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| |image=[[image:Ronovi.jpg]] | | |order = Sith |
| |name=Ronovi Tavisaen | | |image=[[File:Ronovi_Headshot_KaRolding.jpg|250px]] |
| | |firstname=Ronovi |
| | |lastname=Tavisaen |
| |homeworld=[[Yridia IX]] | | |homeworld=[[Yridia IX]] |
| |birth=[[1 ABY to 10 ABY| 10 ABY]] | | |birth=[[0 BBY to 9 ABY|{{Birthyear and Age|ABY|4}}]] |
| |species=Epicanthix | | |species=[[starwars:Epicanthix|Epicanthix]] |
| |gender=Female | | |gender=[[starwars:Female|Female]] |
| |hair=Black | | |hair=Black |
| |eyes=Dark Brown | | |eyes=Amber |
| |height=2 m | | |height=2.07 [[starwars:Imperial standard meter|meters]] |
| |weight=72.5 kg | | |weight=113.5 kilograms |
| |cyber=[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Prosthetic_replacement Electric patch over left eye] | | |cyber=* [[starwars:Cybernetics|Electric patch over left eye]] |
| |allies=
| | * [[starwars:Cybernetics|Cybernetic left arm]] |
| *[[Doni Tzu Tarentae]]
| | |saber=Cerulean |
| *[[Jaron Kai]] | | |form= |
| *[[Dralin Hakh'khar]]
| | * [[Juyo]] |
| *[[Scion Altera]]
| | * [[Vaapad]] |
| *[[Balia Donos]]
| | |fightingstyle= |
| *[[Kazarelth Talismarr]]
| | * [[CS Guide: Martial Arts Forms#Broken Gate|Broken Gate]] |
| *[[Vai Azexel]]
| | * [[CS Guide: Martial Arts Forms#Mandalorian Core|Mandalorian Core]] |
| *[[Sith Bloodfyre]] | | |profession=[[starwars:Dark Jedi|Dark Jedi]] |
| *[[Odin Vaaj]] | | |era= * [[Imperial era]] |
| *[[Bieten Macht Elols]]
| | * [[Rise of the Brotherhood era]] |
| |saber=Light Blue
| | * [[Exodus era]] |
| |form=[[Shii-Cho]]
| | * [[New Order era]] |
| |fightingstyle= | |
| *[[Stava]] | |
| *[[Close Quarters Battle]] | |
| |profession= | |
| *Bouncer (Former)
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| *[[Dark Jedi]]
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| |position= | |
| *[[Sergeant]] (Former) | |
| *[[Aedile]] | |
| *Lt. Colonel
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| |era=
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| *[[New Republic Era]] | |
| *[[New Jedi Order Era]] | |
| *[[Dark Jedi Brotherhood Era]]
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| |affiliation= | | |affiliation= |
| *[[Clan Tarentum]] | | * [[Arcona]] |
| *[[House Cestus]] | | * [[Dark Council]] |
| *[[Obelisk]] | | * [[Dupar]] |
| |dossier=[http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/dbjedi/dossier.asp?ID=9676 9676] | | * [[Obelisk Order]] |
| | * [[starwars:One Sith|One Sith]] |
| | * [[Plagueis]] |
| | * [[Tarentum]] |
| | |masters=Doni Tzu |
| | |apprentices= |
| | * [[Jaron Kai]] |
| | * [[Syrna Valkiss]] |
| | * [[Giovanni Palermo]] |
| | * [[Lokast Falls]] |
| | |dossier=[[dossier:9676|9676]] |
| }} | | }} |
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| {{quote|I endure only the worst to achieve only the best.|Ronovi Tavisaen}} | | {{Quote|I endure only the worst to achieve only the best.|[[Ronovi Tavisaen]]}} |
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| Ronovi Tavisaen is an [[Obelisk]] [[Dark Jedi Knight|Knight]] residing in [[Clan Tarentum]] and the current [[Aedile]] of [[House Cestus]]. She is an [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Epicanthix Epicanthix] who hails from [[Yridia IX]] from a tightly knit family of mechanics. While Ronovi may appear to be a blunt, brutal, and slightly reckless character, she is very much devoted to her clan and exhibits impressive strength due to her heritage and her skill. | | '''General Ronovi Tavisaen''' is an [[starwars:Epicanthix|Epicanthix]] hailing from [[Yridia IX]], a [[Dark Side Adept]] in the [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood]], and a former member of [[Clan Plagueis]]. Most recognized as the first female [[Headmaster]] of the [[Shadow Academy]], she also served as [[Consul]] of both Plagueis and [[Tarentum]] and was an honored [[Tarentae]] and vassal of [[Arcona]]. A controversial individual with a colorful past, Ronovi is viewed by some as a respectable mentor and powerful leader, while others consider her to be nothing but an erratic, violent, and unreliable drunkard. |
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| == Character History == | | == Pre-DJB History == |
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| === Origins === | | === Origins === |
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| {{quote|To settle is perhaps my final destination in life. What our children may do...well, that's for our blood to decide. |Zane Tavisaen}} | | {{Quote|I did not fall to the dark side. I was not seduced by the dark side. Falling indicates passivity. Seduction indicates a lack of control. I chose the dark side. I chose power.|[[Sarin|Darth Sarin]]}} |
| [[image:Ronovi's_Father_during_Youth_Shooped.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Zane Tavisaen as a young spacer.]] | | [[File:Ronovi.custom.graus.jpg|thumb|left|150px| A blindfolded Ronovi being trained in instinct by her father, circa [[10 ABY to 19 ABY#14 ABY|14 ABY]].]] |
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| Ronovi's father, Zane Tavisaen, was a prominent spacer in the Outer Rims and had a strong affiliation with the [[Dark Jedi Brotherhood]]. However, he had made no effort to join the Brotherhood himself, as he believed he had no chance as a Dark Jedi despite his warrior blood. After many years of working, he returned to his home planet, [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Panatha Panatha], where he met and fell in love with his future wife. The two married in Tree City before traveling to Yridia IX, where they temporarily resided in its metropolis, Eden City. | | Ronovi's father, Zane Tavisaen, was a prominent [[starwars:Spacer|spacer]] and [[starwars:Pilot|pilot]] in the [[starwars:Outer Rim Territories|Outer Rim]] and had a strong affiliation with the [[starwars:Galactic Empire|Galactic Empire]]. On his home planet of [[starwars:Panatha|Panatha]], he met and fell in love with his future wife, whose affection settled his bitterness toward the [[starwars:Rebel Alliance|Rebel Alliance]] at least partially. The two married in Tree City before traveling to Yridia IX in the [[Yridia system]], where they temporarily resided in the center of [[Eden City|Eden]], a burgeoning metropolis. When his wife became pregnant, Zane moved with her to the outskirts of the city where she gave birth to a son, Yaske. She then gave birth to Ronovi in [[0 BBY to 9 ABY#4 ABY|4 ABY]], shortly after the [[starwars:Palpatine|emperor's]] death, and had a second daughter, Sarit, four years later. |
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| When his wife became pregnant, Zane decided that the best thing to do was move outside of the city despite the planet's barren landscape. They moved into a small house on the outskirts of Eden City in 7 ABY, where Ronovi's mother gave birth to the couple's first child, a son. Three years later, she gave birth to Ronovi.
| | Ronovi was raised on strong family values and taught to cherish being with her parents and her siblings as much as possible. Unlike the other Epicanthix, who were known for conquering other planets in the [[starwars:Pacanth Reach|Pacanth Reach]], Zane wished for a quieter life. He seemed happy enough being a mechanic, busily repairing [[starwars:Starship|starships]] and [[starwars:Freighter|freighters]] owned by Eden civilians. However, Ronovi desired to be a warrior like her ancestors, even though her brother began to follow in their father's footsteps while her sister delved into science and literature. It wasn't until she was ten years old that her father took an interest in teaching her martial arts, as he himself had practiced fighting techniques when he was young. |
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| === The Warrior Within ===
| | Zane instructed Ronovi to value her instincts in combat and maintain perfect control over her reflexes. He exposed her to a variety of fighting styles, teaching her how to use everything from a short staff to a dagger to her bare hands. While her mother disapproved of her daughter learning how to fight, Ronovi, the black sheep of the family, wasn't looking back. After the conclusion of the [[the Yridian Revolt|Yridian Revolt]] in [[10 ABY to 19 ABY#18 ABY|18 ABY]], Zane decided that the family should return to one of the major districts in Eden so he could extend his business in ship maintenance. It was there that he first allowed and even encouraged Ronovi to both learn about and dabble in darker arts. Ronovi concluded from her research and experiences that the [[starwars:Dark side|dark side]] was the true source of perfection, and that it was responsible for her increasing notoriety as she grew older. |
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| {{quote|Is that all you've got? Pathetic! |Ronovi Tavisaen, to her brother}}
| | === Noticed in the Night === |
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| | [[File:Ronovi.jedi.art.trick.commission.3.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ronovi the brawler, circa [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#20 ABY|20 ABY]].]] |
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| | Ronovi's decision to become a brawler was mainly due to her city's reputation. Although her parents were strictly middle class and law-abiding citizens, her residence in [[Eden City#District III|District III]] of Eden City was surrounded by darker influences. The adolescent was introduced to underground fighting rings in [[Eden City#District IV|District IV]], where spectators would audaciously bet on who would get slaughtered in death matches. She quickly earned a name as a suitable challenge for many skilled combatants, becoming infamous for her agility and aggressive moves. However, every altercation would result in one battle scar or another, and soon, Ronovi found herself duking it out not only in what was considered to be the most savage part of the city's entertainment industry, but also with angry rivals on the street. |
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| | Nonetheless, Ronovi was not particularly happy with her level of skill as a martial artist. Her father stopped training her once she turned sixteen, telling her that he had taught her everything he knew. She continued to associate herself with the underground ring for the next two years, and it was during one evening's round of matches that she garnered the attention of a Tarenti [[Journeymen|Journeyman]] named [[Dralin Fortea]]. After several bouts with weaker adversaries, the Epicanthix was paired against one particularly famed duelist and began to gain the upper hand just before she noticed that her opponent was drawing a dagger from his sleeve. It was then that Ronovi first demonstrated that she was a [[starwars:Force-sensitive|Force-sensitive]], displaying unnatural power as she threw her challenger halfway across the room before he could stab her. |
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| | The next morning, Dralin spoke privately with Zane, telling him that he was interested in recruiting the eighteen-year-old girl into the Brotherhood. Ronovi quickly agreed to the offer after her father told her of the encounter, believing that it was the best opportunity for her to become more powerful and renowned. She was shipped to the Shadow Academy to begin her initiation into the [[Obelisk Order]], leaving her meager belongings behind. After completing her preliminary training, Ronovi was then transported to the [[the Sword's Sheath|Sword's Sheath]] on the [[Itaana belt]], where she became Dralin's first true friend and a full-fledged member of [[House Gladius]] within Clan Tarentum. |
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| | == DJB: Pre-Stasis == |
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| | === New Blood in the Brotherhood === |
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| | [[File:Ronovitaclobanon.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ronovi as a new member of [[House Gladius|Gladius]], circa [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#22 ABY|22 ABY]].]] |
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| | Ronovi was welcomed by her Quaestor, [[Telona Murrage]], and fully inducted as a Gladian upon arriving at her [[house]]. She soon learned that she had been initiated into Tarentum at a time of conflict within the [[Yridia system]]. The [[Clan|clan's]] most recent troubles lay with Deutta the Hutt, a crime lord who held dealings with Tarentum's enemies in order to overthrow its government. Therefore, Consul [[Anshar Kahn Tarentae]] arranged a strike team to intercept and eliminate Deutta on [[starwars:Karideph|Karideph]]. Ronovi became one member of said team, and it was during the mission that she encountered the controversial Tarentae known as Doni Tzu, who had been captured by enemy forces. |
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| | After inadvertently saving Doni Tzu's life, Ronovi became his [[Master-Student Program|apprentice]] as soon as she recovered from her battle injuries. Doni Tzu was notorious for being ruthless to both his enemies and his peers, as well as for angering even the most prestigious members of the [[Dark Council]]. With her [[Tarentum M/S Program#Master/Student Program|master's]] reputation in the back of her mind, Ronovi learned much from him when it came to diplomacy, meditation, and basic [[starwars:The Force|Force]] powers. She would continue to receive lessons from him until she was told of his unexpected departure from the Yridia system after a crisis within Gladius that left [[Apollo]], a veteran of the [[Emperor's Hammer]], as the house's new Quaestor. |
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| | Ronovi participated in a clan strike on [[starwars:Prakith|Prakith]] following her master's sudden exodus, helping to seize and plunder a facility containing various technologically advanced weapons and devices. Her work so impressed her [[House Summit|house summit]] that she was appointed the new [[Sergeant]] of [[Arcano Signum]], a [[battleteam|battle team]] led by Dralin before he stepped down as its [[Tetrarch]]. Ronovi also began studying military tactics and combat as part of her academics, and [[Maxamillian von Oberst-Tarentae]], pleased with the Obelisk's strategic knowledge, made her a [[Tarentum Ranks#Lieutenant Colonel (LtCOL)|Lieutenant Colonel]] of the [[Clan Tarentum I Corps|I Corps]] in the newly reformed [[Tarentum Military]]. |
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| | === Mayhem and Mantle === |
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| | [[File:Ronovi custom.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Ronovi seen for the first time with her [[starwars:Cybernetics|eyepatch]], circa [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#23 ABY|23 ABY]].]] |
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| | After leaving Prakith, Ronovi began to participate in larger campaigns directed by the [[Clan Summit|clan summit]]. As she was still relatively new to fighting on a grander scale, she did not make much of an effort to protect herself physically. Doni Tzu's absence did not help, as Ronovi's Force abilities were still raw and unhewn, making it difficult for her to concentrate while engaged in combat. Ultimately, such carelessness brought about a dramatic injury during a clan siege on the abandoned [[Renegade (MC80 cruiser)|''Renegade'']], which was plagued by dark and dangerous Force entities. During a conflict with one of her fellow Tarenti aboard the ship, Ronovi was struck in the face by a lightsaber, resulting in the loss of her left eye. |
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| Ronovi was raised on strong family values and taught to cherish being with her parents and her siblings as much as possible. Unlike the other Epicanthix, who were notorious for conquering other planets in the Outer Rims, Zane wished for a quieter life. He seemed happy enough to raise his children to work on ships like he did, as he was now a mechanic busily repairing the ships of citizens from Eden City. | | A [[starwars:Cybernetics|cybernetic eyepatch]] brought back most, if not all, of Ronovi's vision, a design she chose over a more organic look for the purpose of intimidation. It was even rumored that Ronovi refused anesthesia when she underwent surgery, submitting herself to outrageous pain for the sake of her quest for power. While her dreams of being a physically perfect warrior vanished, this did not offset her long-term goal of ultimate strength and technique. She was recognized for her work as both Lieutenant Colonel and Sergeant of Arcano Signum and offered the available position of [[Aedile]] in [[House Cestus]] by Anshar. Ronovi accepted the job and traveled to [[Koros]], where she settled into the Cestians' complex aboard the decommissioned [[The Corsair Facility|''Corsair'']]. Once there, she got to know [[Kazarelth Talismarr]], the house's Quaestor, and found him to be a suitable ally and compatriot. |
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| [[image:Ronovi_training_resized.jpg|thumb|right|200px| A blindfolded Ronovi is trained in instinct by her father.]]
| | Kazarelth and Ronovi, as Quaestor and Aedile, were both significantly younger and less experienced than many other members of Tarentum by the time they became the leaders of Cestus. However, with their youth came fresh ideas and proposals to increase recruitment rates and strengthen the house as a whole. Becoming an official part of the summit also gave Ronovi the opportunity to mentor her fellow Tarenti, and she took on [[Jaron Kai]] as her first apprentice shortly before Tarentum was once again called to war. |
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| While her brother began to follow in Zane's footsteps and her younger sister immersed herself in books and philosophical studies, Ronovi did not try to restrain the desire for conquest and challenge boiling in her blood. She believed that if she was an Epicanthix, she was a warrior, and therefore she must act like a warrior. To prove this, Ronovi used much of her free time to practice punches and kicks while doing other aerobic exercises. When her brother was not working with their father, she would challenge him to a fistfight or a duel with sticks that she had whittled in her spare time. Most of the time, she would win.
