.<br />
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===Conversion===<br />
It has been rumored that through the use of his power to affect one’s Force imprint, Crask was able to proselytize Force-sensitives to his cause. Precisely how this was done, if true, has remained a mystery.<br />
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==Important Relationships==<br />
===Meadan Clor===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
===Khaemyn Rua===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
===Rade===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
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==Special Powers and Abilities==<br />
===Affect Force Imprint===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
===Emerald Lightning===<br />
''More to follow...''<br />
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==Possessions and Artifacts==<br />
===The Holocron of Omancor Crask===<br />
Constructed in the time of his return to the light, Crask’s [[starwars:Holocron|holocron]] is in the traditional Jedi design of a cube. Though versed in the construction of a pyramidal—arguably superior—[[starwars:Sith holocron|Sith holocron]], Crask chose the Jedi technique so that his lessons and teachings would not be mistaken for dark side madness and they would be accessible to more Force-users after his passing. In his holocron, Crask detailed the synthesis of ideas he explored while both Jedi and Sith and used the device as a memoir of his life.<br />
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The holocron was also believed to contain the text of Crask’s treatise: The Intent of Power.<br />
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===The Sword of Shadday Potkin===<br />
Omancor’s original lightsaber was destroyed in the ensuing chaos of Order 66. Following the death of his apprentice Meadan Clor, enroute to the Conclave on Kessel, Crask retrieved the [[starwars:Cortosis|cortosis]] sword of Jedi Master [[starwars:Shadday Potkin|Shadday Potkin]]. Herself slain at the meeting by Darth Vader, the blade was mistakenly left behind still buried in the chest of [[starwars:Koffi Arana|Koffi Arana]].<br />
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A short-sword in design, the blade was extremely effective at close-range and its metallurgic properties made it a formidable weapon especially when pitted against a lightsaber. The weapon had taken the lives of several Jedi Masters as well as having wounded Darth Vader himself. Crask believed it possible the blade had become tainted by the hatred it had been wielded with.<br />
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===The Sith Robes of Darth Carnus===<br />
Ornate robes saved by Crask as a reminder of how easily the fallacy of his trappings could define who he was.<br />
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<div>{{character<br />
|type=Sith<br />
|name= Aticus "Orian" Jade<br />
|image= [[Image: Aticus.jpg|250px]]<br />
|homeworld= Aeotheran<br />
|birth= 2 ABY<br />
|death= N/A<br />
|species= Human<br />
|gender= Male<br />
|height= 5'11"<br />
|weight= 188 Lbs<br />
|skin= Caucasian<br />
|hair= Black<br />
|eyes= Dark Green<br />
|era= [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]<br />
|affiliation= Zz> [[Independent House Revan Prospectus|Independent House Revan]] Orianic Tribe<br />
|ship= <br />
|dossier=[[dossier:3329|3329]]<br />
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Aticus Jade is a [[Sith Battlemaster]] of the Zz> [[Independent House Revan Prospectus|Independent House Revan]] and is the Last King of the Orianic Tribe<br />
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"Several flock to the thought of walking the paths of a [[Sith]], and very few survive the first few steps. Those that have walked its path for a distance knows that they have died a long time ago, but in the end these are not true [[Sith]] but minions of our will. A true [[Sith]] does not walk the path of the [[Sith]], they create one of their own." ~ Aticus Jade<br />
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== Character History ==<br />
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=== The Youth Aticus Jade ===<br />
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Aticus Jade was born 2 ABY on the planet Aeotheran and was for the beginning of his life was raised by his mother, Ania Orian. Unlike his half brothers who were raised in an Imperial manner, Aticus was raised as a member of the Orianic Tribe, and did not meet his father until much later in his life. Being a mixed blood made Aticus's life very difficult because the tribe took pride in being the descendants of a Sith Lord named [[Urias Orian]], who in their religion was a god. <br />
