- "A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy's shoulders to let him know that the world hadn't ended."
- ―A passage said by Qor
Born Nosolar Qor on the planet Dac, Qor Palpatine is a disciplined and sociable Quarren and Gray Jedi. Self-taught in a neutral Gray Jedi path, ‘Qor’ was taught how to harness the power of the Force, from both the Sith and the Jedi. His special talents as a Doctor and Arcanist make him well aware of both the Unifying Force, and the Living Force. As only beginning his journey as a medical student, Qor did not unlock the Force until he was an adult, this was the foundations of using the dark and light side for his own ambitions. Qor Palpatine currently resides in House Imperium as the Quaestor of the Scholae Palatinae forces.
Character History
Dac [1ABY - 17ABY]
New Republic Training [7ABY - 33ABY]
Dac - Lexiconus’ homeworld
On 33 ABY, Nosolar packed his things, said goodbye and took a shuttle off to the Cocytus System. He landed in the city of Ohmen, a mining colony led by the rich and powerful Cocytus Empire. Here, he joined the Royal Ohmen Hospital as a researcher to Poisons & Toxins.
Discovery of the Force [33ABY]
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Aedile of House Imperium [33ABY - 34ABY]
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When Lexiconus was picked up from his temporary home on Antenora, he was taken by shuttle to Judecca. Nestled on an island in the middle of the ocean, Kell Dante and Lexiconus landed at Imperium’s base. Here, Lexiconus was taught the values of commanding soldiers, how to fight with a lightsaber, advanced techniques of the Force, and about the Brotherhood. He learned the truth about the Cocytus Empire, which was really Clan Scholae Palatinae, and why they hid in secrecy.
Once settled into his role as the Chief Operations Officer, Lexiconus studied the ways of the Force harder than before, and became so advanced in Telekinesis, that he was able to malfunction technology. Seeing this potential, the Proconsul Eetherbiail came to him with a holocron on the discipline of the Techweaver. A cult of Force Users who are able to manipulate technology to malfunction, and to induce sentience into droids. A Mystic in the Force, Kell Dante realised his potential was growing and expanded his knowledge by gifting him holocrons on Healing and Control Self abilities. Mystic Lexiconus became known as Savant Lexiconus.
Monstrosity
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Believing that the Emperor Vanis and his men were destroying, Emperor Xen'Mordin Palpatine ceasefires from his search and reroutes his forces into securing the system once more. Unbeknownst to him, Vanis was preparing in secret for an ancient ritual. Hidden on Judecca, Vanis and his followers performed a horrific ritual which, upon the release of Mycelium-like spores, infected the followers and turned them into gruesome zombies. The plagued followers then ravaged Ohmen City, as more spores spread across Cocytus.
Vanis then progressed to the final ritual, which he performed high in the mountains, that created the most deadly of monsters. Sacrificing his own hand, Vanis woke four species of ancient monsters to destroy the Cocytus System. Lexiconus Qor was on the frontlines to resist the Judeccan Abyssal.
Eager to prove himself to his new home, Lexiconus was first to volunteer to attempt to find Emperor Vanis. He carefully traced back where the fungal-zombies originated from, discovering the remaining corpses of those who were sacrificed there. From that location he was able to follow the one singular set of tracks leading up into the mountains toward the ritual cave.
The casualties were high and many cities and notable landmarks were destroyed, but when Xen’Mordin successfully interrogated and controlled Vanis, the monsters and zombies were destroyed and vanished.
Quaestor of House Imperium [34ABY - Present]
Inquisitorius meeting
The aftermath of the Monsters that destroyed the system was severe, as the Isles Imperium were located on were scarred forever, while Ohmen was left in pieces. Kell Dante, the founder and first Quaestor of Imperium, decided to devote his full time into commanding the military portion of the Clan Fleet. As such, he handed the title of Quaestor over to his aide, Lexiconus Qor.
Needing a replacement and lost under the paperwork of his new role, Lexiconus Qor took on two apprentices. A Human named Kyo Akumu who was a brilliant saberist, and a Zeltron named Blade Ta'var who was an expert with swords, and she became his new Aedile.
It was during this momentary timeline of peace that Lexiconus came across two Quarren orphans. With no name and no guardians to protect them, the Savant decided it was best to adopt them and protect them from the world.
