- "A true victory is to make your enemy see they were wrong to oppose you in the first place. To force them to acknowledge your greatness."
- ―Teylas Ramar, 47 BBY
Teylas Ramar is an Anzat Sith who currently serves as the Right Wing of Dread for House Plagueis within the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. Originally Teylas' main goal was for personal fame and renown, but as he's quickly become comfortable with his darker nature he has developed the thirst for power that overwhelms many other Sith. An engineer by trade, he later developed his skills into a trained pilot and later politician on his homeworld.
Upon a chance encounter on Port Ol'val while waiting to catch a transport back to the Anzat homeworld, Teylas was sought out by Solus Gar to be his apprentice in training of the dark side of the Force. Already familiar with his Force sensitivity, the training began as a rigorous and quick campaign to allow him to join the ranks of the Sith Order as quickly as possible.
Character Biography
Reclusive Anzat
Teylas was born and grew up feeling a solitary life. Being one of the first newborns in decades, there were none of his kind on his homeworld that were even within a hundred years of his age. While there was somewhat of a boom, as much as could be from the Anzat, of new births shortly after Telyas', it came too late for his upbringing. Spending much of his time around fellow Anzat that were much older than him, the feeling of an entire community helping to raise him was obvious from early on. Although instinctively many of the other Anzat were losing their paternal and maternal traits as it had been so long since any of them had to raise a child.
After he began feeding, his connection to the Force began early on. This connection was quickly boosted once Teylas joined his parents, both Anzat representatives to the Sublight Products Corporation, and was able to have a much larger feeding area. Although they didn't leave the confines of an orbital station, it was a unique experience for the first Anzat to be born in generations.
During his youth, Teylas also showed quite an adept attunement to the Force given his young age and lack of training. However it was the lack of training that both made him dangerous and nervous of his own abilities. Because of that, he was reluctant to focus in on using the Force other than his species natural abilities to lure others in for feeding.
It was also during his youth that Teylas took a keen interest in the sciences, particularly engineering and it's surrounding fields; likely due to the fact that his parents were working so closely with his species' relationship with a ship-building manufacturer. Although like many Anzat, his long life enabled him to master the field and then quickly grow bored of it without new challenges, settings and the overwhelming drive to feed.
Revenge
While traveling out into the galaxy on his own for the first time, the young Teylas happened to venture to the crime ridden world of Nar Shaddaa. It was during his time there that he happened to come upon the nightspot of Club Vertica. While maintaining a solid stance in the corner of the club he was approached by a middle-aged, ruggedly dressed, yet beautifully kept woman. After a long conversation between the two the woman, Captain Brivi Dobal, offered to bring young Teylas on board her ship as a member of her crew. With that she promised to teach the young Anzat all the ways of the galaxy, the methods of privateering and pirating, and how to handle himself as a member of her crew. It was the first promise of many that she would keep.
It was during his time on the Revenge that he was able to hone in and master his interest in engineering and similar fields. For his first few years on board the Revenge, Teylas served as first a technician, and later the ships primary engineer.
His Own Revenge
Obtaining the Revenge for himself, and later losing it.
Soldier of Self
Finding himself in a galaxy without a starship, trying to make himself again.
Returning Home
Finally giving up on the galaxy, or even the galaxy giving up on him, Teylas returned to Anzat. He started by joining the internal planetary security force, which only patrolled the orbit of the planet itself as was the reclusive nature of the Anzat. As a pilot for the security force he often tended to orbital patrols for ships that may pass by the system to ensure they don't come near the homeworld without authorization.
Finding himself to be disinterested with the position as a pilot, and it's reminder of grander times on the Revenge, he eventually decided to use his interpersonal and charismatic skills gained while out in the galaxy to make a position for himself in the government of his people. Putting down his blaster and fighter cockpit in favor of a desk, he obtained governorship of a small chain of islands in the southern hemisphere of his homeworld. Beginning his push into the political world, he was able to help influence and shape his people's future. Throughout the next 40 years, Teylas was able to slither his way up through the political life of the planet using his personal attributes, and a touch of Machiavellian-like plotting.
