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- "Finis. Origine. Pendent - The End Depends Upon the Beginning"
- ―Talos' mantra
Talos Erinos is an Obelisk Templar in service to Clan Arcona and has served his beloved Clan in a wide array of capacities. Currently, Talos is the Aedile of House Galeres, the first to hold the position since Arcona was raised once more to Clan status in the dawn of 35 ABY. The young Human is also a member of the Erinos, one of the most influential families in the Dark Jedi Brotherhood, and it is from them that he is learning advanced combat and leadership tactics.
Of the Brotherhood and for the Brotherhood (Character History)
The symbol of Arcona's Black Operations Team
Enter Oblivion
- "Nothing is true, Everything is Permitted"
- ―Oblivion Creed
It wasn't long after Talos' honorable discharge as Aedile of House Qel-Droma that he came to the attention of one of his former subordinates, Marick Del'Abbot. Publicly, Marick was a Hapan nobleman serving as an emissary to the Dajorra System, but in actuality, he was the Captain of Oblivion Brigade, Arcona's Black Operations Team. Talos had worked with Marick on quite a few occasions and, along with Quaestor Driftan Housan, was the official signature on many of Oblivion's writs of assassination as they fulfilled their mandate of carrying out clandestine operations and monitoring Arcona's own Dark Jedi populace as Internal Affairs.
Unfortunately, with Talos' recent appointment to House Rollmaster, he would no longer possess the clearance to directly deal with the Black Ops Team. However, true to his noble upbringing, when Marick saw something he wanted, he would often go to great lengths of make sure he got it. This was true with Talos; by finding loopholes in the Doto Doctrine, Del'Abbot was able to add the new Rollmaster to the ranks of Oblivion, alongside fellow House prodigies such as the Entar trio of Strategos, Timeros, and Legorii as well as bounty hunter Kant Lavar.
And so Talos Omerta became an official Oblivion Agent, though his duties to Arcona's new recruits as Rollmaster always came first. Ironically, it was due to the Brigade's training and conditioning that resulted in the Rollmaster having to vacate his position after a solid 4 months of service; the cross-immunization/addition of hurlothrumbic gases (fear generators) to Talos' bloodstream made him come off as cold, calculating, and deadly; something that was perfect for an Oblivion Agent, but not so much for a Rollmaster, one responsible for dealing with the new apprentices.
After complaints of apprentices transferring to other Houses or even leaving the Brotherhood outright became to numerous to ignore, Talos and the Summit met quietly and discussed yet another honorable discharge. With the appreciation and blessing of the House Summit, and a Steel Cross pinned to his chest, Talos Omerta handed over the reigns of the Rollmastership to Timeros Caesus Entar Arconae, who was in fact, an Oblivion Agent himself. However, Timeros's far greater knowledge of the Force allowed him to counteract the hurlothrumbic gases within him and serve as an exemplary Rollmaster.
As for Talos, he went on "active duty" with Oblivion Brigade and for a considerable chunk of time, he was away from the Arconan Capital on Brigade business, hunting down those who had deserted the Shadesworn House. When Omerta returned, he was colder than before and, or so rumor has it, he had personally executed two of the errant apprentices who had deserted Arcona because he was so "unnerving".
Vice-Captain
- "You're now on dual assignments. Primarily, you'll be working with me as my right hand. But when I don't need you, you and Agent Fortea will be comprising Delta Cell"
- ―Cpt. Marick Del'Abbot, appointing and reassigning Vcp. Talos Omerta
Talos Omerta took to being an Oblivion Agent like a fish to water and as he impressed not only his Captain, but also the Arconan Summit, he was given more important missions, often ones taking place right in Estle City. One such assignment was a mission codenamed "Contract 002", which had the Agent paired up with his commanding officer, Marick Del'Abbot, while the two black operatives investigated a ring of smugglers that had been moving weapon and drug contraband into the Citadel.