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| When Zane finally noticed his daughter's desire to be a fighter, he taught himself to embrace this fact and aided her in learning various fighting techniques and arts, as he himself had done training as a warrior when he was a young boy. While becoming well practiced in martial arts and sparring with her bare hands, Ronovi also favored using a short staff or a dagger. She preferred close combat because, as she claimed, it got her heart pounding and her adrenaline rushing, and because of this, she felt alive. Ronovi's mother disapproved of her father's support in her interests, saying that she would go out looking for trouble, but Ronovi wasn't looking back. She was certainly the black sheep of the family.
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| By the time Ronovi was thirteen, Zane made the decision to move back to Eden City so that his business as a mechanic would become more successful. While her brother and sister needed time to adapt to the big city, Ronovi was quick to acquaint herself with various others wishing to work as pilots or brawlers. It was in Eden City that she learned about the Dark Jedi, first from her father, then from various colleagues. As her family expressed anti-sentiment toward the New Republic, Ronovi believed that the path of darkness held the true source of power.
| | [[File:Ronovi.custom.jedi.art.trick.2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ronovi during the [[Ninth Great Jedi War|Liberation of Antei]], circa [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#24 ABY|24 ABY]].]] |
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| === Life in the City ===
| | Ronovi was one of the many Tarenti who participated in the war campaign known as [[Ninth Great Jedi War|Unification]], during which Brotherhood forces moved to reclaim their former homeworld [[Antei]] from a sect of [[starwars:Jedi|Jedi]] led by [[Omancor Crask]]. While on the ground, the newly promoted [[Dark Jedi Knight]] and [[Tarentum Ranks#Colonel (COL)|Colonel]] of the I Corps worked alongside her recently returned master, her apprentice, and members of both Gladius and Cestus in several operations to overtake droid battalions as well as Jedi forces deployed to the north of [[Antei#Adas (Shadow Lands)|Adas]]. Ronovi was also subjected to a near-conversion to the [[starwars:Light side|light side]], being saved in the nick of time by Doni Tzu before the Jedi finished the job. |
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| [[image:Younger_Ronovi.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A portrait of Ronovi at age sixteen.]] | | In the final days of the war, Ronovi aided Tarentum in the occupation of [[Antei#Codei Prison|Codei Prison]] and was a witness to the conspiracies and subsequent death of Sun Vail, sister of the exiled Dark Jedi [[Bane (Ex-member)|Bane]]. However, the Epicanthix would remain mentally affected by her close encounter with the light side, and she swore to herself that she would eliminate her dependence on others for survival. As soon as she returned to Yridia, Ronovi ended her apprenticeship with Doni Tzu, moving away from the role of student while still maintaining an alliance with her former master. Unfortunately, she no longer had an apprentice of her own to teach, as Jaron had disappeared during the reclamation. |
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| Ronovi's notoriety as a strong fighter would quickly spread in the certain borough of the city where she lived, and soon she went to search for work. At the age of sixteen, she landed a job in a small tavern, which, despite not having even half the popularity as the Flailed Wookiee, was known for its strong drinks and its customers' rambunctious behavior. Though she was first hired as a waitress because of the fact that she was a girl, Ronovi began to impose her strength on various obnoxious and troublemaking patrons. After separating two large, squabbling [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Bothan Bothans] with a swift move of her arm, Ronovi demonstrated her inherited capability as a warrior. The owner of the tavern, impressed, swiftly selected her to be one of the bouncers. | | Even though Tarentum suffered multiple casualties from the conflict, its leaders did not ignore Ronovi's major contributions to the war effort. She was given two field promotions, becoming an [[Equite]] as well as earning the rank of [[Tarentum Ranks#Brigadier General (BrigGEN)|Brigadier General]] while still positioned on Antei. Subsequently, she was granted control of the Corps' First Division and further established her place in Tarentum history. Anshar and Oberst also decided to award Ronovi the prestigious [[Sapphire Blade]] for her service to the clan and the Brotherhood, and they offered her the open position of Quaestor of Cestus following Kazarelth's resignation. Ronovi agreed to lead with [[Vai Azexel]] as her second-in-command, and she made it her primary goal to continue to empower the house as the clan's battle wounds began to heal. |
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| Customers first walking into the tavern were often confused at the sight of a young, female Epicanthix standing by the door, dressed in a bouncer's uniform with her arms folded. However, the fact that she was an Epicanthix, which were rarely found in Eden City, added to her intimidating persona, as she shared the species' impressive height, dark hair, and piercing eyes. Whenever a frequenter of the place screeched for a fight along with another drink, Ronovi would simply walk over, casually seize the perpetrator by the crook of his arm, and calmly hoist him up and out of the tavern. This, of course, would occasionally stun the entire bar into momentary silence before everyone returned to his or her beverage.
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| [[image:Ronovi_street_fight_condensed.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Ronovi, when fighting drunkards, never left without some sort of battle scar.]] | | [[File:YoungRonovi.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ronovi circa [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#25 ABY|25 ABY]].]] |
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| While her mother still expressed concern over her daughter's aggressive career choice, Ronovi could hardly blame her. Several times on her way home, the young bouncer would be confronted in a vacant street by those she had kicked out, attacking her with slurred speech and sloppy punches. Often these challengers would claim to be practitioners of [[Bacch'nal]], but the Epicanthix was not impressed. Though at times the fight would prove to be more contesting than others, Ronovi would normally leave each angry drunk babbling incoherently from a well-aimed strike or throw before she sauntered away, whistling as she turned the corner.
| | Despite Ronovi's attempts to become more self-reliant, she did not expect her past ties to be broken so suddenly. For her first official mission as Quaestor, she was instructed to return to her homeworld to discuss war recovery efforts and new taxation. After the tense meeting between Yridian and Tarentum officials, several Cestians continued to observe Eden City until a [[starwars:PCL 27|PCL 27 freighter]] abruptly crashed into Yridia IX's surface. While Ronovi and her sister survived, the two's parents were both killed from the impact and subsequent destruction. Later that evening, the [[Equite 1|Templar]] beheaded Sarit with her lightsaber so that the latter would not tell Yridian officials that the crash had been an assassination attempt, and Tarentum the target. |
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| When not working, Ronovi continued to train in close combat fighting with her father. With the bruises and gashes increasing in number, she began to receive disapproval from her siblings as well as her mother. She was lectured constantly by her brother, who believed she should try to be like him and become a spacer; and criticized sharply by her sister, who found Ronovi's job to be tasteless and barbaric. In order to escape the verbal attacks and warnings, Ronovi began to spend more and more time outside or in a separate room, practicing by herself or with her father as much as possible.
| | The [[Eden City#The Eden City Tragedy|Eden City Tragedy]] left Ronovi with a very disturbed mindset. Her father's untimely death affected her the most, and she wished to avenge the man who had assisted her in her journey to the dark side. Her sister's hasty murder, however, left plenty of time for regret, and Ronovi turned to the Force as well as combat for comfort. At the same time, she focused on reforming House Cestus structurally into the [[Hieros Lokhos ton Taras]], allowing it to operate like a sacred band. Seen as a vital asset to the clan, she was summoned to [[Castle Tarentum]] and selected as the new [[Proconsul]] after Anshar yielded the throne of Prince of Yridia to Oberst. |
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| As she grew more and more desperate to learn more fighting techniques and martial arts, Ronovi was saddened one day when her father claimed that he had taught her everything he knew. Zane told her that he had only learned so much under his training as a young boy, but he also reminded his daughter that opportunities would come for her to test and subsequently improve her skills. Despite his encouragement, Ronovi was unhappy as her training went to a complete standstill and she was forced to possess strength that she firmly believed was mediocre.
| | Ronovi led Tarentum forces to [[Yridia IV]] where they intercepted and killed Adamu, a powerful Dark Jedi responsible for several of the attacks that had plagued the Yridia system. As it turned out, three once trustworthy agents of the clan, known as the [[Keepers]], had been secretly working with Adamu and others to bring about massive amounts of death and decay to the fiefdom. Ronovi grew even more aggressive and vengeful as a result of such betrayal and the death of most of her family, but because of this dramatic chain of events, her connection to the dark side was stronger than ever before. If she had ever doubted her decision to become a Dark Jedi, such thoughts were gone, perhaps permanently. |
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| === Noticed in the Night === | | === Prince of Yridia === |
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| | {{Quote|You're not the sister I once knew.|Yaske Tavisaen}} |
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| | [[File:Ronovi.custom.jediarttrick.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ronovi, PYRG, circa [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#26 ABY|26 ABY]].]] |
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| {{quote|The Dark Brotherhood has made a note of your talent. And I believe you should take it and run.| Zane Tavisaen, to Ronovi}}
| | Ronovi saw and endured more than she ever bargained for during her tenure as Proconsul. During the [[Spoils of War|Sixth Rite of Supremacy]], she fought valiantly alongside her fellow Tarenti for the dominion of the [[starwars:Killik|Killik]]-infested planet [[Salas V]]. However, Tarentum fell short of gaining the title of First Clan, although they were able to subdue and crush the opposition stemming from [[Scholae Palatinae]] and Plagueis. [[Revan|Independent House Revan]], responsible for crippling several of Tarentum's forces, became the First House of the Brotherhood, besting [[Taldryan]] for the prized planet. |
| [[image:Hooded_man.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A mysterious member of the Brotherhood took note of Ronovi's potential and ultimately brought her to Clan Tarentum.]] | |
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| By the time she was about to turn eighteen, Ronovi continued to pass her days working in the tavern and practicing what she knew of martial arts privately. With her father refocusing on ships since he no longer had to train her, the young woman attempted to increase her power by constant exercise and, of course, her impromptu alley confrontations with tossed out drunks. However, Ronovi was beginning to notice something different in her technique, almost as if she were becoming more powerful the more aggressively she fought. She found herself capable of jumping a little higher, hitting a little faster, and dodging blows with much more accuracy than ever before. She even felt weightless at times while she fought, as though she were driven by an energy that bore itself into the air around her and guided her.
| | The Tarenti returned to the Yridia system with their heads lowered in disappointment, and soon, tensions began to rise within the houses. Ronovi paid little attention to the impending turmoil at first, instead deciding to deal with two criminal families that were frustrating the governor of Yridia IX. It was in Eden that the [[EQ2|Prelate]] found her brother Yaske, who had returned to the metropolis to avenge Sarit's death after he had disappeared from the [[Tarentum Order of Battle|Tarentum Navy]]. While Yaske had become a powerful warrior since his piloting days, Ronovi still outmatched him, digging her sapphire blade into his heart and relishing in his death. This event concluded the long overdue demise of Ronovi's entire family and made her the only surviving Tavisaen. |
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| | After literally and figuratively washing her brother's blood from her hands, Ronovi returned to Castle Tarentum, only to learn that the houses had succumbed to inner conflict and direct disobedience to the clan summit. Examples of such disreputable behavior included a distrusting House Gladius' brutal attempts at self-sufficiency, as well as House Cestus' division into two warring factions when a priceless artifact was discovered deep below the Corsair facility. Most of all, however, house loyalties were overshadowing the vows that the Tarenti had made to [[Lord Khyron]], the Sith King. Oberst and Ronovi knew that they had no other option but to close Cestus, Gladius, and [[House Tridens|Tridens]], replacing the houses with the newly established [[House Kaerner]] and [[House Reinthaler]]. When the dust of the clan's rebirth had cleared, Ronovi emerged as the newest Tarentae and Consul of Tarentum, becoming only the second woman in the clan's history to assume the throne. |
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| == DJB History ==
| | The future was not bright for Tarentum. Ronovi had much on her plate as Consul and as a newly promoted [[Tarentum Ranks#Major General (MajGEN)|Major General]], making instrumental changes to the clan's structure and hierarchy. Demanding another reformation of the Tarentum Military, she shut down the I Corps and introduced the [[Yridian Surface Command]], headed by High General [[Sato Tarentae]] and Fleet Admiral [[Sith Bloodfyre-Tarentae]]. When infrastructural development on Yridia IV went awry and anti-Tarentum sentiments began to spread among various dissidents, Ronovi declared a new state of government in the Yridia system known as the Yridian Kratocracy, in which the name of the Sith King was glorified by all. Alongside [[Sashar Arconae]], Consul of Clan Arcona, she helped institute the [[Estle-Eden Axis]], which was based on the Treaty of Kessel signed by Tarenti and Arconan officials several years before. And through it all, she consistently supported and communicated with her two apprentices, [[Syrna Valkiss]] and [[Giovanni Palermo]]. However, in her bold attempt to stabilize the young kratocracy, Ronovi could not prevent the impending decimation within the clan’s dominion. |
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| | In [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#27 ABY|27 ABY]], a cult known as the [[starwars:Church of Infinite Perception|Church of Infinite Perception]] invaded Yridian space after the obliteration of Tarentum's entire naval fleet save for the [[ISDII Magnus Kaerner|''Magnus Kaerner'']]. It was soon discovered that the Church had partnered with [[Keepers#Lady Nilani|Lady Nilani]], a former servant of the Keepers, and after Yridia IV was seized, dozens of Tarenti and army troops were killed. Ronovi called on the Arconans to help the beleaguered clan and alerted Grand Master Muz Ashen of the threat, and later, she confronted Lady Nilani in Castle Tarentum and killed her with the assistance of [[Stanson Rend]]. By the time the Dark Council's fleets arrived, Arcona and Tarentum had worked together to kill the Preceptor of the Church and destroy the cult’s control over Yridia IV. The costs of the attempted coup were dear, and Tarentum’s numbers suffered greatly due to the conflict. Shortly after the attempted incursion, the Grand Master declared the Brotherhood to be in disarray and downsized all six of the clans to houses, and Tarentum was forced to close Houses Kaerner and Reinthaler and reform its battle teams. |
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| | Ronovi was left emotionally wounded by the radical changes in Tarentum's structure, especially after Lord Khyron indirectly initiated a rampant [[starwars:Rakghoul|Rakghoul]] plague within the Yridia system in order to challenge her rule. She began to believe that she could not be the harbinger of victory for the Tarenti as once expected of her, deciding that she had overstayed her welcome as Prince of Yridia. On a whim, the newly demoted Quaestor traveled to [[Lyspair]], home of the Shadow Academy, and devoted much of her time to more scholarly studies. [[Taigikori Aybara]], the Academy's Headmaster, took Ronovi under his wing and began to teach her the darker arts that the libraries and other facilities had to offer. As a result, the [[Obelisk Exarch|Exarch]] abdicated the throne of Yridia in [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#28 ABY|28 ABY]] in order to focus primarily on her duties as Taigikori's [[Praetor]]. This allowed Sith Bloodfyre to become Prince for a third time and officially ended Ronovi's five years in consecutive leadership positions. |
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| Upon arriving at her house, Ronovi was warmly welcomed by her [[Quaestor]], [[Telona Murrage]]. She was inspired by Telona's incredible devotion to the welfare of Gladius as well as her interest in supervising the new member's exercises and activities. It was through this interaction that Ronovi also met Telona's apprentice, a strange young man by the name of [[Dralin Hakh'khar]] who soon became one of her allies and friends. As she began to communicate with other House members, Ronovi was advised to enroll in courses offered at the Shadow Academy, which served as a stepping stool for her when adapting to the ways of the Brotherhood.