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It is believed that the Orianic tribe could possibly be the descendants of Urias as the entire Orianic Tribe was built up of force sensitives, and even some mildly trained force users. Despite being a 'half blood', Aticus was considered the most talented and gifted of any of the Orianic Tribe to ever live. By the age of six Aticus had slayed his first Cannok, by eight his first man. It was very clear that a strong warrior bloodline flowed in the veins of Aticus, but with the boy being so strong and talented, conflict with the tribes religion took place. No none Orian bloodline, or half blood should hold as much power as he did, which resulted in the king having several assassination attempts placed upon the boy, each one a failure which resulted in the massacre of the assassins and further anarchy to the Orianic religion.<br />
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Aticus by the age of ten was no longer a boy at heart, but a hardened warrior with the blood of twenty two men on his hands. Though the tribe refused to accept him into history as even one of its basic warriors, the king himself did agree that without Aticus to assist them during the Great War between the Orianic Tribe and Sessian Tribe, the Orianic would have never conquered the Sessian. When Aticus was rejected from being accepted as an Orianic by its king and his followers, even after his heroic display in the Great War between the two tribes, his mother began to raise Aticus for a new meaning. Before she did all she could to just make Aticus a common member of the Orianic, but she now realized that with the current leadership and religion in place her son would never be noted for any of his accomplishments, and would further more always be at risk. Ania Orian began to teach Aticus [[Sith]] Magic & Alchemy, as well as true Sith Religion, and told him that very soon the Orianic tribe would be his, and that he would bring forward a new age for the tribe. Ania filled her son's heart with rage, anger, and hate but filled his mind with intelligence, strategy, and technique. She did this for three years, and on his thirteenth birthday Aticus was finally of age to issue a Rite of Challenge to the king of the tribe.<br />
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=== The Rite of Challange ===<br />
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It is law by the Orianic religion that when 'any' man of Orianic bloodline, whether pure or not, reaches the age of thirteen they are considered full grown, and are capable of undertaking any task, job or position in the tribe just as any other man, however the Rite of Challenge may only be issued once in an Orianic's lifetime and it results in either the contender surrendering to the challenge, and taking exile - or a battle to the death. The very morning of his thirteenth birthday Aticus approached the king and issued his Rite of Challenge for the crown. With his choices before him, and his natural hate for Aticus, the king chose to duel Aticus for the crown.<br />
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Being the contender, the king was given the choice of weapons to use and he chose wisely by saying "Our Surroundings.." which allowed anything and everything to be used as a weapon in the fight. The battle raged from that morning until nearly sunset. The two had battled each other from the village, all the way to the nearby ancient [[Sith]] temple. Aticus proved to be to much of a match for the king, as he defeated him using the [[Sith]] Magic taught to him by his mother, Ania Orian. Aticus had placed a Spell of Toxicity upon the king, which slowly turned his blood to poison, resulting in his death. Aticus removed the crown from the former king and returned back to the village. Unable to believe that their prior king was dead, and even harder to believe that a half blood was now king, several rebelled against Aticus. The new king wasted no time in destroying the uprising, and used it to strike fear into the hearts of those that would question his authority as king. <br />
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Over time the tribe came to love Aticus as their new king. The old religion was abolished and replaced with what teachings of the Sith and Jedi could be recovered from the planet, which not only made more opportunity for the tribe, but also made them stronger. The Orianic Tribe had grown to nearly four hundred followers in the two years that Aticus was king, but this was mostly due to his demand that the tribe breed to replace the warriors that he had killed, then breed to double the numbers, so many of the Orianic were but infants or toddlers while Aticus was king. Little did the tribe know, Aticus was beginning to hate them all. He had not forgotten the shun they had placed upon him, nor would he ever forgive them..<br />
