Arador

Template:Sith charinfo Arador is a Protector of Qel-Droma inClan Arcona and an adherent to the Sith Order. He was born in 7 ABY on Sanctuary to a small family of refugees who became fishermen. He joined the Dark Jedi Brotherhood in 29 ABY. Arador is a loyal, fierce, persistent fighter, though he is often percieved as restless, unknown, and dark. His long brown hair, brown eyes, tan skin, and slight build make him an average looking human, however he is quicker, more nimble, and agile than most. He makes his actions, both physical and otherwise, quickly and subtly in ways unlike any other.

Character History

Childhood

7 ABY to 21 ABY

Arador was born on the planet Sanctuary. The only family that he knew he had were his mother, Vala, and his father, Dzrai, however they weren't born on Sanctuary. Arador lived in a small house built on a floating village, called Tudrak, in the center of the largest lake on Sanctuary.

When Arador turned seven, his mother became very ill, and died. It was a tragic experience for both him and his father, but they lived on. It was also during this time that an old woman, named Saavhir, moved to Sanctuary from Dantooine. She told Arador that she had left to escape a threat that she sensed would soon come and destroy those left on Dantooine. During the time Saavhir lived in Tudrak, she made a fairly quiet existance. She would however, often leave her home and not be seen by anyone for many weeks at a time. There was no explanation for her disapperances, and so it was just accepted by those who lived in the small village.

Arador spent much time with her the following years, as she treated him kindly. She secretly taught Arador some basic, unrefined techniques in the Force when he was young. As Arador got older, she began to teach him some more advanced uses of the Force. Arador learned to use telekinesis to catch hundreds of fish at once without using a net, and it was often for his ability to do this that kept what was left of his family from starving.

When Arador was fifteen, a bounty hunter named Co, came to the small house that Arador and his father lived in, and destroyed it with detonators while attempting to kill Arador's father. During this, Arador had been hiding from the bounty hunter under the floorboards of the corner of the house; however, the bounty hunter found him. Seeing a strong, angry boy, the bounty hunter offered him a choice. Arador could either become Co's apprentice, or be killed as his father was. In Arador's eyes, there wasn't much of a choice, and so he chose to become an apprentice to the bounty hunter. The bounty hunter left the planet Sanctuary and traveled throughout the galaxy on his ship, the Dark Plague, collecting bounties, and teaching Arador. Through his apprenticeship, Arador learned many things about fighting, including the hand-to-hand combat style Knifist.

During their travels Co had eventually begun to tell Arador of himself, how he had found out about his father, and where he had come from. Co was born on Shili to moderately important political figures for the planet. He was raised in a stable, calm home, where he was given a proper, and thorough education. He knew everything about politics, war, hand to hand combat, swordsmanship, ships, and technology of all kinds. Most of all, he was taught how to kill without others knowing. His tutors came from all over the galaxy, some strange, others odd. He learned of the Jedi and Sith, and their philosophies. He even knew the basics of how to weild a lightsaber, though nothing more. Co had eventually came to study the Emperor, and his apprentice.

It was during this time, that his parents were both assassinated by a small group of bounty hunters hired by a rebeling group from another planet, who felt that they were being oppressed through their influence. Co set out to find them, to kill them, but wanted to do so in an especially gruesome way. He had heard of how the Dark side of the Force could be used for terrible things, and had heard of a specific area rich in dark texts, that had been left untouched. He set out to find where exactly they were.

Scrolls of Darkness

27 ABY
When Arador turned twenty, he found out why the bounty hunter had come to destroy his home and kill his father. Co had been searching for something across the galaxy for many years and finally came to Arador's house. Arador was forced to kill the bounty hunter after learning what Co had found. Co had discovered, hidden within Arador's house, odd-looking scrolls that had been hidden there by Arador's father. The scrolls contained information, and told the location of a great treasure, hidden hundreds of years before. Arador followed the information provided in the scrolls until he reached Manaan. He then made his way to an abandoned Selkath city on the ocean floor. There he found a great vault inscribed with this, "The Last Great Darkness of Manaan." Arador searched through the city until he found some old and unused orbital depth charges. Arador managed to manipulate the charges for his purposes. The charges opened the vault easily, reveling hundreds of records about the teachings given to some Selkath by Darth Vader. Arador read, learned, and began to utilize the teachings beginning to understand his affinity for the Force. Arador quickly became more powerful, but there weren't enough teachings there. Arador felt a hunger for more knowledge and teachings, to become more powerful in the Force. It was at this time he heard the call of the Dark Brotherhood, though he did not know it.

Search for Darkness

27 ABY to 29 ABY

Having exhausted the source of knowledge, Arador left Manaan in search of someone who could teach him the secrets of the Dark Side. His search began on the planet Milarian where Arador met with an old friend of his father's, Exzlon. Arador had met with Exzlon before when he was passing by Sanctuary and decided to visit Arador's father. Exzlon was able to direct Arador to a man who had been a business partner of Dzrai. The search was long and hard following one lead to another as Arador tried to track down the person who had given Dzrai the Scrolls. After many months, Arador finally found the man who Dzrai had gotten the scrolls from. He refused to give his name, but told Arador that he had gotten the Scrolls from a former member of the Emperor's Hand, who had died in a battle. Arador found out where the agent of the Emperor used to live.

Arador's search finally ended after almost three years, on Onderon when Arador made contact with a woman who once knew of the agent Arador was seeking information about, and who also knew of a group of Dark Side followers he might be interested in. Arador met with the woman under the Iziz palace where she told him of the Dark Jedi Brotherhood. She told him that she had found out about the group while imprisoned by the Vong. The woman escaped from the Vong, and took with her the lightsaber of one of the slain Dark Jedi. Inscribed upon the hilt of the lightsaber was information of where the Dark Jedi Brotherhood was. Arador left Onderon, and in the middle of 29 ABY, Arador found the Dark Jedi Brotherhood.

Uneasy Alliances

Arador had entered into the Brotherhood in a time of confusion, war, derision, and coercion. This time of infighting in the Brotherhood was known as the Uneasy Alliances Feud. The Yuuzhan Vong, Clan Arcona, Clan Plageuis, and Clan Scholae Palatinae, were all involved in creating the chaos that engulfed Arador's beginning days in the Brotherhood. His only anchor being his new master, Legorii, he was careful to hold his place as best he could in Qel-Drom. Arador had become an Acolyte during this Feud, taking much credit of his promotion due to his work in the Shadow Academy. Though he shaped little of the Feud's outcome, he had gone through several difficult battles that tried his abilities. He had just been included into Dark Orb as Arcona's Fleet approached Scholae Palatinae's. The Feud caused many changes through Arcona, and made many oppertunities for advancement as Mejas Doto stepped down as Consul of Arcona shortly after the end of the Feud. It was at this time that Arador was promoted from Krath Tyro to Tetrarch of Dark Orb Phyle.

DJB Facts

Positions Held

Apprentice of Legorii
Tyro of Dark Orb Phyle
Tetrarch of Dark Orb Phyle

Written Works

Dariik Dhaaci