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| While partaking in [[Krath]] studies such as history and lore, Ronovi also began learning tactics as an Obelisk, including marksmanship and combat skills. Later on, despite her initial resistance to the idea, she took an interest in flying and piloting. Of course, simply studying wasn't going to be enough to satisfy Ronovi's hunger for battle and adventure; her first mission, however, was far bigger in scope than she imagined, and certainly more rewarding.
| | [[File:Ronovi.jediarttrick.war.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ronovi the Arconan, circa [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#29 ABY|29 ABY]].]] |
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| === The Meeting on [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Karideph Karideph] ===
| | Comfortable with her new position in the Shadow Academy, Ronovi went straight to work on various new courses and degrees while dividing her time between Lyspair and Yridia. The knowledge that she was imbibing enticed her more than she expected, especially when she had become so accustomed to combat and military operations. As she delved further into dark sciences and philosophy, she began to wonder if perhaps her true path for perfection lay in a different direction entirely. Ronovi was later rewarded a [[Ruby Scepter]] for both her contributions to the Academy and her devotion to Tarentum as Quaestor and Tarentae. |
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| | Ronovi proved herself to be a worthy vassal of the Shadow Clan, becoming a stalwart Arconan vigilante on Ol'val and gaining favor with her summit. At the same time, the events surrounding Lyspair concerned her. [[Liu Van Dae]], an enigmatic Jedi hellbent on killing the Grand Master, fought and mutilated Taigikori within the [[Dark Vault]]. In the aftermath of her superior's injury, Ronovi continually warned the Headmaster not to be lax on security, and she could tell that the presence of the light side house [[Odan-Urr]], along with the growing numbers of dead within the Brotherhood, was striking an angry chord within the other six sovereign houses and clans. |
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| | She did not have to wait long for war. The [[Tenth Great Jedi War|Invasion of New Tython]] was imminent, and Muz ordered the Brotherhood to besiege the temples and fortifications of Odan-Urr. Ronovi fought within the legions of Qel-Droma, pleased that she could take vengeance on the Jedi who held fellowship with those who had attempted to convert her to the light side several years earlier. She proved to be not only one of the most valiant warriors of Arcona, but also of the entire Dark Jedi Brotherhood, winning twenty-five Jedi's lightsabers as bounty after she gleefully slaughtered them. Once again, Ronovi's power and effort garnered attention from her superiors, and Taigikori and Muz honored her with the title of Second Hero upon her return to Anteian space. |
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| | In the final days of her residence within the Dajorra dominion, Ronovi sided with the [[Entar]]s in order to end the [[War of the Three Families]]. Her decision to ally with the clan summit was due to her abhorrence of internal division, and she was determined to put a stop to [[Teroch Erinos]], who had vowed revenge for the death of his father Sashar. Shortly after the chaos in Arcona had subsided, Ronovi was unexpectedly called back to Antei and told to stay on Lyspair, as [[Kir Katarn]] had abruptly resigned from his post as [[Justicar]]. She soon learned that Taigikori had been selected as Kir's successor, and that she, the first woman to ever be offered stewardship of the Shadow Academy, would be appointed Headmaster. For the first time, at only the rank of [[Obelisk Primarch|Primarch]], Ronovi entered the restricted areas of the Dark Vault, where the malicious aura of its treasures, including yet to be studied [[starwars:Holocron|holocrons]], awaited her. |
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| | Having fallen unconscious shortly after the leap to the Stygian Caldera, Ronovi allowed her yacht to spin out of control, unintentionally sending out a distress call. The IFF was almost immediately picked up by the [[Ascendancy|''Ascendancy'']], the flagship of the [[Ascendant Fleet]], and several members of House Plagueis were summoned to retrieve the deposed Headmaster. While Ronovi lost everything on the yacht, her stash of whiskey included, she made a steady recovery in the medical bay and was offered refuge by [[Tra'an Reith]], the [[Plagueis Prospectus#Dread Lord|Dread Lord]] of Plagueis, and [[Solus Gar]], the [[Plagueis Prospectus#Dread Lord's Wrath|Dread Lord's Wrath]]. Solus had served as Ronovi's Praetor before being stripped of the position after his superior's departure, so the two already knew each other quite well. |
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| | Ronovi had no desire to participate in any of the proceedings of Plagueis for some time, preferring to stay within her designated quarters and drink whatever alcohol was offered to her. She reluctantly returned to duty, however, when the Grand Master ordered all of the houses and clans to begin a conquest campaign known as the [[Dark Crusade]]. She first joined the newly established battle team [[Ajunta Pall]] and accepted the task of seizing [[Zoraan|Archibald Zoraan's]] flagship, the [[Suffering|''Avenger II'']], which was ultimately sent off to be refitted and modified for Brotherhood purposes. Plagueis, however, was not willing to stand aside and let its sister units take the spoils so easily. The Ascendant House proved instrumental to the occupation of the [[starwars:Sith Worlds|Sith World]] [[Nfolgai]], where Ronovi and Solus battled the forces of the [[starwars:One Sith|One Sith]] and consequently murdered a Sith Lord by the name of Yobd Nan. |
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| | Harboring a potent bitterness and disdain for anyone who was aligned with the Dark Council, Ronovi's only desire was to seek out revenge against those who had challenged her power over the Shadow Academy. Following the invasion of Nfolgai, she decided that Plagueis would be the weapon she would utilize on her quest for vengeance, exploiting her alliance with Solus in order to force him into compliance with her machinations. Plagueis later moved to conquer the planet [[starwars:Khar Delba|Khar Delba]], but [[Xander Drax]], a former member of the Brotherhood and Yobd Nan's apprentice, captured and tortured Solus and Ronovi within [[starwars:Naga Sadow|Lord Naga Sadow's]] secret citadel on [[starwars:Khar Shian|Khar Shian]]. The two Dark Jedi later attempted to kill Drax, but the Sith Lord escaped after Solus chose to save Ronovi from being crushed under a crumbling wall of the citadel. Ronovi reported the event to Tra'an, who discharged his second-in-command as punishment for his alleged weakness. Then, without hesitation, he offered the open Aedile position to the Epicanthix, and she was subsequently appointed Wrath. |
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| | Ronovi's plan to seize full control of Plagueis ensued swiftly and effectively. After inebriating the minds of both the Force-sensitive and non-Force sensitive troops with negative thoughts regarding the current leadership, she threatened to kill the Dread Lord if he did not immediately resign and leave the Ascendant Fleet to her. Tra'an, prepared to leave his Quaestorship anyway, conceded without a fight, while [[Alaris Jinn]], who had relied on Tra'an for his influence over the house, departed from Plagueis and became a member of House Taldryan. |
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| | Successfully launching a mighty naval campaign against [[starwars:Athiss|Athiss]], Ronovi encountered Xander Drax once again above the Sith World's surface. The Sith Lord had been named Admiral of the One Sith's fleets, but his power and prowess weren't enough to defeat the incoming onslaught. Plagueis and Naga Sadow easily overcame Drax's initial assault, with Plagueis retrieving the most spoils on the planet itself. While Ronovi began to receive accolades for her efforts as Dread Lord, her erratic moods, despite her return to the Dark Council, did not improve. She hastily removed [[Ka'Hava'Ve]] as her Wrath shortly after the Athiss campaign and replaced him with [[Arden Karn]], who showed potential as a leader and ally. |
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| === Aboard the Ghost Ship ===
| | Catching on to the scheme after forcing Tra'an to affirm that Ronovi was indeed betraying the Brotherhood, Alaris demanded that he be the one to kill her, since he blamed her for his downfall in Plagueis. Muz seemed willing to allow the Twi'lek to commit the deed, accusing the Quaestor of treason, and Tra'an, feeling sympathy for his compromised ally, knew that he would have to act faster. He asked Ronovi if she would join him for a drink at the bar aboard the ''Ascendancy'', in order to celebrate her so far successful reign as Dread Lord. |
| {{quote|We as Dark Jedi seek the secrets of true power! It's what you're here for, isn't it? Isn't it the answer to everything?! Power and knowledge, no matter what the cost?!" <br> "I'll bring your head back to its proper place!| Xadon (speaking through Kazarelth Talismarr) and Ronovi Tavisaen}}
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| While aboard the ''[[BAC Doomsday| Doomsday]]'', Clan Tarentum came across something rather unusual. The clan was returning from its successful strike on Prakith when the ship suddenly dropped out of hyperspace. Sensors had detected a rogue MC80 cruiser that just suddenly appeared in front of the ''Doomsday.'' After confirming that the cruiser was indeed the [[MC80 Renegade| ''Renegade'']], Anshar along with other clan leaders agreed that the best thing to do was search the ship, as it was supposed to be destroyed years before and now harbored a faint sign of life.
| | Ronovi was of course suspicious, deciding to take her personal flask of whiskey with her in order to avoid fatal consequences. At the bar, she heard firsthand how much Tra'an, Arden, Alaris, and Muz knew of her plan to align with the One Sith. Warning her that Brotherhood forces would soon come to arrest and execute her, Tra'an told her that he had planned a kinder death for his comrade. He pointed to Ronovi's flask, informing her that her whiskey, in fact, had been poisoned by a Plagueian slave who had infiltrated her quarters under the pretense of cleaning it. Bemoaning her anticlimactic demise, Ronovi toppled from her stool, paralyzed by a tasteless toxin, and mentally slipped into darkness. To those witnessing the scene, it appeared that the Epicanthix had simply succumbed to alcohol poisoning. |
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| | === I'm Not Dead! === |
| | [[File:KaRoldingRonovi.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ronovi the bodyguard, circa [[30 ABY to 39 ABY#35 ABY|35 ABY]].]] |
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| | The order, structure, and leadership of the Brotherhood changed drastically over the next four years. Following Muz's abdication of the Iron Throne and [[Pravus|Pravus's]] assumption of power, priorities had been shuffled, and Plagueis had recovered its status as a clan. The One Sith were no longer a threat, and Drax was dead. However, it was the departure of Consul [[Teylas Ramar]], which resulted in the ascension of a new leader who held no direct opinion of Ronovi in one way or the other, that convinced Tra'an that the Epicanthix could return to the Brotherhood in full capacity. After all, she had not actually been killed, but instead been rendered comatose before being put into a delicately maintained [[starwars:Stasis chamber|stasis chamber]] in Tra'an's personal section of the [[di Plagia]] vault. |
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| | Toward the beginning of [[30 ABY to 39 ABY#35 ABY|35 ABY]], Tra'an decided to remove Ronovi from stasis and bring her back to the ranks of Plagueis. While she initially confronted her former comrade for obvious reasons, she was ultimately convinced to rejoin the Brotherhood, especially now that she was no longer considered a traitor by those in charge. With a reconciliatory drink proffered to her, she followed Tra'an to [[Aliso]], the new Plagueian outpost. It was there that Ronovi subjected herself to rigorous training and meditation in order to regain her physical strength, her mental stamina, and her connection to the Force. |
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| | Readjusting to the Brotherhood, after so much time spent in a state of suspended animation, was laborious and sometimes humbling. Many of the people whom Ronovi had fraternized with were either dead or no longer a part of Plagueis, and for many months, she felt as if she were merely a shell of her former self, defeated and demoralized. Her desires for revenge also quickly dissipated, as Muz and Benevolent were no longer part of the Dark Council, but that left her with no course in her life for the first time. The timing could not have been more perfect, as Ronovi was then approached at an [[Aliso City]] cantina by the freshly appointed Dread Lord, [[Selika Roh]], and given a new and unexpected job: Bodyguard. |
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| | [[File:Ronovi_Proconsul_Ka.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Ronovi, the Dread Lord's Wrath, circa [[30 ABY to 39 ABY#36 ABY|36 ABY.]]]] |
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| | Partially because she wanted to please Selika and partially because she had nothing better to do, Ronovi once again became active in Plagueis, serving in other roles apart from glorified security personnel. She appeared on the front line of battle when a [[starwars:Geonosian|Geonosian]] hive called the [[Valneikian hive|Valneikian Hive]] awoke from stasis and attacked Aliso City from a network of underground caves, and she assisted in the relocation of said Geonosians to the [[Valneikian spire|Valneikian Spire]]. Later on, the Dread Lord awarded Ronovi her second sapphire blade for her services to the clan and requested that she accompany her to the planet [[Nancora]], in order to obtain a scroll allegedly written by [[starwars:Darth Plagueis|Darth Plagueis]] himself as well as confront the Brotherhood’s newest enemy: an anti-Force organization known simply as the [[The Collective|Collective]]. |
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| | Given that she was used to serving as a top notch soldier, Ronovi emerged from the [[Twelfth Great Jedi War]] relatively unscathed, and her respect for and dedication to Selika grew stronger. Rumors quickly spread among the Plagueian elite concerning the intensity and significance of the two women’s relationship, though neither of them would confirm or deny how close they truly were. When not focused on being the Dread Lord’s personal guard, Ronovi also spent quite a bit of time with a non-Force sensitive named [[Laren Uscot]], ultimately convincing him that serving as Praetor under Headmaster [[Farrin Xies]] was only reinforcing the pattern of conformist indoctrination that she firmly believed the Shadow Academy was imposing. These interactions only emphasized the fact that, despite her troubled past, Ronovi still held sway over others as an advisor, mentor, and friend. |
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| | Ultimately, in the aftermath of Pravus stepping down as Grand Master and choosing [[Telaris "Mav" Cantor]] as his successor, Selika abdicated the Dread Lord's throne and assumed the position of [[Herald]] of the Brotherhood. Laren, who had been the Dread Lord’s Wrath for a brief period of time, left Aliso altogether, due at least in part to his in-depth conversations with Ronovi. Selika personally ordered Arden, who had been selected as Plagueis's new Consul, to appoint the Epicanthix as his Proconsul so that she could serve as the former Dread Lord’s eyes and ears on the summit. Ronovi hesitantly agreed to work with her former second-in-command, only this time, she was now his Wrath. |
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| | [[File:Ronovi_36_ABY.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ronovi during [[Operation: Antiquity]], circa [[30 ABY to 39 ABY#37 ABY|37 ABY]].]] |
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| | With her second tenure as the Dread Lord’s Wrath underway, Ronovi kept busy on Aliso and beyond. She worked with her Consul to stave off a slave uprising instigated by members of the Collective only a handful of months after she had been appointed to the Plagueis summit, interrogating and overseeing the torture of several [[Subjugates]] in the process. After that, she assisted her clan during the [[Rite of Supremacy: Meridian|Battle of Meridian Prime]], boarding a Collective cruiser and besieging the [[Meridian Prime space station]]. While the Brotherhood’s offensive severely weakened enemy forces, Ronovi remained wary, firmly believing that a wounded animal could lash out much more viciously than one in good health. |
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| | Following the Brotherhood’s latest campaign against the Collective, Plagueis entered a period of relative calm and stability, and Ronovi worked with Arden to multiply the clan's resources. Expanding their horizons past the Aliso system during a campaign known as [[Operation: Antiquity]], they discovered a planet with potentially large mineral and ore deposits. It was there that they confronted and ultimately collaborated with Naga Sadow forces, as their Consul, [[Bentre Stahoes]], was interested in finding Sith relics and artifacts. Plagueis was able to recover an incredible amount of materials to help bolster both military and economic elements of the clan after battling off droid battalions and pirates stationed on the planet. |
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| | Ronovi’s return as Wrath also reintroduced her to the [[Dark Summit]] and the Dark Council, where those who were skeptical of her motives ultimately, albeit reluctantly, accepted her presence. In the meantime, her relationship with Arden as his second-in-command remained tense and business-like. Even though she was observing him and reporting everything to Selika, she knew that the Dread Lord was watching her as well. That all would change, however, when Arden abdicated the Dread Throne, and Ronovi, begrudgingly and under pressure from certain members of the di Plagia circle, filled the void he left behind. |
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| ''Full Story: [http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=5500 Shattered Tears]''
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| | Called once again to fight during the [[Thirteenth Great Jedi War]], Ronovi oversaw the operations of the Ascendant Fleet against the [[Lyra-3K-a system#Thuvis Imperial Shipyard|Thuvis Imperial Shipyard]], attempting to salvage an alliance with an Imperialist organization known as the [[The Severian Principate|Severian Principate]] while also battling Collective forces. While the mission was ultimately a success, the Dread Lord was caught in the midst of a bombing aboard the ''Ascendancy,'' the assault resulting in the loss of her left arm. Ronovi, of course, decided to go with an obvious cybernetic replacement, and the intoxicating allure of vengeance returned and filled her with both fury and resolve. For the first time in years, the woman would become a force to be reckoned with. |
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| | {{Quote|You are taking this personally. It's just business.|Declan Roark}} |
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| {{quote|I know an apprentice normally doesn’t run after the master. But we’re a Brotherhood, aren’t we? So I’ll go after my brother.|Ronovi Tavisaen, to Anshar Kahn Tarentae}}
| | [[File:Ronovi_Dread_Throne.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Ronovi sitting on the Dread Throne, circa [[30 ABY to 39 ABY#38 ABY|38 ABY]].]] |
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| | In the aftermath of the latest war, Ronovi was interested in taking a more offensive position against the Collective, rather than a defensive one. During the operation known as Code: Dread, not only did she send out elements of the Ascendant Fleet to eradicate Collective and Principate splinter cells, but she also waged a campaign within Aliso City to capture and eliminate dissidents within both the ranks of Plagueis and the Alisoan citizenry. With said dissent quashed and antagonistic forces withdrawing, the Dread Lord decided to evaluate the current standing of both houses [[Karness Muur]] and Ajunta Pall, analyzing their prowess and leadership. |
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| | Ronovi was dissatisfied with her findings, so she ordered her summit to close both houses and open a new singular house, [[House Tyranus]], as well as invite various Plagueians to establish battle teams that would remain subservient to the Dread Throne, such as [[Opress|Opress Squadron]]. These changes faintly echoed the actions she had taken alongside Oberst during the reformation of Tarentum, but this time, Ronovi intended to make her decisions permanent for the Ascendant Clan. Because she was able to reduce the number of leaders who may have opposed her and placed non-Force users in prominent clan positions, her power as Dread Lord was only further consolidated. Not even the remaining di Plagia could hope to deter her, and the Consul did not need a kratocracy this time in order to boost her more authoritarian regime. |
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| At first, Ronovi could not recognize the shadowy figure who had infiltrated the research division's testing area and invited the unwanted attention of the guards. Doni Tzu was no longer the menacing Yevethan who had trained her during his visits to the Sword's Sheath; instead, he had almost become a ghost, with only enough mass to fill out the black robes that covered him from head to toe. As Ronovi looked at his glowing yellow eyes, she could then identify the Adept who had been her master from afar, and with this information, she quickly assisted him in attacking the guards and escaping from the premises.
