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Name: Elpsis Kerrigan, Karrigan'Alpsis, Elpsis Jai Azal. Formerly Elpsis Kerrigan-Alcori and Elpsis Elaris. Née Kallikora.
Nickname: Incendia, Cinder, Red, Firecracker, Phoenix.
Call Sign: Cylix.
Alias: Roxane, Alayne Grey.
Species: Human Cyborg
Age: Late Twenties
Gender: Female
Height: 5'9
Weight: 67 kg. This takes her cybernetic limbs into account, as they increase her weight a bit.
Eyes: Milky-white. Natural eye colour is green.
Hair: Red.
Skin: Fair, but tanned and heavily scarred.
Faction:
Family: House Kerrigan.
Sexual Orientation: Homosexual
Force Sensitive: Yes.
Force Rank: Witch Elder.
Military Rank:
Occupation: Insurgent leader, Mirza of Suqua.
Force Alignment: Neutral
Place of Residence:
Titles:
- Mirza of Suqua (disputed)
Baroness Kerrigan- Heir of the Karishzar
Mistress of the Order of Fire- Red Cylix
- Young Phoenix
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STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES:
Strengths:
- Elpsis is a Master level Force-User and extremely strong pyromancer. Her power enables her to summon flames, heat objects by touch or thought and cook dinner without an oven. She can conjure firestorms, thermic lances, manipulate magma and lava. She is very good at absorbing and channelling heat to protect herself and use it to fuel her own attacks. Drastic temperature manipulation is also part of her repertoire. With enough focus and effort, she can create a fire tornado. Moreover, fire does not hurt her. Her telekinesis is not on the same level as her pyrokinesis, but still very strong.
- Elpsis has inherited some of the gifts of her birth mother, Coryth Elaris. She is gifted with battle precognition,
Force empathy, and animal friendship. - Force Sight: Elpsis uses this power to see since she is blind. She can see through obstructions such as walls, perceive another person's alignment and is good at piercing illusions, even rather sophisticated ones. This extends to an aptitude for spotting camouflaged beings. Because Elpsis is already blind, blinding light, be it Force-based or mundane (e.g. caused by a flashbang) does not work on her. One could compare her aura vision to Eagle Vision from Assassin's Creed or Batman's Detective Mode. Her loss of physical sight has sharpened some of her other senses. She has very good hearing and sense of smell.
- Spiritual. Elpsis was once an atheist, but over time became a spiritual person who believes she has a higher calling. She receives Force visions and claims she perceives images in the flames. An entity that she has dubbed the Red Lady features quite prominently in her dreams. Whether this being is a spirit trying to guide (or manipulate) her or a sign that the young woman is losing her mind remains to be seen.
- Very high pain tolerance. Going through the school of hard knocks has toughened her up a lot. So has use of Crucitorn and Control Pain. Elpsis can endure a lot of damage. She just keeps getting up. Like someone who doesn't know when to quit.
- Survivalist. Strong connection to nature. Skilled in hunting and living off the land. Elpsis is the daughter of a megacorp owner, but deliberately lives far below her means and disdains materialism.
- Elpsis is physically blind and dependent on the Force to see. Put her in a ysalamiri field and she won't see anything. Likewise Voidstone constructs can interfere with her vision. It also puts her at a disadvantage against Yuuzhan Vong and other Force Dead beings since she cannot see them, though she can hear them and notice the absence in the Force. Moreover, her blindness hampers various mundane skills. For instance piloting, slicing and reading anything not written in braille. Inanimate objects are more difficult for her to perceive, as they lack a Force presence. Her dependence is ironic because she used to resent being a Force-user, but has come to depend on the Force and see it as a guide.
- Elpsis' experiences on Tephrike, where she was brainwashed by the Inquisition of the totalitarian Dominion of Light, have left her traumatised. She was able to break free, but her scars run deep and she is deeply haunted by what happened. She has two sets of memories and the persona the Inquisition tried to get her to embrace still exists. In short, her mind is a mess. It has left her bitter, suspicious, angry and ashamed of what she considers to be her weakness.