Turning to the Dark Side
File:TeylasRamar.pngWhile tending to a small matter on Tatooine regarding trade between Anzat and the Hutts, Teylas found himself on a short layover at Port Ol'val. The previous flight he was able to charter from Tatooine only took him to the Port, and while waiting for a transport from his homeworld to pick him up, he had an encounter with the Dark Jedi Solus Gar. Sensing the largely untapped Force sensitivity within Teylas, Solus took time to get to know the man during his stay at Port Ol'val. Eventually he propositioned Teylas to take him under his wing as an apprentice to teach him the dark side of the Force. The Anzat was intrigued enough to attempt what was being proposed. Already attuned to his own telepathic powers, and only slightly scratching the surface of others, it was to be a grueling process.
Intending to bring Teylas into the fold quickly, an arduous regiment began for Teylas' training. Immediately showing his competitive nature, Teylas was able to master things quickly, and became quite the duelist with a lightsaber, just like his master. Although his mastery of telepathy was above par for most others, mostly due to his own species mastery of the ability, his attunement to the other Force abilities was untrained. Even after months of attempting to master his abilities, he was only able to become proficent in skills such as Force lightning and telekinesis. However, his seemingly natural flow with a lightsaber was more than enough to compensate for his lack of mastery of the higher Force abilities that could be worked on in time.
The first major campaign that Teylas took part in was the conquering of the Outer-Rim world of Nfolgai during the war against the One Sith. During the assault and pillaging of Nfolgai was also when House Plagueis revealed itself to the galaxy again after the remainder of the galaxy believed it to be destroyed. The Ascendant Fleet wasted no time moving onto their next target, Khar Delba, in order to claim the ancient Temple of Naga Sadow from right under the Sadowians. Teylas was a member of the strike team which was assigned to explore the decoy fortress on Khar Delba's icy surface. During the landing attempt, the strike team's shuttle was sabotaged and they were eventually incapacitated and captured. Finding that the culprit behind it was Xander Drax, the entire group was tortured for information and, in some cases, the sheer joy of it. During their escape and attempt to reunite with the rest of the team, Teylas and Arden Karn were forced to combat Drax's apprentice, Fuuka Ashasti. Although the two inexperienced Sith were no match for Ashasti one-on-one, they were able to use their numbers to outsmart the Sith apprentice, giving Teylas the opportunity to deliver the crushing blows which defeated Ashasti.
During the campaign to win the spoils of the desert planet Ch'hodos Teylas was assigned by Alaris Jinn to oversee Sith assault operations from orbit on the BAC Terminus. Fighting the assault on the ground would have been preferable for the Anzat, but the experience of commanding from behind the front line was just as rewarding.
Appearance
Physical Characteristics
Teylas is easily distinguished by a strong, chiseled face to naturally match his very lightly tanned skin tone. He always sports a black goatee which matches his short, slicked back, thick, black hair and dark, almost haunting eyes. The two tentacle-like proboscises used by his species to feed upon other humanoid species are completely unnoticeable when retracted into their proper seams along the ridge of his nose. A witty, sarcastic demeanor is usually cast about his face as the wrinkles on the corners of his mouth can attest.
Attire
Like many other Sith, Teylas subscribes to the dress code of simple, long, dark robes underneath a hooded cloak. However, the top half of his body is reinforced by armor plating and adorned with robes. This mix also gives him an opportunity to carry many more smaller objects within the armor part, including a holstered blaster.
Psychological Profile
Teylas Ramar is a self-centered, narcissistic and sarcastic insufferable genius with a cunning wit. He is also easily described as antagonistic, confrontational and demanding. Despite these character flaws, he makes up for it in other aspects of his personality. Highly intelligent and quick to absorb information, he often prioritizes most of his intelligence on personal projects, advancing his own personal agenda, or gaining influence or power. For him, it's mostly about personal gain and professional credit. In conjunction with his high level of intelligence, Teylas constantly has a way of rubbing people the wrong way and coming off as quite a jerk. Since embracing the dark side, his personality has only been enhanced with evil, proving him to be almost cruel at times. Teylas also uses his intelligence to help justify his personal decisions as almost always being for the greater good, although typically they are only for self-serving reasons.
At any point that Teylas seems approachable and charming is, however, mostly a farce to have his way with people when subterfuge and cunning are needed on his part. He can quickly bring people together with his charisma if needed for whatever purpose it might serve him. Although these skills of deception have been gathered over his long life, they have only been enhanced with his growing familiarity with the Force to complement his species native telepathy.
Background Information
The character of Teylas Ramar takes heavy inspiration from the character of Tony Stark with certain specific twists and characterizations to be more adaptive to the Star Wars universe. He is portrayed through the likeness of Robert Downey Jr to match the familiarity that readers would have with his portrayal of the aforementioned Tony Stark.