Subterfuge
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Subterfuge was a Scholae Palatinae House feud that took place in 34 ABY as an act of deception to test the loyalty and capability of both House Imperium and House Excidium members. Emperor Xen’Mordin Vismorsus having decided that the members of his clan had grown to confident and reliant on each other, wished to test their limits. In a set of rapid fire exchanges Imperium and Excidium members immediately went to destroy their enemies.
First news of the so call betrayal was sent out simultaneously to all members of the clan. While they knew they would have to band together as houses to overcome. With members of both houses spread out through the entire system, there was inevitable one on one interactions as members encountered each other. None more so than the new appointed Aedile of House Imperium, Blade Ta'var . She had just arrived from Excidium only weeks before. Knowing many of the watering holes her formers housemates frequented she was able to hunt down and face many of the ‘traitors’ that were House Excidium. Not all was lost for her old House though. Unknown to House Imperium, Blade Ta'var acquired and leaked key intelligence on Imperium and its resources to a member of Excidium. Excidium was hit hard, but they were provided the means to hit back even harder.
Taking true form to their heritage, Imperium immediately began formulating a targeted attack against one of the known communication hubs utilized by Excidium’s Intelligence sources. As a House they coordinated a multi-stage system with each member taking different objectives to cripple Excidium’s ability to communicate.
As the conflict reached its flashpoint of destruction, the order was sent out to immediately stand down and return to the Imperial Palace. Imperium who was surging in the front of the conflict was ordered to stop before absolute victory, and Excidium was spared final destruction.
Deep beneath its surface, in the great meeting hall of the Clan, both houses grouped on opposite ends of the hall. Xen’Mordin, flanked for the first time by the new Proconsul Cyris Oscura. He informed the houses that this had been a test of loyalty and skill. He decreed that they had become soft and compliant.
To emphasize his point he used the force to pull out Lucyeth the leader of the faltering Excidium, and then tortured him through the use of force lightning. While Lucyeth was still laying in agony on the floor in front of his clanmates, Xen made his way out of the meeting hall. Just before exiting he looked back and told the clan that this was a reminder they were at war every day against the forces from outside the clan.
Shattered Ties
The backdrop of the Feud involved yet another attack on the Red Fury Pirates, taking place in 34 ABY. Both Clans were making a push to wipe out the Red Fury Pirates. This attack could not be as open as in past, with the planet containing civilians that both Consul's declined to allow to be caught in the crossfire.
With the planet inhabited, the Clans each chose a member to scout out the planet on foot. Scholae Palatinae chose Zehsaa Hysh and Naga Sadow chose Aul Celsus. Despite the shared desire to wipe out the wretched remnant of the pirates from the face of the galaxy, a great tension and distrust was felt between the Clans. Though Celsus and Hysh were scouting together, Aul did not report to a joint command. Still the two could sense something grand awaiting them within the hidden structure that served as well as they knew as the Red Fury base of operations. With the Clan Summits working in concert, the attack was poised.
Lexiconus Qor fought on the side of Scholae Palatinae, in order to help defend against the Sadowan attacks, and invade the Red Fury pirate base. Conclusively, Lexiconus planned to invade the base through a secret hatch, climb through the service tunnels and steal the Sith artefacts from the pirates. Once successfully stolen and back onto a Palatinaean ship, a Dark Presence came and stole the artefacts from them. Before his Proconsul, Cyris Oscura could scorn Lexiconus for his total failure, his attention was turned to the ship being attacked. They successfully escaped back into the Cocytus system.
Operation: Starfall
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Following the success of their attack against Clan Naga Sadow, the members of Scholae Palatinae were enjoying the high of victory. The clan was abuzz with energy. The Emperor and Elincia Rei met to discuss how to best focus the clan’s energy into furthering their own goals. The Emperor decreed it was time to enact “Operation: Starfall” a plan that had been in the works for months.
The entirety of the clan met to receive the orders. They were to venture to the planet Aesirus on the far side of the Galaxy. This remote planet, while seemingly a poor choice to mark the Empire’s expansion was rich with natural resources needed to build up the Empire’s army. These resources included the rare Kyber Crystals that were used in lightsabers and high powered laser weaponry.
