Mara D'Lessio Merrill
The Lesser D'Lessio
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: A modernized Sith lanvarok.
Image Source: “Bracer Concept” by Zenden Ong, found at https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Z1a5m
Canon Link: N/A
Restricted Missions: N/A (T6 alchemical specialty)
Primary Source: Sith lanvarok
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Manufacturer: Akure Executive Interstellar (T6, Alchemy specialization)
Model: Dzuskuri ('Singing Leaf’) Advanced Lanvarok
Affiliation: Closed Market
Modularity: Side rails can fit comlink, basic wrist blaster, fibercord launcher, or other small modular attachments common to bracer gear.
Production: Semi-unique (9 numbered pairs ever made)
Material: Alchemized alusteel
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Lanvarok
Size: Small
Weight: Average
Ammunition Type: Stacks of alchemical metal disks (vibroblade-edged, anticoagulant-treated, and gyrostabilized)
Ammunition Capacity: 21
Reload Speed: Average
Effective Range: Average
Rate of Fire: Average (single-shot or three-shot burst)
Stopping Power: Low
Recoil: Low
SPECIAL FEATURES
* Alchemically durable.
* Alchemical disc ammunition includes anticoagulant, gyrostabilizers, and high-quality vibrogenerators.
STRENGTHS
* Silent apart from a gentle 'thwip.’
* Anticoagulant-treated, vibro-edged disks will shear through most soft or pliable armor without much difficulty, and will devastate cloth/fur/circuitry/flesh.
* Lightsaber contact (or other energy weapon damage) will break the alchemical discs into pointed, vibrating sections, hopefully causing small cuts that bleed freely.
* High-end alchemical durability: lightsabers will scar the lanvarok but won't cause significant damage unless jammed into the narrow aperture. Full-forearm protection.
WEAKNESSES
* Discs will glance off most hard armor (even stormtrooper armor or droid plating) without causing much damage. At close range, a disc might embed itself halfway but not pierce through.
* Can be blocked by a lightsaber (but see above about fragmentation).
* Low muzzle velocity and modest projectile mass equate to low stopping power. The goal is attrition through blood loss.
* Lower ammunition capacity than a blaster.
* Ammunition less readily available than a normal weapon.
* Can't be worn on top of other forearm armor, apart from cloth etc.
* Force Light will degrade or break both the weapon and its ammunition. Force Light has even been known to slow or redirect the ammunition in flight.
DESCRIPTION
“Apart from the Death Star, there's no better example of a great idea that went unexamined due to hubris. The classic lanvarok is a terrible weapon: six kilos of useless frame, minimal protection, negligible capacity for cheap ammunition. The best you can say about it is that there's not much scarier than digging a metal disc out of a wound. For my customers’ purposes, that's just not good enough.”
- Rave Merrill, 838 ABY
The alchemists of Akure created the Dzuskuri based on sketches and partial prototypes from one of Rave Merrill's hidden workshops. Compared to a classic lanvarok, the modernized version is lighter and more durable, carries four times the ammunition, fires something more viable than durasteel discs, and shears through most non-rigid armors with ease. The Dzuskuri retains the original weapon's silent menace, and throws in a number of quality-of-life upgrades that are six millennia overdue.