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=== The Brotherhood Arrives on Aeotheran ===<br />
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Approximately three months after Aticus's fifteenth birthday, word came to Aticus that the former god of the Orianic, [[Urias Orian]], had been reincarnated and was on Aeotheran with several other demigods to assist him. Curious about this Aticus made a point to assemble a small team in where he ventured out to find this 'reincarnation'. Aticus was gone for six days and when he returned he found his people worshiping a man by the name of [[Trevarus Caerick]] who would later become known as Shan-Long. Wise as he was strong, Aticus did not react harshly to this as he was curious as to just 'what' made this man a god. During a private dinner between [[Trevarus Caerick]] and Aticus, the Dark Jedi attempted to trick Aticus into thinking that he was really the reincarnation of [[Urias Orian]] by demonstrating his abilities with the force. Though much stronger than Aticus was at the time, Trevarus did not fool Aticus. The young king demonstrated talents with the force himself, and it became clear to Trevarus that not only were some of the Orianic Tribe force sensative, but also some educated in the arts of the [[Sith]]. Aticus held no grudge against Trevarus for his attempt however, because he himself ruled over the Orianic with the force so it was only natural that he would desire to do the same.<br />
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=== Joining the Brotherhood ===<br />
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Aticus never believed that [[Urias Orian]] was a god, as he himself had studied some of the Sith arts that his mother had taught him, thus he knew for sure that Treverous was no deity either, but he allowed the belief to continue so that he could watch the new comers closer than he could if he were to war with them. As he expected the Dark Jedi had no intentions to lead the Orianic to glory but rather enslave and destroy them over time, but in his heart Aticus desired this, so he met with the Dark Brotherhood personally to make a trade. In turn to accept him into the Brotherhood for training to become a Dark Jedi, he would give the Brotherhood the Orianic tribe and all its lands. At first he was laughed at, but when Aticus returned the next day with the tongues of those who laughed at him and presented them to the Grand Master, [[Chi-Long]], himself. He was seen as a worthy candidate to join the ranks of the Brotherhood. <br />
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Upon turning sixteen Aticus was in his first year of training in the [[Dark Brotherhood]]. He was expected to die within a week, but he had made many of the elders look like fools, and had proven to be a very intelligent and strong warrior. Over the one year he had mastered speaking Galactic Basic along with several other languages, as well as obtained the rank of Guardian in the Brotherhood. During his first year of service to the Brotherhood, Aticus had served with several clans. [[Clan Arcona]], [[Clan Taldryan]], and [[Clan Exar Kun]] but after his service with nearly all the clans he finally found one he could swear loyalty to, [[Clan Naga Sadow]].<br />
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Upon turning seventeen Aticus was showing more potential than most Dark Jedi that had been training for six years, even though he was still only a Guardian - he had already killed two Dark Jedi Knight's in combat using their own lightsabers against them. Needless to say this accomplishment placed Aticus in the sights of several powerful Dark Jedi in the Brotherhood, among them was an elite unit called the [[Grand Master's Royal Guard]]. Aticus accepted the offer and took great pride in the accomplishments he had made before he had even reached adulthood..<br />
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=== Service in Darkness ===<br />
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Upon reaching 18 Aticus was now a Dark Jedi Knight of [[Clan Naga Sadow]]. The Brotherhood had embarked into its [[Exodus]], which Aticus later came to learn was why the Brotherhood had taken interest in Aeotheran to begin with. Battles between the Galactic Empire, and Brotherhood waged in so many places that it was almost impossible not to enter conflict when traveling the outer-rim.<br />
