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| Vodo Biask is a [[Krath Archpriest]] and [[Aedile]] of [[House Ektrosis]] of [[Clan Taldryan|Taldryan]] and a former [[Sergeant]] of [[Phoenix|Phoenix Phyle]].
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| == Character History ==
| | Vodo Biask is a Krath Archpriest, a former Sergeant of the Phoenix Phyle battleteam and a former Aedile of House Ektrosis of Clan Taldryan. |
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| Vodo was raised in a poor house hold of [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Twi%27lek Twi'lek] slaves on [http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Ryloth Ryloth]. The First slave master he had was a gentle man, concerned with the health of his captives. This led to his eventual bankruptcy. The man, whom Vodo has lost the name of, was forced to sell off all his slaves to many different owners. Vodo was torn from his family and sold to a tall human named Cullen. Cullen treated him horribly by forcing Vodo to work the Ithorian cotton fields with his bare hands, Ithor's violent sun burnt the young Twi'leks skin a dark brown, causing him to be looked down upon in circles of his own kind who prefer lighter, fare skinned people. When Vodo wouldn't preform to the man's standard, which was an impossible task, even for a able bodied Wookie, he'd beat the young boy.
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| Bad luck seems to follow Vodo's masters as this man too fell to bankruptcy and was forced to sell him. The next few men who bot him were cruel, and often resorted to vibro-whips to accomplish what words couldn't. Each one either died due to accidents or were murdered by other slaves.
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| By the time He was 23, Vodo was a tall and dark skinned Twi'lek. His muscles, very well toned from a life of labor seemed to accent his height quiet well. Having been fed exotic foods from the worlds he'd lived on, Vodo had grown taller than most Twi'leks do at the height of 6'1".
| | === A Prodigal Family === |
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| The last owner Vodo had was a Corellian by the name of Jain. He was by far the cruelest of all whom Vodo had served. This man continually beat vodo with a vibro-whip and blunt objects just because he was an alien, and sub-human. With each hit the man gave him, Vodo could feel a well of rage building in him, ready to explode.
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| One day, when vodo was working on the Jain's Air Speeder, a cloaked figure strode into the "Barn" where vodo was hard at work. He took off his hood and revealed a scarred face to the Twi'lek. At first, Vodo met the man with fear, but was calmed by the man's charm (Force powers). After a short conversation, the man, now known as Leto, Vodo convinced him to kill his slave master in exchange for freedom and a new life full of power.
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| That night, during the daily beating, vodo hid a piece of metal under his cloak. It was a short piece of scrap Ship armor with incredibly sharp edges. The well inside vodo erupted with a burst of Dark Side power, causing the Corellian to fly out a window and land on the hard, dirt packed ground a story below. Recovering himself, his eyes now red, having turned that from the brown they were, walked down to the lower level of the building and out the door to where Jain was getting off the ground. Rage was on his face as he charged the Twi'lek.
| | The planet of Ryloth, home of the Twi’lek, was renowned for its harsh environment. While the planet did rotate on its axis, the slow speed at which it did maintained a constant daylight on the sunward side of the planet eternally. This left one half of the planet exposed to the harsh conditions of the Class III star, and one half left in darkness and frozen. A narrow band existed between the night and day sides where temperatures, while constantly shifting between the two extremes, was generally more habitable than the rest of the planet. It was here that the alien race made their homes, in the caves beneath the ground for protection from the Cold and the Heat. |
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| Vodo was not thinking, but grabbed Jian's outstretched arm and flung him to the ground. Standing over the man, he uncovered the metal 'dagger' and sliced open Jian's throat, watching him bleed to death. With it finished, Vodo walked to the place Leto said he'd meet him. There was a small Corellian personal transport, powered up and waiting to take off. It was Jian's, and Leto stood in the lowed access hatch beckoning him to come.
| | Each cave was the domain of particular clan, which won the rights to lead through the ardors of combat. One of these caves was the domain of the Te’Fahil Clan, who had carved out a small kingdom from the surrounding domains. They ruled fairly, and justly, refusing to deal with the visiting trader and smugglers that had come to frequent the planet in the past 1000 years. While many clans and domains shored up spare expenses in the sale of slaves and criminals to be sold as slaves, the Te’Fahil refused to sink to such a level, and were loved by their clan mates for it. |
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| Vodo left with the man and discovered the dark side along with the [[Dark Brotherhood]].
