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Coruscant
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2 ABY
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Human (Cyborg)
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Male
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1.758 metres
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165 lbs
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Black
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Ice Blue, Artificial Red
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- Right half of head
- Vocal Cords
- Right hand
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Blue blade, red trimmed hilt
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- Pirate Warlord (former)
- Sith Warrior (present)
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9117
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- "My face will be the last thing you see in this life, and the first you see in the furnace of the one after!"
- ―Kratus Vahillus
Kratus Tigellus Vahillus was a Pirate Captain who lead one of the largest Pirate Armadas to date. He is best known for his daring raid on the Corellian Finance System and his massacre of all hands aboard the transport liner Phylex. Vahillus is fifth on the top ten most wanted criminals in the Galaxy, and his government bounty is enough to purchase five Star Destroyers. He is now a Sith Warrior within House Galeres of Clan Arcona, and is married to Xathia.
Early Life
Birth and Rise of a Pirate
Kratus Vahillus was born to a pauper family in the lower city of Coruscant. He was not born in a proper hospital, instead he was born within the orphanage where he would spend most of his young life. His mother, alone as his father had been killed by one of the many gangs roaming the area, died in childbirth.
Vahillus proved to be clever and tactical even as a young child. He often stole credit chits from the orphanage’s owner, leaving the place in debt, but keeping himself at the forefront of happiness. Vahillus often terrorized the other children, using certain of the stronger and smarter children as bodyguards and minions.
At the age of fifteen, Vahillus aimed for larger bounties of wealth, by attempting a particularly daring theft from one of the leading Coruscant gangs, the Cavern Wyverns. The Wyverns had long been rumored to have impressive wealth hidden in their heavily defended base, enough to keep the team fully furnished for at least 50 years. Vahillus, along with is orphanage criminals, concocted a plan. Two years before, Vahillus had discovered a drain pipe while exploring the Lower City. This drain pipe happened to be connected to the Wyvern’s base, via the sewer systems. Vahillus, being small in stature, was easily able to slip into the base through the pipe along with some of his smaller minions. Once inside, Vahillus raid was shortlived. They made it as far as the armory before being discovered and though they managed to penetrate the armory and gather weapons, they were overpowered.
Vahillus was lucky; the Wyverns were impressed by him. He was made an honorary member and aided the team in defeating their most hated rivals, the Broken Suns. Vahillus stayed with the Wyverns for two years, before deciding to move on to bigger and more prosperous tasks.
Vahillus bought himself a ship, a YT-1300 series freighter called the Crimson Dagger. Together with his minions, Vahillus began a pirating operation mostly focused on minor trade routes. For five years, Vahillus and his crew raided ships and accumulated a massive amount of wealth. With this wealth, Vahillus was able to purchase seventeen more ships with half crew for each, though he made sure the captains were his loyal subordinates who followed him from the orphanage. Vahillus kept the Crimson Dagger as his flagship, in spite of the fact that he had at least two Acclamator IIs within his fleet.
Path of a Warlord
Vahillus then committed the most daring move of his career to date, and the most fatal. His plan, to raid the Corellian Treasury. Together with his fleet, Vahillus proceeded to engage the Corellian security forces then took a dropship to the surface of the planet. His small army managed to overpower the Corellian agents sent against them and penetrated the Treasury building. From there, things began to break down.
Vahillus, together with at least two hundred men, occupied the Corellian treasury. The New Republic, with five hundred soldiers, surrounded the building. Vahillus and his men held the building for three days before they were forced out of the building. Vahillus and fifty men escaped, though in the process Vahillus was caught in a grenade blast which destroyed the right half of his face, mangling his right eye.
Vahillus fled to Nar Shaddaa, where he contacted a cybernetics surgeon. The doctor, Nicholas Vorrhous, worked with clients of all types and agreed to meet with Vahillus, who’s name was now known throughout the galaxy. He applied the cybernetics, and it is rumored that when he held a mirror in front of Vahillus repaired face, the man laughed metallicly.
From that moment, Vahillus became one of the terrors of the galaxy, raiding ships along major trade routes and butchering all of his victims, leaving their ships dead in space. All of his victims had their right eyes cut out, and tied about their wrists.