Working in tandem, Talos and Marick tracked the ring's inside man to the Giletta Spaceport, Estle's main transport hub. The inside man himself was one Nathaniel Dunkirk, a Captain in the Dajorra Defence Force and a former Dark Jedi of Arcona. With this information in hand, the pair created an elaborate strategy to bring Captain Dunkirk to justice...Oblivion style. Agent Omerta would take the place of one of Dunkirk's staff officers, First Lieutenant Jonathan Hale, and would be tasked with bringing Nathaniel to Giletta's Freight Terminal, where Marick would be waiting with a landspeeder to whisk Defence Captain Dunkirk away to Oblivion's safehouse.
The plan went off without a hitch, true to Oblivion's professional operating standard, and four days after the contract had been assigned, Nathaniel Dunkirk had been interrogated and summarily executed, with vital information about the smuggling ring being passed onto the Dajorra Intelligence Agency. As for Marick and Talos, both were lauded, albeit privately; for Captain Del'Abbot, this was a promotion to the rank of Obelisk Prelate and for Talos Omerta, he was appointed to the position of the Vice-Captain of Oblivion Brigade, in which he would serve as Marick's second-in-command.
Strong...Army Strong
- "Your experience and knowledge would be...beneficial. You will be compensated, of course"
- ―Aedile Wuntila to Talos Omerta, on helping found the Arcona Army Corps.
Shortly after Talos' appointment to the Vice-Captaincy of Oblivion Brigade, he was summoned to the office of his former counterpart and now superior, Wuntila Zratian Entar. Once there, the Human-Theelin informed Talos of a massive initiative that would bring the Dajorra System's defenses up to date while also providing an outlet for the Force-Sensitive members of Arcona. Better yet, the entire Initiative would be run off of the Shadesworn Project that Talos undertook for his Clan in 33 ABY, acting as the Head Researcher into Selen's first Force-Sensitive inhabitants.
The distinctive unit insignia of the Arcona Army Corps
Wuntila then explained the initiative...that of creating a new Military, one to replace the outdated Dajorra Defence Force and the Arcona Expeditionary Force. The new military would be more traditional, consisiting of three separate branches, or corps; the Army Corp, the Naval Corp, the Starfighter Corp. The final branch would be the invite-only Dajorra Intelligence Agency, of which House Rollmaster and erstwhile Oblivion Agent Timeros Entar Arconae would be directing.
Along with Andrelious J. Inahj (who was heading the Starfighter Corp) and Wuntila himself (who was in charge of the Naval Corp), Omerta was given temporary control of ground-based resources, with the mandate to turn those resources, which included men, vehicles, and land, into a fully-functioning Army. He did so, in the process recruiting two very valuable military officers; one was Richor Mills, the former training mate of the pirate crew to which Talos belonged, and a Chiss named Jaco'be'lexo. These two would become Army Commander Danyar Marison, the training officer of the Corps, and Army General Jaco'be'lexo, the deputy commanding general of the entire Army Corps..
Two months passed, in which the General, Commander, and Sith formed a sort of triumvirate, and by the end of the eighth week, House Arcona had a fully-fledged Army Corps, with personnel joining almost immediately, both as new enlistees and those transferring their careers or commissions from the soon-to-be-defunct DDF and AEF. Talos' last act as Interim Leader of the Army was to present the new Army to not only Aedile Entar and Quaestor Erinos, but also to Dark Adept Sashar Erinos Arconae, who would be taking over the Army as the Major-General. It was at this ceremony that Wuntila made good on his word of compensation...less than 30 seconds after Talos had relinquished command to General Erinos, the latter turned around and offered Talos a commission in the Army.
It would be only the first stepping stone in what would eventually lead to Talos Omerta and Sashar Erinos becoming family.
In the Basement
- "Good evening, Commissioner"
- ―Marick Del'Abbot to Talos Omerta, 34 ABY
In addition to his duties as an Army Officer, Talos would soon be taking on additional responsibilities as the second Commissioner of the Arcona Contract Bureau; succeeding his friend and Captain, Marick Del'Abbot, due to the Hapan's increasing importance in official Summit matters, Talos took over the day-to-day administration of the Bureau and became even more plugged into the lifeflow of Arcona as Housemates, both new and old, came to him to request contracts in everything from assassination to VIP protection.