| | Oral history tells of a time when the Te’Fahil territory was at peace, but off world slavers and rival clans conspired to depose the alpha family and institute a new rule. In one night, the Te’Fahil patriarch was killed, and his wife and children were sold off as slaves to the highest bidder. Taken off world, and renamed Nyack, they would eventually forget their name and heritage as the generations passed. With each new owner, the name was again changed to suit local customs, legal instances, and convenience until 500 BBY, when they received their last, and what would become their most memorable name, Biask. |
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| === Since Joining ===
| | A survivor of the coup, and old sage whose name has been lost to the ages, foretold of a time when the only son of the Te’Fahil line would rise out of his plight and would become a great being, of capable of great deeds, both good and evil, who would return to the Te'Fahil lands and free their people of tyranny and slavery. It would be this son, Vodo, the descendant of a line of rulers from 3000 years ago, that would escape captivity and set out to master the arts of the Dark Side. |
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| Since joining the Brotherhood, Vodo joined the [[Obelisk]] [[Order]], admiring their philosophy in waging total war, and martial combat, but found soon after that the Order did not suit him. Convinced by then [[Krath]] Primarch [[Kir Taldrya Katarn]], the Consul of Taldryan, Vodo's Home, Vodo Biask changed his Order to the Krath. Along with his Order change, the Brotherhood transferred Vodo to [[House Ektrosis]], still a Krath House in those days. Vodo began to delve into the Libraries on [[Taruma]] and Khar Shan. Here, he learned many things about the Dark Side of the Force, and the history of the Sith Cults.
| | Vodo was born to slave parents, and was separated from them at the age of two. His only memories of them are nothing more than the wishful fantasies of a lonely childhood. Raised by other slaves, and cruel masters, Vodo became cold and distant, unable to form close relationships with anyone, fearing that the moment he did, they would die of the harsh working conditions, a severe punishment, of be sold off, and never seen again. From a very young age, he was madder to work the mines on a remote mining colony. It was here that he grew and matured, becoming the large and intimidating figure that those he would come to meet would see and recognize. |
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| Another interest of his was furthering his studies, having never had the chance to learn in his life as a slave. Vodo soon passed a couple of the [[Shadow Academy]] classes offered, and went on to learn a few more. About a year into his time at the Brotherhood, Vodo felt sufficiently freed of his life of a slave, and felt the need to search for his brothers and sisters. The Twi'lek left the Brotherhood, with the promise of returning once he had located his siblings.
| | At the age of eighteen, he was transferred to a heavy munitions factory in the outer rim, providing heavy lifting assistance in the service of a company that supplied weapons and ammunition to the Galactic Empire. With each job, his hatred and strength only grew. In a freak accident, caused by a drunken Foreman, a lifting machine dropped several large casing which shattered Vodo’s left shin, an injury that was improperly set and never quite healed correctly. Seen as a burden on the company, and no more useful than a broken machine, he was sold to a private owner, who would take great pleasure in beating vodo mercilessly. |
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| The Brotherhood transferred Vodo to the ranks of the Rogue Dark Jedi, where his name stayed until he returned later that year to reclaim a place in [[Clan Taldryan|Taldryan]] and Ektrosis. Vodo was disappointed having not located a single brother or sister in his travels. He recommitted himself to his studies, and advancement, soon achieving [[Guardian]], and then [[Jedi Hunter]]. Vodo still kept to himself, withdrawn from those around him mainly due to the attitude he had maintained as a slave to survive. Vodo soon found himself, however, warming up to those around him, and spending more time in the open, away from the books. In this time, he learned to use his training light saber effectively, and went on to plan learning the [[Form III]], [[Soresu]].