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Aticus alone had a confirmed kill count of 136 Imperial and Rogue Jedi combined. Seeing that he was a true asset, [[Clan Naga Sadow]] offered Aticus the opportunity to step into the true teaching of the [[Sith]] Order. He was tasked with returning to Aeotheran and eliminating the remaining Orianic Tribe, including his mother, which was originally planned by the clan when it first ventured into the [[Orian System]].<br />
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Aticus no longer had any love for his past, in fact he hated it so he took the mission as a great honor and glory given to him. Aticus returned to the Consul and Proconsul of his clan with twenty five golden boxes, and one platinum box. All of which contained the heads of the leaders of the Orianic, and the platinum containing the head of his mother. The summit was well pleased with his progression and granted him the rank of Sith Warrior where he continued to serve his clan and order faithfully for quite some time to follow.<br />
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After the Exodus, both the Brotherhood and the Empire were greatly weakened - though not by the same means. The Empire had lost in the several thousands of lives by waring against the Dark Jedi, with the Brotherhood losing in the high hundreds. What the Brotherhood had lost most of was resources and technology - now with out the Empire supporting them it was up to them to survive on their own in the galaxy..<br />
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Like the rest of the Brotherhood, Aticus managed to survive and grow strong. By 22ABY, when [[Jac Cotelin]] was reappointed to the throne - Aticus was a well developed Sith Warrior. He had proven himself very worthy in the battles but his knowledge of the Order was still lacking to much to allow any further elevation. Outraged at not being allowed to progress Aticus vanished from the Brotherhood, and what seemed like the entire Galaxy. He vowed to return when he was stronger, and able to represent his clan and Brotherhood better. His self enforced exile lasted until 26ABY. During his time of self reflection Aticus met his real father, who he attempted to kill but came to find was actually trained equally to the rank of Dark Adept. He studied under his father for a short amount of time before departing to meet his brothers, in which he trained with as well.<br />
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A now 25 year old Sith Warrior returned to the Clan only to find out that much had changed. The Jedi were now a rising influence in the galaxy, and there was now a new foe called the Yuzan Vong. Aticus was in no way out of shape, as for the past few years he had been pushing himself harder than any other point in his life and was performing on levels thought impossible for someone of his stature, but Aticus had always been a flaw to the order of ways, and it was only natural that he had done so.<br />
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Returning to [[Clan Naga Sadow]], Aticus was soon granted the rank of Sith Battlemaster, and served in both houses as a Sith Commander, Rollmaster and even as Aedile. He accomplished several things, but Aticus had long since left his desires to be 'king' behind, and what he did he did for himself rather than his people. Seeing this within himself, Aticus felt it best that another lead until he regain the urge to lead once again. .<br />
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30ABY was an important time for Aticus, as had now grown into a man at 29 years of age. During this time Aticus was also one of the selected members of Naga Sadow to venture back to Antei to reclaim the planet, but when the Sith arrived he like the rest of the Brotherhood came to find that the Vong had all been wiped out by a more natural cause, but in place of the Vong there were now the rogue jedi of Omancor Crask. Aticus was among the several brave warriors to liberate the Brotherhood's home world and restore order to the galaxy. Upon returning back to Clan Naga Sadow, he was rewarded with being granted the title of 'Last King of the Orianic'<br />
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Now at 31 ABY Aticus is nearing 30 years of age, and still stands as one of the Brotherhood's finest Sith. After much time and service to Clan Naga Sadow, Aticus chose to walk a different path. The Sith learned of a new formation in the Brotherhood, the Independent House Revan. After studying its ideals and customs Aticus saw to much potential and power to pass up, so he renounced his membership to Clan Naga Sadow and traveled to one of the Sigma Horizon's where the Quaestor and Aedile of House Revan were hosting a gathering of the new sect. Seeing the Sith there was at first feared by the new House Revan, but when the Quaestor and Aedile learned that Aticus desired to join them he was welcomed with open arms into this new division of the Dark Brotherhood..<br />
