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| Arack Dedecus Tavar
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12 ABY
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Epicanthix
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160 pounds
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Dark Green (Fading)
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- Valant Tavar (Father)
- MAJ Amelia Tavar (Mother)
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- "Who knows what he hides under that mask. He only started wearing it after he came into the service of that Sith Aedile"
- ―Army Officer speaking of Arack and his mask
Arack Tavar is a young Dark Jedi of the Clan Arcona, under the banner of House Galeres. Unlike most Shadow Jedi, Arack was practically born Sith, to a Dark Jedi Equite and his military liasion officer wife in 12 ABY on the world of Panatha; yet the couple moved from that world when Arack was only 6 months old. From year one, Arack was raised in the Dark Arts of manipulation, combat, and lore. While his mother taught him military discipline and values on the side, it was his father, Valant, that shaped his life as a Jedi. Now, at the age of 18, Arack has formally joined Clan Arcona and holds the rank of Acolyte. The Sith's most defining feature is his unique mask that he donned after disobeying one of Aedile Zakath's direct orders.
Character History
Not Really Home
- "We're moving, for I've been recalled back to Selen. Fear not, Ameila, you've been offered a commission in the Arconan Military and Arack will remain with us until he comes of age and goes to the Shadows to bring our family honor"
- ―Battlemaster Valant Tavar informing his wife of their move from Panatha to Selen and of their son's ultimate destiny
The boy that would come to be the Obelisk, and later Sith, known as Arack Tavar was born to a semi-retired Clan Arcona Battlemaster named Valant Tavar and his wife, an Epicanthix private contractor Amelia Tavar, on the planet of Panatha in 12 ABY. They named their son "Arack" after Valant's own father, a member of one of the Emperor's dark side cults and who had perished alongside the Galatic Empire in 4 ABY.
Before the birth of their son, Valant and Amelia had lived on Panatha for close to 6 years (6 ABY to 12 ABY) but with the coming of his heir, the Battlemaster was reminded of his oath to bring his first-born son to the planet of Selen, where he would be trained as a Dark Jedi and put into service of the Shadow Clan upon his 18th birthday.
Keeping to the oath, Valant and Amelia moved from Panatha to Selen when Arack was just 6 months old and his mother went on to become a Second Lieutenant in the Dajorra Defence Force after the young Epicanthix turned one year old and was to start his Dark Jedi training in the form of indoctrination, or brainwashing.
Years passed in this method, and Arack became a Force child, increasingly loyal to a Clan he knew nothing about and his father, who had taken up further Dark Side training and by the time Arack was a teenager, had ascended to the rank of Battlelord while his mother sat at the rank of Captain. At age 14, the youngest Tavar was first taken to Estle City where he saw firsthand what he would come to serve...Clan Arcona...and Arack Tavar savored every moment of his visit, for he was unknowingly warped by the Dark Side already.
The next four years passed in a rush, with the up-and-coming Arconan being cut off more and more from his mother and an outside life, devoted solely to the Force and pleasing his father, Valant Tavar. Finally, the day came when Arack Tavar turned 18, an adult in the eyes of the Selenian Law and subject to the fulfillment of the Heirpromise Oath. By noon, dressed in fine clothing of dark blue and black, with his father by his side, Arack set off for the black-rock Citadel of Arcona.
Arconan Delay
- "I declare fealty to...to...the Obelisk Order!"
- ―Arack Tavar, ignorant of what he would truly become
The first order of business was to declare an Order for which Arack's early training would not affect but his later training would be based off of. Much to the dismay and chagrin of Valant, Arack chose to become one of the Guardians of the Brotherhood and was randomly assigned to House Galeres of the Shadow Clan. This pleased Valant greatly as he had been of the spice-dealing House in his youth.
With the surge of Displace Intergalactic and the troubles it presented for Arcona, Tavar was given quarters in the depths of the Citadel since the leadership of his new "family" and many of its members were off on their respective missions for the Lord Consul and no one would be at the Houses' base planet to see to his arrival.
Instead, a month passed with Arack immersing himself in study and lore about the Three Orders, Unification, and the Dark Council of the Brotherhood and via a private terminal that was linked to the Shadow Academy earned himself two Dark Side Degrees, called Mavens; Leadership and General History.
In the immediate wake of this scholastic success, the Shadow brethren returned from their various assignments and Arack Tavar, an Obelisk Novice, was thrust into the thick of subterfuge and political war. It would start with his Aedile and a lesson on obedience...