| | On the date of his 23 birthday, Vodo lashed out during a particularly brutal punishment, snapping the Man’s neck with a single punch to the head. He would later reflect on this instance as his first use of the Force. He’d had all the tell tale signs of force sensitivity in his younger years, with odd sensations, frighteningly accurate dreams that would come true, and the ability to intuit the thoughts of others before they became apparent. It was this instance however that marked the first time that the force would manifest itself at his behalf. Unaware of the existence of the Force, or any school of thought thereof, Vodo merely went into hiding from those who would eventually seek out the bounty on his head for killing his slave master. |
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| Two years into his training, Consul [[Duga Taldrya Arkarso]] granted the right to search out the pieces of his light saber, and so earn the [[rank]] of [[Dark Jedi Knight]]. Before he could do so however, War broke out among the Clans, beginning the [[Sixth Great Jedi War|Brotherhood Civil War]]. After the fighting had ceased, and the Two [[Jac Cotelin|Jacs']] reunited, Vodo went on to collect his saber pieces, constructed it, and activated it for the first time in front of his Consul. Duga bowed his head and so granted Vodo the rank of Knight.
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| Vodo swiftly mastered [[Soresu]], and in his spare time, began learning the [[Form II]], [[Makashi]].
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| Since achieving Knight, Vodo was an active force within his [[Battleteam]], an element of his House Duties he had previously all but neglected. By the Side of then [[Tetrarch]] [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], Vodo faced many challenges, from a stolen Shadow Academy Book, to infiltrating a Rogue Imperial Admiral's planetary Fortress. Along with several Clan mates, Vodo has tracked down and fought a renegade [[Sith Lord]], aiding in the eventual light saber duel and subsequent death of the Lord.
| | Vodo found menial work and earned enough to gain passage off-world and hired a smuggler to take him to Ryloth. The home planet of his species had always been something of a curiosity to the young Alien. He’d met many Twi’lek slaves in his time, but few, if any, had ever been to the planet Ryloth. Those who had told stories of the communal ties of the domains, the feel of the planet, the scent of the air, and the duality of the nature of the planet’s regions. He found the planet to be little as he expected it though. Harsh, and plainly occupied by the various aliens of the galaxy, very few Twi’lek actually remained free. It sickened him, and by the time he managed to make it back off, he vowed to change what he’d seen. |
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| | Over the next few years, Vodo would remain on the run; keep a few paces ahead of the lowly bounty hunters who wanted the credits offered for his head. He gained a reputation among those who hunted him for being a cunning prey, a being that seemed to sense danger and would make it out of a tangle in a catch. It didn’t last forever however, and Vodo found himself cornered on a world which had long since experienced its peak sometime in the age of the wars of the Sith. Left with no way out, no weapons, and no means of paying the Bounty Hunter off, Vodo would surely have been killed if not for the timely intervention of a man whose only name was Leto. |
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| | Leto wore heavy dark robes, and hooded his head, so that his face was never more than half visible. With a flick of his wrist however, the Bounty Hunter was hurled into a nearby wall and died of a broken neck. Leto introduced Vodo to the power of the force, specifically the Dark Side, and invited him to join his Brotherhood, an ancient organization dedicated to the study and practice of this mysterious power. Vodo accepted, and in a single standard month, found himself stranded on a planet devoid of life, miles from any habitation, surrounded by other, similar beings. This was his first test. |
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| | Every new candidate wishing to enter the Brotherhood first had to pass a simple test. This test would weed out those who did not have the will to survive, those who could not undertake what was needed to get a job done, and those who were weak. Dropped off in the middle of the Adas Plains on the southern hemisphere of Antei, the candidates had to find their way to the Great Temple by any means. They were given no instructions, and carried only what they had chosen to carry with them to their new life. For Vodo, this meant only a sharpened piece of durasteel which he had used for the past few years as his only weapon. |
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| | It took the Twi’lek three days to trek across the barren wasteland, followed by two other candidates who recognized the same pull in the Force as Vodo. Together, they alone made it to the Temple to be inducted as the Brotherhood’s newest Apprentices. Vodo blasted his way through the entrance exams at the Shadow Academy, and was placed in Clan Taldryan after having chosen the Obelisk order. |
