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Approved NPC Arrakis Adasca; the Lion of Arkania

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Tyberius Fel

Rightful Galactic Emperor
The following are exempts from the 'Encyclopedia Arkania,' by the court historian Pato Danzig.

Name: [Arrakis Adasca] would enter the annals of history as the 'Lion of Arkania.' -- pg 12


Loyalties: ...and so Arrakis tore off the trappings of the Jedi Order and promulgated hence forth his loyalties to the resurgent Empire of Darth Revan. -- pg 52

Role: Once the foremost warrior of Revan's cohorts, it is said the restless shade of the Lion of Arkania wails within his tomb having long been driven mad by eons of ennui. -- pg 16

Development Threads: [N/A, Citation needed.]

Age: Arrakis had only just recently seen his twenty-seventh nameday when he was struck down by the lightsabers of those who he once called his allies several thousand years ago. -- pg 89

Species: [Arrakis Adasca] was said to have the features of both pure and offshoot [Arkanian] blood, and thus is considered by most historians to be some sort of hybrid -- pg 14

Appearance: Most contemporary sources are unified in the matter of Arrakis' appearance: Towering, but slender and possessing an air of determined authority over the lesser Dark Jedi who worshiped him in their make-shift hero cult. His flesh was fair but scarred and tinged with the unnatural, sickly pallid texture of alleged dark side corruption. He is typically depicted eschewing robes in favor of combat armor with an 'aegis' of some sort about his shoulders which was reputed to withstand blaster and lightsaber alike, which was oft said in his day to be the scales of the Last Arkanian Dragon which he personally slew. The majority of present day historians now view this as hyperbole willfully adopted and conditioned by Arrakis himself who wished to give himself a fearsome reputation. It is generally now agreed that this 'Aegis' was simply a ornamental garment and it's 'protection' simply some sort of [force ability] or barrier that was misinterpreted by the ignorant and fearful. - pg 20

Personality: Oft depicted as some sort of infant-devouring lunatic wielding his lightsaber like a butcher would a cleaver in Republic propaganda, many first hand accounts describe Arrakis as surprisingly honourable and chivalric. Jedi Master Loon Bazth, his most noted arch rival in the Iridonian campaign, was recorded to have called him 'a man of the most noblest of virtues, who relished not in the slaughter of innocents but the crucible of worthy combat. Had he not fallen sway to Revan's siren's song, perhaps he would have been among the most splendid of the Order's Battlemasters.' -- pg 67

Force Sensitivity: While never a Sith Lord, Arrakis was counted among the most skilled of Revan's Vanguard. Today's jumble of Sith successors likely would have dubbed him a 'Knight.' -- pg 14

Weapon of Choice: Though more than capable of crushing spines with explicit usage of the force, Arrakis typically went into combat with saber even against non force sensitive opponents would have been easy prey for his natural talents.

Skills: ..and Arrakis held the Mandalorian Serjeant entangled in the invisible grasp of a out-stretched palm and the man cried out in defiance, calling the silver haired warrior a pitiful craven who cowered behind dark magiks. With a smile, the man was dropped upon his rear and Arrakis kicked his cortosis laced vibroblade to him and commanded he die on his feet. The Lion of Arkania cut the lout to pieces with five masterful strokes of the saber. -- pg 77

Wealth: It was said the Lion of Arkania could fill a freighter with the reaped treasures of a hundred sacked worlds -- pg 11

Combat Function: While a titan of the battlefield in life, if the rumours of the Lion of Arkania clinging to the mortal realm in the form of some sort of apparition are true, then it is unlikely he can directly effect the world in any meaningful manner. -- pg 90

Notable Possessions: ...Perhaps the legend of a dragon scale Aegis are almost certainly myth, it is almost certainly true that Arrakis was buried with his haul which was widely said to include jewels of Sith origin, scrolls and miscellaneous Jedi artifacts taken from defeated foes. -- pg 103

History: [An abridged history] Arrakis was reputedly fathered by a young Arkanian nobleman of an Adasca cadet branch upon his offshoot servant. Born of bastardy and 'mud-blood' Arrakis was condemned to live a life toiling away in the slums of the glittering planet until his force sensitivity was discovered by the local Jedi Guardian. Though not much is known about Arrakis life in the Jedi Order, considering he only became notable after his defection to Revan's Empire, what could be gleaned from off hand statements and somewhat credible legends is that Arrakis found temple life incredibly dull. Though he excelled in his combat classes, had little patience for matters of philosophy. Records show he failed a Jedi Knight trials somewhere during the time of the late Mandalorian wars.

It is spectated this lust for combat drove him to desert the Jedi Order and give himself to Revan's Empire, which gladly welcomed a swift blade arm. There, he became one of the Empire's foremost champions and accumulated to himself a following of Dark Jedi which, along side the Empire's shimmering troopers, he frequently led personally into battle. His ferocity yet magnanimous nature to his foes earned him the epithet 'Lion of Arkania' which he proudly wore until the day of his death. The Lion of Arkania had little mind for politics and thus continued to dutifully serve Malak after Revan's alleged demise, then afterwards a series of Sith Warlords during the chaotic period following the collapse of Revan and Malak's Empire until the point of his death during a raid on Manaan. His Dark Jedi followers recovered his corpse and, as according to his wishes, had it cremated and compressed into a traditional Arkanian funeral diamond before interring it in some unknown location upon his home planet's snowy drifts.


Intent: ...Many have seeked Arrakis' tomb, either for wisdom or treasure but at the time of this writing it remains undiscovered. -- pg 112
 
Vorian Adasca said:
Species: [Arrakis Adasca] was said to have the features of both pure and offshoot blood, and thus is considered by most historians to be some sort of hybrid -- pg 14
Presumably you're talking about Arkanians. Please be more specific and make this clear within this section.

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