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== Character History ==
== Character History ==


'''Shards of a mind'''
'''The life he'd never know'''


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.
Kaliidrad Vorrac was born on Coruscant, to Senator Ahn Vorrac and his wife, Kaltrina Vorrac, in the year of 15 BBY, along with his brother, Anochiir Vorrac, who renounced the family name at a later time. While Anochiir was to be groomed for politics, Kaliidrad was sent away to an Ithorian named Haido Kush in the slums of a different part of the planet. Ahn supposedly claimed he was meant to follow his Grandfather's path.


'''Early life and childhood'''
While Ahn and Kaltrina were extravagantly rich, Ahn led a double-life of sorts. While few have ever found information about this, it is known that in this double-life, he perused a lightsaber and the Force. By rumor, he was strong in the Dark Side, as were many in the Vorrac line, having descended from Sith Lords. When he found Kaltrina to be pregnant, however, he knew his double-life would have to end.


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.
Employing his personal medical team, who, due to Ahn's wealth, were quite effective, Ahn oversaw the birth of the child by a Doctor Tsung, the head of the team. When the birth took place, however, he found a surprise. Not one child, but twins, a pair of brothers. The younger one had the attractive looks of Ahn, but the older showed a face that was completely dissimilar to him, one that hadn't been seen since Ahn's father, right down to the emerald eyes. Ahn's father had been a killer, and as much as he disliked it, he knew the oldest would be, too.


'''Teen Years'''
He named the green-eyed son Kaliidrad, a modification of Kaltrina, and the cobalt-eyed son Anochiir, a modification of Ahn. While both were of rich family heritage, the Senator knew that Kaliidrad, or Kal, as he was called for short, could never be of the family. While keeping Anochiir healthy and well-provided for, Ahn sent for a servant woman, whos name remains unknown, to deliver the boy to somewhere else, somewhere where he'd need to be tough, ruthless, and vicious to survive. The woman had just the place.


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.
'''Cast into Hell'''


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.
The servant woman took Kaliidrad to an Ithorian called Haido Kush in the Coruscanti lower-level slums. Kush was a deathstick dealer, and was known for past crimes. Even so, he was little more than a petty thug. The woman, who bought from Haido, told him the boy's name and told him to raise him as his own. Kush, who had been rendered impotent years before by a radiation malfunction on a starship, was gleeful to have a son, and traded the woman a large bag full of deathsticks for him. She would never get to use them, however, as Ahn's security forces soon killed her afterward.


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.
Haido would prove to be a poor father for the boy, with barely enough food to feed them both, at times not enough, in which he would feed himself, and never with the nutrients the boy needed. As Kaliidrad grew, he became fluent in both Ithorian and basic, the two dialects taught to him by Kush and his only companion, a rusty old protocol droid who couldn't remember it's own name. As he grew, one of the first things taught to him was to fight. Kush taught him to fight viciously, taught him tricks, holds, tripping maneuvers, many of which saved his life on multiple occasions.


'''Adulthood and it's Horrors'''
At the age of eight, Kal was already stealing, fighting, and running errands for the dealer. Soon, however, he would learn a new skill. One day, as he was running an errand, rival dealers jumped him and pulled a knife on him. While he escaped them, he recieved a vicious shoulder wound. Upon seeing this, Kush saw fit to teach the boy what little first aid he knew. He also taught the boy to knife-fight, and gave him a small knife. Kal learned fast, keeping the blade of the knife sharp enough to shave with.


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 fought for years, until the age of eleven, when he was approached by a pair of thugs, one of which had a blaster. Kal quickly used what he knew, tripping one of the thugs and kicking him in the face to knock him out. However, the blaster shot that grazed his left arm caused him to become angry, and Kal would kill for the first time. Upon doing this, he took the pistol the man had used and ran, fearful for his own life.


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
Learning of the murder Kal had commited, Kush saw a very new opportunity in the boy. He began raising him to be the Ithorian's primary enforcer, attempting to make him kill again and again. Kal wanted nothing of it, and at the age of twelve, he would take his few belongings, the knife, the pistol, some ragged clothes, a bag full of food he'd stolen, and he would stow away on a ship, headed for an unknown port. He thought he would finally be free, that his days in Hell were over. He was very wrong.