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| | Vodo would change his order to that of the Krath after only a few months in the Brotherhood. While he enjoyed and was proficient in the arts of melee combat, his heart pulled him towards the tomes of knowledge contained within the libraries of the Brotherhood and Taldryan, as well as the vast stores of knowledge that they possessed. This change however could not contain the young Journeyman. His life experiences had taught him to distance himself from others, and in the environment of the Brotherhood, this was something that just couldn’t work. After informing his superiors, Vodo departed for the Outer Rim and spent a year trying to track down his family. |
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| | The journey was unsuccessful, and Vodo returned to the Brotherhood, and requested a spot in Clan Taldryan, having been transferred to the Rogues. He was accepted, and placed in House Ektrosis. |
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| | As a journeyman, Vodo would come to occupy the Libraries of Taldryan, Ektrosis, and Antei far more than even the librarians who worked them. His thirst for knowledge could not be quenched. In order to satisfy his needs, he’d often form friendships with those with access to the restricted areas in order to gain temporary access. At the same time, his studies in the Shadow Academy progressed at an astounding rate and only slowed when he’d passed course and received his credit for having done so. Many would ask the silent loner what drove him to learn so much. He wouldn’t answer aloud, but knew the words he would have said anyways. |
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| | Having been raised as an ignorant worker, and abused for most of his life, he treasured the ability to be able to freely access information, to learn what and where he wished. It was freedom, but it was also a means to power. To him, knowledge was power. If you knew more than someone else, then you had a leg up on them. |
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| | At the same time, Vodo was an active member of the Hex Battleteam, serving under then Tetrarch Hel-Pa Sklib. The two struck up a friendship of sorts and complimented each other well, not only on the battlefield, but in life as well. |
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| | In ABY 25, two years after he first joined the Brotherhood, Vodo put his first foot into the door, so to speak. He saw and recognized what it was that the Brotherhood needed to achieve its goals. Since he was so well acquainted with the Shadow Academy and its staff already, he jumped at the chance to begin teaching a course there. After a few months, he felt confident enough to apply for the position of Battleteam Leader with the Phoenix Phyle Battleteam. It was here, that Vodo would really earn his stripes. |
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| | As Battleteam Leader, Vodo had transferred from Hex, the House’s predominant Battleteam, and the only one he’d ever been a member of, to a team whose reputation for the past fear years had been taking a nose dive. In a few short months, the Dark Jedi Knight would rejuvenate the Battleteam, restoring it to its prime, and hosted a series of competitions between Hex and Phoenix to determine the House’s Premier team. He was well pleased when his Phyle came out on time and was granted the title of the House’s First Battleteam. |
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| | A crisis in the House Summit would shake things up however. The Aedile of the previous year had gone missing unexpectedly, and the Quaestor, Chaosrain Taldrya, had been selected as the Clan’s new Proconsul. Longtime friend Hel-Pa Sklib, who’d transferred to House Dinaari to jump at the chance of holding an Aedile position, had been recently promoted to Quaestor of that house and transferred back to take the Job of Quaestor of Ektrosis. He then selected Vodo as his Aedile. |
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| | Together, the two of them would revitalize the house, turning it into a powerhouse of activity and success. In his time as Aedile, Vodo helped rediscover some of the lost history of the Planet Taruma, House Ektrosis’s home, and those of the Battleteams as well. His crowning achievement however stemmed from his love of the Libraries possessed by the brotherhood. With help from those with the ability, Vodo complete designed and saw through to completion the construction of the Library of Lears. This project, born of a love of knowledge, was designed as a center of learning not only for his own pleasure, but that of Brotherhood as well. Hanging from the wall of a cliff overlooking a bay on the southern sea, it was the largest Library in the Brotherhood’s territory since the days of the Triumvirate. |
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| Vodo was such a valuable asset to Hex Battle Team, that the recently promoted [[Aedile]], and then [[Quaestor]] of [[House Dinaari]], [[Hel-Pa Sklib]], recommended Vodo to the Ektrosis Summit for the job of Sergeant of Phoenix Phyle. He took the job happily, leaving his post in Hex, the only Battle Team he'd ever known, and took command of Phoenix. Phoenix was viewed by the clan as a whole as a cess pit of renegade Dark Jedi who took to orders with disdain. In fact, by the time Vodo delivered his first report, it had been a year since the previous Sergeant had sent his own in. In a few short months, Vodo managed to bring the team into action, motivate them, and created a powerhouse of activity with the help of [[KE]] Bubbles Taldrya, whom Vodo came to regard as a great Dark Jedi.