| | Having discovered prior to the Tenixir Riots that Laren Uscot and Kel Zar had been responsible for the contract on Arden, Ronovi anticipated an insurgency. She was pleasantly surprised to find that the resistance that the two had built was rather impressive: A sect of Collective, Principate, and Brotherhood defectors known as the Phantom Assembly. However, what she did not expect was how they would attack, and they successfully launched a distraction campaign in which a nest of Killiks attacked the Valneikian Spire. While the Ascendant Legion worked to fight off the swarm, the Assembly was able to destroy the [[The Circle|Circle]] in a mostly symbolic move. Although the Ascendant Fleet was able to kill Kel Zar and another Phantom - a [[starwars:Mantellian Savrip|Mantellian Savrip]] named Hazard Friza - Laren escaped with the majority of his assembly. This would set the stage for more showdowns between the estranged former di Plagia and the Dread Lord, and Ronovi was eager to confront a former friend whom she now considered a dirty traitor. |
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| | No longer trusting her own leadership and concluding that Plagueis was rotten and unable to be saved, Ronovi determined that only she could take on the Phantom Assembly and bring back Laren's head on a pike. She left Liandry in charge as de facto Dread Lord and spent months seeking out the Assembly's location. However, what she did not anticipate was that Laren was waiting for her at the Assembly's headquarters, his preparation in part due to his ally being a powerful Force user by the name of Dasmen Tore. |
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| Toward the end of her first year in the Brotherhood, Ronovi was awarded the rank of [[Dark Jedi Knight]] by Consul Anshar Kahn Tarentae and [[Proconsul]] [[Dranik Tarentae]] in response to her latest accomplishments. With an honorable ceremony and several congratulations, it was an impressive day for the Epicanthix who had once believed she would never get this far and certainly a triumph for Tarentum. As a result, Ronovi became one of the few females in the clan's history to earn such a promotion as well as one of the first Tarenti to be appointed Knight in several years.
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| | Months went by. Unbeknownst to Ronovi, the Brotherhood decided to grant her a long overdue promotion to Adept, but it ultimately did not matter. Laren was hard at work, visiting Ronovi's cell almost daily and attempting to create conversation. Little by little, Ronovi felt her reluctance to speak with her former ally go down, and soon, they would spend hours together, talking about anything that came to mind. While Dasmen did not partake in the chatter, Laren revealed that they had also been a member of Plagueis but had defected in the aftermath of the Invasion of New Tython. |
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| | === Physical Appearance === |
| [[image:Ronovi_custom.jpg|thumb|left|200px|A sketch of Ronovi.]] | | [[File:Ronovi.custom.robes.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Ronovi's battle armor and coat.]] |
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| | From a first look, Ronovi is looming and intimidating. As is typical of an Epicanthix, she stands over an impressive two [[starwars:Imperial standard meter|meters]] in height, with a long torso and strongly built legs so that she towers over allies and opponents. Her weight gives her a more slender look, but in truth, she is built very much like a brick, being tough, sturdy, and battered. She is very well-toned, with broad shoulders and a chest that seems to belong more to a man than to a woman. Her right ear is slightly mangled, the lobe having been removed by a blaster bolt. |
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| | [[File:Ronovi.custom.saber.jpg|thumb|left|100px|Ronovi's single-handed lightsaber.]] |
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| | Ronovi's primary weapon is her lightsaber. Her first personalized lightsaber was crafted by [[Shikyo Keibatsu]], who was the Herald of the Brotherhood at the time. Equipped with a bronze plasma blade, this single-handed saber boasted a long handle with a wooden texture and a brass-like tang guard carved around the emitter, easy to grip and beautifully constructed. It is safe to assume that Ronovi purposefully had the hilt resemble that of an ancient war sword, given her former reputation as both an Obelisk and a general. In order to better accommodate her evolved saber skills, Ronovi now wields a [[starwars:Double-bladed lightsaber|saberstaff]] with cerulean blades and a bare-boned silver and black hilt, built by Bale Andros. |
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| | Because she is an Epicanthix, Ronovi has a rare genetic immunity to mental intrusion from the Force. However, this does not mean that she cannot be deceived through mind tricks, illusions, or terrors, and due to her loud and bombastic nature, sometimes she simply spills the beans to whomever is interrogating her, especially if she is inebriated. Her genetics also prevent her from telepathically communicating with others through the Force, which can be a frustrating setback in certain combat situations. Still, due to her deep immersion in dark side lore as Headmaster, Ronovi has become far more resistant to Force attacks, capable of shrugging off or deflecting Force assaults directed by all but the most powerful Equites and Elders in the Brotherhood. |
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| | {{Quote|If she wants you to be her student, you'll know. You'd do better to apprentice yourself to a hurricane - less temperamental, less dangerous, and simpler. And drier.|[[Eiko]]}} |
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| | Ronovi's personality has rapidly evolved throughout the years. She was a hot-headed, power-hungry child and adolescent, a true fighter at heart and more brawn than brain. As she grew older, however, she assumed more of a military mind, both crafty and calculating as a general in Tarentum and an advisor in Arcona. The Shadow Academy later gave her the opportunity to sharpen her senses and her understanding of the galaxy, as she was permitted to study the archives and artifacts of the Dark Vault despite her lower rank. Because of this, she became so steeped in arcane dark side knowledge that, without realizing it, she cultivated the sort of ruthlessness that could lead her to break a man's neck for the slightest offense. As a result, Ronovi can be called a dark scholarly warrior: Powerful, malevolent, and remarkably intelligent. |
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| | '''Jaron Kai''' was Ronovi's first apprentice, beginning her training under the then Dark Jedi Knight shortly before the Ninth Great Jedi War. As she was ranked Protector at the time, Jaron had already proven to Ronovi that she was a capable fighter as well as a reliable member of Cestus. The two were also on friendly rather than merely cordial terms, and their master and student relationship was sided with a shared wit and perspective. Unfortunately, Jaron disappeared from Tarentum's set up base during the Reclamation of Antei and has not been seen since. She last held the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]]. |
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| | '''Syrna Valkiss''' was Ronovi's second apprentice, beginning her training under the then Obelisk Prelate shortly after she earned the rank of [[Novice]]. Unlike Jaron Kai, Syrna harbored a much more reserved attitude toward her given tasks and assignments within Tarentum. As Ronovi was once on good terms with Syrna's brother, [[Severon Vercingetorix]], she was aware of the woman's turbulent past and hoped to use it in order to submit her fully to the dark side. When Ronovi left Yridian space in order to join Arcona's ranks, Syrna decided to stay behind and was later killed during the Siege of Eden. She last held the rank of [[Guardian]]. |
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| | '''Giovanni Palermo''' was Ronovi's third apprentice, having held the rank of [[Jedi Hunter]] for several years before becoming the then Obelisk Prelate's student. After becoming disenchanted with his former master, he was encouraged to seek assistance from [[Archean Erinos Tarentae]] only to discover that the situation would not improve his already stagnant progress. Ronovi, feeling that the long-term Tarenti needed a strong and persistent mentor, placed Giovanni under a strict training regimen, hoping to push him over the last remaining hurdles on his long path to knighthood. It took two more years, but Giovanni was at last elevated to Dark Jedi Knight while serving in Arcona alongside his master, becoming the first and only of Ronovi's apprentices to obtain the prized rank. |
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| | '''Lokast Falls''' was Ronovi's fourth apprentice, beginning his training under the Warlord shortly before the Thirteenth Great Jedi War. Only a year older than his master was, Lokast suffered from a traumatic childhood and had only recently emerged from self-imposed hermitage, though said hermitage mostly included heavy drinking and Force suppression due to the death of his mother. Ronovi's plan was to utilize the man's tortured past in a beneficial way, teaching him to accept his powers and hone them. Ronovi lost contact with Lokast after being captured by the Phantom Assembly. |
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| == DJB Facts ==
| | * While Ronovi is a female character, her creator is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns. |
| | * Ronovi was based on a previously written [[starwars:Sith|Sith]] character named Darth Desov, which was used by her creator for informal roleplaying sessions. |
| | * Ronovi has acquired a large amount of nicknames throughout the years, but the most enduring one is, "Ronnie." |
| | * Ronovi also has a knack for giving others nicknames. For example, [[Tasha'Vel Versea]] happily welcomed being called, "Sweet Buns," and [[Shimura Keibatsu]] is now known as, "Shimmy Shimmy Shakeibatsu." |
| | * Ronovi emerged as Champion of the Independence Games in 29 ABY, taking first place in five events. |
| | * Ronovi was recognized as the Second Hero of the Tenth Great Jedi War, upstaged only by Benevolent Taldrya Whiner. |
| | * Ronovi was recognized as the Fifth Hero of the Horizons Crisis. |
| | * Ronovi was recognized as the Tenth Hero of the Dark Crusade, despite never finishing the campaign due to her original intent to betray the Brotherhood and her inevitable time spent in stasis. |
| | * Ronovi was recognized as the Seventh Hero of the Thirteenth Great Jedi War. |
| | * Ronovi earned the family name [[Dupar]] upon becoming Headmaster, only to relinquish it after she was forced out of the position. |
| | * Don't worry, though - Ronovi's creator chose to resign as Headmaster. Having Ronovi fired was just more intriguing fictionally. |
| | * Ronovi's creator has met only one Brotherhood member in real life: Slags, the man behind Xander Drax, Solus Gar, and Selika Roh. They once lived only 40 miles away from one another. |
| | * Ronovi's unofficial title is the Pontiff of Proofreading, due to her creator's experience as both a writer and English teacher, as well as their knack for finding and fixing the smallest of mechanical errors. |
| | * Ronovi's creator's favorite description of the character comes from [[Atyiru Caesura Entar Arconae]]: "Sergeant Major Butch Character." Accurate. |
| | * Ronovi is currently tied with Selika for the record for most [[Gold Nova|Gold Novae]] won by a single individual in Brotherhood vendettas, with a total of 22. |
| | * Second only to her addiction to Whyren's, Ronovi is obsessed with seafood, which has led to many sushi outings with Tasha'Vel Versea on multiple planets. This may or may not be connected to her creator's own penchant for maki rolls, uramaki rolls, and sashimi. |
| | * Fun little fact: While [[Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae]] was the first female Consul of Tarentum and Ronovi was the second female Consul of Tarentum, Ronovi was the first female Headmaster of the Shadow Academy years before Ciara became the second female Headmaster. That's beautiful. |
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| {{succession box | | | title = [[Sergeant]] of [[Arcano Signum]] |
| | title = [[Master-Student Program| Apprentice]] to [[Doni Tzu Tarentae]] | | | years = [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#29 ABY|23 ABY]] |
| | years = [[26 ABY to Present#28 ABY|28 ABY]] - Present
| | | before = [[Dralin Fortea]] |
| | before = N/A
| | | after = [[Balia Donos]] |
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| | | title = [[Aedile]] of [[House Cestus]] |
| | | years = [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#23 ABY|23 ABY]] - [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#25 ABY|25 ABY]] |
| | | before = [[Ji K'awiil]] |
| | | after= [[Vai Azexel]] |
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| | | title = [[Quaestor]] of [[House Cestus]] |
| | | years = [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#25 ABY|25 ABY]] - [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#26 ABY|26 ABY]] |
| | | before = [[Kazarelth Talismarr]] |
| | | after = [[Ji K'awiil]] |
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| | | title = [[Proconsul]] of [[Tarentum|Clan Tarentum]] |
| | | years = [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#26 ABY|26 ABY]] |
| | | before = [[Maxamillian von Oberst-Tarentae]] |
| | | after = [[Ji K'awiil]] |
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| | | title = [[Consul]] of [[Tarentum|Clan Tarentum]] |
| | | years = [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#26 ABY|26 ABY]] - [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#27 ABY|27 ABY]] |
| | | before = [[Maxamillian von Oberst-Tarentae]] |
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| | | title = [[Quaestor]] of [[Tarentum|House Tarentum]] |
| | | years = [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#27 ABY|27 ABY]] - [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#28 ABY|28 ABY]] |
| | | before = [[Tarentum|Clan Tarentum]] |
| | | after = [[Sith Bloodfyre-Tarentae]] |
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| | title = [[Obelisk]] [[BTL|Sergeant]] of [[Arcano Signum]]
| | | title = [[Praetor]] to the [[Headmaster]] |
| | years = [[26 ABY to Present#29 ABY|29 ABY]]
| | | years = [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#28 ABY|28 ABY]] - [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#29 ABY|29 ABY]] |
| | before = [[Dralin Hakh'khar]]
| | | before = [[Solus Gar]] |
| | after = [[Balia Donos]]
| | | after = [[Solus Gar]] |
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| | | title = [[Headmaster]] of the [[Shadow Academy]] |
| | | years = [[20 ABY to 29 ABY#29 ABY|29 ABY]] - [[30 ABY to 39 ABY#30 ABY|30 ABY]] |
| | | before = [[Taigikori Aybara]] |
| | | after = [[Solari]] |
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| | | title = [[Aedile]] of [[Plagueis|House Plagueis]] |
| | | years = [[30 ABY to 39 ABY#30 ABY|30 ABY]] - [[30 ABY to 39 ABY#31 ABY|31 ABY]] |
| | | before = [[Solus Gar]] |
| | | after = [[Ka'Hava'Ve]] |
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| | title = [http://www.darkjedibrotherhood.com/wiki/index.php?title=Clan_Tarentum_Ranks#Lieutenant_Colonel Lieutenant Colonel] of the [[Clan Tarentum I Corps]]
| | | title = [[Quaestor]] of [[Plagueis|House Plagueis]] |
| | years = [[26 ABY to Present#29 ABY|29 ABY]] - Present
| | | years = [[30 ABY to 39 ABY#31 ABY|31 ABY]] |
| | before = N/A
| | | before = [[Tra'an Reith]] |
| | after= N/A
| | | after = Montresor |
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| | title = [[Aedile]] of [[House Cestus]]
| | | title = [[Proconsul]] of [[Plagueis|Clan Plagueis]] |
| | years = [[26 ABY to Present#29 ABY|29 ABY]] - Present
| | | years = [[30 ABY to 39 ABY#36 ABY|36 ABY]] - [[30 ABY to 39 ABY#37 ABY|37 ABY]] |
| | before = [[Huldrych]]
| | | before = [[Laren Uscot]] |
| | after= N/A
| | | after = [[TuQ'uan Varick]] |
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| | title = [[Master-Student Program| Master]] to [[Jaron Kai]]
| | | title = [[Consul]] of [[Plagueis|Clan Plagueis]] |
| | years = [[26 ABY to Present#29 ABY|29 ABY]] - Present
| | | years = [[30 ABY to 39 ABY#37 ABY|37 ABY]] - [[30 ABY to 39 ABY#39 ABY|39 ABY]] |
| | before = N/A
| | | before = [[Arden Karn]] |
| | after = N/A
| | | after = [[Selika Roh]] |
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| *Ronovi's unofficial title, according to Frey Gallandro, is the "Sister of Doom," pertaining to his belief that she and Kazarelth will lead Tarentum "to damnation and total doom."
