Yanmog Althsar
The Envoy of the End
- Name: Yanmog Althsar
- Aliases: Relin Melus (past name as a Jedi)
- Titles: Envoy of the End
- Faction: None
- Age: Twenty vengeful years
- Homeworld: Pain, Betrayal
- Species: Human
- Height: 1.88m (6'2")
- Weight: 84 kg (186 lbs)
- Force Sensitivity: Positive
Yanmog's appearance promises few surprises. Wherever he goes, his outfit consists of ragged robes with drab, earthly colours. His hair is a strangely pigmented blond, looking more the product of a torturous ordeal than birth. He is always carrying his two crutches, which double as weapons, but also reveal him to be a cripple. At a glance, his appearance is unusual, perhaps unsettling, but not overwhelmingly something to be frightened of. If anything, one might think to pity someone who appears to have obviously suffered so much.
Time spent in his presence rapidly eliminates any such notions, with few finding it possible to be comfortable in his presence. Yanmog's voice is husky and generally betrays little to no emotion, yet he is prone to loud outbursts of anger or chilling laughter from time to time. His expression is also cold and unyielding, with a penchant for soul-piercing glares that can unnerve even Sith, but once again it is not difficult to tell when he is angry or amused. Force-sensitives will feel a chilling aura radiating from Yanmog, and those who attempt to read his thoughts and emotions will find themselves repelled almost instinctively in the same way that physical contact is naturally repulsed upon touching freezing surfaces. Only the truly experienced and powerful can power through these phenomena.
~~ Personality ~~
The essence of Yanmog's character lies in his past. His history is marked by pain and betrayal, offering him little incentive to find joy in life. Instead, he is a perpetually cold and calculating creature, vengeful towards both Jedi and Sith alike and something of a pained loner. Towards others, he is often uncaring. He is amoral and alegal rather than immoral or illegal. He does not relish inflicting pain on others, nor indulge in senseless killing. However, he also has no hesitation in inflicting either harm or death, is slow to trust others, let alone form friendships, and vows painful, brutalising vengeance on any who betray him in the future. However, he takes partnerships and alliances seriously, no matter how temporary they are — a relic of his sense of justice from his Jedi days.
Yanmog bears his greatest grudge against the Jedi, given his own pained history with them. He sees them as weak and hypocritical, bound to betray either their Code or their allies, having experienced such himself. Depending on who he is faced with, he is not immediately violent, but he sees the destruction of the Jedi Order as one of his goals, feeling the galaxy better off without it.
His views on the Sith are only slightly more complicated. In Yanmog's eyes, the Sith are a perpetually flawed order, doomed to betray each other and destroy themselves, but they are at least more honest than the Jedi. That, along with Yanmog's delving into Sith Sorcery, has produced a hint of grudging respect for the Sith tradition in Yanmog. Nevertheless, he also seeks the destruction of the Sith, given that their penchant for treachery does not sit well with someone who views betrayal as an act of war. In its place, he wishes to see the establishment of a new Order that shares the Sith's honest pursuit of strength and self-mastery but is built on a genuine fraternity rather than the codified treachery of the Sith.
Do traces of his Jedi past remain? It would not be evident to an observer, at least not unless they were very careful and spent much time with the Envoy of the End. Though he cares little for the concept of being in someone's debt, and certainly has an easier time making and holding grudges, Yanmog is not incapable of showing gratitude, perhaps surprisingly for someone of his character. Certainly, Yanmog has long repressed his Jedi memories, and has told himself long ago that those days of weakness and hypocrisy were over. But could something unresolved from that time still be festering inside him? There is perhaps the slightest tinge of that righteous justice that once animated him, still burning somewhere within his icy heart. It is possible that Yanmog only seeks the company of those who might, on some level, truly understand him and empathise with the terrible pain he has experienced...