Despite the immense amount of holowork that came with the job, Talos soon fell in love with it and, with the permission of his Summit, began to expand the Bureau's operational boundaries; soon, contractors found themselves fulfilling contracts on worlds as distant as Corulag and handling matters that were officially out of the purview of the Selenian government. The Bureau didn't go unnoticed however, and as contractors actions began to tip the scales in favor of House Arcona, more and more organizations, most shady and/or clandestine in nature, began subcontracting jobs to Talos and the Bureau.
For the most part, Talos accepted all of the subcontracting work, as he had encountered many of the organizations either previously in his Brotherhood career or elsewhere during his life, but he religiously adhered to one rule:
"No Contract Could Ever Endanger House Arcona or the Dark Jedi Brotherhood in any way whatsoever"
Talos in his beskar'gam
Aliit Iru'shya Tal'din (34 ABY - Present)
A More Physical Approach
- "Celahir, I need a favor"
- ―Talos to Celahir, late 34 ABY
During the Brotherhood Vendetta known as "Disorder", Talos Omerta realized that, as much as he loved the clandestine (and often illict) ways in which Oblivion Brigade conducted their business, he was going to get hurt in the field unless he started to embrace a more physical and upfront fighting style.
Because Fate can be a cruel mistress, Talos' prediction came true; while marching on the Temple Boyna with the a platoon of his brethren Sith and their conscripted troopers, they came under fire from a Krath patrol group and the young Humanoid would have surely died on the sandy plains of Antei, had he not given into the base temptations of the Dark Side and pulled a Sith Trooper in front of him, to absorb the blaster fire of a Mechu-Deru enhanced battle droid. Omerta and his platoon escaped death that day and before the Dark Jedi Knight found any more danger, the Vendetta was called to a halt, with the revelation that Jedi Master Michael Halcyon was the true catalyst behind the Order War. The Order Armadas were disbanded and Houses reformed, with Talos rejoining his beloved Arconan brethren on Selen.
Talos spent the "down-time", if it could be called that, developing a new outlook on combat. While he would still continue to serve as the Oblivion Brigade's Vice-Captain, he decided that he would start to split his time and talents between Black Operations and a more overt way to fight, something that would take advantage of his new-found powers, granted to him by his promotion to Sith Warrior. And who better to learn from, he decided, than the most fearsome warriors the galaxy had ever known -- the Mandalorians.
Proving
As it so happened, some of House Arcona's most steadfast and loyal vassals were members of a group called the Erinos, which was not only a family of master combatants, but also of Mandalorian Force-Adepts. And one of their newer members was recently retired Consul Celahir Erinos, who Talos befriended during their time together in House Qel-Droma, when the Great Clans still existed, and then further as Rollmaster and Quaestor of House Arcona.
Confident in his friendship with the Kiffar, Talos approached Celahir in late 34 ABY and asked, more accurately begged, to be taken under one of the Erinos' wings and taught how to properly fight -- in other words, be trained as a Mandalorian. Flattered and amused, Celahir gave his consent and conferred with the rest of his brethren. Word came a day later that the Erinos had decided to accept Talos into a sort of improvised "training class" along with fellow Arconans Maaks and Voden Arijin.
Earning The Armor
- "Brother to brother, in life..and death. From now until the day that the Manda calls us home, I am yours"
- ―Words spoken at the Erinos Induction Ceremony
Training as a Mandalorian was anything but easy, especially for Talos and Maaks, who were not born into the Mandalorian way. On the orders of former Consul-and-current-Soulfire Sergeant, Sashar Erinos, the three Erinos trainees had been relocated to the Venku Range, the site of the Erinos homestead on the planet of Arconae Primus. Once settled into their new home, Sashar further decreed that the new recruits were to be stripped of everything except their smallclothes and, for Talos and Voden, their lightsabers, promising that from this point forward, anything that the trio would need would come from the family.
And he was right; everything from the simple brown fatigues that the three wore during training excercises, to their blaster weapons (A280 rifles and SSK-7s), training armor, and hygenic items, were provided from the family's bounty. This included food, which was brought in one of two ways:
- The recruit trio, when not running combat training operations or doing other household chores around the Range, were sent hunting, bid not to return until they had enough meat to serve the entire family for a week.
- Under the supervision of either Sashar, Celahir, or Malidir (Zandro remained on Selen, ruling Arcona as Quaestor and Juda was off with Kieran tracking down Dash Kuatir), either Talos, Maaks, or Voden would take turns going out into the Venku Range's pastures to pick an animal to kill and prepare for that week's meal.