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.
'''Deeper Into the Fires'''


'''Hunt for the Truth'''
The ship Kal had stowed away on was headed to Nar Shaddaa, the Smuggler's Moon. When it arrived, the boy left eagerly, only to be disappointed. It was much like Coruscant, only less clean, more run-down, and with worse scum. As he tried to hide out, sleeping on streets, he was soon found by a spice-crazed gangster with a vicious temper, but little real skill. The man saw Kal and called him street scum, lifting his rifle to aim at the boy. Before he could get a shot off, Kal had drained the power cell of his pistol into the man's chest.


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.
This would catch the attention of three groups. Firstly, there was a Hutt that called himself Durabga, one who offered Kal a very simple deal: Living space and money in exchange for murder. Kal didn't want to do it, but as he was running out of provisions, he soon had no choice. Unbeknownst to many, Durabga's earliest rivals were dispatched by a street-living twelve-year-old boy. Secondly there were a pair of Nikto, the Vuuraq Twins, who ran a stolen-goods operation. Often times, they had Kal sneak in, take merchandise, and if necessary, remove those in the way. Soon, he was cold and hardened, and could kill without a second feeling. However, this would draw to him the third one who noticed, who would be one of the most influential people in Kal's life. She was also the worst of them all.


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.
Her name was Vhiim Ku'Hzad, and she was a disgruntled Zabrak woman who had formerly been a Jedi Padawan, before the rise of the Empire. After the purge, she hid, using what little skill she had to survive. She became twisted and mad, completely obsessed with the Dark Side, though not very powerful with it. When she discovered Kal, she had very specific intents for him. He would be her student, a term which she deformed and twisted until it was little more than an excuse for causing pain.


'''The Mark'''
Firstly, she sent Kal to kill someone. He did the job well, in and out with the body hidden before anyone could notice. She overlooked his job and found a speck of blood on the wall. Going to Kal, she knocked him to the ground, took out a whip, and lashed the boy fifty times. This would continue, with the slightest mistake bringing from Vhiim a beating like no other. Soon, one of her worst beatings would leave a scar Kal would carry for life.


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.
She found that he had killed a whole room full of people, but she had been able to find their bodies. As such, she took him and lashed him with a whip. Afterward, she took a huge hammer, bringing it down on the boy's knee again and again, until the joint was flattened and bloody, with shards of bone sticking out. With the help of Vhiim, who wanted her pet useable, he was able to get it back together for long enough for it to heal, partially. However, the wound would trouble him until his death.


'''Hellhound Reacquired'''
Upon his older years of teenhood, seventeen, eighteen, Vhiim took a new interest in Kal. She considered herself something godly, but even so, the desires of the flesh consumed her, and with what little money he'd been allowed to keep from his earnings, he had groomed himself well. One night, in addition to her ordinary beatings, Kal was tied down to a bed, and Vhiim raped the young man. This would continue until Kal's nineteenth year, until he would finally free himself from Ku'Hzad.


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.
'''One Dies, Another Born'''


'''The Brotherhood'''
When Kal was nineteen years old, he had finally had enough of Vhiim. He knew he was deadly enough, proficient enough, to finally kill her. He had been above her for years, but with her lightsaber, he knew she could kill him in an instant. So, one night, Kal took an old Sith relic that Vhiim held dear, a spider-shaped knife with a blade that emitted a non-lethal, pain-inflicting poison. Sneaking up on her in her sleep, he plunged the weapon into her heart, holding his hand clamped over her mouth to stop any noise. Before she died, he whispered "Never again. I am the master now," and departed, seeking a means of transport. He would find it in a ship that would be dear to him for his entire life and beyond.
 
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.
 
'''Arias'''
 
Kal has recently met another within the Brotherhood who may be a clue to his past. His name is Arias Vorak. Presumably, this is another child of the mother he never knew. According to Arias' tale, both he and his mother were slaves to a Hutt on Kessel. Knowing this, it is possible that Kal is older than Arias, and was sent away in an attempt for a normal life. It is unlikely that she sent him, As she abandoned Arias for freedom, so a friend of her or a friend of his father probably sent him away. The difference of his name, Vorrac, as opposed to Arias' name of Vorak may be intentional, to keep the child from the Hutt. Kal hopes to learn more of this. He has an intense dislike of Arias, though his motives for this are unknown. Even so, he is protective of this apparent brother, hoping to preserve a piece of his past so that he may know it for sure.
 