- Due to what she experienced on Tephrike and a duel with
Matsu Xiangu
, Elpsis' connection to the Light has atrophied. This impairs her ability to draw uppon Light Side powers. Elpsis has recently regained her ability to heal others, but it comes at a cost, as she has to use her own life force and thus risks draining herself. - Much like her birth mother Coryth, Elpsis has a temper. Moreover, the other side of the coin of her firm convictions is that Elpsis is judgemental and the type to really hold on to grudges.
- Though not stupid by any means, Elpsis is rather uncouth, blunt and tends to say what she thinks without thinking things through. This makes social situations where a more refined attitude is called for quite awkward.
- Elpsis' cybernetic arm and leg are enchanted and thus suceptible to Force null zones.
- Rigid. Both a strength and a weakness. In this case it makes her rigid. Elpsis has a very firm sense of what she believes to be right and wrong. She has an obsession with justice. Her application of it can be harsh, even when she is being merciful. There is the danger that she may become blind to the fact that her cause or she herself could become corrupted, resulting in a 'she who fights monsters' situation. The fact that she will place her own moral and ideological compass above rules when there is conflict between the two can also cause problems and impair her judgement. Moreover, she holds on to grudges.
- Resembles avatar (Sophie Turner as Jean Grey). However, Elpsis is blind and has white eyes. She is athletic and has some muscle definition on her organic limbs and abdomen, but not overly so. She has several large and small scars. Even bacta has not been able to fully heal the scars on her body. Elpsis has consistently refused to use scar-removal medicine, regarding it as frivolous, pointless vanity. She is not the vain type and sees no reason to pretty herself up.
- Her face is marred by harsh scars. Her cheeks suffered burns and cuts during her incarceration. This has left its mark on them Darth Ptolemis' Deadly Sight left her with vicious burn scars on the left side of her face. Some of the skin melted and required skin grafts. Being forced to swallow hot water has had an effect on her throat and speech patterns. She speaks low or otherwise it hurts. She also coughs sometimes. The tip of her right ear was cut off by a lightsabre in a fight with a Sith spirit who had taken possession of the Jedi Shadow
Maeve Linahan
. - Burn scars on her right hand from first duel with Matsu Xiangu. Lost three fingers there. These have been restored, but scarring remains.
- Lost her left arm in her second duel with Matsu from first catching the Sith Lady's lightsabre with her hand and absorbing the heat with tutaminis to channel it into power, and later from being hit by her sorcery. It has been replaced with cloned arm. There is scarring where the cloned arm was reattached to her stump. She lost some fingers fighting the Grand Inquisitor of the Dominion, though these have been replaced. Her left arm has been replaced by a cybernetic prothesis. It can be covered by synthflesh, though Elpsis doesn't do that. The arm significantly enhances her strength and has been Force imbued, allowing it to run on magitech. Darth Aurum's transmutation of her armour broke the fingers on her right hand. Several ribs were cracked when their combined powers caused the tunnel to collapse. Her right arm forearm was charred by a lightsabre.
- A zombie summoned by Darth Maleva bit off one of her ears. It has been replaced by a cloned version, but still looks a bit off.
- Electrical burn marks on her throat from a slave collar. Several scars, divots and battle wounds from various fights.
- Her right leg was damaged many times, such as being hit by a heavy slug round on Tephrike, where Elpsis was forced to extract the bullet with the Force and use fire to cauterise the wound, or having its armour crushed around it by Darth Aurum on Bastion. Its bones were severely fractured on Jedha. It has now been replaced by a magitech prothesis. Scarring remains from surgery.
- Has a large phoenix tattoo on her back. It covers some of the scarring. She has a cybernetic spine, but it is covered by synthflesh. Her lungs have been replaced by cybernetics.
- Intense channelling of her abilities has left her with glowing cracks in her face and other parts of her body, such as upper torso and her flesh hand. Sometimes she gains flaming hair in the heat of combat. She has a higher body temperature than is common for humans.