Life as a Mandalorian trainee soon took on a predictable, but nonetheless tiring, pattern; at exactly 0600 on Mondays-Thursday, Sashar's bellowing voice would jolt Talos, Maaks, and Voden from their lean-to and signal that they had 15 minutes to wash, dress in their fatigues, and assemble outside the lean-to. From there, they would jog a mile around the perimiter of the compound before reporting to the homestead's outdoor firing range and battle circle (the order would switch day-to-day).
The sigil of the Erinos Family
In the afternoons, the trio would run simulated combat operations with all of the Erinos that were present (it was hardly the same group twice, except for Sashar and Malidir). These simulations furthered the recruit's knowledge and prowess with small squad tactics in a wide array of settings, as Arconae Primus' unique land features lent the Erinos family an advantage; the ancient ruins that dotted the planet, as well as the Venku Range itself, could be set up to serve as a mock-urban environment, while the forests and swamps provided a harder, more natural challenge, and finally the open fields and mountains trained the Talos and the two other would-be Mandalorians in invasion tactics and also environmental survival.
On Fridays, the recruit's had the day off from training...however, the Mandalorian definition of "having the day off" varies drastically from it's galactic definition; instead of lounging in a chair and watching the HoloNet, or going out to the various clubs to get drunk and whore, Talos and his two friends spent their time studying both Erinos and Mandalorian history, topographical maps of the Dajorra System's planets, as well as doing household chores around the Range. As Talos quickly learned, just because their days weren't spent holding a blaster didn't mean they were any less strenuous.
And the last two days of the galactic week, Saturday and Sunday, were blocked off. These were the days that Talos, Maaks, and Voden were to return to House Arcona, both to fulfill their oaths as Dark Jedi of the Shadow House but also to give them true time to rest and recover, as the whole cycle began again at 0600 the following day.
And then after two consecutive months of training, both the mind and body,...it was over.
Brother to Brother
On a beautiful evening in early 35 ABY, mere days before Arcona would learn that they had regained Clan status, Talos Omerta, and his two comrades, Maaks and Voden Arijin, were summoned to the main homestead in the Erinos compound. Unlike the numerous amount of hours that the trio had spent there during training, the homestead was different. The skylights were closed, the windows had their blinds shut, and the soft halogenic lighting had been turned off in favor of a considerable fire burning in the center hearth; indeed, the only normal thing about the homestead was its inhabitants, the Erinos Mandalorians, who were all clad in their beskar'gam, helmets and all.
There was also another major difference about this visit than all the rest...it was deadly quiet, with the exception of the crackling fire. That didn't last long however, as once all three potential Erinos were in the common room, the gray-armored man standing in the middle of the line of Erinos removed his helmet and spoke.
Sashar Erinos Arconae bid the three to step close to the fire, after which the Erinos formed a circle around them. Sashar then further ordered Talos to take a step forward, so that he was closest to Sashar. The Dark Adept, as he was wont to do, wasted no time in saying the following:
"Brother to Brother, in life..and death. From now until the day that the Manda calls us home, I am yours"
Initially confused, Talos quickly realized that he had completed his training...that he was being fully welcomed into the Erinos. After Sashar had finished saying those words, he moved Talos to the right, where Malidir was standing. The grizzled Soulfire commando, farmer, and Arconae echoed Sashar's words and revealed a white Mandalorian breastplate, which he attached to the flightsuit that Talos was wearing. And then, mirroring his Sergeant, Malidir passed him on to Zandro, who said the same words, his face one big smile, and then presented Talos with a left pauldron to add to his flightsuit.
Talos moved around the circle of Erinos, with Maaks going through the same process and Voden after him. The young Humanoid visited Celahir next (who gave him the matching right pauldron) then Juda (who gave him a set of gauntlets), then Kieran (the left greave), followed by Xayun (the right greave), then Archean (the boots). Finally, Talos had completed the circle and been welcomed into the Erinos Family by all of its members, only to find himself once again in front of their, now his, new Patriarch.