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Vodo Biask is a Krath Archpriest, a former Sergeant of the Phoenix Phyle battleteam and a former Aedile of House Ektrosis of Clan Taldryan.
Genesis of a Legend
A Prodigal Family
The planet of Ryloth, home of the Twi’lek, was renowned for its harsh environment. While the planet did rotate on its axis, the slow speed at which it did maintained a constant daylight on the sunward side of the planet eternally. This left one half of the planet exposed to the harsh conditions of the Class III star, and one half left in darkness and frozen. A narrow band existed between the night and day sides where temperatures, while constantly shifting between the two extremes, was generally more habitable than the rest of the planet. It was here that the alien race made their homes, in the caves beneath the ground for protection from the Cold and the Heat.
Each cave was the domain of particular clan, which won the rights to lead through the ardors of combat. One of these caves was the domain of the Te’Fahil Clan, who had carved out a small kingdom from the surrounding domains. They ruled fairly, and justly, refusing to deal with the visiting trader and smugglers that had come to frequent the planet in the past 1000 years. While many clans and domains shored up spare expenses in the sale of slaves and criminals to be sold as slaves, the Te’Fahil refused to sink to such a level, and were loved by their clan mates for it.
Oral history tells of a time when the Te’Fahil territory was at peace, but off world slavers and rival clans conspired to depose the alpha family and institute a new rule. In one night, the Te’Fahil patriarch was killed, and his wife and children were sold off as slaves to the highest bidder. Taken off world, and renamed Nyack, they would eventually forget their name and heritage as the generations passed. With each new owner, the name was again changed to suit local customs, legal instances, and convenience until 500 BBY, when they received their last, and what would become their most memorable name, Biask.
A survivor of the coup, and old sage whose name has been lost to the ages, foretold of a time when the only son of the Te’Fahil line would rise out of his plight and would become a great being, of capable of great deeds, both good and evil, who would return to the Te'Fahil lands and free their people of tyranny and slavery. It would be this son, Vodo, the descendant of a line of rulers from 3000 years ago, that would escape captivity and set out to master the arts of the Dark Side.
A Lowly Man
Vodo was born to slave parents, and was separated from them at the age of two. His only memories of them are nothing more than the wishful fantasies of a lonely childhood. Raised by other slaves, and cruel masters, Vodo became cold and distant, unable to form close relationships with anyone, fearing that the moment he did, they would die of the harsh working conditions, a severe punishment, of be sold off, and never seen again. From a very young age, he was madder to work the mines on a remote mining colony. It was here that he grew and matured, becoming the large and intimidating figure that those he would come to meet would see and recognize.
At the age of eighteen, he was transferred to a heavy munitions factory in the outer rim, providing heavy lifting assistance in the service of a company that supplied weapons and ammunition to the Galactic Empire. With each job, his hatred and strength only grew. In a freak accident, caused by a drunken Foreman, a lifting machine dropped several large casing which shattered Vodo’s left shin, an injury that was improperly set and never quite healed correctly. Seen as a burden on the company, and no more useful than a broken machine, he was sold to a private owner, who would take great pleasure in beating vodo mercilessly.
On the date of his 23 birthday, Vodo lashed out during a particularly brutal punishment, snapping the Man’s neck with a single punch to the head. He would later reflect on this instance as his first use of the Force. He’d had all the tell tale signs of force sensitivity in his younger years, with odd sensations, frighteningly accurate dreams that would come true, and the ability to intuit the thoughts of others before they became apparent. It was this instance however that marked the first time that the force would manifest itself at his behalf. Unaware of the existence of the Force, or any school of thought thereof, Vodo merely went into hiding from those who would eventually seek out the bounty on his head for killing his slave master.
