Kaliidrad Mortashka Vorrac

Character History

Shards of a mind Whatever life Kaliidrad had in the past, it is now lost to him. His memory, beyond three years into the past, consists of traumatic moments of pain, fear, and anger. Usually, these memories manifest in his dreams, which has led him to seek ways to avoid sleep. Also, these memories result in people from his past claiming to know him. However, these are usually unsavory people, but in any case, they bring disorienting flashbacks and uncontrollable action driven by past emotion. For example, if an old enemy claims to know him, Kal will burst out into uncontrollable but efficient violence resulting in said enemy's death. Also, if a woman claims to be a past lover, the flashback will usually be followed by an outburst of sexual passion, which will leave Kal waking up inexplicably in bed with a woman he doesn't know or remember. While this is seen as a weakness by some, it also makes Kal unpredictable and deadly.

Early life and childhood Kal remembers very little about his childhood, if it could be called that, but after seeking out someone whos name he remembered, he has pieced together parts of it. It is probably heavily inaccurate, but it is all he has. He was supposedly raised by an old Ithorian called Haido Kush. Haido lived in poverty for all of his life, largely due to the Empire's anti-alien mindset, but was a survivor. He lived in the lower areas of Coruscant, an area rife with injustice and crime. When he was in his mid-twenties, Haido was confronted by a woman who gave him a small child, telling Haido to raise the child well and asking him to keep him hidden. She told him the child's name was Kaliidrad Vorrac, and that he could never know of where he had come from. Haido took the child, heeding the woman's words. She raised Kaliidrad until the age of ten, teaching him the language of ithorians and, through a droid he had salvaged, teaching him basic as well. He raised Kal to know the teachings of poverty, that no matter what a situation seemed to be, he should never expect peace and harmony in a galaxy of war and anger. He taught Kal, but was never cruel or unjust. However, as life went on for the young one, he soon found that the slums hardened one so young and sensitive. By the age of twelve, his heart was filled with anger and despair, and he longed to escape this place, where the night was brighter than the day due to the amount of technology on Coruscant. Eventually, he got his wish.

Teen Years Though it is one of the most muddled parts of his memory, Kal has managed to hunt down parts of his teen years. The memory that led him to Haido Kush was one where he remembered being twelve, hiding on a ship in a public launch bay on Coruscant, stealing many gems in the cargo bay, and feeling a strong need not to be caught by Haido. That, combined with the story of how Kal had disappeared one day when he was twelve, led Kal to believe that he had stowed away when he was twelve on a ship headed for an unknown location. He hid in the cargo bay of a ship, stealing a large amount of some precious jewels from some of the cargo he found. At the destination, he probably left the ship, pawning off the gems for large amounts of credits and buying passage to the moon Nar Shaddaa. Upon arriving, Kal's newfound funds allowed him to seek living space at a local hotel that wasn't picky about it's customers and stay alive until a new source of living could be found. When he arrived on Nar Shaddaa, he immediately found a source of work as a thief of valuable objects, droid parts, and anything else worth credits that he could find. This petty living earned him a cut of the pay and enough to subsist on, but soon, he was found by a much more powerful being.

The person was a Dark Side user and former Padawan called Vhiim Ku'hzad. She was a female Zabrak who had escaped the purge narrowly by means of the smuggler's moon. Using her old lightsaber, she had found a living when she left the order here, working as a bounty hunter. Vhiim was nowhere near as powerful as most of the Dark Siders that obtained fame, but she was still a dangerous being against most. She taught Kal much about bounty hunting, and even found him a few contacts. However, when she saw him hunt, his pent-up trauma from his childhood resulted in rage that resulted in murder. This pleased her, because when she felt his rage, she felt his connection to the Force. Soon, she trained him in a few basic abilities, such as the ability to sense emotion and the ability to slightly amplify his strength and physical actions through the Force. That said, she was still in a very early part of her journey with the Force, and was only able to teach him rudimentary use of the Force. However, she bested him in combat and trained him for over six years, if it could be called teaching.

Vhiim was a cruel teacher, determined to make Kal a killing machine. She frequently beat him, sent him into peril, and mocked his successes. Within a week of teaching, Kal hated her. She taught him Teras Kasi as a martial art, though was careful to keep his training below hers. As he reached the age of eighteen, she added a new level to this cruelty, molesting him frequently. However, three days after his eighteenth birthday, he stole an ancient Sith artifact that his "mistress" called the spidershiv, a knife in the shape of a spider, with a taint in it that caused the body to suffer pain and welt horridly when so much as scratched with it, and stabbed her in her sleep. He enjoyed her pain, and it was through this that he truly acquired a taste for murder. Soon after, he sought work as a mercenary, and though he never attained richness and fame, he managed to live acceptably.

