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Iphis Melinoe is a Krath-trained Sith who recently returned to the Brotherhood after fleeing Lyspair during the Fall of Antei in 21 ABY.
Biography
Childhood (9-21 ABY)
Iphis was born the second daughter of a minor noble house in the Hapes Consortium in 9 ABY. As a child, she came to the attention of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood and was enrolled at the Shadow Academy in 19 ABY.
In 21 ABY, the Brotherhood was assaulted by a previously unknown alien force called the Yuuzhan Vong. When it became clear that Brotherhood forces had little hope of fending off the Vong invasion of Antei, Darth Sarin initiated a contingency plan called the Braata Option. Brotherhood forces were instructed to abandon the system and regroup outside the Shroud. Three years later, the Brotherhood would reclaim the system. Iphis would not be among them.
Phaistos (21-42 ABY)
Rather than follow the Braata Option, the elder instructors and archivists Iphis studied under abandoned the Brotherhood entirely, seeking a relatively sparsely populated world that a group of 19 Force-users could dominate.
Prodigal Daughter (43 ABY-Present)
Iphis appeared in Brotherhood space in 43 ABY, offering what knowledge and artifacts she could salvage from Phaistos in exchange for asylum.
Description
Appearance and Attire
Iphis is a Hapan female with fair skills and straight, thick, pale blonde hair. She is exceptionally tall without the athletic build to support it, more willowy and coltish than amazonian.
Iphis has a heart-shaped face with a distinct jawline tapering to a pointed chin, set atop a long, delicate neck. Her nose is relatively narrow with a slightly pointed tip. She has a cruel mouth with full lips and a prominent cupid's bow. She has expressive eyes with a noticeable upward tilt at the outer corners. Her eyebrows are well-defined and dark, contributing to the intensity of their gaze.
Iphis would epitomize pureblood Hapan beauty if not for her eyes and the fact that her right arm is missing from the mid-humerus down, replaced with a gilded cybernetic. While her eyes are striking, the sheer intensity of their emerald green color is inhuman, and their vibrancy makes her skin and hair look washed out and lifeless in comparison.
Contrasted with the rest of her features, Iphis' eyes and height underscore a sense that she is not quite the sum of her parts. It's as if she had been cobbled together from a small group of individually gorgeous women whose individual aspects don't match. Her build is lithe and delicate and she would be dainty if not for her height; she is tall and imposing, or would be if she had the frame to back it up. Her bone structure and facial features share perfect bilateral symmetry, an effect ruined entirely by her mismatched arms.
Speech and Mannerisms
Personality
Iphis' personality can be charitably described as "extra;" for those who've gotten to know it, it can be easy to forget how unobtrusive and easily overlooked she is around strangers. Her genuine indifference to other people's feelings and natural caution mean Iphis goes out of her way to avoid attracting attention or scrutiny—at least until she's in a sure position to gloat.
Iphis plays up being a decadent, shallow mean girl. She really is one, but her public persona can exaggerate these tendencies to the point of caricature. She pretends to forget people’s names, has prepared flowery put downs she can inflict onto which target is convenient, and will push people's buttons if there’s nothing better to do.
Assuming that this means she cares about others’ opinions of her would be a mistake, however. Ultimately, other people are merely extras in the background of her starring role in life, hardly worth the sustained attention. She’ll play along with insults, lightsaber-measuring contests, and torrid love affairs so long as they're amusing her, but when they inevitably become tedious, Iphis moves on without fanfare.
Skills and Abilities