A Slave on the Run
Vodo found menial work and earned enough to gain passage off-world and hired a smuggler to take him to Ryloth. The home planet of his species had always been something of a curiosity to the young Alien. He’d met many Twi’lek slaves in his time, but few, if any, had ever been to the planet Ryloth. Those who had told stories of the communal ties of the domains, the feel of the planet, the scent of the air, and the duality of the nature of the planet’s regions. He found the planet to be little as he expected it though. Harsh, and plainly occupied by the various aliens of the galaxy, very few Twi’lek actually remained free. It sickened him, and by the time he managed to make it back off, he vowed to change what he’d seen.
Over the next few years, Vodo would remain on the run; keep a few paces ahead of the lowly bounty hunters who wanted the credits offered for his head. He gained a reputation among those who hunted him for being a cunning prey, a being that seemed to sense danger and would make it out of a tangle in a catch. It didn’t last forever however, and Vodo found himself cornered on a world which had long since experienced its peak sometime in the age of the wars of the Sith. Left with no way out, no weapons, and no means of paying the Bounty Hunter off, Vodo would surely have been killed if not for the timely intervention of a man whose only name was Leto.
Leto wore heavy dark robes, and hooded his head, so that his face was never more than half visible. With a flick of his wrist however, the Bounty Hunter was hurled into a nearby wall and died of a broken neck. Leto introduced Vodo to the power of the force, specifically the Dark Side, and invited him to join his Brotherhood, an ancient organization dedicated to the study and practice of this mysterious power. Vodo accepted, and in a single standard month, found himself stranded on a planet devoid of life, miles from any habitation, surrounded by other, similar beings. This was his first test.
The Brotherhood
Entrance
Every new candidate wishing to enter the Brotherhood first had to pass a simple test. This test would weed out those who did not have the will to survive, those who could not undertake what was needed to get a job done, and those who were weak. Dropped off in the middle of the Adas Plains on the southern hemisphere of Antei, the candidates had to find their way to the Great Temple by any means. They were given no instructions, and carried only what they had chosen to carry with them to their new life. For Vodo, this meant only a sharpened piece of durasteel which he had used for the past few years as his only weapon.
It took the Twi’lek three days to trek across the barren wasteland, followed by two other candidates who recognized the same pull in the Force as Vodo. Together, they alone made it to the Temple to be inducted as the Brotherhood’s newest Apprentices. Vodo blasted his way through the entrance exams at the Shadow Academy, and was placed in Clan Taldryan after having chosen the Obelisk order.
First Years
Vodo would change his order to that of the Krath after only a few months in the Brotherhood. While he enjoyed and was proficient in the arts of melee combat, his heart pulled him towards the tomes of knowledge contained within the libraries of the Brotherhood and Taldryan, as well as the vast stores of knowledge that they possessed. This change however could not contain the young Journeyman. His life experiences had taught him to distance himself from others, and in the environment of the Brotherhood, this was something that just couldn’t work. After informing his superiors, Vodo departed for the Outer Rim and spent a year trying to track down his family.
The journey was unsuccessful, and Vodo returned to the Brotherhood, and requested a spot in Clan Taldryan, having been transferred to the Rogues. He was accepted, and placed in House Ektrosis.
A Time of Learning
As a journeyman, Vodo would come to occupy the Libraries of Taldryan, Ektrosis, and Antei far more than even the librarians who worked them. His thirst for knowledge could not be quenched. In order to satisfy his needs, he’d often form friendships with those with access to the restricted areas in order to gain temporary access. At the same time, his studies in the Shadow Academy progressed at an astounding rate and only slowed when he’d passed course and received his credit for having done so. Many would ask the silent loner what drove him to learn so much. He wouldn’t answer aloud, but knew the words he would have said anyways.
Having been raised as an ignorant worker, and abused for most of his life, he treasured the ability to be able to freely access information, to learn what and where he wished. It was freedom, but it was also a means to power. To him, knowledge was power. If you knew more than someone else, then you had a leg up on them.
At the same time, Vodo was an active member of the Hex Battleteam, serving under then Tetrarch Hel-Pa Sklib. The two struck up a friendship of sorts and complimented each other well, not only on the battlefield, but in life as well.