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General Ronovi Tavisaen is an Epicanthix hailing from Yridia IX, a Dark Side Adept in the Dark Jedi Brotherhood, and a former member of Clan Plagueis. Most recognized as the first female Headmaster of the Shadow Academy, she also served as Consul of both Plagueis and Tarentum and was an honored Tarentae and vassal of Arcona. A controversial individual with a colorful past, Ronovi is viewed by some as a respectable mentor and powerful leader, while others consider her to be nothing but an erratic, violent, and unreliable drunkard.
Pre-DJB History
Origins
- "I did not fall to the dark side. I was not seduced by the dark side. Falling indicates passivity. Seduction indicates a lack of control. I chose the dark side. I chose power."
- ―Darth Sarin
Ronovi's father, Zane Tavisaen, was a prominent spacer and pilot in the Outer Rim and had a strong affiliation with the Galactic Empire. On his home planet of Panatha, he met and fell in love with his future wife, whose affection settled his bitterness toward the Rebel Alliance at least partially. The two married in Tree City before traveling to Yridia IX in the Yridia system, where they temporarily resided in the center of Eden, a burgeoning metropolis. When his wife became pregnant, Zane moved with her to the outskirts of the city where she gave birth to a son, Yaske. She then gave birth to Ronovi in 4 ABY, shortly after the emperor's death, and had a second daughter, Sarit, four years later.
Ronovi was raised on strong family values and taught to cherish being with her parents and her siblings as much as possible. Unlike the other Epicanthix, who were known for conquering other planets in the Pacanth Reach, Zane wished for a quieter life. He seemed happy enough being a mechanic, busily repairing starships and freighters owned by Eden civilians. However, Ronovi desired to be a warrior like her ancestors, even though her brother began to follow in their father's footsteps while her sister delved into science and literature. It wasn't until she was ten years old that her father took an interest in teaching her martial arts, as he himself had practiced fighting techniques when he was young.
Zane instructed Ronovi to value her instincts in combat and maintain perfect control over her reflexes. He exposed her to a variety of fighting styles, teaching her how to use everything from a short staff to a dagger to her bare hands. While her mother disapproved of her daughter learning how to fight, Ronovi, the black sheep of the family, wasn't looking back. After the conclusion of the Yridian Revolt in 18 ABY, Zane decided that the family should return to one of the major districts in Eden so he could extend his business in ship maintenance. It was there that he first allowed and even encouraged Ronovi to both learn about and dabble in darker arts. Ronovi concluded from her research and experiences that the dark side was the true source of perfection, and that it was responsible for her increasing notoriety as she grew older.
Noticed in the Night
Ronovi's decision to become a brawler was mainly due to her city's reputation. Although her parents were strictly middle class and law-abiding citizens, her residence in District III of Eden City was surrounded by darker influences. The adolescent was introduced to underground fighting rings in District IV, where spectators would audaciously bet on who would get slaughtered in death matches. She quickly earned a name as a suitable challenge for many skilled combatants, becoming infamous for her agility and aggressive moves. However, every altercation would result in one battle scar or another, and soon, Ronovi found herself duking it out not only in what was considered to be the most savage part of the city's entertainment industry, but also with angry rivals on the street.
Nonetheless, Ronovi was not particularly happy with her level of skill as a martial artist. Her father stopped training her once she turned sixteen, telling her that he had taught her everything he knew. She continued to associate herself with the underground ring for the next two years, and it was during one evening's round of matches that she garnered the attention of a Tarenti Journeyman named Dralin Fortea. After several bouts with weaker adversaries, the Epicanthix was paired against one particularly famed duelist and began to gain the upper hand just before she noticed that her opponent was drawing a dagger from his sleeve. It was then that Ronovi first demonstrated that she was a Force-sensitive, displaying unnatural power as she threw her challenger halfway across the room before he could stab her.
The next morning, Dralin spoke privately with Zane, telling him that he was interested in recruiting the eighteen-year-old girl into the Brotherhood. Ronovi quickly agreed to the offer after her father told her of the encounter, believing that it was the best opportunity for her to become more powerful and renowned. She was shipped to the Shadow Academy to begin her initiation into the Obelisk Order, leaving her meager belongings behind. After completing her preliminary training, Ronovi was then transported to the Sword's Sheath on the Itaana belt, where she became Dralin's first true friend and a full-fledged member of House Gladius within Clan Tarentum.
DJB: Pre-Stasis
New Blood in the Brotherhood
Ronovi was welcomed by her Quaestor, Telona Murrage, and fully inducted as a Gladian upon arriving at her house. She soon learned that she had been initiated into Tarentum at a time of conflict within the Yridia system. The clan's most recent troubles lay with Deutta the Hutt, a crime lord who held dealings with Tarentum's enemies in order to overthrow its government. Therefore, Consul Anshar Kahn Tarentae arranged a strike team to intercept and eliminate Deutta on Karideph. Ronovi became one member of said team, and it was during the mission that she encountered the controversial Tarentae known as Doni Tzu, who had been captured by enemy forces.
After inadvertently saving Doni Tzu's life, Ronovi became his apprentice as soon as she recovered from her battle injuries. Doni Tzu was notorious for being ruthless to both his enemies and his peers, as well as for angering even the most prestigious members of the Dark Council. With her master's reputation in the back of her mind, Ronovi learned much from him when it came to diplomacy, meditation, and basic Force powers. She would continue to receive lessons from him until she was told of his unexpected departure from the Yridia system after a crisis within Gladius that left Apollo, a veteran of the Emperor's Hammer, as the house's new Quaestor.
Ronovi participated in a clan strike on Prakith following her master's sudden exodus, helping to seize and plunder a facility containing various technologically advanced weapons and devices. Her work so impressed her house summit that she was appointed the new Sergeant of Arcano Signum, a battle team led by Dralin before he stepped down as its Tetrarch. Ronovi also began studying military tactics and combat as part of her academics, and Maxamillian von Oberst-Tarentae, pleased with the Obelisk's strategic knowledge, made her a Lieutenant Colonel of the I Corps in the newly reformed Tarentum Military.
Mayhem and Mantle
After leaving Prakith, Ronovi began to participate in larger campaigns directed by the clan summit. As she was still relatively new to fighting on a grander scale, she did not make much of an effort to protect herself physically. Doni Tzu's absence did not help, as Ronovi's Force abilities were still raw and unhewn, making it difficult for her to concentrate while engaged in combat. Ultimately, such carelessness brought about a dramatic injury during a clan siege on the abandoned Renegade, which was plagued by dark and dangerous Force entities. During a conflict with one of her fellow Tarenti aboard the ship, Ronovi was struck in the face by a lightsaber, resulting in the loss of her left eye.
A cybernetic eyepatch brought back most, if not all, of Ronovi's vision, a design she chose over a more organic look for the purpose of intimidation. It was even rumored that Ronovi refused anesthesia when she underwent surgery, submitting herself to outrageous pain for the sake of her quest for power. While her dreams of being a physically perfect warrior vanished, this did not offset her long-term goal of ultimate strength and technique. She was recognized for her work as both Lieutenant Colonel and Sergeant of Arcano Signum and offered the available position of Aedile in House Cestus by Anshar. Ronovi accepted the job and traveled to Koros, where she settled into the Cestians' complex aboard the decommissioned Corsair. Once there, she got to know Kazarelth Talismarr, the house's Quaestor, and found him to be a suitable ally and compatriot.
Kazarelth and Ronovi, as Quaestor and Aedile, were both significantly younger and less experienced than many other members of Tarentum by the time they became the leaders of Cestus. However, with their youth came fresh ideas and proposals to increase recruitment rates and strengthen the house as a whole. Becoming an official part of the summit also gave Ronovi the opportunity to mentor her fellow Tarenti, and she took on Jaron Kai as her first apprentice shortly before Tarentum was once again called to war.
So This Is War
- "She is the only link I have remaining to everything I once cared for. You will not take her from me!"
- ―Doni Tzu
Ronovi was one of the many Tarenti who participated in the war campaign known as Unification, during which Brotherhood forces moved to reclaim their former homeworld Antei from a sect of Jedi led by Omancor Crask. While on the ground, the newly promoted Dark Jedi Knight and Colonel of the I Corps worked alongside her recently returned master, her apprentice, and members of both Gladius and Cestus in several operations to overtake droid battalions as well as Jedi forces deployed to the north of Adas. Ronovi was also subjected to a near-conversion to the light side, being saved in the nick of time by Doni Tzu before the Jedi finished the job.
In the final days of the war, Ronovi aided Tarentum in the occupation of Codei Prison and was a witness to the conspiracies and subsequent death of Sun Vail, sister of the exiled Dark Jedi Bane. However, the Epicanthix would remain mentally affected by her close encounter with the light side, and she swore to herself that she would eliminate her dependence on others for survival. As soon as she returned to Yridia, Ronovi ended her apprenticeship with Doni Tzu, moving away from the role of student while still maintaining an alliance with her former master. Unfortunately, she no longer had an apprentice of her own to teach, as Jaron had disappeared during the reclamation.
Even though Tarentum suffered multiple casualties from the conflict, its leaders did not ignore Ronovi's major contributions to the war effort. She was given two field promotions, becoming an Equite as well as earning the rank of Brigadier General while still positioned on Antei. Subsequently, she was granted control of the Corps' First Division and further established her place in Tarentum history. Anshar and Oberst also decided to award Ronovi the prestigious Sapphire Blade for her service to the clan and the Brotherhood, and they offered her the open position of Quaestor of Cestus following Kazarelth's resignation. Ronovi agreed to lead with Vai Azexel as her second-in-command, and she made it her primary goal to continue to empower the house as the clan's battle wounds began to heal.
Traumatic Evolution
Despite Ronovi's attempts to become more self-reliant, she did not expect her past ties to be broken so suddenly. For her first official mission as Quaestor, she was instructed to return to her homeworld to discuss war recovery efforts and new taxation. After the tense meeting between Yridian and Tarentum officials, several Cestians continued to observe Eden City until a PCL 27 freighter abruptly crashed into Yridia IX's surface. While Ronovi and her sister survived, the two's parents were both killed from the impact and subsequent destruction. Later that evening, the Templar beheaded Sarit with her lightsaber so that the latter would not tell Yridian officials that the crash had been an assassination attempt, and Tarentum the target.
The Eden City Tragedy left Ronovi with a very disturbed mindset. Her father's untimely death affected her the most, and she wished to avenge the man who had assisted her in her journey to the dark side. Her sister's hasty murder, however, left plenty of time for regret, and Ronovi turned to the Force as well as combat for comfort. At the same time, she focused on reforming House Cestus structurally into the Hieros Lokhos ton Taras, allowing it to operate like a sacred band. Seen as a vital asset to the clan, she was summoned to Castle Tarentum and selected as the new Proconsul after Anshar yielded the throne of Prince of Yridia to Oberst.