Adulthood and it's Horrors Kal's physical age is about forty years, though he looks twenty. As such, his past in this area was too vast and complicated to sort out perfectly. However, he has learned many clues that have aided him in getting a vague picture of it. For many years, he was an assassin, and his enjoyment of murder made him use the spidershiv, which he kept for his entire life, nearly every time he collected. He would use a blaster when faced with thugs or bodyguards, or other such meaningless kills, but for each of his targets, he savored their death in all of it's sweetness, enjoyed the feel of their bodies as the warmth left them, heard their heart's dying beat. Of course, he was quite psychotic by the time he was twenty, but this did little to make him desist.

Kal never really settled down in one area, keeping enough credits in reserve for accomodations while spending most of them on a ship, the Hellhound. He saw the ship in a way similar to it being his only friend, and though he frequently had to replace the astromechs he used with it, he always took care of the ship. He was known by some in underground circles as the wanderer, and was contactable only through encrypted messages sent to anonymous droids and redirected to Kal. In this way, none could identify him

One aspect of Kal's adulthood was his sex life. He discovered soon after he had killed Vhiim that he was considered attractive, or could be, with some aesthetic touches, easily obtained with his pay. He more than once used this to lure a target to bed, killing her there. However, this made enemies, and the few women he did consider lovers were usually killed by these enemies, though he managed to kill many of them.

Hunt for the Truth Kal's memory was shattered in a severe accident. He figures that he was inside of a building or a ship, engaging resistance while seeking kills, when said building or ship exploded and he was caught in it. He was badly burned, but evidently he killed the target, as not only was he saved from death, presumably by his employer, but his appearance was reconstructed to make him look like a twenty-year-old. Also, he had his left eye, removed because of damage from the accident, replaced by a prosthesis, at the time perfectly made. The trouble was that he had no memory, other than shreds of traumatic moments and pieces of engraved skill. He found his spidershiv, recovered at the sight of the accident, near his bed and fled the area, stealing a shuttle and flying away toward a nearby space station.

The next three years of his life were occupied with survival and an attempt to find out his past. Throughout them, he has seen signs of his past jumping up from nowhere to meet him.

The Mark Burned into Kaliidrad's hand is a mark in the form of an X with lines across the top and bottom, similar to an hourglass. He recalls it being made in a traumatic dream. Evidently, it was not reparable by his employer. He uses this mark as his personal insignia, and has found it's source. The mark, turned sideways, was the symbol of an old company that had been a disguise for gunrunning. Evidently, the company's sudden cease to exist was because of Kal, who found a story of the company's head branding the mark into his assassin's hand before his death at the assassin's hands. Now, he uses it on all personal equipment and possessions.

Hellhound Reacquired The ship, Hellhound, was found by Kal being piloted by a rather rich bounty hunter. When Kal saw it, he instantly recognized the modifications he had made earlier in life, which came to him through one of his flashbacks. He led the man away, murdered him, and reacquired the ship. Adding to the paint job his signal, in bright red, on each wing, Kal now flies it in service of his new masters.

The Brotherhood At the end of the three years, Kal had found the Dark Jedi Brotherhood and proven himself, joining the ranks of Clan Plagueis. They have given him a life, a cause to fight for. More importantly, they have surrounded him with rarities, people similar to him. Here, he hopes to achieve his destiny. Though he is a loner and is loyal to no one, he serves Plagueis and the Brotherhood with all of his black heart.

Positions Held

Sith Flight Member and Commander of Satal Victus.

Outstanding Achievements

Completion of 19 Shadow Academy courses, thirteen awards, two of which show GJW veterancy, Antei Combat Centre Qualification.

Trivia

Kal's left eye, a prosthesis, is four shades lighter than his other due to age, though both are green.

The brand on Kal's hand is the symbol for the old Nygghos Corporation turned on it's side. The company was a small-time front for gunrunning.

Kal is addicted to a stimulant he creates himself, to avoid his horrid dreams. The stimulant provides a burst of adrenaline, activating chemicals that help him stay awake. However, his addiction makes him crave adrenaline, and he will frequently perform dangerous and even stupid actions for a rush.