A Time of Leadership
In ABY 25, two years after he first joined the Brotherhood, Vodo put his first foot into the door, so to speak. He saw and recognized what it was that the Brotherhood needed to achieve its goals. Since he was so well acquainted with the Shadow Academy and its staff already, he jumped at the chance to begin teaching a course there. After a few months, he felt confident enough to apply for the position of Battleteam Leader with the Phoenix Phyle Battleteam. It was here, that Vodo would really earn his stripes.
As Battleteam Leader, Vodo had transferred from Hex, the House’s predominant Battleteam, and the only one he’d ever been a member of, to a team whose reputation for the past fear years had been taking a nose dive. In a few short months, the Dark Jedi Knight would rejuvenate the Battleteam, restoring it to its prime, and hosted a series of competitions between Hex and Phoenix to determine the House’s Premier team. He was well pleased when his Phyle came out on time and was granted the title of the House’s First Battleteam.
A crisis in the House Summit would shake things up however. The Aedile of the previous year had gone missing unexpectedly, and the Quaestor, Chaosrain Taldrya, had been selected as the Clan’s new Proconsul. Longtime friend Hel-Pa Sklib, who’d transferred to House Dinaari to jump at the chance of holding an Aedile position, had been recently promoted to Quaestor of that house and transferred back to take the Job of Quaestor of Ektrosis. He then selected Vodo as his Aedile.
Together, the two of them would revitalize the house, turning it into a powerhouse of activity and success. In his time as Aedile, Vodo helped rediscover some of the lost history of the Planet Taruma, House Ektrosis’s home, and those of the Battleteams as well. His crowning achievement however stemmed from his love of the Libraries possessed by the brotherhood. With help from those with the ability, Vodo complete designed and saw through to completion the construction of the Library of Lears. This project, born of a love of knowledge, was designed as a center of learning not only for his own pleasure, but that of Brotherhood as well. Hanging from the wall of a cliff overlooking a bay on the southern sea, it was the largest Library in the Brotherhood’s territory since the days of the Triumvirate.
Great Jedi War 7: Incursion
Directly after the Award Ceremony of the Right of Supremacy, the forces of the Brotherhood were engaged by an Extra-Galactic alien race called the Yuuzhan Vong. The alien fleet smashed into the Brotherhood's combined forces with glowing success. During the engagement, Vodo was present on the VEN Katarn's bridge, directing fleet maneuvers, and fighter placements. His orders during the battle ensured a small number of casualties in this first fight in relation to the other clans. When the order was given to retreat into the Shroud, Vodo went to the Katarn's hangar deck where he helped treat the wounded.
After two days of healing, and killing where necessary, Vodo answered the summons of GM Jac Cotelin to study a captured alien fighter craft. The craft was opened, and the occupant, thought to be dead, removed, Vodo entered the craft and donned the hood-like apparatus which enabled him to activate the fighter. Later, when engaged by a pursuing enemy fleet, he took the fighter into combat, with little success, and returned to the Dark Seraphim in order to fight off a boarding party.
After the melee aboard the Modified Dreadnaught, Vodo collapsed from extreme exhaustion, and was unable to participate in the affairs above Antei.
After the Great Jedi War
Vodo was able to recover in the time after the Clan's departed for their home worlds, and as he recovered, he was delighted to hear that his exploits had won him the rank of Priest, and a place in the Equites. The blessings of both his Quaestor and his Consul had elevated him to this rank, and with their leave, requested his new robes a new model light saber, replacing the one he constructed himself, and had seen so much combat with.
With the Dark Council seeking a new home, and the Clan of Taldryan consolidating its winnings, Vodo was left to administer to a House that had suffered losses in the fighting. Though activity was slow, his ability to keep morale high, and consistent leadership, Vodo was elevated to the rank of Krath Archpriest. With his new rank, Vodo was granted the right to request a custom saber from the Herald. After a week of meditation and verbal communication with the Herald, the Aedile received word that the Office of the Herald would begin work on his saber very soon. His design was very uncommon, something many considered rather strange, and the work took the crafter nearly a month to complete before it was presented to its new owner, and bestowed with the same crystal Vodo had been given upon being knighted.
