Darth Pyrrhus
Well-Known Member
Name: Kregan Fash
Loyalties: Darth Pyrrhus
Role: Apprentice and loyal servant to Darth Pyrrhus. Kregan will do his master’s bidding, constantly seeking to grow in strength and gain his master's approval. In many ways, he is a glorified errand-boy and enforcer.
Development Threads: N/A
Age: 22
Species: Zabrak
Force Sensitivity: Yes (Knight)
Appearance:
Kregan bears the appearance you'd expect from a Zabrak. As most of his race from his particular corner of the galaxy, his skin colour is red. According to custom, his face is covered by facial tattoos. They are of a lighter shade of red. Placed upon his natural dark maroon skin colour, they give him a fierce, almost tribal look. A series of vestigial horns crown his head. He stands 1,8 meters tall. Kregan has a powerful athletic build, a result of hard years as a slave and rigorous training underneath Darth Pyrrhus at his academy on Glee Anselm.
Kregan’s body is in top shape, and he’s only in the beginning of his prime. Even so, minor signs of decay are starting to show. It is a risk, and often a natural consequence of giving oneself completely to the Dark Side. Instead of a pure white, the area of his eyes surrounding the pupils are a faint yellow, almost sickly hue.
Kregan is a self-proclaimed master of facial expressions, and can make the most smug, condescending expressions you have ever seen. This is something he exploits to its maximum effect. It has aided him in climbing the ladder of prestige at the Sith Academy, through goading weaker acolytes into devastating duels, and provoking more talented ones to lose their temper and make mistakes. Though not unattractive, he has, as one of the Sith Lords visiting Glee Anselm has said, "a very punchable face".
Image Source: http://sith-blademaster.tumblr.com/, unknown artist
Personality:
Kregan possesses many of the vices often found in a Sith. He is arrogant, prideful, envious, and draws a sadistic pleasure from inflicting cruelty upon others. It may seem like making the acolytes suffer is the main reason why Kregan gets out of bed in the morning. He is however an intelligent Zabrak, and prefers to pick psychological battles he knows in advance that he can win.[SIZE=11pt]Therefore, it’s mostly those unfortunate enough to find themselves below him on the social ladder that are exposed to his vicious nature. [/SIZE]
Kregan is loyal to himself before any other. However, as his greatest desire is to grow in power and become a powerful Sith, he is dependent on the tutelage of his master, Darth Pyrrhus. So in the service of himself, this means that by extension, he is a loyal apprentice to Darth Pyrrhus. The minute he feels like his Togruta master is either holding him back or has nothing left to teach him, he would have no qualms about killing him.
Kregan is as mentioned, envious, and quick to hate. He is quick to despise Darth Pyrrhus’ other apprentices and close associates for the attention they receive. He simply cannot stand being put in a situation where he feels inferior. Knowing his pride is his weakness, Pyrrhus has ensured to inflict wounds to it on a regular basis. This is to make sure that there is never a short supply of anger and hatred within the Zabrak, to strengthen his connection to the Dark Side.
Weapon of Choice: Standard single-bladed lightsaber, complemented by the powers of the Force.
Wealth: None
Combat Function: Kregan follows the philosophy of Darth Pyrrhus, that battles can be won before the blade is drawn. He usually seeks to gain an advantage by using Dun Möch.
Kregan’s main strength lies in lightsaber combat. He is most often seen utilizing Makashi, as this is the favoured form of his master, and therefore one he receives plenty of practice within. However, Kregan has a preference for Juyo. Despite wanting to master Makashi, he keeps falling back into Juyo when fights start going against him. Makashi fits well with his condescending fighting style, though when his own pride is wounded (and he has a short fuse), he unleashes his rage in the form of the seventh form.
[SIZE=11pt]He will use the Force to support his lightsaber fighting, but he is unlikely to overpower anyone equal to his rank through the use of it alone. As a Sith Knight, Kregan’s knowledge of the Force covers the basic. He specializes in powers such as Force Push and Pull, with a measure of skill within Force Speed is as well. Though he can use Force Choke, his focus is easily broken, and it is therefore most effective against those untrained in the arts of combat against Force users.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=11pt]After extensive training in this field, thanks to the specialization of his master, Kregan possesses knowledge of the arts of illusions and mentalism. His prowess within this field is not very advanced, however, and his abilities in this field are best used as an opener to try to unsettle his opponent. In the heat of battle, he possesses neither the focus nor the training to conjure up an illusion.[/SIZE]
Skills:
- Knight level Force user capable of:
Telekinesis
[SIZE=11pt]Illusion and mentalism (Note: primary function is to bully weaker victims outside of fights. Due to the techniques being advanced and Kregan struggling to keep his emotions under control, he would find it hard to muster the focus to conjure them up in the heat of battle) [/SIZE]
Trained in Makashi and Juyo
- Skilled starfighter pilot
Notable Possessions: His lightsaber
Other Notes:
Kregan Fash did not have a very pleasant childhood. In fact, in can be argued that he was deprived of it altogether. He once led a happy life, as a loved member of his family. That was until his village was hit by a raiding party. They were attacked by slavers, and those that were not killed ended up becoming slaves. That was of course the intention of the slavers, so only those that fought back were killed. Kregan's parents did not fight back. The slavers were not fans of tightly knit groups among their slaves, and as such their policy was to separate close family. Kregan was taken from his parents and sent to work a different location entirely. Luckily for him, his mother's close friend, Kael, was shipped to the same place. Kael took care of Kregan, and in many ways became like a foster parent. He watched out for the kid as if he was his own, even taking the blame and subsequent punishment for Kregan's mistakes whenever he could. Despite Kael looking out for him, Kregan got his fair share of punishment. The boy was quick to anger and lash out against slaves and slavers alike. He bares whip marks on his back in return.