"So...Unsubtle"
- "Come with me, Novice. It is time you witness the balance that I must uphold"
- ―Aedile Zakath to Arack
During the month of study, Valant Tavar had left Arack to his own devices so now Tavar was truly alone as he wandered the Citadel , dodging military officials and palace aides in desperate attempts to find something or someone who could help him find out exactly what was going on; the General Invasion alarm had been sounded and no-one could point him to where House Galeres convened.
While Arack had become something of an adept under his father's tutelage, the Dark Side seemed to abandon him in the Citadel, dwarfed by the sheer nova-like levels of power emanating from some of the Equites and Elders of the Shadow Clan. By pure luck and a little Force intervention, Tavar managed to locate his first leader, Zakath, the Aedile. However the whole scene played out as if Zakath had found Tavar and the young Obelisk was shaken to the core as he lay his emerald eyes upon the lieutenant commander of Galeres.
Zakath was of the Sith and his garb reflected such affiliation; black leggings and a tunic covered pale and taught skin and a crown of messy black hair topped his head. The most alarming feature of the lieutenant was not his gothic mode of dress but his eyes...for they burned with the Fire of the Sith. This was the situation in which Arack was thrown into Arcona, being stared down by a sulphuric-eyed Knight of the Sith.
Dress Code
- "You are Novice? And yet you do not wear the robes of your rank..."
- ―Zakath before Force-choking Arack Tavar
The Aedile's first words to the new member of the criminal House was a berating. For Tavar had by chance dressed himself in the clothing that he had worn upon reporting to the Citadel a month previous and not the robes of the rank in which Tavar was at. Arack found him under a strange pressure as Zakath's black-gloved hand closed and so did his windpipe. The Epicanthix gurgled and struggled until he found Zakath's mercy and was released. Then he was thrown from the Aedile's sight until he changed into proper robes.
Twenty minutes later, the Novice returned, clad in light black robes with his hood drawn and was admitted to the spartan chambers of the Galerian Aedile. Now, it seemed, the demonic man had taken prisoners; a Omwati woman named Bryna and a unknown girl-child. Precise orders were given to Arack in the form of becoming these two's jailer and with nary another word, the black cloaked Aedile swept out of his quarters.
Fisticuffs/Deviation From Orders...
In Service, I Find Myself
Armory
Clothing
Dark Jedi Rank Robes - Robes of rank are often seen as the unofficial, but still important, uniform of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. The robes are the usual attire of Arack Tavar when not in combat scenarios. As a younger Journeyman, Arack's robes are light black with a darker shade overcloak and hood. The under-robes consist of a tunic, trousers, standard issue combat boots, and skin-tight gloves. Besides the color of the robes (they get darker in color as ones rank increases) an appropriate number of flashes in the respective Order color are used to denote rank on either shoulder. For example, Arack is an Obelisk Acolyte, so on his shoulders are three blue flashes. Arack commonly wears these robes over top of his lightweight Battle Armor.
File:MENOTDARKLORD.jpgAcolyte Tavar in his Dark Jedi robes and wearing Velius
Velius - A unique mask crafted out of the rare and lightweight white durasteel. His normal attire with this mask are his Dark Jedi robes that cover his suit of light and flexible Battle Armor. The mask is bone-white with two black photoreceptors and a red vocabulator area. The mask reflects a truly ceremonial purpose but that in itself is just a trick. When activated via a datapad button, the photoreceptors can block out bright lights and the vocabulator can seal to become a gas mask. The reason behind these advancements were that the prototype of Velius was actually a military project that Arack looted the blueprints of and modified.
Battle Armor - Arack's battle armor is simply a lightweight set of Stormtrooper armor that has been reinforced and upgraded throughout the years. The armor was given to Tavar as part of his entry kit into Clan Arcona but he never wore it till his donning of Velius, his mask. Light plasteel and individually attached plates help keep the armor cool and flexible and a pre-wired datapad adorns the left gauntlet. Arack's kukri and 22t4 blaster pistol hang from a standard utilitly belt. Finally, the armor was repainted to match Velius's white and red color scheme.
Weapons
22t4 Holdout -
Kukri -
Trivia
- Arack's character picture is a cartooned version of the Old Republic Sith Warriors.
- Is in love with Baked Ziti as a main dish and Key Lime pie as dessert.
- Favorite song is currently Citizen/Soldier by 3 Doors Down.
- Tavar's other picture has the words "Syzion, Dark Lord of the Sith" underneath. Arack knows that he is not the Dark Lord, but the picture was to good to pass up.