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Kal di Plagia Vorrac, born Jev Brokkol and known as the Last Son of Plagueis by his Housemates, is a Sith Battlelord who currently serves as the Praetor to the Dark Lord of the Sith. A man of manipulation, he has practice in pulling the strings of all around him. While usually preferring to fight from afar and play with lives as if on a dejarik board, his shadowy past as an assassin allows him to fight when he must. Though he ages and deals with past injury, he is rapidly ascending through the powers of the Dark Side.
Character History(In Progress)
Early Years
Sali Beel.
Orphaned
Born on Imperial Center in 15 BBY, Jev Brokkol was the son of Karina Brokkol and her husband, a wealthy merchant from Bakura called Dovin Brokkol. While the two had been expecting a child for some time, shortly after the suspected time of conception Karina had been unfaithful with a man named Tyber Vorrac. The child emerged with his pale skin, while Karina bore an olive complexion and Dobin was dark-skinned; with Karina's jet-black hair and emerald eyes, the boy was obviously not an albino, and thus Karina became frightened of keeping him. In the night, she staged a break-in on Dobin's own penthouse before bringing the baby to the lower city's Motako Orphanage in secret and leaving him on the doorstep. There, he was picked up by Sali Beel, the Twi'leki matron of the orphanage. All she left with him was a note, in effect renaming him - the name Kal Vorrac would have been Tyber's choice for a son.
Deathsticks, like those dealt by Hado Kuzum.
Living at the orphanage alongside children of various species, all of whom were fluent in either Huttese or Basic - two tongues Sali had picked up in her lifetime - Kal was quickly exposed to variable speech. As a result, Kal began language with Huttese and moved on to Basic, but learned bits and pieces of other languages from the other orphans. While he was generally a friendly and intelligent boy, he developed a natural curiosity over the years, often leading him into trouble. At age six, Kal would discover the deathstick habit that Beel had kept a secret for years, and would become acquainted with her dealer, an Ithorian named Hado Kuzum. Sneaking out after Hado, he confronted the alien, who then gave Vorrac his first taste of a criminal lifestyle; he tempted him with money to cease his objections. After running some deathsticks to a client, he gave Kal fifty credits, more money than the boy had ever had.
Bad Choices
The next six years of his life would see Kal begin to spend his free time with bad people, take up stealing, and even get other boys and girls to join him in vandalism or other illicit activities. While he was young and was simply acting out, Sali recognized the trouble he could get into and, to ensure he didn't fall in with the wrong crowd, obtained paperwork to put him into a youth program at the Imperial Academy on Coruscant.
Finding the paperwork, Kal became angry and hurt, believing Sali wanted to send him away, and grabbed all of the stolen credits he'd been gathering for years. Running away from the orphanage, the boy fled to the nearest port and begging the nearest freighter captain - who happened to be Tyber Vorrac - to take him off the world before the Empire could take him. Assuming that he was in trouble, Vorrac unknowingly allowed his son to board, refusing his credits; at one of the first stops, the Smuggler's Moon, Kal would grow uncomfortable with the amount of questions that Tyber had and sneak off of the ship, running into Nar Shaddaa's alleyways and hiding until Tyber gave up looking for him. Following this, he found the closest motel and purchased a cheap room, falling asleep before he could think to do anything else.
Teen Years
To Cross a Hutt
Being quite a proficient thief after six years, Kal began stealing from local groups on Nar Shaddaa - anyone from mechanics and shopkeepers to spice dealers - and selling his goods to any who would buy them. Naturally, quite a few competitors of his victims were willing to fork over credits for his misdeeds, as well as those who worked independently or resold the goods for much higher prices. Through these methods, Vorrac was able to rent a low-cost apartment on the Smuggler's Moon, as well as feed and clothe himself. Quickly, though, he began to miss Sali and the other orphans - like any child that runs away from home, his anger turned to homesickness.
Before he could contemplate finding a way back to Coruscant, though, fate intervened; while the boy was a proficient thief, running with the wrong crowds on Coruscant was nothing like dealing with some of the galaxy's toughest mercenaries, bounty hunters, and even worse, the Hutts that owned most of the moon. Quickly tracked down and apprehended by a group of Trandoshan bounty hunters, the boy was brought before their leader, a rough reptile named Hrsskar.
File:Hrsskar.jpgHrsskar, Trandoshan bounty hunter. Informed by the lizard that he had crossed Dozo the Hutt, and would be made to pay, Kal was locked up on their ship. As he was an unarmed boy and the ship was sealed, the Trandoshans saw no reason to bind his hands; he'd never learned anything of combat, so he wasn't a threat.
Bloody Hands
- "You don't know this world, boy, and you don't want to."