~~ Powers & Abilities ~~
Martial Arts
Due to his legs being crippled, Yanmog is forced to use a pair of crutches, which actually double as his weapons. Made of beskar (and enjoying Force augmentation) as well as sporting lethal spikes on their ends, they are fully capable of meeting lightsabers in combat and have the capacity to inflict fatal injuries. Yanmog relies on Force augmentation to supplement this, amplifying his strength, speed and agility to preternatural levels. His durability is similarly enhanced, and like all dark siders he is able to feed on any pain he feels to grow stronger. He is capable of tremendous Force jumps, including mid-air flips, and has developed a novel skill using his crutches as poles to vault or propel himself into the air without his body coming into contact with the ground.
His fighting style is particularly unorthodox, drawing in part from his learning of the seven Jedi forms but also a variety of intergalactic martial arts so as to not fall into any single school of combat. It consists largely of sweeps and thrusts, using the length of his polearms to outrange his opponents' blades. This has the advantage of keeping his enemies out of striking distance while pressuring them with relentless and unpredictable flurries of attacks.
Yanmog suffers an obvious disadvantage in mobility due to his crippled condition. Although he can prop himself up with Force augmentation for short periods of time, this is taxing and inefficient for him in combat, meaning that he almost always has at least one of his crutches grounded for balance while fighting the other. Undoubtedly, this is an exploitable, but often only skilled Masters are in a position to do so since the unorthdoxy of Yanmog's fighting technique keeps inexperienced and less skilled foes on the backfoot almost without fail.
Another disadvantage exists in the fact that his use of his crutcharms as polearms means that they are ineffective at deflecting blaster fire. While he can certainly repel projectiles on his crutches, particularly when fired by an individual, they are unwieldy for deflecting fire from multiple enemies at once. This leaves him to rely on his reflexes and Force powers to prevent being hit by blaster attacks.
Force Abilities
Yanmog is extremely powerful in the Force, and this is his primary compensation for his crippled physique. In addition to augmentation, Yanmog is a master at integrating Force powers into dueling, Powers such as Telekinesis (including Levitation as well as offensive uses), Tutaminis and Barrier come naturally to him, even in combat. His skills with Absorption and Deflection are great enough for him to absorb or deflect energy with his crutches in place of his bare hands. Yanmog also enjoys mastery over powers such as Telepathy, Breath Control, and Detoxify Poison. He has powerful perceptive and concealment abilities, along with the ability to perceive Shatterpoints. Yanmog can use a Hibernation Trance to shut down his bodily functions for a period of time, even feigning death if necessary.
Yanmog has also practiced Sith Sorcery, which has given rise to a number of his favourite powers. He is capable of speaking without using his vocal cords, by projecting a deep, echoing, emotionless voice through Sith magic — this is called Ûrawtûr. Unlike telepathy, it generates a "real" voice, as opposed to one in a target's head. He is able to use Waves of Darkness, and with preparation time, he can conduct rituals resembling the Odojinya spell, which create Force webs. With concentration or preparation time, Yanmog is also capable of projecting illusions.
Also among his repertoire of Sith Sorcery is Yanmog's signature power — Chaqlûm — an ancient, exotic Sith spell that he has mastered to incredible levels. He is capable of projecting powerful Sith magic from his fingers or his crutches, manifesting as beams of yellow energy, which carry great destructive potential when used against the environment, but notably this spell has special uses against biological organisms. Upon contact with an individual, the spell will painfully paralyse a limb, organ, or other bodily article, depending on what Yanmog aims at. When channeled into a Shatterpoint, this power can disable an opponent's entire body. Yanmog can imbue the tips of his fingers or his crutches with the same magic to render an identical effect upon physical contact. He can also channel this spell through the earth as a series of geysers [see below], but this requires more effort. While often an offensive power, this also has the capacity to be used for ending blood loss from wounds and otherwise stabilising a target's vital systems if they are in danger. Chaqlûm is similar to Sith Force Blasts in that it can also harm creatures of Force energy, such as alchemically-enhanced beasts and spirits.
~~ Possessions ~~
Clothing
- Ragged brown robes (ancient Sorcerer's robes)
- Red undergarments
- The Vices of Agony — Yanmog's crutches (write-up incoming)
Locations
[WIP]