The most famous of Vahillus’ massacres happened aboard the passenger liner Phylex. Vahillus, aboard the Crimson Dagger, disabled the massive passenger ship in route to Coruscant. In the short space fight, Vahillus fleet disabled the ships engines along with destroying their comms tower. Vahillus then boarded the ship, and, moving from room to room, began to slaughter each passenger and took every credit chit on board. He personally cut the ship captain’s eye out while the man was still alive, laughing maniacally. The security footage the New Republic recovered from the ship showed Vahillus, covered in blood, savagely cutting down man and woman alike, then carving out their right eyes, tying them to the right wrists of their owners. The New Republic discovered the dead Phylex when it appeared above the old Imperial shipyard of Kuat about three weeks after the incident. They immediately issued a massive bounty for the capture or killing of Vahillus and pirate watches were increased dramatically.
After the massacre, Vahillus took his stolen gains and, through an agent, purchased fifty more ships ranging from cruisers to fighters, increasing his fleet size to rival some of the largest pirate fleets recorded. Vahillus kept the Crimson Dagger as his flagship, heavily modifying the freighter until it matched the firepower of a medium frigate. Vahillus continued to roam the galaxy, raiding ships and massacring hundreds to satisfy both his bloodlust and desire for credits.
Marriage
Even though he was a successful pirate warlord, Kratus also enjoyed having some down time in one of the many cantinas on Nar Shaddaa. The Smuggler's Moon reminded him slightly of his past in the lower city of Coruscant. As he was enjoying his drink, he noticed the entrance of a very unusual patron. The woman was of good height, and her body was one that rivaled even the famed dancers of the former Hutt crime lord, Jabba.
Kratus, intrigued, introduced himself to the girl, offering her a drink. He came to learn, after flaunting his wanted status, that she was a Dark Jedi named Xathia. The pair, alike in their mental instabilities, formed an almost instant, but fragile, bond. Kratus, eager for action and to enjoy more time with the woman, partnered with Xathia on a mission that would rid her of her father.
Within the Dark Brotherhood
Embracing the Darkness Within
Vahillus, while roaming the galaxy, came upon word of a shadowy organization existing primarily in the Anteian system. On Nar Shaddaa, as Vahillus stopped for a customary drink, he ran into Clan Arcona member Xathia, and the two began to work clandestinely. Eventually, Xathia decided to invite Vahillus into the brotherhood, recognizing the cyborg’s force potential at many points during their first adventure. Vahillus turned over command of his fleet to his second officer, and readily joined the Brotherhood as a member of Clan Arcona.
Upon joining, Vahillus proved very easy to train, picking up a much of the Force learning in an instant. He proved far more capable than a simple journeyman, and he easily passed into the Equite ranks.
Revenance Virtuom
Upon joining House Galeres, Kratus was offered an initiation into the prestigious battleteam Revenance Virtuom, commanded by Cethgus Entar. Kratus and Cethgus seemed to mesh well, as the ex-Pirate proved to be quite an effective weapon against opponents, something the Zabrak came to respect.
Joining the battleteam also brought Kratus closer to his wife, Xathia. He and his wife would sometimes be tasked with assignments together, for their powers and traits made them an unstoppable duo in combat. Kratus experience with a sword, and Xathia's gift with Force usage, proved a terrifying combo when unleashed.
Behavior
In his early life, Vahillus was a cold, calculating individual, using his eyes and handsome looks to intimidate his inferiors into service. He spoke in a clipped tone as if trying to get his point across quickly. He walked with an assured gait, and never second-guessed himself.
After the raid on Corellia and subsequent cybernetic replacement, Vahillus changed. He now goes into spurts of madness, even going so far as to butcher crewmen, to satisfy his bloodlust. Although still tactical, Vahillus tends to lose control of himself during raids, setting off on bloodbaths. His temper is short and he is given to sporadic yelling matches with subordinates. Though still handsome, his visage is marred by the cybernetic eye which tends to unnerve those he comes in contact with when coupled with his insane behavior.