- On duty Elpsis wears uniform. It is always crisply presented and maintained in a drill and camp setting. In the field she wears armour, which is also scrupulously maintained. Off duty Elpsis tends to wear tank tops and collarless shirts and battered cargo trousers when not in uniform. As of late, she started to adopt Qadiri fashion, such as wearing a sari. Elpsis cannot see patterns or colours on clothes, so she wears what is comfortable and fits. She disdains high heels and sticks with practical footwear she can run and climb in.
Force Powers:
- Alter Environment
- Animal Friendship
- Battle Precognition
- Breath Control
- Combustion
- Control Pain
- Crucitorn
- Detoxify Poison
- Force Barrier
Force Empathy- Force Illusion
- Force Meld
- Force Sight
- Force Speed/Jump
- Force Vision
- Malacia
- Protection Bubble
- Pyromancy
- Precognition
- Telekinesis
- Telepathy
- Terramancy
- Thought Shield
- Tutaminis
Collection of Firemane medals and valorous decorations.- 1x Far Stone
- Gauntlet of Emberslight. Cybernetic arm.
- Firestride Arcanotech Leg Replacement. Cybernetic leg.
- Armour
- Lightsabre
- Uproar Blaster (Standard Sidearm)
- Hold-out Bolter (Standard Back-up Weapon)
- Mk I Boltgun
- Reaper Plasma Shotgun
- Wrist Ion Paddle Beamer
- Amorphous Tactile Positioning Array
- Revolver (Standard Sidearm)
- Deathrattle Hard Sound Carbine
- BA-H377 Browncoat Forcebreaker Grenades
- Destrier-class Speeder
- Renegade Model 557
- Firemane Force Suppression Devices
The Force is the energy that exists within everyone, and in the end everyone will return back to the Force. Nothing is ever truly gone. Ergo every being is connected in some way because they carry the same energy within them. This is what Elpsis calls the Lifeweb. It can be visualised as a a fractal design where each leaf reaches to a different destination, but the end result in the centre is the same for everyone. One can liken it to a web. It is the cycle of life. The Lifeweb is the personification of the divine power that governs the cosmos.
Those who can channel this energy are Force-Users. They can connect with and shape the cosmos in ways Non-Force-Users cannot, but they are still only part of a great web. The dark side is the darkness that resides in the souls of living beings. The Force represents life, ergo it cannot have an evil side. This means that saying that someone was seduced by the dark side is just a way to avoid responsibility for one's actions by blaming them on an evil demon. One good deed does not wash out the bad, just as a bad one does not wash out the good. She stresses the importance of balance.
Elpsis is a believer in spirits, regarding them as beings that can provide guidance, though there are also dark ones that should be avoided or fought. They can be venerated or asked for guidance if benign, but not be treated as omnipotent or omniscient. In the end they are subject to the same rules as everyone despite their power. She is quite open to the idea that they could have walked among mortals at some point and may still do so, aqnd wield extreme power that surpasses hers.
Elpsis believes that she is being guided by an entity she calls the Burning Lady. This being has often appeared to her in dreams or moments of intense stress. What her motivations are and whether she is even real instead of just being a projection is another question. The idea of a web of life also incorporates reincarnation. Energy is the same, but the consciousness changes so beings do not remember past lives. However, sufficiently enlightened beings can receive flashes of insight from their past lives, such as in form of visions and dreams. Existence is a cycle of life, death and rebirth in different forms of existence (new body, new species, animal, plant) and different planes. Anything that is part of the life cycle. Elpsis views clones as individuals and is a supporter of clone rights.
There is an element of nature worship. The forces of nature deserve reverence, for they represent creation. Where people lose sight of nature and bury it in permacrete and machines, they lose their sense of proportion and grow imbalanced. This gives rise to hubris. She accepts the idea of nature and elemental spirits. Elpsis is no luddite who rejects the idea of technology and believes people should go back to a medieval life, but she dislikes sprawling ecumenpolises. The fact that she spent a lot of her childhood in the slums of Coruscant and later Nar Shaddaa has probably played a role. She is ideologically opposed to both Jedi and Sith. In her view, the Galaxy would be better off if both groups destroyed each other and then stayed dead.