Ronovi led Tarentum forces to Yridia IV where they intercepted and killed Adamu, a powerful Dark Jedi responsible for several of the attacks that had plagued the Yridia system. As it turned out, three once trustworthy agents of the clan, known as the Keepers, had been secretly working with Adamu and others to bring about massive amounts of death and decay to the fiefdom. Ronovi grew even more aggressive and vengeful as a result of such betrayal and the death of most of her family, but because of this dramatic chain of events, her connection to the dark side was stronger than ever before. If she had ever doubted her decision to become a Dark Jedi, such thoughts were gone, perhaps permanently.
Prince of Yridia
- "You're not the sister I once knew."
- ―Yaske Tavisaen
Ronovi saw and endured more than she ever bargained for during her tenure as Proconsul. During the Sixth Rite of Supremacy, she fought valiantly alongside her fellow Tarenti for the dominion of the Killik-infested planet Salas V. However, Tarentum fell short of gaining the title of First Clan, although they were able to subdue and crush the opposition stemming from Scholae Palatinae and Plagueis. Independent House Revan, responsible for crippling several of Tarentum's forces, became the First House of the Brotherhood, besting Taldryan for the prized planet.
The Tarenti returned to the Yridia system with their heads lowered in disappointment, and soon, tensions began to rise within the houses. Ronovi paid little attention to the impending turmoil at first, instead deciding to deal with two criminal families that were frustrating the governor of Yridia IX. It was in Eden that the Prelate found her brother Yaske, who had returned to the metropolis to avenge Sarit's death after he had disappeared from the Tarentum Navy. While Yaske had become a powerful warrior since his piloting days, Ronovi still outmatched him, digging her sapphire blade into his heart and relishing in his death. This event concluded the long overdue demise of Ronovi's entire family and made her the only surviving Tavisaen.
After literally and figuratively washing her brother's blood from her hands, Ronovi returned to Castle Tarentum, only to learn that the houses had succumbed to inner conflict and direct disobedience to the clan summit. Examples of such disreputable behavior included a distrusting House Gladius' brutal attempts at self-sufficiency, as well as House Cestus' division into two warring factions when a priceless artifact was discovered deep below the Corsair facility. Most of all, however, house loyalties were overshadowing the vows that the Tarenti had made to Lord Khyron, the Sith King. Oberst and Ronovi knew that they had no other option but to close Cestus, Gladius, and Tridens, replacing the houses with the newly established House Kaerner and House Reinthaler. When the dust of the clan's rebirth had cleared, Ronovi emerged as the newest Tarentae and Consul of Tarentum, becoming only the second woman in the clan's history to assume the throne.
From the Throne to the Academy
- "There are things that even the Dark Lords fear hidden in the Dark Vault. We are the guardians of those secrets."
- ―Taigikori Aybara
The future was not bright for Tarentum. Ronovi had much on her plate as Consul and as a newly promoted Major General, making instrumental changes to the clan's structure and hierarchy. Demanding another reformation of the Tarentum Military, she shut down the I Corps and introduced the Yridian Surface Command, headed by High General Sato Tarentae and Fleet Admiral Sith Bloodfyre-Tarentae. When infrastructural development on Yridia IV went awry and anti-Tarentum sentiments began to spread among various dissidents, Ronovi declared a new state of government in the Yridia system known as the Yridian Kratocracy, in which the name of the Sith King was glorified by all. Alongside Sashar Arconae, Consul of Clan Arcona, she helped institute the Estle-Eden Axis, which was based on the Treaty of Kessel signed by Tarenti and Arconan officials several years before. And through it all, she consistently supported and communicated with her two apprentices, Syrna Valkiss and Giovanni Palermo. However, in her bold attempt to stabilize the young kratocracy, Ronovi could not prevent the impending decimation within the clan’s dominion.
In 27 ABY, a cult known as the Church of Infinite Perception invaded Yridian space after the obliteration of Tarentum's entire naval fleet save for the Magnus Kaerner. It was soon discovered that the Church had partnered with Lady Nilani, a former servant of the Keepers, and after Yridia IV was seized, dozens of Tarenti and army troops were killed. Ronovi called on the Arconans to help the beleaguered clan and alerted Grand Master Muz Ashen of the threat, and later, she confronted Lady Nilani in Castle Tarentum and killed her with the assistance of Stanson Rend. By the time the Dark Council's fleets arrived, Arcona and Tarentum had worked together to kill the Preceptor of the Church and destroy the cult’s control over Yridia IV. The costs of the attempted coup were dear, and Tarentum’s numbers suffered greatly due to the conflict. Shortly after the attempted incursion, the Grand Master declared the Brotherhood to be in disarray and downsized all six of the clans to houses, and Tarentum was forced to close Houses Kaerner and Reinthaler and reform its battle teams.
Ronovi was left emotionally wounded by the radical changes in Tarentum's structure, especially after Lord Khyron indirectly initiated a rampant Rakghoul plague within the Yridia system in order to challenge her rule. She began to believe that she could not be the harbinger of victory for the Tarenti as once expected of her, deciding that she had overstayed her welcome as Prince of Yridia. On a whim, the newly demoted Quaestor traveled to Lyspair, home of the Shadow Academy, and devoted much of her time to more scholarly studies. Taigikori Aybara, the Academy's Headmaster, took Ronovi under his wing and began to teach her the darker arts that the libraries and other facilities had to offer. As a result, the Exarch abdicated the throne of Yridia in 28 ABY in order to focus primarily on her duties as Taigikori's Praetor. This allowed Sith Bloodfyre to become Prince for a third time and officially ended Ronovi's five years in consecutive leadership positions.
Displacement
- "You started out as some petty fighter, became the ruler of the entire system you called home, and then...became some petty fighter. Good job, Ronovi."
- ―Dralin Fortea
Comfortable with her new position in the Shadow Academy, Ronovi went straight to work on various new courses and degrees while dividing her time between Lyspair and Yridia. The knowledge that she was imbibing enticed her more than she expected, especially when she had become so accustomed to combat and military operations. As she delved further into dark sciences and philosophy, she began to wonder if perhaps her true path for perfection lay in a different direction entirely. Ronovi was later rewarded a Ruby Scepter for both her contributions to the Academy and her devotion to Tarentum as Quaestor and Tarentae.
As time went on, Ronovi grew more and more disillusioned by Tarentum proceedings. The Yridian Kratocracy had crumbled in exchange for fanatic religious sects, and the Tarentae had once again become withdrawn in their own politics. As the Fourth Independence Games began in 29 ABY, Ronovi noticed that the Tarenti were returning to a harmful state of isolation and ennui. Most of all, she was angered by the casting aside of various projects and objectives that she had prioritized as Prince in favor of the Tarentae's families and estates. Ronovi ultimately abandoned Castle Tarentum, returned to Eden City, and decided after weeks of contemplation that she would go somewhere else if her accomplishments were to be ignored and her presence unwanted. She sacrificed the Tarentae name in order to join the newly reclanned Arcona, where many of her allies and friends now resided. Her history in Tarentum, spanning seven years, would become nothing more than a distant memory.
Accompanied by Stanson Rend and Giovanni Palermo, Ronovi traveled to the Dajorra system. She was welcomed by the Arconan summit in Estle City and invited to join the ranks of House Qel-Droma as a member of Shadow Gate, a team that operated along Port Ol'val. However, Taigikori demanded that Ronovi spend more of her time on Lyspair, and each duty that she subsequently undertook seemed to foreshadow her future endeavors within the frosty corridors of the Shadow Academy.
Crusades and Carnage
Ronovi proved herself to be a worthy vassal of the Shadow Clan, becoming a stalwart Arconan vigilante on Ol'val and gaining favor with her summit. At the same time, the events surrounding Lyspair concerned her. Liu Van Dae, an enigmatic Jedi hellbent on killing the Grand Master, fought and mutilated Taigikori within the Dark Vault. In the aftermath of her superior's injury, Ronovi continually warned the Headmaster not to be lax on security, and she could tell that the presence of the light side house Odan-Urr, along with the growing numbers of dead within the Brotherhood, was striking an angry chord within the other six sovereign houses and clans.
She did not have to wait long for war. The Invasion of New Tython was imminent, and Muz ordered the Brotherhood to besiege the temples and fortifications of Odan-Urr. Ronovi fought within the legions of Qel-Droma, pleased that she could take vengeance on the Jedi who held fellowship with those who had attempted to convert her to the light side several years earlier. She proved to be not only one of the most valiant warriors of Arcona, but also of the entire Dark Jedi Brotherhood, winning twenty-five Jedi's lightsabers as bounty after she gleefully slaughtered them. Once again, Ronovi's power and effort garnered attention from her superiors, and Taigikori and Muz honored her with the title of Second Hero upon her return to Anteian space.
In the final days of her residence within the Dajorra dominion, Ronovi sided with the Entars in order to end the War of the Three Families. Her decision to ally with the clan summit was due to her abhorrence of internal division, and she was determined to put a stop to Teroch Erinos, who had vowed revenge for the death of his father Sashar. Shortly after the chaos in Arcona had subsided, Ronovi was unexpectedly called back to Antei and told to stay on Lyspair, as Kir Katarn had abruptly resigned from his post as Justicar. She soon learned that Taigikori had been selected as Kir's successor, and that she, the first woman to ever be offered stewardship of the Shadow Academy, would be appointed Headmaster. For the first time, at only the rank of Primarch, Ronovi entered the restricted areas of the Dark Vault, where the malicious aura of its treasures, including yet to be studied holocrons, awaited her.
The Meltdown
- "Leave. Your capabilities as Headmaster have been compromised."
- ―Muz Ashen
Following the positive recognition she had received during the Invasion of New Tython and her time in Arcona, Ronovi expected a long and prosperous reign as Headmaster. She took on her tasks with vigor, becoming involved in various inner modifications to the Shadow Academy's departments, practices, and archives. Her visits to the Dark Vault, however, grew disturbingly more frequent, as she compulsively examined and re-examined holocrons for the sole purpose of extending her knowledge. She looked to various dark side artifacts to enhance her physical and mental capabilities, and she became heavily influenced by lore and history that she could not fully fathom at her present rank. As a result, Ronovi became increasingly difficult to work with, her attitude growing more sinister and her outbursts of violence gaining notice from the Dark Council.
The Horizons Crisis was detrimental to the Academy, as the Horizon plague first seemed to emerge from the initiate ranks on Lyspair. An attempt to quarantine the facilities partially failed, and soon afterward, Ronovi felt her connection to the Force slip away, one of the initial symptoms of the plague. The loss of a major source of strength, coupled with the dramatic changes to her mood and personality, nearly resulted in the Headmaster's destruction of the Shadow Academy and everyone in it for the sake of eradicating a potential pandemic. When news spread that the plague had not originated from Lyspair, and inoculations were hastily administered to the infected, Ronovi's brash decisions were viewed with harsh skepticism. Therefore, she intended to compensate for her lapse in judgment and power by hoarding holocrons and artifacts so she could further study them. Such paranoia and obsession frustrated Benevolent Taldrya Whiner, Tribune of the Holocrons, who demanded that the items be returned to him after what he viewed to be adequate analysis.
Ronovi refused to give up the holocrons in her possession and continued her self-indulgent research. Benevolent, unbeknownst to her, reported her behavior to Muz, who traveled with him to Lyspair. Upon witnessing her physically lash out at the Son of Taldryan in the Dark Vault, the Grand Master instructed Ronovi to depart from the Academy, thereby ending her short-lived dynasty as Headmaster. The ousted Epicanthix wheeled an entire cabinet of Whyren's Reserve onto a prepared Starwind-class pleasure yacht, and she orbited Antei in a drunken despair before attempting to leave the system. The dangerously intoxicated Ronovi proceeded to key in random coordinates, jumped into hyperspace, and re-appeared in the Stygian Caldera, where the dark side pulsed within the perilous nebulae.
Ascendant
- "If you become my Wrath, you will be viewed as trustworthy. Perhaps our superiors will build the false assumption that you are apologetic for your past behavior."
- ―Tra'an Reith
Having fallen unconscious shortly after the leap to the Stygian Caldera, Ronovi allowed her yacht to spin out of control, unintentionally sending out a distress call. The IFF was almost immediately picked up by the Ascendancy, the flagship of the Ascendant Fleet, and several members of House Plagueis were summoned to retrieve the deposed Headmaster. While Ronovi lost everything on the yacht, her stash of whiskey included, she made a steady recovery in the medical bay and was offered refuge by Tra'an Reith, the Dread Lord of Plagueis, and Solus Gar, the Dread Lord's Wrath. Solus had served as Ronovi's Praetor before being stripped of the position after his superior's departure, so the two already knew each other quite well.
Ronovi had no desire to participate in any of the proceedings of Plagueis for some time, preferring to stay within her designated quarters and drink whatever alcohol was offered to her. She reluctantly returned to duty, however, when the Grand Master ordered all of the houses and clans to begin a conquest campaign known as the Dark Crusade. She first joined the newly established battle team Ajunta Pall and accepted the task of seizing Archibald Zoraan's flagship, the Avenger II, which was ultimately sent off to be refitted and modified for Brotherhood purposes. Plagueis, however, was not willing to stand aside and let its sister units take the spoils so easily. The Ascendant House proved instrumental to the occupation of the Sith World Nfolgai, where Ronovi and Solus battled the forces of the One Sith and consequently murdered a Sith Lord by the name of Yobd Nan.
Harboring a potent bitterness and disdain for anyone who was aligned with the Dark Council, Ronovi's only desire was to seek out revenge against those who had challenged her power over the Shadow Academy. Following the invasion of Nfolgai, she decided that Plagueis would be the weapon she would utilize on her quest for vengeance, exploiting her alliance with Solus in order to force him into compliance with her machinations. Plagueis later moved to conquer the planet Khar Delba, but Xander Drax, a former member of the Brotherhood and Yobd Nan's apprentice, captured and tortured Solus and Ronovi within Lord Naga Sadow's secret citadel on Khar Shian. The two Dark Jedi later attempted to kill Drax, but the Sith Lord escaped after Solus chose to save Ronovi from being crushed under a crumbling wall of the citadel. Ronovi reported the event to Tra'an, who discharged his second-in-command as punishment for his alleged weakness. Then, without hesitation, he offered the open Aedile position to the Epicanthix, and she was subsequently appointed Wrath.
The Road to Hell
- "We are paltry meat scraps compared to your forces. We know now that the only way to destroy your Brotherhood Is to eat away at it from the inside out. We need insiders like you."
- ―Xander Drax
Ronovi's plan to seize full control of Plagueis ensued swiftly and effectively. After inebriating the minds of both the Force-sensitive and non-Force sensitive troops with negative thoughts regarding the current leadership, she threatened to kill the Dread Lord if he did not immediately resign and leave the Ascendant Fleet to her. Tra'an, prepared to leave his Quaestorship anyway, conceded without a fight, while Alaris Jinn, who had relied on Tra'an for his influence over the house, departed from Plagueis and became a member of House Taldryan.
Successfully launching a mighty naval campaign against Athiss, Ronovi encountered Xander Drax once again above the Sith World's surface. The Sith Lord had been named Admiral of the One Sith's fleets, but his power and prowess weren't enough to defeat the incoming onslaught. Plagueis and Naga Sadow easily overcame Drax's initial assault, with Plagueis retrieving the most spoils on the planet itself. While Ronovi began to receive accolades for her efforts as Dread Lord, her erratic moods, despite her return to the Dark Council, did not improve. She hastily removed Ka'Hava'Ve as her Wrath shortly after the Athiss campaign and replaced him with Arden Karn, who showed potential as a leader and ally.