- ―Vyra Task, attempting to discourage Kal.
Vyra Task, assassin and unwitting savior of Kal Vorrac. While incarcerated on the ship, Kal was unaware of events taking place around him; thus, he was surprised when the lithe form of a Zabraki female slipped into the ship by cutting through its atmospheric vents with a wrist-mounted plasma torch. She entered the ship and engaged the Trandoshans in stealthy combat, ultimately killing them all aside from a select few who barricaded themselves in with Kal. The woman's name was Vyra Task, and she was an assassin - one in the employ of Dozo's primary competition.
Blinding the group with a flash grenade, she was quick to dispatch them and kill Hrsskar, but as she moved to exit the ship another enemy surprised her. Jumping on her from behind, a human sent by Dozo was in position to deliver a killing blow, only to die from a blaster bolt fired by Kal out of panic. The immediate shock of what he'd done, taking a sentient life, hit him, but not before Vyra was setting charges throughout the ship - quickly, following her lead, he and Task escaped before the ship exploded. Afterward, Vyra attempted to abandon the twelve-year-old, but Kal quickly begged her to take him with her and to teach him her ways - the art of murder.
With a large amount of disparaging remarks, insults, and mocking words, the Zabrak tried to stop the boy, but ultimately gave in - she felt an unrecognized pull from the boy, almost as if she was meant to find him on that ship. Unknowingly, this persuasion had been an unconscious act, one of Kal's panicked first brushes with the Force. Taking him to her safehouse, she instructed him to eat something and sleep, saying that the training would begin the following day.
Wishing for Death
Kal's first day of training began with a bucket of ice-cold water in the face, followed by a vicious punch that knocked him unconscious. When he came to, he managed to get out of the way of the next attack; this didn't save him from the beating that followed, which carried on until the bruised boy huddled in a corner and was given food that he was in no shape to eat. Task would follow this up by throwing an unloaded rifle at Kal and commanding that he disassemble it based off of a rapid-speed demonstration. When he failed, he was treated to the whip that was Vyra's trademark. The Zabrak used it to lash the boy into submission, only letting up when he stopped making noises at the pain and simply flinched.
Afterward, Task herself cleaned his wounds, stitched and sealed his serious cuts, and administered what bacta patches were necessary. During such treatment, she would recite a rhetoric on the useless nature of life and the fact that it held no greater purpose. For the first six weeks, the training would follow this rhetoric, with extensive beatings and assaults joining lectures and respites for food, drink, and sleep. Kal initially withdrew during the assaults, until the blows began to hurt less and he began to feel the urge to fight back. From then on, his training would progress.
Death's Disciple
- "You're going to think about honor, grace, and the perfect kill. When you do, I'm going to call you an idiot. A corpse is still a corpse, so shoot him in the back and move on with your life."
- ―Vyra Task, during a training session with Kal.
After several weeks, Kal's body began to toughen, and his reflexes and strength began to become fast enough for him to attempt counterattacks. While he was seriously beaten by Task when he first posed a threat, that was her plan - the death dealer had been forcing him to either toughen up or die under her assaults. She began making him train in the hand-to-hand style of Dulon, a solid base for Kal's smaller, lithe form; solid progress over the next six months saw Hapan arts included in his training, these followed by elements of its variant form, Knifist. The training became more hectic every day, sparring sessions interrupted only with practicing blaster maintenance and survival techniques.
When Task would leave, either to gather supplies or to take a contract, she locked Kal in her apartment; the boy was left with basic food, a cot, a refresher, and the supplies to clean his own clothes. Thoughts of the sprawl of Coruscant and of Sali Beel began to grow faint and distant in his head, until they became the ghost of another man's memory in his head. Training became his life; as he progressed further over the next several years, he would come to incorporate the arts of Jeswandi and Shadow Fist into his training; these he would become fluent in, just as he would memorize the plethora of languages that Vyra subjected him to. Blasters soon began to feel like a second hand to him, and while Task was always cruel and harsh, Vorrac's training would soon become his life. He was almost a practitioner of the bitter business.
First Kill
When he was nineteen years old, Kal had been isolated on Nar Shaddaa for most of his life; he was now an expert on several combat techniques and survival tactics. It was at this age that Vyra finally gave him his first contract. He was to take the life of a twi'lek slave dancer that had recently been sold to a Hutt - this woman had information on how the drug dealer who had sold her in the first place had betrayed the Hutt, and he wanted her silenced before she could become a problem for him.
Adulthood
Dark Jedi Brotherhood
Praetorian
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Kal kills a fellow student while training with the GMRG.