Aesirus was currently under the control of the SoroSuub Corporation, which had begun an extensive mining operation on the planet. With an already present workforce, and equipment, the Emperor ordered that only the members of Clan Scholae Palatinae would venture to the planet to seize control. The military and their ships were to be left in dark space beyond the system’s limits. A minimal loss of life was mandatory to speed the mining process once the clan had control of the planet. Operation: Starfall was live.
It was during this campaign that Lexiconus Qor openly defied the Consul with his plans to kill the Sorosuub employees, and refused to obey another order from the Emperor until he corrected his ways.
Several charges were placed in the tunnels below the mining complex, in a ruse to fake an earthquake and allow the Clan members to escort the panicked miners to safety. Unbeknownst to them, the Clan members were escorted into a cave system and a series of hidden bombs were triggered. The explosions caved the tunnels in and trapped the Clan inside with the miners.
With all the members of Clan Scholae Palatinae now contained within the Kyber crystal cave, an enormous holoprojection of the Emperor filled the air of the cave. Removing his traditional mask, a twisted and corrupted face of Xen’Mordin was revealed. He identified himself as Darth Fallax, a Dark Lord of the Sith who had lived centuries prior. For months he had slowly taken control of Xen’Mordin, and was now in complete control of his body.
He had been the force backing Fias Zhan’s attempt to take the Cocytus system, and originally hoped to end up possessing Zhan’s body instead. When Zhan fell, a new plan was put into action. He had his disciples place a holocron on Antenora, which was then found by Polis Jones. Due to the age of the holocron, Xen had foolishly believed it to belong to Emperor Palpatine. His erratic behavior and actions of the past year were due directly to Fallax slowly possessing his body.
Before Fallax could detonate the final charges to collapse the roof of the cave, Xen’Mordin managed a desperate and excruciatingly painful finally act of control of his body. He activated a handful of detonators, collapsing the tunnel system, preventing soldiers from storming the cave. He then fried the remaining detonators with a blast of force lightning. His head slammed into the table as Fallax retook control of his body.
The members of Scholae Palatinae were left for dead in the cave. In the palace, Fallax’s disciples captured and subdued Elincia Rei, the only clan member remaining in the system. Fallax ordered her to begin testing on the corruption now cracking and breaking Xen’s body, stating he planned on using it for a long time to come.
Midnight
Following the events of Operation Starfall, the members of Scholae Palatinae escaped the kybar crystal cave, and smuggled themselves back into the Cocytus system. Elincia Rei, held prisoner by Darth Fallax, took the risk and escaped, due to luck, efforts by Xen’Mordin to stop Fallax, and the appearance of her estranged father. Xen’Mordin himself was trapped inside his own mind, and forced to watch as Fallax set about tearing apart his clan, and subjected to endless torture at the hands of Fallax.
The New Dawn became aware of Scholae Palatinae’s return to the Cocytus system, thanks largely to the capture of Delak Krennel. Rylla Varga, one of Fallax’s twelve disciples began an all out search of the entire system to locate the Palatinaeans and stop them. Following days of aggressive interrogation and torture, Darth Fallax personally killed Delak Krennel, impaling him on a lightsaber. Fallax then had Delak’s half-brother, Jurdan, take Delak’s body as a message to the Palatinaeans.
Meanwhile, in the streets of Ohmen, Elincia Rei remained on the run. She came in contact with Stana Watsertha, who identified herself as an ally, and demonstrated knowledge of both Elincia, and the entirety of the clan. Stana took Elincia, along with Polis Jones to the location that all of Scholae Palatinae were hiding at. There the three of them set forth a plan to attempt to save Xen’Mordin from Fallax. Some members of Scholae Palatinae agreed to help, others refused, instead deciding on advancing the fight against the New Dawn no matter the cost.
The tide in the battle of Teyr turned as more of the military defected back to support the Palatinaeans. The New Dawn were eventually overrun. Sadon was captured and executed by Archangel. With the New Dawn pushed back. The Palatinaeans turned their attention toward Ohmen, and the palace.
Out in the jungle, the team working on the risky ritual to free Xen, succeeded. They charged a crystal that just needed to get near Fallax to separate him and Xen permanently. They met up with their clanmates and made the final push to the palace.
The New Dawn had locked down the palace, but some quick thinking from Alara Deathbane, and some inspiration from the failed attack by Fias Zhan several years earlier, let to them breaching the front door. The Palatinaeans quickly stormed to the throne room.