But unlike before, Sashar had no words to say; he only smiled before presenting Talos with the final, and most important, piece of Mandalorian armor...the buy'ce, or helmet. It to was white, like the seven other pieces he now wore, and he took the helmet with a sort of reverance, before slipping it on over his head and moving out of the way, so that Maaks could receive his helmet.
And that was that, when the three had entered the homestead, they had been Talos Omerta, Maaks Miraluka, and Voden Arijin. But now, those three people were gone, replaced by people who were not only physically but mentally stronger than before. They were replaced by Erinos.
Talos (second Sith) in the Gladitorial Arena during the Independence Games
Risen from the Ashes
- "It's as I promised, vod"
- ―Celahir to Talos, upon Arcona's reinstatement as a Clan
Ad Infinitum
- "Zandro has been captured..."
- ―Sashar Erinos
Alas, having constant success and victory is not the way of the Dark Jedi, no matter how desperately one may wish it. Within two months of Arcona's reinstatement as a Clan and the Independence Games, in which an Arconan emerged Champion, tragedy struck in the form of Consul Zandro Erinos Arconae being captured. While this was totally predictable, it was a tragedy nonetheless and so the new Clan scrambled into action. From the Erinos Homestead on the Venku Range, Sashar made a politically-damning move of rejecting the help of Army Colonel John J. Malay, his friend and former guard captain, stating that the rescue of Zan'ika would be handled as a family affair. From there, the Erinos Alor'verde (commander in Mando'a) split the Family into two teams; Team 1 would be comprised of himself, Malidir, Kieran, and Juda and would investigate the Wunhelion Ring of Estle City, where the Death Walkers had set up their camp during the last invasion.
Talos came into play in making up Team 2 with Celahir. Due to their current positions and Celahir's former status as a Lord Consul, they were sent off in search of records pertaining to the Death Walker's whereabouts, mainly searching for records pertaining to Operation: RESISTANCE, the codename for the last, and almost successful, takeover attempt the Walkers made against the Clan. Unfortunately, due to the highly classified nature of RESISTANCE, hardcopy records were stored in the D'Arthe Facility, one of two Secure Operational Information Storage Facility, or SOISFs, in the entire Dajorra System.
To make matters worse, the D'Arthe Facility was run by none other than Army Captain Mark Malay, the Colonel's son, and assisted by Lieutenant Commander Miralda Greyspak, a Naval officer who served on Celahir's staff when he was Consul and wished to take their relationship beyond the boundaries of "superior-subordinate", something that wasn't reciprocated by the then-Consul. Therefore, with two political enemies united and standing in front of what the two Erinos needed to rescue their brother, Talos and Celahir had to strip away their layers of restraint and in a dazzling display of swordsmanship, Force prowess, and combat training, the Dark Jedi incapictated the Facility's organic staff and reduced their contingent of EverAlert security droids to scrap.
Finally, it was down to CPT. Malay and LCDR. Greyspak, who were both vetted members of the Arcona Special Operations Command and graduates of the highly classified CI-5 program run by the DIA, and as such were resistant to most tortues and immune to Celahir pulling rank (as he was a Special Forces Major). So it left the duo with little choice but to show the Captain and Commander exactly why the Dark Jedi were the rulers of the Dajorra System and, on Talos' part, why the agents of the Oblivion Brigade were so feared.
No one can quite be sure what happened in the confines of the younger Malay's office, but a half hour later Talos and Celahir emerged victorious, along with a now subdued Mark Malay and Miralda Greyspak who would be returned to their previous duty stations and serve as military informants for the Erinos Family.
After the Mandalorian Family reunited at the Range, their information was compiled and analyzed and the Arconan ori'ramikade began to devise a plan to locate the Death Walkers, their leader TOWITO, and rescue their Consul brother. However, before the armor could be donned, the Family were informed of acting-Consul Wuntila Zratian Entar's newest order...to assemble in the Citadel. It was time to rescue the capture-prone Zandro.
Part 2: The Rescue
The actual rescue mission, codenamed AD INFINITUM, took place a week and a half later. A special task force consisting of four modified LAAT/i's were launched from the NSD Invicta and made planetfall on Despayre at 0630 hours. While the original plan was for the combined task force, consisting of six platoons of Arcona Army Troopers, to take the Death Walker's stronghold by force, the Erinos Mandalorians had a different plan.