'''Brijha'''
 
Those within Clan Plagueis have recently noticed Kal spending large amounts of time with Brijha Mortashka. This conflicts with Kal's basic nature, for he usually stays away from others, shunning friendship and familiarity out of fear of loss. It has been said that Kal has been seen laughing, joking, and smiling while accompanied by Brijha, all things very few have ever seen from him at all, except when adrenaline courses through his veins, and even then, it is vicious, sadistic humor. Very recently, Vorrac ha become protective of Brijha, to the point of murdering one who spoke ill of her in cold blood and spitting on his corpse. However, when confronted about this growing relationship, Kal made an unprecedented move. He married her.
 
'''The newest wound'''
 
During the Battleteam war between the teams Exar's Shadow and Blades of Kun and the team Satal Victus, Kal has had his right arm removed, from just below the shoulder, by Krath Priest Anochiir. This has removed his brand, but he's had it engraved into the palm of his prosthesis. This disturbs him, as he seems to be turning into what he hates greatly, a droid.


== Positions Held ==
== Positions Held ==

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Character History

The life he'd never know

Kaliidrad Vorrac was born on Coruscant, to Senator Ahn Vorrac and his wife, Kaltrina Vorrac, in the year of 15 BBY, along with his brother, Anochiir Vorrac, who renounced the family name at a later time. While Anochiir was to be groomed for politics, Kaliidrad was sent away to an Ithorian named Haido Kush in the slums of a different part of the planet. Ahn supposedly claimed he was meant to follow his Grandfather's path.

While Ahn and Kaltrina were extravagantly rich, Ahn led a double-life of sorts. While few have ever found information about this, it is known that in this double-life, he perused a lightsaber and the Force. By rumor, he was strong in the Dark Side, as were many in the Vorrac line, having descended from Sith Lords. When he found Kaltrina to be pregnant, however, he knew his double-life would have to end.

Employing his personal medical team, who, due to Ahn's wealth, were quite effective, Ahn oversaw the birth of the child by a Doctor Tsung, the head of the team. When the birth took place, however, he found a surprise. Not one child, but twins, a pair of brothers. The younger one had the attractive looks of Ahn, but the older showed a face that was completely dissimilar to him, one that hadn't been seen since Ahn's father, right down to the emerald eyes. Ahn's father had been a killer, and as much as he disliked it, he knew the oldest would be, too.

He named the green-eyed son Kaliidrad, a modification of Kaltrina, and the cobalt-eyed son Anochiir, a modification of Ahn. While both were of rich family heritage, the Senator knew that Kaliidrad, or Kal, as he was called for short, could never be of the family. While keeping Anochiir healthy and well-provided for, Ahn sent for a servant woman, whos name remains unknown, to deliver the boy to somewhere else, somewhere where he'd need to be tough, ruthless, and vicious to survive. The woman had just the place.

Cast into Hell

The servant woman took Kaliidrad to an Ithorian called Haido Kush in the Coruscanti lower-level slums. Kush was a deathstick dealer, and was known for past crimes. Even so, he was little more than a petty thug. The woman, who bought from Haido, told him the boy's name and told him to raise him as his own. Kush, who had been rendered impotent years before by a radiation malfunction on a starship, was gleeful to have a son, and traded the woman a large bag full of deathsticks for him. She would never get to use them, however, as Ahn's security forces soon killed her afterward.

Haido would prove to be a poor father for the boy, with barely enough food to feed them both, at times not enough, in which he would feed himself, and never with the nutrients the boy needed. As Kaliidrad grew, he became fluent in both Ithorian and basic, the two dialects taught to him by Kush and his only companion, a rusty old protocol droid who couldn't remember it's own name. As he grew, one of the first things taught to him was to fight. Kush taught him to fight viciously, taught him tricks, holds, tripping maneuvers, many of which saved his life on multiple occasions.

At the age of eight, Kal was already stealing, fighting, and running errands for the dealer. Soon, however, he would learn a new skill. One day, as he was running an errand, rival dealers jumped him and pulled a knife on him. While he escaped them, he recieved a vicious shoulder wound. Upon seeing this, Kush saw fit to teach the boy what little first aid he knew. He also taught the boy to knife-fight, and gave him a small knife. Kal learned fast, keeping the blade of the knife sharp enough to shave with.