Once there, the crystal shot to the ceiling and exploded, drowning out Fallax in bright raw energy. When the light abaded, Fallax and Xen were separated, Xen back in control of his own body, and Fallax with a fully restored body of his own. Fallax quickly overpowered Xen’Mordin, cutting the Consul’s ancient lightsaber in half. Xen used the force to launch the remaining half of the lightsaber at the Sith Lord, hoping to use it as a spear. Fallax used force lightning at the same moment. The lightning and hilt met in midair, with the lightning overloading the damaged crystal and powercell of the hilt. It exploded.
The explosion sent Xen’Mordin flying back, unconcious. The shrapnel from the lightsaber hilt continued forward, impaling Fallax’s new body. The members of Scholae Palatinae crowded around, and Lexiconus kept him alive long enough to kill him painfully. When they finished, Xen’Mordin had vanished.
Xen’Mordin had been taken to a secret medical facility on Caina by Stana Watsertha. She brought Elincia Rei and Evant Taelyan to visit him and discuss what to do. The machines showed he had no brain activity. They ultimately decided to leave his life support on, hoping he would find his way back through the force.
Legacy of Palpatine
It should be noted for the log that Lexiconus was subjected to a kidnapping and taken to an undisclosed location. There, he met Jorm, Lucyeth and Koryn, all tied and kidnapped like him. Together, they met the Palpatines of the clan and was told about their fates, to join the Palpatine family. He kneels and bows his head, as Xen'Mordin touches both of his shoulders to make him a Legacy of Palpatine.
Later, after all were knighted in such a way, a trial was combat was held and Lexiconus fell short of the warriors. To fit his new status as a hero in the Clan, Lexiconus felt it necessary to rename himself Qor Palpatine. He urged others to use this name as well.
Qor Palpatine Writing Techniques
In order for others to write Qor in the way that I intended to create him, I have created a list of short but informative bullet points to assume his traits and behaviour, both in combat and outside of it.
Firstly, it should be noted that ALL Quarren may harbour a small degree of racist or harsh outlook towards non-Quarrens. Quarrens are also naturally confident and proud of themselves, especially in the face of their neighbours, the Mon Calamari species.
- Remains impartial to debates or organisations, bases his opinion on them through facts not rumour.
- Is very experimental with most things, such as projects, people, communities, items and the Force.
- Can be very tough and cold from a certain point of view, but speaks with calm and soft tones.
- Qor is passionately curious about everything, even the things he is a novice in. He HAS to know all about it, and will do anything to gather that information.
Conclusively, this entire perception on Qor would force many warrior-based characters to disregard or cut him down to remove the problem. As he appears grumpy, weak, mouthy and salty to those who are strangers.
Physical Description
Qor with TK
Qor Palpatine was born in the deep trenches of Dac's oceans, and his body shows this. His skin is the leathery orange iconic to his species. His body appears frail and slim, but he is physically active and has lean thighs and toned arms. Rough ridges grow from forehead backwards across his bald head. He has long orange tentacles that extend like a beard, with a pair of gills extending on the sides of his jaw. Two fangs protrude from his mouth that are ivory. Being a Quarren, his eyes shine a glorious sapphire colour.
When dressed formally, Qor buckles up an Equite version of the Medic uniform used across the Brotherhood. The robes themselves are fitted with adjustments to minimise everyday sounds made through movement throughout the day. The robes have also been altered for increased radiation resistance, but at the price of restricted movement. The robe’s colour scheme itself is a dark fabric, with a low-light scheme camouflage. Each patch of fabric has been dyed with tints of black and dark blue hues in order to blend in with the night.
Qor also wears an armour-weave cloak, it is made from a patchwork of random colours and designs that have no discernable pattern. The clock itself is a loose garment with a hood that Qor wears over his existing robes to protect himself from the weather and to hide his valuables. The cloth itself is capable of dissipating blaster bolts, as well as holding limited protection from lightsabers.
When dressed casually, Qor throws on a one-piece chemical-proof overall that he uses when experimenting and working. It is royal blue with a light blue seam running down the zips, across the lining of the pockets and on the letters and logo of the Clan. He also wears a long white laboratory trench-coat with two deep pockets at the bottom front and a tools chest pocket at the upper left, near the opening of the coat. Both made from synthetic fabrics, they have seen some wear and tear shown through burn marks, rips, chemical smudges and sauce stains.