By injecting the servicemembers of Platoon 1 with a nasty (but nonlethal) strain of the flu, the supercommandos took their place and with Talos at the helm of the larty, broke away from the formation and assaulted the DW compound themselves. What ensued was a brutal but relatively quick skirmish with the feral creatures and in a testament to their professionalism and hours of training, the Erinos had their VIP brother out and loaded onto their comandeered LAAT/i before the actual Army task force had finished assembling for the planned assault.
File:ZandroBack.jpgThe Lord Consul addressing Clan Arcona mere hours after his rescue
True to their dedication to the Clan, Task Force: Mando had Zandro back on Selen within six hours of his rescue and in an indication of his stamina, the Consul held an outdoor rally in which he praised his rescuers and shared with the Clan the premonition of war that he had envisioned while in captivity. War was coming to the Brotherhood he said, and it was high time for Arcona to finalize their preparations.
The Rise of Galeres/Starscream Tactical Solutions
- "We Do It All...With A Bang"
- ―STS' motto
Appearance and Personality
Talos Erinos stands on the very cusp of six feet (5'11.5) and weighs just about 145 lbs, most of which is toned muscle, due to the rigor of his life as a Mandalorian as well as the harsh treatment he endured when serving out his year long sentence on Yacko-1. His complexion is very fair and refuses to keep any sort of tan, despite the hours that Talos has spent outdoors, both on military operations and for pleasure. Nevertheless, this compliments his short-cropped black hair and ice-blue eyes nicely, lending him an air of dangerous importance, something that Talos has been working hard to portray since his ascension to the Aedileship of House Galeres
Ever since being sent to Yacko-1 for a year, Talos' behavior has taken on two distinct sides; while doctors and the various medical specialists of the galaxy would call this being bi-polar, it's not. Rather, Talos has one behavior for when he is on official business, which is calm and collected and has his voice keeping (mostly) to an even level. In this behavior, Talos is extremely polite and charming, (though his very presence and Force signature has an underlying sense of danger to it) and he is constantly aware of Clan protocol, meaning that he is respectful to both superiors and subordinates, but is not afraid to voice his own opinions or use his position (Galeres Aedile and Army Lieutenant) to ensure that his demands are met.
Then there is the other side....Most likely stemming from his year on Yacko-1, where he was among not only the Brotherhood's worst criminals, but also the entire Antei System's, Talos is gruff and callous. While he remains respectful of his superiors, he is very blunt and "to-the-point", something that has served him well since being adopted as a Mandalorian, and often uses foul language and cracks bawdy jokes, which usually deal with some of Selen or Eldar's more "well-known" women.
Attire
- "You just can't help but to show off your biceps, can you?"
- ―Dralin Fortea
- "I like it"
- ―Maaks Erinos
Talos has many outfits which he has employed in his myriad of roles within Clan Arcona, from ceremonial robes to his Mandalorian armor. However, his chosen outfit is a sleevless black tunic (with the logo of Arcona sewn onto the upper-left pectoral) that he wears half-tucked into gray field slacks with a pair of durasteel-toed combat boots covering his feet. Additional accessories include a gray bandolier that Talos wears diagonally over his chest, in which he keeps various "mission-essential" items, as well as "focus bands" that are tied around his biceps and the classic utility belt from which the Templar hangs his lightsaber.
Talos prefers this ensemble for a number of reasons, mainly because it's highly adaptable and doesn't restrict movement in the slightest as well as the fact that because of it's base appearance, the young Human can move through crowds without attracting undue attention.
It needs to be noted however, that while Talos prefers what he calls his "field robes", he is not ignorant to other outfits, as he is known to wear his blue and black Mandalorian armor (see holo-image above) during combat operations, training, and war time. And finally, as befits a loyal vassal of Clan Arcona, Talos can be seen in his Shadesworn robes during the more formal ceremonies or holidays that the Clan celebrates.
