Eternal Father
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION- Intent: Update an older NPC submission
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- Role: Lord Admiral of the Sith Ascendancy Starfleet
- Links: Original NPC Submission
- Age: 47
- Force Sensitivity: Non-Force User
- Species: Human [Tetan]
- Appearance: Croscal is a man who takes pride in his appearance, likening it to the grandeur of order and efficiency. His face is clean shaven, his light blonde hair kept short and swept back across his scalp, and his body swaddled in the finest Imperial garb. He wears a light gray double-breasted tunic and trousers, a black leather belt with silver buckle, and a pair of black leather gloves and black durasteel-capped leather boots. A weapon holster rests on his left hip, and his right breast is decorated with several Imperial medals while his rank plague is pinned on his left. He is hardly seen out of his uniform even when off-duty, as he believes that a right and true Imperial officer should never degrade themselves by donning civilian wear.
- Name: Lord Admiral Omarest Croscal, Hammer of the Republic
- Loyalties: His loyalties lie with the ideals of Imperialism, and that might makes right. He believes that the Sith fully embody this ideal, and thus has served them faithfully for many years.
- Wealth: Croscal has amassed significant wealth over his years of conducting war on behalf of the Empire, either from the salary afforded to his rank or plunder taken from ravaged Republic worlds.
- Notable Possessions: Croscal owns a myriad of small trinkets collected over his long career, but his greatest and most prized treasure is a massive forty foot Jedi statue pried off of its foundations outside of the former Jedi Temple on Tython. He keeps the massive statue in a specially constructed chamber adjacent to his person quarters on the Vengeance for Empress Teta.
- Skills: Croscal is a skilled tactician and battlefield coordinator, often effortlessly conducting battle as one would conduct an orchestra. He has honed this skill for the better part of a decade fighting a constant grueling war against the hated Republic, each battle granting him a better understanding of the enemy he faced and reinforcing his resolve that the Empire was the only salvation for a galaxy mired in chaos. He possesses a photographic memory and can memorize entire pages at a time, allowing him to absorb information quickly so he can quickly formulate a strategy with the resources afforded to him. In his heyday he was a prolific painter, although that skill had been allowed to corrode over the years as he succumbed to drinking. He is also fluent in several languages such as his native Basic alongside Huttese, Durese, Sullustese, Bothese, Zabraki, Kuat, and Binary.
- Personality: Being born in an age of perpetual strife had warped Croscal's political and philosophical views heavily into the realm of the right where he believes that the only effective government is one that curtails personal freedoms in exchange for security and order. He is an ardent Imperialist, firmly believing in the superiority of authoritarianism through martial might, and is considered a fascist by many of his enemies. He does not bristle at such terminology, but rather he wears it proudly like a badge of honor, for there is no shame in yearning for a time of peace and prosperity; no matter the cost. While he may not agree with the methods employed by the Sith Lords, he knows that their power is the only one of its kind in the universe that can steer society towards greatness by expunging the weak from every level of civilization and allowing the strong to take their rightful place at the top. Yet it is hard to discern which part of this radical outlook is of Croscal's own making or how much of it had been warped due to years of Dark Side exposure from his Sith masters.
- Weapon of Choice: He always keeps a SAB-032 Multi-Purpose Sidearm in his duty holster for emergencies, but even when deprived of his favored sidearm he is no stranger to hand-to-hand combat although his skills have since become rusty with disuse due to his station aboard a warship. That being said, his weapon of choice could be considered the warship he commands, the Vengeance for Empress Teta, an Ascendant-class Star Destroyer emblazoned with the symbol of his homeworld enveloped in righteous flames.
- Combat Function: Croscal's primary duty is to command his flagship in battle against the enemies of the Sith Ascendancy and all Imperialists. He rarely serves a function outside of his primary task, and thus is not well-equipped for anything else.
Croscal was born to a family in turmoil.
Their fortunes had dwindled for centuries as the Darkness ravaged every corner of space, and what holdings they had were quickly being ravaged and stripped of valuables by raiders and pirates. By the time Croscal came of age to inherit his legacy all he stood to claim was poverty and disgrace.
That was unacceptable.
Croscal worked hard through many nights to learn warfare, tactics and strategy. The next time those brigands came to reap the rewards of his family's legacy, they were beset on all sides by mercenaries under the young scion's blossoming military prowess. Those who put a resistance were killed swiftly, those who had surrendered were crucified outside of his family's estate as a warning to any and all who would dare raise a hand against him. His exploits led to his discovery by the rebuilding officer's corp of the Empress Tetan nobility, and they quickly began to tutor Croscal in the finer aspects of military training.
By the time he had graduated from the academy the Old Empire had fallen in the East, and his world came under the "protection" of the Republic, a regime that Croscal quickly grew to despise for its perceived weakness in dealing with pirates and other scoundrels alongside its lenient corporal punishment laws. When the One Sith emerged from Deep Space to challenge the decadence of the Republic, Croscal eagerly joined their ranks to liberate his homeworld from their weakness and mob oppression.
Sadly he found that his homeworld would weather the brunt of many retaliatory strikes by not only the Republic, but by the Mandalorian Clans as well. These events fostered a new hatred in him, one that he kindled to better deliver retribution against the enemies of the Empire. His ruthless tactics and no quarter policy quickly garnered the attention of the Sith Lord Darth Vornskr, who took him under his wing and gave him command of the Sith Lord's personal flagship, the Ruination. While the One Sith scored many victories against the Republic, it was unable to keep itself together after a bout of immense internal strife that tore the government apart at the seams.
His homeworld would once again fall under the oppressive rule of a regime that, like the defunct Republic, was weak and corrupt in his eyes. He renewed his resolve to liberate his homeworld from the Alliance by any means necessary, and at any cost.