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== Trivia ==<br />
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== DJB Facts ==<br />
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=== Apprentice's of Aticus "Orian" Jade ===<br />
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Over Aticus's service with the Dark Brotherhood, he has trained four Dark Jedi. Two of which never made it past the rank of Novice and were slayed by Aticus for failure and who's names are not even worth mentioning here. The other two are noted below..<br />
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Guardian [[dossier:8350|Mordaki]] of the [[Sith]] Order, Wanderer of the Rogues<br />
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Mordaki was recruited to the Dark Jedi Brotherhood by Aticus around 23ABY. Mordaki, like Aticus, was a half blood as well though he was not of the Orianic Tribe. He served as Aticus's apprentice until roughly 24-25 ABY when he vanished from the Dark Brotherhood forever..<br />
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Jedi Hunter [[dossier:10484|Tiberius Di Cloud]] of the Sith Order, Member of House Revan<br />
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Tiberius is the current apprentice to Aticus. Though Aticus is not Tiberius's original master, any force sensitive that stands near the two can easily feel the bond between them both. It is one of the rare cases where the force wills an apprentice to a master. Currently both Dark Jedi worth together as members of House Revan.<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
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"Several flock to the thought of walking the paths of a [[Sith]], and very few survive the first few steps. Those that have walked its path for a distance knows that they have died a long time ago, but in the end these are not true [[Sith]] but minions of our will. A true [[Sith]] does not walk the path of the [[Sith]], they create one of their own."<br />
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|name=''Nightfall''<br />
|image=[[image:brotherhoodclass.jpg|250px]]<br />
|class=[[starwars:Battleship|Battleship]]<br />
|modifier=Verpine<br />
|sysmods=*Targeting<br />
*Countermeasures<br />
|length=2,300 meters<br />
|width=<br />
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|max speed=<br />
|engine=<br />
|hyperdrive=Class 1 (Backup Class 10)<br />
|hdsystem=<br />
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|power=<br />
|shield gen=<br />
|hull=<br />
|sensor=<br />
|target=STRADEF II<br />
|navigation=Verpine Navigator SPS<br />
|avionics=<br />
|countermeasures=EM1<br />
|armament=*Heavy turbolasers (70)<br />
:Fire arc: 20 fore, 10 aft, 20 port, 20 starboard<br />
*[[starwars:Turbolaser|Turbolasers]] (88)<br />
:Fire arc: 22 fore, 22 aft, 22 port, 22 starboard<br />
*[[starwars:Ion cannon|Ion cannons]] (40)<br />
:Fire arc: 10 fore, 10 aft, 10 port, 10 starboard<br />
*[[starwars:Proton torpedo|Proton torpedo]] tubes (8) turreted<br />
:-20 missile magazine each <br />
*[[starwars:Assault concussion missile|Assault concussion missile]] tubes (10) turreted<br />
:-40 missile magazine each <br />
*[[starwars:Tractor beam|Tractor beam]] projectors (8)<br />
:Arc: 3 fore, 2 port, 2 starboard, 1 aft<br />
|complement=*Starfighters (144)<br />
*Shuttles (20)<br />
:-Typical complement organized into two starfighter wings<br />
|crew=*Crew (15,000)<br />
*Gunners (500)<br />
|skeleton=3,000<br />
|passengers=*Troops (5,000)<br />
*Deployable garrison<br />
:-Capacity complement<br />
|capacity=35,000 metric tons<br />
|consumables=Twelve months<br />
|othersystems=<br />
|role=<br />
|status=Active<br />
|commission=[[26 ABY to Present|27 ABY]]<br />
|firstsight=<br />
|destroyed=<br />
|retired=<br />
|lastsight=<br />
|battles=[[Ninth Great Jedi War]]<br />
|affiliation=*[[Navy of the Iron Throne]]<br />
*[[Joint Task Force Rancor]]<br />
*[[Armed Forces of the Iron Throne]]<br />
*[[Dark Council]]<br />
|fleet=Eighth Fleet<br />
|taskforce=TF 61<br />
|owners=<br />
|namedcrew=<br />
|captains=Admiral [[Ganrea Beeliz]]<br />
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'''''Nightfall''''' was the flagship of the [[Navy of the Iron Throne]]'s Eighth Fleet and premiere force projection platform of the [[Dark Brotherhood]]. She was the second of the custom built [[Brotherhood-class Super Dreadnaught]]s and formed the core of the ''Nightfall'' Strike Group. <br />
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==Vessel Info==<br />
===Construction===<br />