DJB Facts
Vodo joined the Brotherhood four years ago, and has since been an integral part of the Taldryan and Ektrosian memberships. While not an active online gamer, Vodo chooses to flourish in Run-on and fiction contests. Vodo prides himself on his accomplishments, such as close to thirty Shadow Academy courses completed and passed, over twenty awards, and relationships with some of the older members of the organization.
Activities
Vodo spends his time on Khar Shan for the most part when he is not engaged in Clan, House, or Battle Team excersizes. Here, he delves into the Shadow Academy records and shelves of knowledge, as well as teaching a communication course for which he earned the title of Eclectic Pedagogue. Vodo is very proud of his knowledge, and is often approached for advice on historical matters, technical skills, and arcane spells that can only be used after great preparation. Though sometimes viewed as an encyclopedia, Vodo is actually a very well rounded individual who excels in saber combat, split second thought processes, and social activities. He has also recently taken up an amateur hobby in Architecture, as evidenced by the design of the recently completed Library of Lears on Taruma.
When not on Khar Shan, Vodo can be found on Taruma in the Ektrosian Library or Training halls, honing his mind and body to perfection. Vodo is now occupied by his job as the Aedile of a Clan House, and takes his duties seriously.
Skills
Though Vodo was only promoted the the ranks of the Equites recently, he has beheld tomes of knowledge rarely viewed by anyone other than the Elders of the Dark Side, who wish to look up specific ritual. He gains these tomes through fostering friendly relationships with those who administer the places of safekeeping for the records and books. Because of this knowledge, Vodo has preformed several complicated spells, and feats of Force Mastery that few would think possible for such a low ranking Dark Jedi. While having completed these, they have worn heavy on him, and take time to prepare, weeks of heavy mental preparation in all actuality. And with the creation of the Library of Lears, Vodo has found he is able to access every tome and every parcel of knowledge contained within it's walls.
In all norms for a Dark Jedi of his rank, Vodo excels, perfectly capable of preforming feats of telekinesis and mental manipulation easily. He can also augment his own physical prowess using the force to the extent any other priest can.
Light saber
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Vodo uses his newly crafted Custom Saber. The hilt is a particular design, of his own invention, designed to take advantage of the two forms that he's learned, Form III Soresu, and the more aggressive Form II Makashi. The hilt is nearly 25cm long, a full hand larger than most two handed hilt designs. The saber was crafted to appear more regal than a standard weapon, while retaining a deadly agenda, as witnessed by the brutal looking spike at the pommel. With a longer hilt, Vodo can achieve a wider grip, which in a saber lock would mean more leverage, and therefore more power. The added weight to the rear of the bad also serves to increase rotational momentum, making the hilt finely suited to his primary form of Soresu, which depends upon a fluid balance of rotation and directional changes.
While an adept scholar, Vodo is also an accomplished swordsmen. In his spare time, he divides his attention between toning his mastery of Form III, while perfecting his near mastery of Form II. The balance between the heavily Defensive technique and the dueling technique gives the Archpriest a unique presence in combat, able to swiftly switch from defense to offense. In the past, his mastery of Soresu served to augment long time friend, and leader, Hel-Pa Sklib's aggressive mastery of Shii-Cho.
Positions Held
Outstanding Achievements
Awards:
Shadow Academy
Misc.
- Placed 33rd in the Second Darkness RoS of nearly 200 participants
- Contributed to the Taldryan GJW 8 RO, winning a Silver Novae
Trivia
- Vodo Biask is a perversion of the name of the Jedi Master, Vodo-Siosk Baas. The idea was stolen from a 'Christian Star Wars Fan Club' member.
- Vodo went rogue once and returned to Taldryan.
- Vodo was originally an Obelisk, but discovered it was not to his liking, and upon acting on advice from Kir Katarn, changed to the Krath.
- Considers Kir Taldrya Katarn something of a former Master.
- Vodo is the newest member of Ektrosis to posses the Phoenix Phyle Medallion, joining the ranks of such names as Alanna Taldrya, Bubbles Taldrya, and Betja Jun.
- Serves at the leisure of Mistress Ashia Kagan Keibatsu.