Elpsis was raptured during the Netherworld Event, but does not regard the cold, bleak realm she wandered through as the true afterlife. Rather it is something more akin to purgatory. Because treating it as the final resting place does not make sense to her. For one, all the souls are suffering, the locations tend to be hellish and it is possible to physically enter and leave it via portals. If anything, it is more like a twisted parody of the final rest. It is a tainted place where the Lifeweb does not reach, but one can reflect on one's sins and be purified, if one shows the necessary understanding. Contrasting to that, there is also be a more heavenly realm where righteous souls may go to in between reincarnation.
The cycle of life, death and rebirth is central to these beliefs. Each being should cherish its time in this life, but when their time has come, they should accept that it is time to continue their journey along the Lifeweb. Unsurprisingly, Elpsis detests techniques that violate the cycle, such as necromancy and essence transfer. Raising the dead as zombies or binding their spirits is a grave sin, for it turns them into slaves and denies them the next stage of their journey. To try to prolong one's life by possessing another, even a clone, is a mark of hubris and colossal arrogance. It is also a sign of cowardice, as one would rather cling to one's life at the expense of another instead of face the consequences of one's actions in the next.
Elpsis utterly loathes iperialism, Sith, Jedi, slavery, megacorps, corporatocracy exploitation of indigenous people. Elpsis likes democracy on the to a point. Basically, she favours a strong executive, but believes the leader should be chosen by the masses and major decisions should be confirmed via referendums. She has a rather anti-bureaucratic streak. Her main frame of reference for a system that 'works' is the military, with all the pros and cons this entails. She is prejudiced against 'incapable' politicians, 'profiteers', 'corrupt' aristos, the 'lying' mass media and 'ignorant peaceniks'. Against these highly negative images, she idealises the 'front community', and the comradeship of the soldiers in the trenches.
She is a supporter of environmentalist causes, as she feels great reverence for nature, but opposed to pacifism. Elpsis does not see battle as glorious, but as necessary to fight injustice and opression. Elpsis' personal inclinations are geared towards personal freedom, but at the same time she has seen supposed democracies and beacons of freedom commit acts little different from those of Imperialist and corpo tyrants. She has a strong sense of justice and duty. She feels strong hatred for megacorps such as Firemane Industries. Privately, Elpsis is insecure and anxious, for she is fearful of treading the same path as Siobhan and Tegaea. Both started out with good intentions and used to be brave and even admirable women, but were corrupted by wealth, pride, lust and greed and became callous aristos who surrounded themselves with fawning lackeys and thought nothing of exploiting those who had come from the 'gutter' like them.
Elpsis has an austere life style, disdaining the aristocratic life of privilege her adoptive mothers believed themselves as entitled to. Indeed, she views excessive wealth as inherently corrupting. The simplicity of a cabin is a clear rejection of how her parents live and what they seem to value.
Idiosyncracies and Psychological Traits: Elpsis eats meat, when she can hunt and prepare her own. She would not go to a store and buy a steak, but if she could hunt some space deer for venison it is a different story. In her eyes, it is nature's way. So long as she makes the kill and does it painlessly and sustainably it is both healthy and in line with the natural balance. When it is not feasible, she sticks to a vegetarian diet. Elpsis finds factory farming horrible, which is why she will not support it by buying and consuming its products. Ethically raised or produced products like milk or eggs are acceptable.
She disdains politics and luxury and prefers blunt speech. Elpsis has a simple, fairly Spartan cabin on an island. Save for herself, there are no sentient inhabitants on the island. But its forests have abundant wild life. Elpsis has a trust fund, but Siobhan has set strict conditions though. However, the young woman is no spendthrift and lives fairly simply. That said, she uses the trust fund to support various good causes, such as groups that provide aid to former slaves, abuse victims or war orphans as well as nature conservation projects. She is quite sensitive - perhaps overly so - to people judging her on the basis of her family name or making assumptions about her carrying on the 'legacy'.