Kal fought for years, until the age of eleven, when he was approached by a pair of thugs, one of which had a blaster. Kal quickly used what he knew, tripping one of the thugs and kicking him in the face to knock him out. However, the blaster shot that grazed his left arm caused him to become angry, and Kal would kill for the first time. Upon doing this, he took the pistol the man had used and ran, fearful for his own life.

Learning of the murder Kal had commited, Kush saw a very new opportunity in the boy. He began raising him to be the Ithorian's primary enforcer, attempting to make him kill again and again. Kal wanted nothing of it, and at the age of twelve, he would take his few belongings, the knife, the pistol, some ragged clothes, a bag full of food he'd stolen, and he would stow away on a ship, headed for an unknown port. He thought he would finally be free, that his days in Hell were over. He was very wrong.

Deeper Into the Fires

The ship Kal had stowed away on was headed to Nar Shaddaa, the Smuggler's Moon. When it arrived, the boy left eagerly, only to be disappointed. It was much like Coruscant, only less clean, more run-down, and with worse scum. As he tried to hide out, sleeping on streets, he was soon found by a spice-crazed gangster with a vicious temper, but little real skill. The man saw Kal and called him street scum, lifting his rifle to aim at the boy. Before he could get a shot off, Kal had drained the power cell of his pistol into the man's chest.

This would catch the attention of three groups. Firstly, there was a Hutt that called himself Durabga, one who offered Kal a very simple deal: Living space and money in exchange for murder. Kal didn't want to do it, but as he was running out of provisions, he soon had no choice. Unbeknownst to many, Durabga's earliest rivals were dispatched by a street-living twelve-year-old boy. Secondly there were a pair of Nikto, the Vuuraq Twins, who ran a stolen-goods operation. Often times, they had Kal sneak in, take merchandise, and if necessary, remove those in the way. Soon, he was cold and hardened, and could kill without a second feeling. However, this would draw to him the third one who noticed, who would be one of the most influential people in Kal's life. She was also the worst of them all.

Her name was Vhiim Ku'Hzad, and she was a disgruntled Zabrak woman who had formerly been a Jedi Padawan, before the rise of the Empire. After the purge, she hid, using what little skill she had to survive. She became twisted and mad, completely obsessed with the Dark Side, though not very powerful with it. When she discovered Kal, she had very specific intents for him. He would be her student, a term which she deformed and twisted until it was little more than an excuse for causing pain.

Firstly, she sent Kal to kill someone. He did the job well, in and out with the body hidden before anyone could notice. She overlooked his job and found a speck of blood on the wall. Going to Kal, she knocked him to the ground, took out a whip, and lashed the boy fifty times. This would continue, with the slightest mistake bringing from Vhiim a beating like no other. Soon, one of her worst beatings would leave a scar Kal would carry for life.

She found that he had killed a whole room full of people, but she had been able to find their bodies. As such, she took him and lashed him with a whip. Afterward, she took a huge hammer, bringing it down on the boy's knee again and again, until the joint was flattened and bloody, with shards of bone sticking out. With the help of Vhiim, who wanted her pet useable, he was able to get it back together for long enough for it to heal, partially. However, the wound would trouble him until his death.

Upon his older years of teenhood, seventeen, eighteen, Vhiim took a new interest in Kal. She considered herself something godly, but even so, the desires of the flesh consumed her, and with what little money he'd been allowed to keep from his earnings, he had groomed himself well. One night, in addition to her ordinary beatings, Kal was tied down to a bed, and Vhiim raped the young man. This would continue until Kal's nineteenth year, until he would finally free himself from Ku'Hzad.

One Dies, Another Born

When Kal was nineteen years old, he had finally had enough of Vhiim. He knew he was deadly enough, proficient enough, to finally kill her. He had been above her for years, but with her lightsaber, he knew she could kill him in an instant. So, one night, Kal took an old Sith relic that Vhiim held dear, a spider-shaped knife with a blade that emitted a non-lethal, pain-inflicting poison. Sneaking up on her in her sleep, he plunged the weapon into her heart, holding his hand clamped over her mouth to stop any noise. Before she died, he whispered "Never again. I am the master now," and departed, seeking a means of transport. He would find it in a ship that would be dear to him for his entire life and beyond.

Positions Held

Sith Flight Leader and Commander of Satal Victus.

Outstanding Achievements

Former Flight Leader and Commander of Victus, Many awards and SA Courses

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.