When speaking of equipment, he has a Saberstaff magnetically locked onto the small of his back and an Advanced Inquisitor Comlink worn on his wrist. Qor also owns a Medpac, Antidote kit and a Stim kit which are hung from his belt. He has a Datapad on his right hip, and a Legacy of Palpatine ring on his right hand. Qor also owns a priceless Dodecagon Holocron that mysteriously finds him at all times.
Powers & Abilities
Qor knows the fundamental mechanics and techniques of Soresu but anything more advanced is beyond his skill set. Qor also has training in Piloting and Detection. But what he values the most is his skills in Medicine and Survival. Honed and improved for decades, Qor is a world-class Doctor, capable of treating numerous amounts of diseases and injuries to almost every species of the galaxy. But he also spent a vast majority of his time researching the effects of poisons and toxins, so he has the ability to craft something that can harm as well as heal a patient.
Qor's survival skills speak for themselves, as he has become self-sufficient when in the wilderness and even in the cities across the galaxy. He has the working knowledge of what food is edible, what is poisonous, what animals are friendly, where they live as well as what they eat. He also knows which predators to avoid and which you can kill, as his skills in trap making and surgically dissecting animals are also perfectly honed.
As a Gray Jedi of the Force, Qor also has a vast array of Force techniques to use at his disposal. The Quarren uses Illusion, Cloak, Concealment and Battle Meditation with great concentration, but in a basic manner. He is skilled in amplifying his body, as well as telepathically speaking to others and meditating on the future, but in partial concentration.
In most combat scenarios, Qor can rely on his Barrier powers in order to absorb or dissipate blaster bolts shot his way. The Quarren is also skilled in the art of Precognition, where he can visualise what his opponent is doing before he acts. Additionally, Qor has finally tuned his Telekinesis, to a point where he can lift larger and regular object with the Force, even when under duress such as combat.
Above all else, Qor excels in three powers; Healing, Control Self and Sense. As a Doctor, Qor uses his Healing abilities to quicken the body's metabolism and healing factors, in order to prevent extended pain. He has expertly refined this ability that minor injuries do not take concentration to heal. He can also fuse his healing powers with his control self powers, in order to anaesthetise a patient with the Force.
With Control Self, Qor can effortlessly control his pain input and bodily functions by instinct, without concentration or effort. As an expert survivalist, the Quarren can function for days on end in the hottest of deserts or the coldest of tundras and even the deepest of oceans than his body would allow. If Qor wanted to test his powers of Control Self, he can push his body to hibernate for more than several weeks at a time, with no food or water.
As an Arcanist, Qor also has an edge over the best Jedi and Sith of the galaxy, because the Force bends around his perception and allows him to being’s past events from just a scrap of cloth or a pool of blood. Using his specialised sensing abilities, Qor can perform a Dowsing in order to assess scenes and track individuals. Like the maverick Kiffar, Qor can follow the being’s tracks to the last place they were on the planet.
Through countless days of studying holocrons and meditating in isolation, Qor has unlocked the secret talent of controlling the Living Force, purely to refill his reserve energies. This allows the Quarren to push on for longer than he normally would, while only concentrating in a small amount of time. This invaluable gift from Force users lost in time allows Qor to endure and protect himself and others.
Career
Symbol of Medics across the galaxy
Qor has studied for years as a practiced Doctor and Surgeon, he has transferred these skills into his current position as Gray. However when the Force fails him, he has the knowledge of Medicine to back him up. The following items listed are always contained in his Medpac, for when the harshest of times are forced upon him:
- Wound Gaze - To prevent and stop excessive bleeding.
- Iodide & Hydrogen Peroxide - To clean and protect the wounded areas.
- Lidocain - To anesthetise and numb the local area.
- Adrenlaine & Morphine Syringes - As a stimulant to the patient.
- Blood Bags - Complete with syringe, tubing and locked into a freezing compartment. Specifically for Humanoid use, with the DNA alignment extracted.
- Surgery Set - Knives, forceps, hooks. For when onsite surgery needs to be done. Useful for labour, tumour extraction or parasite removal.
- Bio-gel packs - A modern take on a wound gaze. For when traditional methods will not cut it. Can also be used as a blood donation.