While en route to Kalsunor to prove herself against Arconan forces, Ronovi started receiving unexpected and cryptic transmissions in her private quarters aboard the Ascendancy. The messages turned out to be from Drax, who had managed to break into the Dread Lord's communication links, as he could not speak to her directly using the Force. He coaxed her to switch sides and join him in his efforts against the Brotherhood, as her work as Quaestor had not brought her any closer to her goal of killing Muz Ashen and Benevolent Taldrya Whiner. Fearing that she would become paralyzed and subservient to the Grand Master once again, Ronovi willingly began secretive talks with Drax to strengthen the One Sith. What she did not know was that Tra'an, with some tips from Arden, was listening to the transmissions, which he was now capable of hacking into.
Last Stand?
- "Out of all the ways I could have died - by lightsaber, by explosion, by martyrdom - this is the 'kind death' you offer me?"
- ―Ronovi Tavisaen, her presumed last words
Plagueis's campaign on Kalsunor was well-fought, but Arcona, holding true to its reputation as a leviathan, snatched most of the spoils and gained the most praise from the Dark Council. Throughout the house's time on the planet, Ronovi had begun to formalize plans with Drax to attack Brotherhood units from the inside under the guise of rivalry. The first house to be confronted would be Taldryan, at Ronovi's request, because Alaris and Benevolent were members.
Catching on to the scheme after forcing Tra'an to affirm that Ronovi was indeed betraying the Brotherhood, Alaris demanded that he be the one to kill her, since he blamed her for his downfall in Plagueis. Muz seemed willing to allow the Twi'lek to commit the deed, accusing the Quaestor of treason, and Tra'an, feeling sympathy for his compromised ally, knew that he would have to act faster. He asked Ronovi if she would join him for a drink at the bar aboard the Ascendancy, in order to celebrate her so far successful reign as Dread Lord.
Ronovi was of course suspicious, deciding to take her personal flask of whiskey with her in order to avoid fatal consequences. At the bar, she heard firsthand how much Tra'an, Arden, Alaris, and Muz knew of her plan to align with the One Sith. Warning her that Brotherhood forces would soon come to arrest and execute her, Tra'an told her that he had planned a kinder death for his comrade. He pointed to Ronovi's flask, informing her that her whiskey, in fact, had been poisoned by a Plagueian slave who had infiltrated her quarters under the pretense of cleaning it. Bemoaning her anticlimactic demise, Ronovi toppled from her stool, paralyzed by a tasteless toxin, and mentally slipped into darkness. To those witnessing the scene, it appeared that the Epicanthix had simply succumbed to alcohol poisoning.
DJB: Post-Stasis
I'm Not Dead!
- "Every enemy you’ve known and yearned to seek vengeance on is either dead or irrelevant. You can relax, take a deep breath, and get readjusted."
- ―Tra'an Reith
The order, structure, and leadership of the Brotherhood changed drastically over the next four years. Following Muz's abdication of the Iron Throne and Pravus's assumption of power, priorities had been shuffled, and Plagueis had recovered its status as a clan. The One Sith were no longer a threat, and Drax was dead. However, it was the departure of Consul Teylas Ramar, which resulted in the ascension of a new leader who held no direct opinion of Ronovi in one way or the other, that convinced Tra'an that the Epicanthix could return to the Brotherhood in full capacity. After all, she had not actually been killed, but instead been rendered comatose before being put into a delicately maintained stasis chamber in Tra'an's personal section of the di Plagia vault.
Toward the beginning of 35 ABY, Tra'an decided to remove Ronovi from stasis and bring her back to the ranks of Plagueis. While she initially confronted her former comrade for obvious reasons, she was ultimately convinced to rejoin the Brotherhood, especially now that she was no longer considered a traitor by those in charge. With a reconciliatory drink proffered to her, she followed Tra'an to Aliso, the new Plagueian outpost. It was there that Ronovi subjected herself to rigorous training and meditation in order to regain her physical strength, her mental stamina, and her connection to the Force.
Readjusting to the Brotherhood, after so much time spent in a state of suspended animation, was laborious and sometimes humbling. Many of the people whom Ronovi had fraternized with were either dead or no longer a part of Plagueis, and for many months, she felt as if she were merely a shell of her former self, defeated and demoralized. Her desires for revenge also quickly dissipated, as Muz and Benevolent were no longer part of the Dark Council, but that left her with no course in her life for the first time. The timing could not have been more perfect, as Ronovi was then approached at an Aliso City cantina by the freshly appointed Dread Lord, Selika Roh, and given a new and unexpected job: Bodyguard.
Return to Form
- "The Grand Master forced me out of the Academy the moment I drew my saber and tried to forge my own destiny. When I tried it again, I was poisoned and stuffed into a temporary coffin until I mellowed out. And maybe it’s worked."
- ―Ronovi Tavisaen to Laren Uscot
Partially because she wanted to please Selika and partially because she had nothing better to do, Ronovi once again became active in Plagueis, serving in other roles apart from glorified security personnel. She appeared on the front line of battle when a Geonosian hive called the Valneikian Hive awoke from stasis and attacked Aliso City from a network of underground caves, and she assisted in the relocation of said Geonosians to the Valneikian Spire. Later on, the Dread Lord awarded Ronovi her second sapphire blade for her services to the clan and requested that she accompany her to the planet Nancora, in order to obtain a scroll allegedly written by Darth Plagueis himself as well as confront the Brotherhood’s newest enemy: an anti-Force organization known simply as the Collective.
Given that she was used to serving as a top notch soldier, Ronovi emerged from the Twelfth Great Jedi War relatively unscathed, and her respect for and dedication to Selika grew stronger. Rumors quickly spread among the Plagueian elite concerning the intensity and significance of the two women’s relationship, though neither of them would confirm or deny how close they truly were. When not focused on being the Dread Lord’s personal guard, Ronovi also spent quite a bit of time with a non-Force sensitive named Laren Uscot, ultimately convincing him that serving as Praetor under Headmaster Farrin Xies was only reinforcing the pattern of conformist indoctrination that she firmly believed the Shadow Academy was imposing. These interactions only emphasized the fact that, despite her troubled past, Ronovi still held sway over others as an advisor, mentor, and friend.
Ultimately, in the aftermath of Pravus stepping down as Grand Master and choosing Telaris "Mav" Cantor as his successor, Selika abdicated the Dread Lord's throne and assumed the position of Herald of the Brotherhood. Laren, who had been the Dread Lord’s Wrath for a brief period of time, left Aliso altogether, due at least in part to his in-depth conversations with Ronovi. Selika personally ordered Arden, who had been selected as Plagueis's new Consul, to appoint the Epicanthix as his Proconsul so that she could serve as the former Dread Lord’s eyes and ears on the summit. Ronovi hesitantly agreed to work with her former second-in-command, only this time, she was now his Wrath.
Wrath’s Encore
- "You owe this clan a life debt, Tavisaen - I took a risk saving you for that very reason. Now it's time to pay that debt and do your duty."
- ―Tra'an Reith
With her second tenure as the Dread Lord’s Wrath underway, Ronovi kept busy on Aliso and beyond. She worked with her Consul to stave off a slave uprising instigated by members of the Collective only a handful of months after she had been appointed to the Plagueis summit, interrogating and overseeing the torture of several Subjugates in the process. After that, she assisted her clan during the Battle of Meridian Prime, boarding a Collective cruiser and besieging the Meridian Prime space station. While the Brotherhood’s offensive severely weakened enemy forces, Ronovi remained wary, firmly believing that a wounded animal could lash out much more viciously than one in good health.
Following the Brotherhood’s latest campaign against the Collective, Plagueis entered a period of relative calm and stability, and Ronovi worked with Arden to multiply the clan's resources. Expanding their horizons past the Aliso system during a campaign known as Operation: Antiquity, they discovered a planet with potentially large mineral and ore deposits. It was there that they confronted and ultimately collaborated with Naga Sadow forces, as their Consul, Bentre Stahoes, was interested in finding Sith relics and artifacts. Plagueis was able to recover an incredible amount of materials to help bolster both military and economic elements of the clan after battling off droid battalions and pirates stationed on the planet.
Ronovi’s return as Wrath also reintroduced her to the Dark Summit and the Dark Council, where those who were skeptical of her motives ultimately, albeit reluctantly, accepted her presence. In the meantime, her relationship with Arden as his second-in-command remained tense and business-like. Even though she was observing him and reporting everything to Selika, she knew that the Dread Lord was watching her as well. That all would change, however, when Arden abdicated the Dread Throne, and Ronovi, begrudgingly and under pressure from certain members of the di Plagia circle, filled the void he left behind.
Dread Lord Reloaded
- "The Ascendancy has been attacked from the inside! Status of the Dread Lord unknown! We need back-up!"
- ―Cyvaria Ranin
Ronovi could already feel her connections shift and change drastically after her reluctant ascension to the Dread Throne for the second time. Selika had become entirely uninvolved with Plagueis, and consequently, the two women hardly spoke unless during official Dark Council business. Not only that, but due to her besmirched past as a traitor to the Brotherhood, the Epicanthix had difficulty maintaining alliances and diplomatic ties with other clans, especially those that had been most affected by her previous actions. This resulted in her feeling bitter and isolated as Dread Lord, yearning for the complacency she had practiced upon her removal from stasis.
Initially, Ronovi planned to create a different legacy for herself and for Plagueis entirely. She first appointed multiple non-Force users to important leadership positions, including a mercenary, TuQ'uan Varick, as her Wrath. While this was not an unconventional decision - after all, Selika had chosen Laren as her Proconsul - it still caused confusion and discord among the elites. Plagueians who desired for the Ascendant Clan to attain empire status were infuriated, believing that Ronovi intended to taint the way of the Sith. The new Dread Lord, however, was nonplussed, working with her latest apprentice, Lokast Falls, while preparing for the next Brotherhood conflict.
Called once again to fight during the Thirteenth Great Jedi War, Ronovi oversaw the operations of the Ascendant Fleet against the Thuvis Imperial Shipyard, attempting to salvage an alliance with an Imperialist organization known as the Severian Principate while also battling Collective forces. While the mission was ultimately a success, the Dread Lord was caught in the midst of a bombing aboard the Ascendancy, the assault resulting in the loss of her left arm. Ronovi, of course, decided to go with an obvious cybernetic replacement, and the intoxicating allure of vengeance returned and filled her with both fury and resolve. For the first time in years, the woman would become a force to be reckoned with.
Cult Of Personality
- "You are taking this personally. It's just business."
- ―Declan Roark
In the aftermath of the latest war, Ronovi was interested in taking a more offensive position against the Collective, rather than a defensive one. During the operation known as Code: Dread, not only did she send out elements of the Ascendant Fleet to eradicate Collective and Principate splinter cells, but she also waged a campaign within Aliso City to capture and eliminate dissidents within both the ranks of Plagueis and the Alisoan citizenry. With said dissent quashed and antagonistic forces withdrawing, the Dread Lord decided to evaluate the current standing of both houses Karness Muur and Ajunta Pall, analyzing their prowess and leadership.
Ronovi was dissatisfied with her findings, so she ordered her summit to close both houses and open a new singular house, House Tyranus, as well as invite various Plagueians to establish battle teams that would remain subservient to the Dread Throne, such as Opress Squadron. These changes faintly echoed the actions she had taken alongside Oberst during the reformation of Tarentum, but this time, Ronovi intended to make her decisions permanent for the Ascendant Clan. Because she was able to reduce the number of leaders who may have opposed her and placed non-Force users in prominent clan positions, her power as Dread Lord was only further consolidated. Not even the remaining di Plagia could hope to deter her, and the Consul did not need a kratocracy this time in order to boost her more authoritarian regime.
Only a few months after the opening of House Tyranus, Clan Vizsla, a new Mandalorian unit within the Brotherhood, was contracted to assassinate Arden and failed in the process. In response to Vizsla’s attempt to harm a member of Plagueis, the Dread Lord unilaterally declared war on the mercenary clan, sending the Ascendant Fleet and Ascendant Legion to assault the planet Zsoldos in what was known as the Zsoldos Incursion. However, the Dark Council quickly disrupted what would have been a narrow victory for Plagueis, as all the clans were summoned to quell prison riots on Tenixir. During this new operation, Ronovi was responsible for the death of Wrathus, the Dreadbringer of Opress, and once she returned to Aliso, she became hellbent on coaxing her subordinates to become more compliant to her decrees and her directives. The rule of the Mad King in the Ascendant Clan had officially begun.
Facing Phantoms
Like clockwork, the Brotherhood launched itself into yet another war campaign, this time defending its home system and core planet, Arx. The Collective had arrived at their doorstep, and consequently, Ronovi’s aim was to assert Plagueis’s dominance and send a message to the Dark Council that the Ascendant Clan was not to be underestimated. Not only did she lead the clan in rescuing Headmistress Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae from the Nesolat, but she also successfully brought the wrath of the Ascendant Legion down on Collective forces that attempted to besiege Eos City on Elos Vrai. The campaign would also result in the murder of Tyranus’s Aedile, Gaius Julius Caesar, whom Ronovi, quite appropriately, stabbed to death after he threatened her life.
The responses to Caesar’s death were mixed, but the most severe of which was TuQ’uan Varick’s resignation from the position of Dread Lord’s Wrath. Without batting an eyelash, Ronovi swiftly replaced him with Liandry Lhucca Cataa, another non-Force user, following the Brotherhood’s victory over the Collective. The Dark Council acknowledged Ronovi’s efforts by awarding her a second Ruby Scepter, but at this point, trophies felt meaningless when compared with her ultimate goal to forge a modern Sith Empire. She oversaw the creation of a number of new institutions in the Aliso system, including but not limited to the Helot Maximum Security Prison Complex, as helmed by Shimura Keibatsu, and the Damask Academy, where the "true" learning for Plagueis initiates would begin.
Having discovered prior to the Tenixir Riots that Laren Uscot and Kel Zar had been responsible for the contract on Arden, Ronovi anticipated an insurgency. She was pleasantly surprised to find that the resistance that the two had built was rather impressive: A sect of Collective, Principate, and Brotherhood defectors known as the Phantom Assembly. However, what she did not expect was how they would attack, and they successfully launched a distraction campaign in which a nest of Killiks attacked the Valneikian Spire. While the Ascendant Legion worked to fight off the swarm, the Assembly was able to destroy the Circle in a mostly symbolic move. Although the Ascendant Fleet was able to kill Kel Zar and another Phantom - a Mantellian Savrip named Hazard Friza - Laren escaped with the majority of his assembly. This would set the stage for more showdowns between the estranged former di Plagia and the Dread Lord, and Ronovi was eager to confront a former friend whom she now considered a dirty traitor.
I'll Do It By Myself!
As Ronovi further left her impression upon Plagueis's dominion and membership, she saw a quick rotation of leaders beneath her. Taranae Rhode and Khryso Mallus became the newest leaders of House Tyranus, and with them came new ideas for further fortifying and developing Fort Dooku. However, the clan was distracted by the arrival of reconnaissance data allegedly intercepted by TuQ'uan regarding the Phantom Assembly. It appeared that a certain artifact known to house energy like a conduit could be found on the planet Myrkr, and the Dread Lord was not willing to let it fall into enemy hands.