Elpsis is a quick thinker, but has a fierce temper, which can goad her into making ill-advised decisions. She does not give quarter once she has offered it and been refused. Elpsis is extremely determined in combat, even when faced with daunting odds. She does not manifest appropriate fear responses when in danger or pain. Elpsis feels strong hatred for people who prey upon, enslave or otherwise exploit the innocent. This applies to Sith and slavers in particular. She supports the death penalty for capital crimes. It is pertinent that she doesn't care about victimless or white-collar crimes, only abuses of other people. She's not motivated by the respect of law but the punishment of atrocity.
Affiliates:
- Adril Kerrigan-Alcori and Livia Kerrigan-Alcori: Adoptive siblings. Elpsis helped look after them when they were babie and has assumed the big sister role. Adril is brash and adventurous and dreams of being a brave knight one day. She looks up to Elpsis, who has taught her a bit about the Force. By contrast, Livia is a more reserved, eloquent bookworm and budding scholar. Elpsis is a bit less close to her due to her lack of academic interests, but tries to be a good sister nonetheless.
- Kyriaki: Elpsis' Tephriki clone. Depending on perspective, this makes Kyriaki her twin. Presently Elpsis is unaware of her. Kyriaki was created by the Dominion of Light, but fell into the hands of the Vaderites, a Vader-worshipping, human supremacist Sith cult. Thus she has been raised in a nest of vipers and has to navigate a political mine field where one wrong step could easily result in her death. Kyriaki has inherited Elpsis' Force connection, but it is somewhat diminished. However, she makes up for this by being more cunning and manipulative. Kyriaki knows of her template and idolises her, though she knows little about her.
- Diona: Former Jedi warrior of the totalitarian Dominion of Light. A clone, she was moulded from birth to serve the theocracy without question. Dutiful soldier haunted by atrocities she was forced to commit in her homeworld's horrible civil war. Leader of the Inquisition team that captured Elpsis. In the camp, she was both tormentor and protector. Ultimately turned on her masters and helped Elpsis escape. It remains to be seen whether she can be trusted and how her quest for atonement will play out. Skilled duellist and small unit leader with an affinity for Force Meld, Telekinesis and Stasis.
- Natalie Dorne: An Ession native, anti-Sith resistance fighter and terrorist. Became a rebel after her parents were murdered by Sith allies. Met Elpsis when the latter was trying to get involved in rebel activities. Elpsis helped Natalie's rebel cell stage an attempt on the life of a visiting Sith Lord, who turned out to be Matsu Xiangu. Natalie suffered near-fatal injuries, but was saved by Elpsis. Cynical and capable of ruthless acts, but very committed to the cause. Natalie is a capable insurgent, sniper, slicer and pilot, relying on skill and training rather than space magic. She has connections to the criminal underworld and revolutionary underground that can be useful. She was part of the rescue operation after Elpsis was captured by the Inquisition, using her skills as an insurgent and slicer to help find her friend.
- Rhea: Rattataki female, Tephrike native. Rhea is Elpsis' student. Born in a collective farm in Dominion territory. Her parents were murdered by the Sith and after hiding in the wilderness, she was conscripted into a Dominion labour corps. She became a Jedi and was manipulated by the cruel Grand Inquisitor into becoming his servant. Abused and deceived, she was set free when Elpsis slew her master. Her past experiences have left her with anger issues and strong hatred for Sith and Jedi. For now she travels with Elpsis and seeks to learn from her. But one day she wants to return to her homeworld to bring the oppressors to justice. Rhea is an aggressive fighter, using stealth techniques to get close to the enemy so that she can unleash her full fury.