Physical Description
Vorrac has black hair, emerald eyes, and skin as pale as ice. While not an overbearing man, he is fairly tall at six feet and keeps his medium build well-toned and as healthy as possible. His hair is kept short enough for a soldier, and his face is kept free of facial hair. His left arm and both legs are prosthetic parts, painted a low-lustre black. Kal always wears his Brotherhood robes, both for effect and to conceal his false body parts.
Personality
One could say that Kal Vorrac is an example of life's shaping influences. Between abandonment and abuse at all levels of childhood to a career of assassination, followed by a life of subterfuge and manipulation, all at risk of betrayal, he has become both emotionally scarred and completely self-sufficient. He is known for his deep-set paranoia and his extreme patience and thoroughness, which works with his intelligence and years of experience to make him over-compensate for weaknesses.
He truly fears only complete helplessness. This fear is so prevalent that he will literally force himself through the gauntlet as his legs give out. Until he is proven useless and someone strikes him down, he will keep fighting. This makes him manipulate and destroy to secure his place of power, but ultimately means that he will likely die a lonely and unfulfilled death.
Philosophies
Rule of Two
Atypically for a Sith of the Brotherhood, Kal considers one of the most successful and prominent Dark Lords of the past to be Darth Bane. Whereas most of the Brotherhood's Dark Jedi believe that Bane was a fool for reducing the Sith in number to only two, or that he was too cowardly to build up a force and take his enemies head-on, Vorrac's view is that the Sith'ari was brilliant in his decision.
Any scholar who is honest would agree that, between the time of Kaan's Sith or even those of the True Sith and the time of Bane's Order, the power of all given Sith was known to increase. Sith of Kaan's time or before typically had varied studies and experiences, coveting knowledge that could empower the entire Order in order to elevate their own station; the Sith under Bane either came to know each and every known Dark Side lesson and secret, or died in the attempt. Evidence of this difference in power can be seen in the duality between Kaan and Bane themselves - one had a mediocre, balanced skill with many Dark Side doctrines but a mastery of none, while the other was not only masterful in the ways that Kaan had dabbled in but had recovered and learned such incredible techniques as Essence Transfer and Holocron construction.
Interesting, however, is Kal's view of the Brotherhood in relation to the Rule of Two. Rather than a divergence of it, Kal sees the Brotherhood as a unique and thriving take on the Rule; this view is largely justified by the fact that Brotherhood members are taught all aspects of the Brotherhood's knowledge within their particular Orders, learning new abilities when they become powerful enough to ascend in Rank. It is also justified by the fact that, while the Dark Council holds great power and presides over the Houses and Clans, all are Sith servants and devotees of the Dark Lord and his Shadow Hand - a Sith Lord and his true disciple. In this manner, many Sith have had Dark Side Adepts as their servants without them truly being Sith.
Finally, Kal views the Brotherhood as an expanded and evolved culture based around Bane's rule - as House is to Clan, as Clans are to Council, and as Council is to the Throne, the Brotherhood is based around the mighty endowing those below with greater knowledge and power, until ultimately all members are surpassed and replaced. Thus, Kal is able to rationalize the Brotherhood as both a true Order of Sith and an expression of the Rule of Two.
Sith Divergence
Kal is, as he has explained to many others in the Dark Brotherhood, a Sith purist; he emphatically insists that he is not a Dark Jedi at all, and will correct others who call him as such if necessary. This is because he has never had any interaction with the Jedi Order or its teachings, aside from instances of combat. He considers himself a Sith, and interestingly, considers all members of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood to either be Sith or their divergent cousins, though he acknowledges their status as Dark Jedi.
Vorrac is of the belief that both the Obelisk and Krath Orders are still forms of Sith - the Obelisk are the ilk of Ferran, who was a member of the Sith cult known as the Mecrosa Order, while the Krath originated as the cult from the Empress Teta System; Tiamat herself was originally a Sith Sorceress - and thus, refers to all Brotherhood Dark Jedi as Sith at times.
As is typical for a member of his Order, he has an arrogant standpoint on "pure" Sith of the Brotherhood; while Krath have their place as scholars and sorcerers and Obelisk are ideal as warriors and assassins, in Kal's mind, it is the place and way of the mainline Sith to rule over the "lesser" divergent Orders. The only exception seen in these views are afforded to Sith Lords of the Brotherhood, who in his mind have risen above the divergent groups and become total masters of the ways of the Dark Side - true Lords of the Sith.