Distinguishing Marks
Cranial Implants
One of the things that made Talos so appealing to the Antei Special Missions Service, was his cranial implants. Originally installed to prevent him from dying when he was shot in the head during a botched T&O raid on Corulag, Talos later underwent modification surgery to have the implants increase his memory space; this is accomplished by the implants taking the form of a small datacore, literally a second brain, that was installed somewhere near the left frontal lobe. Talos made great use of his implants during his time an Oblivion Agent and spy, as the implants allowed him to store and file away any information he obtained without having to plug multiple flash drives into the dataframe.
The surgery was done systematically and professionally, and the only evidence that Talos was ever operated on is a small, curved piece of alumabronze/duranium on his left temple that covers the surgery site. Due to the coverplates decorative nature, the Erinos usually passes it off as a piece of ceremonial jewelery and keeps its true purpose a closley guarded secret, for security reasons.
Tattoos
There have been times when Talos has taken part in some event, operation, or mission that is so memorable that the scars he has accumulated from said mission just simply aren't enough to remember it by. To help him recount his colorful history as a Dark Jedi, Talos has started something of a tattoo collection. As of now, the Erinos has three tattoos.
Right Pectoral
On his well-defined right pectoral muscle, Talos has an ink-representation of a black snake, uncoiled and ready to strike. The Equite has never admitted the significance of this tattoo, but Clan-mates have theorized that it must be pretty important, as one of Talos' Force-Wraiths also take the form of a snake.
Left Forearm
It is here that Talos bears the trophy of one of his most cherised times while in the Dark Jedi Brotherhood...his service with the Oblivion Brigade. All members of the Black Ops Team are branded with the image of a black skull with Arconan logo imposed on the crown of the head. Per Oblivion ritual, this tattoo is placed on either the right or left forearm as it also serves as a physical indictation of where an Oblivion Agent wears his Hidden Blade.
Right Forearm
The only tattoo that Talos did not willingly choose to have added to his body is the one that is displayed on the underside of his right forearm. Traced in black ink, only four letters and a hyphen make up the most damning of Talos' tattoos...CJ-31, which stands for Chamber of Justice Case 31, the brutal trial that found the Obelisk guilty of industrial espionage and had him sent to a year on a Brotherhood penal colony.
Possessions
File:RepSFOR.jpgThe SFOR assault carbine, Talos' carbine of choice
Lightsaber
The day that a Dark Brother or Sister is formally knighted is one of the biggest in their career, as it is the day that they are allowed to cast away their Armory Lightsaber and take up a real, fully fuctioning, lightsaber. There is one caveat however, being that until the Brother or Sister reaches the rank of Equite 2, they are restricted to the sabers available from the Herald's Office. Unlike the Armory Lightsaber however, Knights are allowed to choose from a wide variety of hilts as well as edit the trim and blade color of their new weapon.
File:SpecOpsObeliskRed.pngTalos' current lightsaber
With Talos being an Obelisk Templar and therefore not yet able to request his own custom weapon, he has taken to using a SpecOps lightsaber, which is a hilt that is offered only to members of the Obelisk Order. Talos chose this particular hilt both for its intricate decoration but also because of its simple design, which allows him better control of the weapon. The color of the blade is crimson red, the hue traditionally associated with the Dark Side of the Force, but a small sapphire-blue activation stud is the true indication that the Templar has sworn fealty to the Obelisk Order.
Blasters (SFOR Carbine/SSK-7b Pistol)
Despite being well on his way to becoming an accomplished swordsman, Talos has realized that the unorthodox lightsaber isn't always right for all situations. When these situations arise, or when the Obelisk simply doesn't care about collateral damage, he brings out some more "conventional" weaponry.
SFOR Carbine
For tactical assault operations, the Erinos has developed a proficiency with the aged SFOR Carbine, which was used in the Mandalorian Wars. Talos found his SFOR buried deep in a cache of weapons that had, until Talos eliminated him, belonged to a ruthless drug kingpin. Taking the weapon back to the home of his Family, Venku Range, the Humanoid spent many a night in the smithy as he repaired, refined, and recalibrated the ancient weapon; his efforts paid off after about a month of work and the SFOR carbine became a permanent addition to Talos' arsenal. In addition to merely making the weapon work again (by modern standards), the Galerian also added a pickety rail that allows him to add a number of attachments to the carbine. These include a grapnel launcher, scattergun setting, and P1N-P01NT laster sight.