- Mara Technician: A Tephriki cryptologist and slicer who used to serve the Dominion of Light. The Dominion has done away with family units. Citizens receive occupational surnames based on their caste and profession. In her case, she was trained as a comms technician. Elpsis encountered and befriended her during the early stages of the expedition. Though raised to believe in and support the Dominion, Mara turned on it after their treachery. She was an important asset for locating and saving Elpsis. While timid and a bit uptight, she is very friendly and loyal to those she takes into her confidence. Mara is no fighter, but good tech support. She and Natalie have bonded. She still wants to free her fellow Dominion clones.
- Shikoba: A Vashyada druidess. Acerbic, cryptic and somewhat morbid, Shikoba is a talented healer, precognition specialist and terramancer with a special affinity for the spirit world. Spirits are drawn to her and vice versa. She has a special gift for seeing and communicating with ghosts. Sometimes she sees the ghosts of those another person has killed.
- Zhaleh Jai Bijana: Zhaleh is a Qadiri and, most unusually for her race, an ice mage. This may be because she comes from a tribe that dwells in the icy north of Tygara. Having grown up there, she knows a lot about hunting, tracking and survival in arctic environments. She is inexperienced in the stars, but brave and loyal.
- The Unchained: A group of Tephriki fugitives. All of of them are former inmates of Dominion concentration camps. The core of the group was imprisoned in the same camp as Elpsis. She worked together with them to overthrow her oppressors.
Darth Aurum, see here.
BOUNTIES COLLECTED:
N/A.
BIOGRAPHY:
Audio journal from the Tygaran Uprising:
Forgive me, spirits of shadow, fire, the earth, the air and water. Forgive me, Mother of Flames, for I have sinned.
I wanted to...belong, to be someone, a part of something. So I sold my soul to two petty tyrants and, for a time, deceived myself into thinking they cared about me.
Who am I? Who was the girl I used to be?
Elpsis. Father? A sadistic Sith Lord who abused me and locked me in a cell full of rats to 'toughen her up'. Birth mother? A Jedi healer who was abused by him. She...couldn't take care of me, so I was given up at birth. Ran away when I was a kid after I met the monster who called himself my father, and the Jedi failed me.
I was a ganger, a mercenary, a smuggler. Not really successful in any of that. Always alone, on the run. Then I met Tegaea Alcori and Siobhan Kerrigan. They seemed all I wanted to be. Strong, glamorous, supposedly fighting the good fight. I never really knew my true mother, Coryth Elaris. We met, and for a while we were...mother and daughter. Then she passed away. I never truly appreciated her.
Tegaea and Siobhan offered me their thirty pieces of silver. It was only later that I realised how rotten they were. Greedy, callous, self-obsessed. Parasites, the lot of them. Oh, how they bragged about how they'd saved the Eldorai from extinction and ended slavery on Tygara...so that they could replace the collar of iron with the collar of debt.They showed up with a tinpot army at the right time and tricked people into believing they were their saviours. Everyone was a toy to them, a tool for their own selfish gratification. Including me. They feasted and partied while their subjects lived in poverty and the planet was poisoned by their drive for profit at all costs.
I fought and bled for them, and their company Firemane. Battled Sith, helped refugees and freed slaves, risked my death. Always looking for a place to belong. A family, a cause. I got scorn. But not anymore. Siobhan's dead. Good riddance. Funny how that worked out. After spending ages as a tin pot dictator, living the high life in grandiose palaces and surrounded by lackeys and cultists, she was struck down and spent years in coma because none of her minions wanted her to wake up. Then a coward pulled the plug. I should've killed her myself. And burn the board of court lackeys.
But their time will come. As will that of the parasite Tegaea. Tygara's in uproar, and I march with the oppressed. Some call me leader, queen even. It all sounds like a bad joke. No one should think I'm an idol. I'm not even from there, I'm an impostor, a...it doesn't matter. I won't shirk my duty. War's hell, but allowing evil to thrive because you're scared is even worse. I will burn down the sky palaces. The enchained will take what is theirs and show the oppressors what it is like to be afraid, to be hungry, to be powerless.
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