Upon arriving on Myrkr, however, Plagueis discovered that Clan Odan-Urr was also seeking out the artifact, and several skirmishes between the dark siders and the light siders ultimately led to the Jedi obtaining the prize. Humiliated and furious, Ronovi returned to the Ascendancy only to learn from Cyvaria Ranin that the information from TuQ'uan had been forged - the Phantom Assembly had never planned to come to Myrkr, but they had known Odan-Urr would show up and were eager to waste the Ascendant Clan's time. TuQ'uan denied that he had intentionally produced bad data and claimed that he had also been tricked, and the di Plagia sided with him, further enraging the Dread Lord.
No longer trusting her own leadership and concluding that Plagueis was rotten and unable to be saved, Ronovi determined that only she could take on the Phantom Assembly and bring back Laren's head on a pike. She left Liandry in charge as de facto Dread Lord and spent months seeking out the Assembly's location. However, what she did not anticipate was that Laren was waiting for her at the Assembly's headquarters, his preparation in part due to his ally being a powerful Force user by the name of Dasmen Tore.
A Gray Area
Laren and Dasmen were quick to intercept and incarcerate Ronovi, and she became the Assembly's most valued prisoner. However, no request for ransom was extended to Plagueis, and the clan never made a move to recover the Dread Lord. Once again, she was abandoned by the Brotherhood, and as she languished in a small cell, she found that not even meditating within the Force could soothe the bitter ache she felt in her bones.
Months went by. Unbeknownst to Ronovi, the Brotherhood decided to grant her a long overdue promotion to Adept, but it ultimately did not matter. Laren was hard at work, visiting Ronovi's cell almost daily and attempting to create conversation. Little by little, Ronovi felt her reluctance to speak with her former ally go down, and soon, they would spend hours together, talking about anything that came to mind. While Dasmen did not partake in the chatter, Laren revealed that they had also been a member of Plagueis but had defected in the aftermath of the Invasion of New Tython.
It took time, but Ronovi, at long last, came to grips with the fact that there was no going back to the Dark Jedi Brotherhood - at least, not as an ally of it. Laren and she agreed too much on a new path for her to return to the status quo. Once she was moved to proper quarters, Ronovi once again focused on improving her physical strength, connection to the Force, saberstaff maneuvers, and emotional stability. As the newest member of the Phantom Assembly, she was going to need every ounce of power she could get.
Characteristics
Physical Appearance
From a first look, Ronovi is looming and intimidating. As is typical of an Epicanthix, she stands over an impressive two meters in height, with a long torso and strongly built legs so that she towers over allies and opponents. Her weight gives her a more slender look, but in truth, she is built very much like a brick, being tough, sturdy, and battered. She is very well-toned, with broad shoulders and a chest that seems to belong more to a man than to a woman. Her right ear is slightly mangled, the lobe having been removed by a blaster bolt.
With her build being very appropriate to that of a soldier, Ronovi's other physical traits also complement her sharper and darker appearance. Her rounder jaw and more subdued cheekbones contrast well with her broader nose and thicker eyebrows. Her face holds a refined, almost noble aura about it despite a pronounced scar on the right side of her jaw and some small, white marks that line her chin, lips, and forehead. She keeps her naturally black hair long, usually tied back with a few strands falling across the nape of her neck and her collarbone. Overall, she has strong masculine features and has even been mistaken for a man from a distance.
Ronovi wears both civilian garb and military as well as ceremonial uniforms. Her battle attire includes standard military black boots and breeches, a bronze-hued breastplate and gauntlets, and a sleeveless black coat with silver accents, which replaces the standard Dark Jedi cloak or robe. Under the coat, she keeps a small flask at her side that is normally filled with Whyren's Reserve, a rare and expensive brand of Corellian whiskey. Her cybernetic left arm is intentionally exposed for others to see, while her left eye is a cybernetic implant, an electric patch that works as a vision replacement. Her organic eye, once a deep brown, has become amber due to the dark side's physiological effects on her body. Initially, Ronovi appears to be carved from a block of cold marble, but once closer, one can see the intricate details of her appearance, allowing her the threatening persona of a warrior.
Lightsabers and Lightsaber Forms
Ronovi's primary weapon is her lightsaber. Her first personalized lightsaber was crafted by Shikyo Keibatsu, who was the Herald of the Brotherhood at the time. Equipped with a bronze plasma blade, this single-handed saber boasted a long handle with a wooden texture and a brass-like tang guard carved around the emitter, easy to grip and beautifully constructed. It is safe to assume that Ronovi purposefully had the hilt resemble that of an ancient war sword, given her former reputation as both an Obelisk and a general. In order to better accommodate her evolved saber skills, Ronovi now wields a saberstaff with cerulean blades and a bare-boned silver and black hilt, built by Bale Andros.
Ronovi is a master of the brutal lightsaber form Juyo. When using Juyo, she fully demonstrates her caliber as a brawler and warrior, unleashing a primal monster from within as she batters against her enemies with pure, unfiltered strength and power. Because of her aggressive and almost dance-like attacks, her Force senses are amplified, as well as her capability to more efficiently execute abilities such as Force Rage in order to channel her emotions into formidable weapons against her foes.
When not using Juyo, Ronovi practices her secondary lightsaber form, Vaapad, which she learned while wielding a single-handed lightsaber. Rather than expelling her emotions outward in one big tornado of movement, Vaapad allows her to concentrate more adequately on the mindset and potential fury of her opponent, becoming more mentally stable and withdrawn as she fights. This also proves beneficial if she wishes to trick or belittle her enemies, luring them into a false sense of security with Vaapad before displaying her true identity as a Juyo adept.
Combat
- "If I had to choose between fighting a Rancor, or Ronovi...I'd take the Rancor."
- ―Marick Tyris
Besides her lightsaber, Ronovi utilizes various other weapons. She is a frequent wielder of heavy blaster pistols, normally carrying at least one on her person during battles. While she prefers using blasters in the style of the JSP-14 pistol or the DH-17 pistol, she sometimes resorts to using hold-out blasters and scout pistols due to their size and sleekness.
Having dabbled in swordsmanship in the years before and during her time in the Brotherhood, Ronovi also deploys swords, daggers, and knives in combat. She occasionally totes her two sapphire blades, relying on them as back-ups in case she is disarmed of her primary weapon. On select missions, Ronovi carries vibroshivs as well as vibroknucklers, which allow her close and almost intimate contact with her opponent before slitting his or her throat. When Ronovi wishes to enact a slower demise, she uses her ruby scepter as a blunt weapon.
Ronovi is trained in Broken Gate and has a rudimentary understanding of the basic patterns and principles of Mandalorian Core. Vibroknucklers also give her an excuse to go straight into hand to hand combat, since she can use the vibroblades for defense and bring her enemy to a bloody death.
The Force
Due to her emphasis in physical power, Ronovi can be considered a minimalist of the Force in terms of actual Force attacks. This was once due to her Force powers being feebler than those of her equally ranked allies, and she did not feel confident using them. Although she has now mastered several powerful Force abilities, she has gotten used to counting on her own senses and instincts rather than on her Force control, though she does depend on the Force to amplify her physical prowess. Since her removal from stasis, Ronovi has also admittedly become quite a fan of using Force lightning.
Because she is an Epicanthix, Ronovi has a rare genetic immunity to mental intrusion from the Force. However, this does not mean that she cannot be deceived through mind tricks, illusions, or terrors, and due to her loud and bombastic nature, sometimes she simply spills the beans to whomever is interrogating her, especially if she is inebriated. Her genetics also prevent her from telepathically communicating with others through the Force, which can be a frustrating setback in certain combat situations. Still, due to her deep immersion in dark side lore as Headmaster, Ronovi has become far more resistant to Force attacks, capable of shrugging off or deflecting Force assaults directed by all but the most powerful Equites and Elders in the Brotherhood.
Ronovi is not a follower of any specific Force doctrines or teachings, despite the fact that she has grown familiar with several Force philosophies. This is because she simply thinks of the Force as a tool rather than a mystical entity. She maintains a down-to-earth, no-nonsense perspective of the dark side, practicing its arts with the idea that it assists her toward a greater end goal. To her, the Force is a manual, not a spiritual guide or almighty deity; what is most crucial is the individual power garnered from the Force and the results of its teachings and its history. While many compare such a mindset to Obelisk ideologies, Ronovi claims that it is merely common sense.
Personality
- "If she wants you to be her student, you'll know. You'd do better to apprentice yourself to a hurricane - less temperamental, less dangerous, and simpler. And drier."
- ―Eiko
Ronovi's personality has rapidly evolved throughout the years. She was a hot-headed, power-hungry child and adolescent, a true fighter at heart and more brawn than brain. As she grew older, however, she assumed more of a military mind, both crafty and calculating as a general in Tarentum and an advisor in Arcona. The Shadow Academy later gave her the opportunity to sharpen her senses and her understanding of the galaxy, as she was permitted to study the archives and artifacts of the Dark Vault despite her lower rank. Because of this, she became so steeped in arcane dark side knowledge that, without realizing it, she cultivated the sort of ruthlessness that could lead her to break a man's neck for the slightest offense. As a result, Ronovi can be called a dark scholarly warrior: Powerful, malevolent, and remarkably intelligent.
However, Ronovi's continually growing prowess and intimidating demeanor does not mean that her old habits have faded away. She is still a blunt, sharp-tongued, and cynical character. Despite her strategic abilities, she can become quite spastic on and off the battlefield. Her rambunctiousness, unhindered honesty, and affinity for drinking contribute to her occasionally belligerent behavior. It is commonly known that Ronovi enjoys inflicting pain, treating it like a form of entertainment and emphasizing her more sadistic nature. Fortunately, she is able to keep some of her brutal mannerisms under control, instead handling most non-combat situations with sarcasm, wit, and a casual air. Basically, Ronovi can easily punch a man in the jaw and then tell a joke about it later.
Ronovi has few friends, seldom trusting others outside her small circle of allies. Besides knowing Basic as well as Epicant, her fluency in Bocce allows her to communicate with a large variety of species in the galaxy on a militant as well as economic level. She is almost compulsive regarding her equipment and combative techniques, and she cannot tolerate romantic feelings of any kind, even though she is very susceptible to sexual attractions and lustful temptations. Ronovi is recognized by some as a strong mentor, but many others consider her far too dangerous, obsessive, and temperamental to be relied on.
Apprentices
Jaron Kai
23 ABY - 24 ABY
Jaron Kai was Ronovi's first apprentice, beginning her training under the then Dark Jedi Knight shortly before the Ninth Great Jedi War. As she was ranked Protector at the time, Jaron had already proven to Ronovi that she was a capable fighter as well as a reliable member of Cestus. The two were also on friendly rather than merely cordial terms, and their master and student relationship was sided with a shared wit and perspective. Unfortunately, Jaron disappeared from Tarentum's set up base during the Reclamation of Antei and has not been seen since. She last held the rank of Jedi Hunter.
Syrna Valkiss
26 ABY - 29 ABY
Syrna Valkiss was Ronovi's second apprentice, beginning her training under the then Obelisk Prelate shortly after she earned the rank of Novice. Unlike Jaron Kai, Syrna harbored a much more reserved attitude toward her given tasks and assignments within Tarentum. As Ronovi was once on good terms with Syrna's brother, Severon Vercingetorix, she was aware of the woman's turbulent past and hoped to use it in order to submit her fully to the dark side. When Ronovi left Yridian space in order to join Arcona's ranks, Syrna decided to stay behind and was later killed during the Siege of Eden. She last held the rank of Guardian.
Giovanni Palermo
27 ABY - 29 ABY
Giovanni Palermo was Ronovi's third apprentice, having held the rank of Jedi Hunter for several years before becoming the then Obelisk Prelate's student. After becoming disenchanted with his former master, he was encouraged to seek assistance from Archean Erinos Tarentae only to discover that the situation would not improve his already stagnant progress. Ronovi, feeling that the long-term Tarenti needed a strong and persistent mentor, placed Giovanni under a strict training regimen, hoping to push him over the last remaining hurdles on his long path to knighthood. It took two more years, but Giovanni was at last elevated to Dark Jedi Knight while serving in Arcona alongside his master, becoming the first and only of Ronovi's apprentices to obtain the prized rank.
Lokast Falls
37 ABY - 39 ABY
Lokast Falls was Ronovi's fourth apprentice, beginning his training under the Warlord shortly before the Thirteenth Great Jedi War. Only a year older than his master was, Lokast suffered from a traumatic childhood and had only recently emerged from self-imposed hermitage, though said hermitage mostly included heavy drinking and Force suppression due to the death of his mother. Ronovi's plan was to utilize the man's tortured past in a beneficial way, teaching him to accept his powers and hone them. Ronovi lost contact with Lokast after being captured by the Phantom Assembly.
Trivia
- While Ronovi is a female character, her creator is non-binary and uses they/them pronouns.
- Ronovi was based on a previously written Sith character named Darth Desov, which was used by her creator for informal roleplaying sessions.
- Ronovi has acquired a large amount of nicknames throughout the years, but the most enduring one is, "Ronnie."
- Ronovi also has a knack for giving others nicknames. For example, Tasha'Vel Versea happily welcomed being called, "Sweet Buns," and Shimura Keibatsu is now known as, "Shimmy Shimmy Shakeibatsu."
- Ronovi emerged as Champion of the Independence Games in 29 ABY, taking first place in five events.
- Ronovi was recognized as the Second Hero of the Tenth Great Jedi War, upstaged only by Benevolent Taldrya Whiner.
- Ronovi was recognized as the Fifth Hero of the Horizons Crisis.
- Ronovi was recognized as the Tenth Hero of the Dark Crusade, despite never finishing the campaign due to her original intent to betray the Brotherhood and her inevitable time spent in stasis.
- Ronovi was recognized as the Seventh Hero of the Thirteenth Great Jedi War.
- Ronovi earned the family name Dupar upon becoming Headmaster, only to relinquish it after she was forced out of the position.
- Don't worry, though - Ronovi's creator chose to resign as Headmaster. Having Ronovi fired was just more intriguing fictionally.
- Ronovi's creator has met only one Brotherhood member in real life: Slags, the man behind Xander Drax, Solus Gar, and Selika Roh. They once lived only 40 miles away from one another.
- Ronovi's unofficial title is the Pontiff of Proofreading, due to her creator's experience as both a writer and English teacher, as well as their knack for finding and fixing the smallest of mechanical errors.
- Ronovi's creator's favorite description of the character comes from Atyiru Caesura Entar Arconae: "Sergeant Major Butch Character." Accurate.
- Ronovi is currently tied with Selika for the record for most Gold Novae won by a single individual in Brotherhood vendettas, with a total of 22.
- Second only to her addiction to Whyren's, Ronovi is obsessed with seafood, which has led to many sushi outings with Tasha'Vel Versea on multiple planets. This may or may not be connected to her creator's own penchant for maki rolls, uramaki rolls, and sashimi.
- Fun little fact: While Ciara Tearnan Rothwell Tarentae was the first female Consul of Tarentum and Ronovi was the second female Consul of Tarentum, Ronovi was the first female Headmaster of the Shadow Academy years before Ciara became the second female Headmaster. That's beautiful.