Eventually, after years of servitude and an inhuman workload, the slaves banded together. Secretly, they plotted revolt. Their plan was to commit mutiny against their oppressors in-between operations, overpower the crew, and steal their ship. However, the slave captain caught wind of the revolt. At the time, he knew it only as a rumour, but he wasn't going to take any chances. He started punishing everyone in an effort to discover the truth. When that didn't work, he executed some of the slaves. He even offered a reward to whoever came clean with any information about this rumoured revolt.
This was when Kregan made his move. He didn't believe they would succeed, and thought that what waited for them once they stole the ship was not freedom, but instead, to be hunted down and slaughtered for their crimes. At least that's what he told himself. He was afraid. Beyond that, he saw the faintest glimmer of hope in the form of some kind of reward. Kregan told the captain everything, and even pointed out the rebellion's ringleader; Kael. Kael's closest accomplices were tortured and left for dead. Kael was sentenced to the same fate. The slave captain wanted to test the boy, and see how far his loyalty reached. Knowing the bond Kael and Kregan shared, he ordered the boy to become the executioner of the man who had in their miserable existence become his foster-father. Kregan obliged, and killed Kael.
As a reward, the young Zabrak was allowed to enjoy a slightly more comfortable life than the others. The difference wasn't much, but as he had nothing else to begin with, he willingly accepted every ounce of luxury the slavers were willing to offer him. Since then Kregan knew to make himself useful. He received special privileges in return. While the other slaves toiled and suffered, Kregan was allowed private and better lodgings. He was still by all means a slave, and was put to work like the rest of them, but sometimes he was given the less taxing jobs. Sometimes, he even wielded the whip that urged the other slaves to not slack off, but instead get back to work. Safe to say, everyone hated him with a passion. The betrayal and murder of Kael alone would've sufficed, for he was a well-liked man. Worse than a slaver, Kregan was a slave turned slaver. He knew of their suffering, he had felt it, yet here he was, inflicting it on his former comrades for a slightly more comfortable bed and increased rations.
He helped with the raids, capturing new slaves, and he helped ensuring everyone stayed in line. As soon as he got word of any kind of insubordinance, he would pass this knowledge along to the crew. This made him feared as well, as Kregan was not above lying and spreading false rumours to get back at those that somehow wronged him. He was given a small measure of power over his fellow slaves, and with it a false sense of importance. He felt less expendable. Yet, naturally, he was as expendable as the rest of them. He was simply a more willing tool than the others, and so they used him for what he was worth.
His lot in life was about to change, however. It came about as the results of the actions of another, when Sith Lord Darth Pyrrhus took control over Karazak Slavers Cooperative. When the ship Kregan served on later docked at Glee Anselm, Darth Pyrrhus sensed Kregan's Force sensitivity as well as his corrupted soul. The Zabrak was recruited and brought before him at the Sith Academy of Glee Anselm. Here it was decided that the boy would join the ranks of the Sith Acolytes there, and begin his training. He was trained in the arts of the Sith, and allowed to practice his aptitude for the Dark Side of the Force. He still held the rank of a slave, yet he was offered freedom. However, to gain it, he had to fight for it. Kregan would have to prove his worth to the academy and to Pyrrhus, by showing that he was capable of becoming Sith. He managed to do so in a fight with one of the academy's top students at the time.
Since then, Kregan was no longer known as a slave, but rather a former slave. He adapted quickly and well to the way of the Sith. He showed a sound understanding of the Sith academy's pecking order, as well as how to exploit it for his own benefit. The Zabrak has since used manipulation and Dun Möch to climb up to the position he holds today, as one of the most prestigious students of the Sith Academy of Glee Anselm.
Over the years Darth Pyrrhus entertained many apprentices as his own. While others failed him, Kregan remained loyal and hardworking. Time and time again, challenge after challenge, the Zabrak defended his title as the Sith Academy’s top student. With his position on Glee Anselm seen by Pyrrhus to be firmly established, he pulled him out of the Academy more and more. Kregan was favoured before all others when it came to private lessons, and a trend started where Pyrrhus would send him out on his own to complete tasks and missions of priority that Pyrrhus for some reason would not see to himself. It was around the time when the One Sith Empire crumbled that Pyrrhus deemed the Zabrak’s training as an apprentice to be complete, and elevated him to the rank of Sith Knight. In his new position Kregan continued to serve Pyrrhus as he had before, as his agent and right hand.
Intent: To create an NPC apprentice to Darth Pyrrhus, to serve as his agent and errand boy. This character is not intended for competitive PvP, with the possible exceptions of dominions or testing Pyrrhus’ PC apprentices (and give them someone they really want to punch in the face). Though I have no intentions of seeing him die in the near-future, in the event that it happens, my intention is to use him as the basis for a Sithspawn (note: I realize that will require its own dev thread after the fact).