Weapons and Equipment
Having lived the life of a contract killer and having devoted most of his credits to weapons and equipment, Kal has an intimate knowledge of blasters and other guns. While he prefers pistols for their availability and ease of concealment, he's not loathe to pick up a rifle when the situation calls for it; often, he'll grab a spare off of a dead enemy when in a tight spot. Unlike some Dark Jedi, Kal treats the blaster as a ready secondary weapon in most situations; his lightsaber is fearsome, but when confronted with range, his skills as a marksman allow him to quickly end lives without putting his own in danger.
Since becoming a Dark Jedi Knight, as he was a Journeyman in the time before armory lightsabers were issued, he has carried a saber of his own at all times. In his free moment and at his place of residence, he modifies and constructs several replacement hilts; while his blade is one of the few things he truly loves, he will discard it at the first necessity, refusing to become attached. As such, many places he inhabits such as homes, offices, and even temporary headquarters will have the weapons concealed in ideal spots.
The Force is also something of weaponry and equipment to Kal; his injuries during the Second Battle of Antei left him greatly weakened, as replacement organs and the requisite surgeries worked with missing limbs and age to destroy his prior physical ability. In his rehabilitation, he came to understand the Force more deeply, and often uses it for camouflage, subterfuge, protection, self-augmentation, healing, weaponry, and even to resist the cold of Morroth during his treks with new Apprentices. His familiarity with it is so deep that he will use it by reflex for tiny tasks like opening doors, or grabbing a drinking glass; it's as familiar to him as using his hands.
The newest weapon in the entourage of Vorrac is the whip. Since becoming the Taskmaster of Plagueis, he has taken to the use of a simple leather whip, finding the sting and crack of it effective in schooling Journeymen. When outside of combat, he takes instead to a scourge with five thongs. Each is made of a three-foot strip of braided rancor leather, and is tipped with a cruel durasteel hook made for sinking into flesh. When not surgically removed, these usually leave the body in a cruel manner, ripping apart the muscles and tendons that they are embedded in on their way out.
Armor, robes, and clothing for Vorrac depend greatly on the situation; he is fixated on no one set. Should the event occur where it is necessary to be protected, he will don such equipment as Stormtrooper garb or even stolen durasteel variants of Beskar'gam. In other situations, he will stick to lighter armor or simple clothing, while still other incidences see him down to underclothes to escape the heat. Clothing is just that to Vorrac's sensibilities, gear to be changed at first need and without attachment or preference.
Only one article holds any attachment to the Sith: A Krayt dragon pearl, engraved faintly with his insignia and kept on a cord of bantha leather. Upon being asked about it in the past, he has reacted violently, even going so far as to mortally wound a questioner. It is kept securely guarded in a bank on Coruscant, inside one of the deepest-kept vaults he could afford.
Apprentices Trained
Kal has seen many of his Apprentices become true Dark Jedi, mastering his Sith teachings and rising above the level of Journeyman. These he still considers Apprentices under him, if unofficially, but in the manner of Bane and his Order rather than that of Sidious and his Adepts.
While Kal trains many Dark Jedi, those below Knighthood are treated by him as minions and tools to be used and sacrificed - similarly to how Darth Sidious would train many Dark Adepts, but would only have one Sith Apprentice.
Notable Achievements
- Known as the Last Son of Plagueis, being the final di Plagia named before the closing of Old Clan Plagueis.
- Recipient of the Seal of Loyalty.
- Has achieved the rank of Sith Battlelord.
- Wrote and designed the Plagueian Path Master/Student Program.
- Rewrote Morroth and wrote its Temple of Plagueis article.
- Wrote and rewrote Sigil 2, incorporating Si'Tilk and Fort Ash.
- Wrote the majority of the Taking of Si'Tilk plot and competitions.
- Received a Crescent with Diamond Star for victory in Tempest Omega.
- Wrote the storyline for Shards of a Lingering Darkness, an incredibly successful PLA-HSP-IHR event.
Positions Held
Trivia
- Kal is a master of the game Dejarik, having studied the game as it was played on six different worlds.
- Kal was temporarily part of both the Krath and Obelisk Orders - he incorporates this into his backstory by saying he learned from both, but chose the studies of the Sith.
- Though Kal is a part of Plagueis, he does not consider himself a Dark Jedi - he has never had anything to do with the Jedi themselves, and thus he considers himself purely a member of the Sith Order.
- Kal enjoys gambling for the same reason he enjoys manipulation - overcoming an enemy and gaining from their loss - but has a strong dislike of wealth and luxury. He believes they are a path to weakness.
- Vorrac, while taking women to his bed from time to time and unafraid to pose as a lover to gain information, will never take another wife; the loss of Brijha and his children has hardened him against such things.
- While he has had many years speaking Basic to cover it, Kal's first language was Huttese and he does, in fact, have a very faint Hutt accent. It can only be heard when he does not actively try to cover it.