SSK-7b
Another of Talos' weapons is the highly illegal but instantly recongizable SSK-7 Heavy Blaster Pistol. Chosen from the Erinos' private armory after he had lost his WESTAR-35 on an Oblivion Brigade misssion, Talos spent many hours on the range with the pistol in hopes to properly acclimate himself to the increased recoil of the pistol. Unfortunately, it never happened but Talos felt a certain attachment to the weapon, so he took the pistol to the Erinos' workshop and spent 2 days modifying it. What resulted was a more compact version of the original; by filing down the muzzle and moving the hammer inside, Talos not only reduced the size and weight of the SSK-7 itself but also cut down on the recoil by 40%. Alas, with these modifications, the stopping power of the blaster bolt was reduced by 10%...in light of this, the Aedile applies the old Mandalorian stereotype "If you keep shooting it, it'll eventually die".
Combat Overview
Lightsaber Combat
The shift in power between that of a Dark Jedi Knight and Obelisk Templar was huge, as Talos quickly learned. Not only had his mastery of the Force increased considerably, but he found that he was also able to branch out into the more advanced forms of lightsaber combat. As a man who doesn't believe in placing his eggs all in one basket, Talos cannot call one particular Form his favorite, but rather he is an adherent of three different Forms.
Form I: Shii-Cho
Form III: Soresu
Form V: Djem So
Force Wraiths
As an Arconan Equite, Talos has learned to summon and control three Force-Wraiths for as long as one standard day (24 hours). These are the Serpent, the Tiger, and the Uvak, and each embody a different part of Talos' personality as well as being used for various practical purposes.
Serpent
Talos' first Force-Wraith that he brought fort when he was a Knight of Arcona, the Serpent takes the form of a 2 foot long, black-as-night snake with a diamond-shaped head and a particuarly nasty set of fangs that contain venoms that even the Force itself cannot heal. As a creature without legs, Talos often uses the Serpent for recconaissance purposes as the Serpent's lithe form allows it to access many places that its Summoner cannot. On a more "emotional" level, the Serpent is the physical manifestation of Talos' cunning and guile as well as his growing mastery over the skills of interrogation, manipulation, and bribery.
Ralltiir Tiger
The second Wraith brought into the physical world, Talos created the Tiger to be the exact opposite of the Serpent; whereas the Serpent was low to the ground and able to move silently, adept at things such as recconaissance and single-person assassinations, the Tiger is the manifestation of pure, unbridled rage. When Talos calls forth the Tiger, there is no plan, no greater goal in mind...only carnage. Appearing similar to the fearsome and bloodthirsty tigers of Ralltiir, the Wraith stands at 4 feet tall, ready to hunt down its prey on four extremely powerful legs and finish it off with either its maw of razor-sharp teeth or its musceled and barbed tail.
Uvak
An avian creature commonly associated with racing, the Uvak is Talos' newest Wraith and the only one that does not embody a "base" trait of his, like the Serpent and Tiger. Rather the Uvak, as a winged creature, represents Talos' desire to attain mastery of the Dark Side (a goal which he is starting to pick up on) and also climb the ladder of power within the Dark Brotherhood. As for the Uvak's more physical uses, the Equite mainly employs his new denizen as a scout and security, using the Uvak's inherent advantage as a winged creature to be able to gain a birds-eye view of a battlefield or to guard an important Arconan installation.
Hand-to-Hand Combat
Since being promoted into the ranks of the Equites and swearing fealty to the Order of the Obelisk, Talos Erinos has spent a considerable amount of time honing his body (both physically and mentally). He altered what he ate, his excercise regimen, spent hours studying holo-vids of himself in combat. Finally, the training paid off and Talos is now able to lay claim to the title of "master" over several different forms of Hand-to-Hand Combat; these include Hapan, Kartranin, Knifist, and Petranaki.
In addition to these four mastered forms, Talos has also begun to learn the martial arts form of Stava from Sashar Erinos, who learned the form himself from a former Noghri Death Commando.
DJB Facts
Outstanding Achievements
- Selected as the first Rollmaster of House Arcona (7/31/2010)
- Chosen as the first Aedile of House Galeres since Arcona's Re-Clanning (5/9/2011)
- Author of several Wiki Pages, a list can be found here.