In [[20 ABY to 25 ABY|25 ABY]] the keel for ''Nightfall'' was laid at the [[starwars:Kuat Drive Yards|Kuat Drive Yards]] facility at [[starwars:Xa Fel planet|Xa Fel]] in the [[starwars:Kanchen Sector|Kanchen Sector]]. Primary construction was completed two years later and the vessel was surreptitiously transferred to [[starwars:Roche asteroids|Roche]] where [[starwars:Verpine|Verpine]] engineers installed several advanced warship systems enhancing target acquisition and countermeasures.<br />
===History===<br />
During the [[Ninth Great Jedi War]], ''Nightfall'' was crucial in supporting combat operations in the reclamation of [[Antei]] for the Dark Brotherhood. Together with Lord Sarin's [[Dark Council]], ''Nightfall'''s officers handled C2 functions for the entire theater of war at Antei. Concurrently, her formidable compliment of attack craft conducted thousands of successful sorties as well as providing logistical support and CSAR operations across the planet's surface.<br />
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''Nightfall'' was heavily damaged during the war when Omancor Crask directed a strike against the ship using unconventional guided meteoroids. Admiral [[Joss Malin]] successfully defended the ship and her crew though he died in the action. Grand Master Sarin appointed then Captain [[Ganrea Beeliz]] to Admiral giving her command of ''Nightfall'' and all Brotherhood naval forces.<br />
===Commanders===<br />
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*Admiral Joss Malin, [[20 ABY to 29 ABY|27 ABY]] - [[30 ABY to 39 ABY|30 ABY]]<br />
*Admiral Ganrea Beeliz, 30 ABY - present<br />
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==Role==<br />
''Nightfall'' served as the mobile operations center of the [[Iron Throne]] and Dark Council following the [[Battle of Antei]]. As part of Task Force 61, under Joint Task Force Rancor, she was also tasked as the [[Armed Forces of the Iron Throne]]'s primary planetary assault element. ''Nightfall'' supported I Legion, 13th Starborne Division of the [[Army of the Iron Throne]]. <br />
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==Action==<br />
*Operation Pleasant Sierra, [[starwars:Bilbringi system|Bilbringi System]], [[starwars:Namadii Corridor|Namadii Corridor]], [[26 ABY to Present|28 ABY]]<br />
*[[Ninth Great Jedi War]], [[Antei System]], [[Antei]], [[30 ABY to 39 ABY|30 ABY]]<br />
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==Vessel Complement==<br />
Dependant upon her role, ''Nightfall'''s air and ground compliment varied greatly. When configured for planetary assault the vessel was laden with two full wings of starfighters in order to protect both the ship in orbit and descending transports as landings were effected. ''Nightfall'' was rarely at full strength for crew or embarked air and ground forces given its massive size and the Brotherhood's relatively small military. Like other vessels of the Eighth Fleet she relied on automated systems allowing for fewer crew members.<br />
===Air===<br />
'''Vessel Aerospace Wing One (VAW-1)'''<br />
*Strike Fighter Squadron 21 (VFA-21) "Dark Lords"<br />
*Strike Fighter Squadron 29 (VFA-29) "Regulators"<br />
*Strike Fighter Squadron 33 (VFA-33) "Steady Hands"<br />
*Strike Fighter Squadron 37 (VFA-37) "Monitors"<br />
*Strike Bomber Squadron 35 (VB-35) "Star Kings"<br />
*Strike Bomber Squadron 38 (VB-38) "Razors"<br />
*Logistic Support Squadron 102 (VLS-102) "Wolf Pack"<br />
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'''Vessel Aerospace Wing Two (VAW-2)'''<br />
*Strike Fighter Squadron 40 (VFA-40) "Star Hunters"<br />
*Strike Fighter Squadron 41 (VFA-41) "Storm Lords"<br />
*Strike Fighter Squadron 44 (VFA-44) "Dragons"<br />
*Strike Fighter Squadron 53 (VFA-53) "Archons"<br />
*Strike Fighter Squadron 54 (VFA-54) "Warlords"<br />
*Strike Fighter Squadron 57 (VFA-57) "World Famous Wampas"<br />
*Orbital Assault Squadron 130 (VAS-130) "Pathfinders"<br />
*1st Attack Battalion, 11th Aerospace "Well Divers"*<br />
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''<tt>*</tt>This unit was organic to the Army of the Iron Throne but was coordinated through its supporting vessel's Commander, Aerospace Group.''<br />
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===Ground===<br />
'''I Legion'''<br />
*[[1st Special Troops Battalion]]<br />
*[[3rd Battalion, 502nd Infantry]]<br />
*[[1st Battalion, 22nd Armor]]<br />
*[[1st Attack Battalion, 11th Aerospace]] "Well Divers"*<br />
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''<tt>*</tt>This unit was organic to the Army of the Iron Throne but was coordinated through its supporting vessel's Commander, Aerospace Group.''<br />
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==External Links==<br />
Dark Brotherhood Armed Forces Modified Table of Organization & Equipment<br />
[[Category:Dark Council OOB]]</div>Raken